Robust DERMS Control Verification

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Implicit trust in the control commands issued by distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS) to solar inverters presents a cybersecurity vulnerability to the power grid. This project will address this risk by using advanced analytics to verify the commands sent by the DERMS control center. The team will develop techniques to approximate the state of the grid and DERMS control algorithms-independently of the DERMS-so local controllers can verify that a DERMS command is valid based on current conditions. Distributed energy resource components can then operate independently, even if a communication link between DERMS and local controllers is down, increasing the resilience of the system.