©SHUTTERSTOCK.COM/MATHIAS ROSENTHAL Status of Microgrid Protection and Related Standards and Codes Protection Supports Integration By Ward Bower and Tom Key Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MPE.2021.3057975 Date of current version: 19 April 2021 may/june 2021 M 1540-7977/21©2021IEEE M ICRO GR I DS ARE BECOMi ng a sign if ica nt aggregation of distributed energy resources (DERs) that improves the reliability and resilience of the power delivery system. Most of the early microgrid experience occurred in behind-themeter applications for installations with critical loads and significant ieee power & energy magazine 83http://www.SHUTTERSTOCK.COM/MATHIAS