New article by James Mater, QualityLogic and Rolf Bienert, OpenADR Alliance:
Let's begin under the premise that you (end-user, utility, aggregator, etc.) want to acquire technology from different vendors, specify the communications interface between products and have all such products install and work together easily and quickly (similar to adding a new printer to your PC - sometimes it's called "plug and play"). To read entire article visit:
http://www.energycentral.com/utilitybusiness/informationtechnology/articles/3043