Most-deployed DERMS

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Utilities balance reliability, flexibility, and regulatory pressure while adapting to a grid filled with distributed energy resources (DERs), customer-owned devices, and variable loads. OATI’s grid solutions provide real-time visibility, control, and automation from the control room to the grid edge.
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DERMS that works

OATI pioneered the first DERMS in 2009. We’ve led the energy transition ever since.

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Grid flexibility, control, and customer management

Real-time asset control, forecasting, and customer engagement in a single platform. Enable VPP aggregation, demand response, and market participation with the industry’s most comprehensive Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS).

  • Integrated BTM/FTM resource visibility, dispatch, and performance tracking
  • Load shape forecasting, asset validation, and price-based DR
  • Real-time telemetry, scheduling, and market integration
  • Multi-tenant architecture supporting subsidiaries and/or partners
Modular & scalable

No utility is the same, and turnkey solutions don’t work for energy. That’s why OATI DERMS is designed from the ground up to support every stage of the grid modernization journey. Start with a small thermostat program, or go all the way with the industry’s most robust enterprise-level DERMS.

SCADA & field automation

Protocol conversion, edge computing, and secure communication for field assets that can’t natively speak to traditional systems—making previously invisible grid elements fully controllable.

  • Supports Modbus, DNP3, IEEE 2030.5 / SEP 2.0, and ICCP
  • Integrates with DERMS and SCADA systems securely
  • Enables control of batteries, sensors, and other distributed devices

Case Studies

  1. Modular DERMS power North Carolina
    co-ops

    North Carolina’s Electrical Cooperatives needed a hosted, modular DERMS to support G&T visibility and cooperative-level control across 26 co-ops.
    Solution
    North Carolina’s Electrical Cooperatives use OATI DERMS to create one dashboard for resource visibility, dispatch, and multi-channel event communications.
    DERMS in and of itself allows for visibility and coordination of resources. Whether that’s for your portfolio, distribution operations, or entry into the market, you need to have the coordination to do all of that. We were searching for a vendor that could embrace that complexity. OATI DERMS is integral to our success in our Distribution-Operator Initiative. The tools it provides enables our team to continue to transform the grid.Senior Vice President of Power Delivery, NCEMC

  2. Surgical demand response for Con Edison

    Con Edison, a New York utility operating one of the most complex and densely populated service territories in the United States, faced multiple rising demands: electrification, diverse customer needs, and a unique urban grid. They needed an innovative solution to meet these demands and maintain reliability.
    Solution
    Con Edison deployed a demand response management system (DRMS) developed in partnership with OATI that has enabled automation, scalability, and real-time visibility. Their transition from manual, spreadsheet-based processes to an automated platform was critical in preparing for rapid load growth from electrification.

  3. Scaling DERMS with TVA

    In TVA’s service region, a new wave of growth in the C&I sector has disrupted the traditionally flat load growth, which could now be a relic of the past. As TVA’s portfolio continued to grow, the utility needed more scalability and automation in its solutions, which led to TVA selecting OATI in 2019 for its transition to DERMS.
    Solution
    TVA transitioned from an in-house DRMS to OATI DERMS to unlock the dynamic automation required by one of the nation’s largest demand response portfolios. With massive C&I growth in the region, TVA is collaborating with giants like Google and Amazon to optimize demand and drive innovation.
    Watch: TVA’s DERMS Evolution
    We’re leveraging those [tech] partnerships to say, ‘Okay, this is what we can do with traditional infrastructure, how can we speed up the timeline, and is it a cost adder or is it a cost saver at the end of the day? How do we streamline the process whether we’re talking to Google or Amazon, or anybody at the end of the day so we can enable this for growth in the region?Senior Consultant of Strategic Initiatives, TVA

  4. Integrating energy storage and DER into DERMS

    One of G&T Dairyland Power’s member cooperatives installed battery storage, but the asset was isolated from Dairyland’s broader controls system, limiting the battery’s operational and market flexibility.
    Solution
    Dairyland Power used OATI’s IoT SCADA gateway to transform the previously isolated battery site into a grid-interactive resource without the need for costly retrofits, enabling seamless integration with Dairyland’s OATI DERMS platform.
    Whitepaper: Maximizing Battery Investments
    Battery prices are still high enough that you need multiple use cases for the same battery to extract the most value out of it.Dairyland Power, Manager of Innovation & Efficient Electrification

Scaling DERMS to meet the moment

Oklahoma Gas & Electric had a vision for innovation that required a robust DERMS. But the business cases of today don’t always match those to come. OATI DERMS offered the modularity to get started and grow.

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