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Standards Organizations By SGN Staff May 12, 2009 - 3:52:15 PM
International Electrotechnical Commission
f The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a nonprofit, non-governmental international standards organization that, working through technical committees (TCs), prepares and publishes international standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies, including technologies for power generation, transmission and distribution.
In late 2008 the ICE Standardization Management Board approved setting up of a strategic group to help the IEC develop standards for Smart Grids. The group will develop a framework for IEC standardization that includes protocols and model standards to achieve interoperability of Smart Grid devices and systems. For the IEC, this means the involvement of a number of TCs. While TC 8 has an overall view across the system, others also have key roles to play, including TC 57: Power Systems Management and Associated Information Exchange. TC 57 has created a family of international standards that can be used as part of the Smart Grid. These standards include IEC61850 which is an architecture for substation automation, and IEC 61970/61968 — the Common Information Model (CIM). The CIM provides for common semantics to be used for turning data into information. f
American National Standards Institute
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The private, nonprofit American National Standards Institute (ANSI) oversees the creation, promulgation and use of norms and guidelines that directly impact businesses in nearly every sector—including energy distribution. The ANSI itself does not develop standards, but instead facilitates the development of American National Standards (ANS) by accrediting the procedures of standards developing organizations. f
In March of 2009, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) published ANSI C12.22 Protocol Specification for Interfacing to Data Communication Networks. This new application-level standard describes the process of transporting C12.19 table data over a variety of networks. The wide variety of information that it covers will be necessary in the implementation of the Smart Grid. This new standard will advance interoperability among communications modules and meters. C12.22 uses AES encryption to enable strong, secure smart grid communications, including confidentiality and data integrity, and it is also fully extensible to support additional security mechanisms the industry may require in the future.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
f The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an international nonprofit, professional organization for the advancement of technology related to electricity. It has the most members of any technical professional organization in the world, with more than 365,000 members in around 150 countries. Most IEEE members are electrical engineers, computer engineers, and computer scientists, but the organization's wide scope of interests has attracted engineers in other disciplines. f
Numerous IEEE standards relate to the Smart Grid including the diverse fields of digital information and controls technology, networking, security, reliability assessment, interconnection of distributed resources including renewable energy sources to the grid, sensors, electric metering, broadband over power line, and systems engineering. f
The IEEE is forming the P2030 group which aims to write a high-level electronics guide to the Smart Grid called The IEEE Standard 2030 Guide for Smart Grid Interoperability of Energy Technology and Information Technology Operation with the Electric Power System (EPS) and End-Use Applications and Loads. This document will provide a knowledge base addressing terminology, characteristics, functional performance and evaluation criteria, and the application of engineering principles for Smart Grid interoperability of the electric power system with end-use applications and loads. The guide discusses alternate approaches to good practices for the Smart Grid.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid/
The National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce that promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 calls on NIST to coordinate standards interoperability of the Smart Grid.
NIST has been working with the Smart Grid stakeholders to develop a plan and do the work of addressing interoperability. Much of this effort has been happening within its Domain Expert Working Groups: Transmission and Distribution (T&D), Building to Grid for commercial building integration to the grid (B2G), Home to Grid for residential (H2G), Industrial to Grid (I2G), Business and Policy (B&P) which helps connect the technical work to higher level business and political issues, and Cyber Security (CS) which addresses the cross-cutting security issues. f
NIST has contracted with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to help the agency develop an interim report on Smart Grid architecture and a standards roadmap. EPRI also will support consensus-building activities to create an initial slate of Smart Grid standards. By the end of 2009, NIST plans to submit these standards for review and approval by the Federal Energy Regulation Commission, which has jurisdiction over interstate distribution and sales of electric power. f
The UCA International Users Group (UCAIug) is a not-for-profit corporation focused on enabling utility integration through the deployment of open standards. It does so by providing a forum in which the various stakeholders in the utility industry can work cooperatively as members of a common organization. The IACIug does not write standards, however, it works closely with those bodies that have primary responsibility for the completion of standards (notably IEC TC 57: Power Systems Management and Associated Information Exchange). f
The UCAIug has 111 members from 29 countries, most utility user and supplier companies. f
The Open Smart Grid (OpenSG) subcommittee (http://osgug.ucaiug.org/default.aspx) of UCAIug sponsors working groups as needed to address Smart Grid related requirements and interoperability guidelines development in a technology independent manner. The subcommittee works to foster enhanced functionality, lower costs and speed market adoption of advanced metering networks and demand response solutions through the development of an open standards-based information/data model, reference design and interoperability guidelines. The objectives
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