DERMS this and DERMS that

My email has been filled with “DERMS this and DERMS that”, but then it is less than a month to D-Tech

To me a DERMS must do the following:
1)     Communicate with all solar, wind, other generators, storage, and provide operations schedules to each device.
2)     Operate all demand side management programs (e.g. all thermostats, water heaters, etc.)
3)     Operate all EV chargers bi-directionally.
4)     Manage the economic costs of all decisions for all programs producing the lowest cost solution each interval.
5)     Rotate the “pain” between all customers and devices enrolled.
6)     Be able to forecast day ahead costs, load increases or reductions, balance the programs across distribution circuits and substations.
7)     Identify locations where more or less resources of any type are required.
8)     Communicate with devices and meters to verify the actions were taken.
9)     Calculate opt out penalties and apply them.
10)  Be able to simulate a new program or device/premise entering the program.
11)  Track energy efficiency programs including costs, penalties and any load gross ups required.
12)  Accurately calculate what aggregators should get, and the load gross up to account for aggregator share.
13)  Determine when the grid configuration to cause resources to not be able to participate or have to participate.
14)  Manage industrial shedding and back up industrial generation programs.
15)  Be able to feed both an invoicing system and an ADMS.
16)  Be able to adjust on the fly within the market interval for a mismatch of load and supply.
17)  Nominate devices to be cut from the program because of non-responsiveness.
18)  Create an investigation list for non-communications, mis-operation.
19)  Allow operators to play “what-if” scenarios.
20)  Allow creation of new programs
21)  Allow customers to opt in and out of the program via a web or app-based program, without utility personnel handholding.
22)  Be able to prepare a day ahead bid stack for the wholesale market.
23)  Create day ahead messages to all premises participating.
24)  Implement results for market orders, acceptance, rejection.
25)  Be able to describe a new piece of equipment and how it plays in the DERMS space.
26)  Provide customers with monthly information on their participation in the programs.
27)  Accept different rates for participation based on demographic or firmographic factors.
28)  Handle emergency situations.
29)  Keep track of what device is on what phase of what circuit.

Now you know what I will be asking vendors at D-Tech. (hope to see you there).