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Standards are critically important in the electric power industry because they affect interoperability, compatibility, reliability, and efficiency. As companies feverishly develop solutions for the Smart Grid, new standards will emerge rapidly. Those who fail to adapt quickly will find themselves heading down dead-end paths. Don’t allow yourself to be “Betamaxxed.” Watch this space for key developments and resources.
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An international open standards consortium has brought its big guns to bear on sustainable Smart Grid standards in energy, intelligent buildings and natural resources. Several technical committees under OASIS Blue will coordinate the standards efforts. |
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No one wants to invest heavily in the Betamax of Smart Grid architecture and watch while the rest of the industry settles on VHS. But it could happen if you don’t pay attention. Fortunately EPRI program manager and energy industry veteran Matt Wakefield is here with a self-assessment that can help you avoid technology obsolescence and standards pitfalls – before it’s too late. |
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How do you wrap your head around NIST's latest draft of a cybersecurity framework - as in all 305 pages of it? Security expert Jack Danahy decided to look at comments made about the previous draft to see how they were handled in the current document. What he found may surprise you. |
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NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0 describes a high-level conceptual reference model for the Smart Grid, identifies 75 existing standards that are applicable (or likely to be applicable) to the ongoing development of the Smart Grid, specifies 15 high-priority gaps and harmonization issues (in addition to cyber security) for which new or revised standards and requirements are needed, documents action plans with aggressive timelines by which designated standards-setting organizations (SSOs) will address these gaps, and describes the strategy to establish requirements and standards to help ensure Smart Grid cyber security. |
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Verizon Wireless and marketing partner Ambient launched their Open Smart Grid Communications Architecture, which offers an integrated Smart Grid solution and open communications network for utilities. |
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The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued today an initial list of standards, a preliminary cyber security strategy, and other elements of a framework to support transforming the nation’s aging electric power system into an interoperable Smart Grid, a key component of the Obama administration’s energy plan and its strategy for American innovation. |
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SAE International has released a standard that outlines requirements for a standard charging connector for EVs, plug-in hybrids and charging systems. Basically, the standard would allow anyone driving a car with a plug to charge up anywhere. |
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SAE International has released a standard that provides a standard interface between plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles, and electrical charging systems. |
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The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that John D. McDonald, general manager of marketing for GE Energy’s transmission and distribution business and an IEEE Fellow, will serve as chair of the governing board of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel, the organization launched by NIST in November to sustain and coordinate development of interoperability standards for a modernized electric power grid. |
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An IEEE working group has released Draft 2.0 of its P1901 broadband over powerline standard. Though BPL doesn't figure high on the list of "last mile" Smart Grid communications technologies in the U.S., it could still play a role. |
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ISO will develop an International Standard to address sustainability issues linked to bioenergy. The standard will be produced by a new ISO project committee, ISO/PC 248, Sustainability criteria for bioenergy. |
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KEMA (www.kema.com) today released the first independent guidebook on integrating wide-scale energy storage in the electric power infrastructure. Volume two of KEMA's Utility of the Future series, "The Promise of Energy Storage," explores the issues and questions surrounding the rapidly advancing technology. The guidebook provides a broad assessment of the electricity storage field and the latest thinking about applications. It also describes how to assess when there is a good business case for storage and when there is not -- and examines the implications of including storage in grid design and operation, the economics of storage, and the policy issues being raised. |
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HomeGrid Forum, a global, non-profit trade group promoting the United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU-T) G.hn networking standard, today announced that the ITU-T G.hn workgroup has agreed upon a number of key specifications that together form the baseline requirements for G.hn Smart Grid products. The study group also agreed on the addition of an Appendix to the G.hn standard that provides insight to the use of G.hn-based products in Smart Grid applications. These agreements, reached at the latest ITU-T G.hn workgroup meeting in Valencia, Spain from November 16-20, build on G.hn’s highly flexible, parameterized architecture which was approved earlier this year. |
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Intelligent appliances are expected to help utilities manage peak demand and consumers manage their electricity costs. But appliance manufacturers and the government so far can’t manage to agree on standards for these smart appliances. |
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Developed for the GridWise Alliance, this handbook is designed to serve as a reference tool for those organizations and entities that are developing and/or assessing smart grid projects. Data collection, measurement and verification will all be important. This handbook was prepared to identify key metrics that smart grid projects should meet in order to be deemed high quality projects. |
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BRIDGE Energy Group, a utility systems development and integration consulting practice, will present a new Smart Grid Reference Architecture (SGRA) at the Enhancing Interoperability session at Grid-Interop on Thursday, November 19. "Rather than use a proprietary framework that might limit future innovations," says Tony Giroti, Chairman and Managing Director, "we are inviting our industry colleagues to collaborate with us to refine an open standard and to develop a solutions architecture that ensures interoperability." |
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The continued development of new and advanced battery technologies will play a critical role as vehicle manufacturers increase the availability of hybrid-electric vehicles, move toward the implementation of plug-in hybrid-electric and battery-exclusive vehicles, and continue research into other variations of electric-related vehicle propulsion systems. To address this growing technology and to help standardize development, SAE International is creating a new Vehicle Battery Standards Committee which will serve as a center for standardization. |
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Utility Integration Solutions (UISOL), the utility industry business integration specialist, today announced an agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Labs) to develop the Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR) specification into an open source platform for use in Smart Grid applications. |
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EnerNex and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are looking for industry leaders and innovators to join the nation's first Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP). |
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Long-awaited Smart Grid interoperability standards developed by NIST were released Thursday. The draft report contains about 80 initial standards and a list of 14 "priority action plans" that identify and address gaps in the initial standards. |
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The National Institute for Standards and Technology is expected to announce its Smart Grid standards roadmap during next month’s GridWeek conference in Washington, D.C. |
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Standards are about to impact the Smart Grid industry with a suddenness that will wipe out certain companies. The only solution is to stay on top of developments. That's why we asked expert Chris Kelly to study and summarize EPRI's recent standards report to NIST. Read on for the quick highlights, with a link to his full analysis at the end. |
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On June 17, 2009, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the Report to NIST on the Smart Grid Interoperability Standards Roadmap, an extensive interim report on the development of Smart Grid interoperability standards. The report details major steps made toward achieving a Smart Grid Interoperability Framework, identifies applicable Smart Grid interoperability standards, discusses the gaps present in currently available standards, and lays out priorities for near-term development of Smart Grid standards. This paper presents a 16-page user-friendly summary of the original 270-page report. |
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NIST announces the third in a series of workshops designed to keep the Smart Grids standards effort on track and moving forward. |
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We are at the cusp of a vast expansion of geospatially located devices. At the same time, we are poised to set geospatial standards that may last for decades. Mark Reichardt, president and CEO of the Open Geospatial Consortium, provides this important overview. |
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