Standards & Regulatory

We believe that open standards and interoperability will hasten the deployment of all smart grid technology and lead to greater success for both Ambient and the entire smart grid industry. We have driven industry standardization efforts through leadership roles in the major industry associations and standards setting organizations. Ambient is a founding member of the Universal Powerline Association (UPA), an association of industry players created to promote BPL global interoperability standards. We are also a member of the United Power Line Council (UPLC), an alliance of electric utilities and technology companies working together to drive standards development. Ram Rao, our Chief Technology Officer, is co-chair of the UPLC Technical Action Committee, and in 2007 we joined the GridWise Alliance, a consortium of public and private stakeholders who are aligned around the vision of a transformed electric system.

Ambient is actively participating in several ongoing standardization efforts to drive the development of safety, electromagnetic compatibility and system interoperability standards. Key Ambient technical personnel currently chair or participate in the following Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) groups: PLC Hardware Safety Working Subgroup (P1675), PLC EMC Working Group (P1775) and IEEE BPL PHY/MAC Working Group (P1901).