Methods and systems for connecting and metering distributed energy resource devices
AssigneeLandis+Gyr Innovations, Inc.
InventorMatt Karlgaard
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Abstract
An electric meter socket includes: a first plurality of connection points within the electric meter socket configured to form electrical connections to line voltage wirings of an electric distribution system; a second plurality of connection points within the electric meter socket configured to form electrical connections to output voltage wirings of a DER device; one or more connection points within the electric meter socket configured to form an electrical connection of neutral wires of the electric distribution system, the DER device, and a load; and a plurality of receptacles, each of the plurality of receptacles electrically connected to a corresponding connection point and configured to accept a mating connector of an electric meter.
Claims3
An electric meter socket, comprising:
- a first plurality of connection points within the electric meter socket configured to form electrical connections to line voltage wirings of an electric distribution system;
- a second plurality of connection points within the electric meter socket configured to form electrical connections to output voltage wirings of a distributed energy resource (DER) device;
- one or more third connection points within the electric meter socket configured to form an electrical connection of neutral wires of the electric distribution system, the DER device, and a load;
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- a plurality of receptacles, each of the plurality of receptacles electrically connected to a corresponding connection point and configured to accept a mating connector of an electric meter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.