Your turn: Sound off on Smart Grid Interoperability Standards 2.0

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NIST's framework and roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 2.0 is now available for public comment. The updated and expanded version adds 22 new standards, specifications and guidelines to the 75 that NIST recommended in its first roadmap.

New in 2.0 are:

·         an expanded view of smart grid architecture

·         several developments for ensuring smart grid cyber security, which include a Risk Management Framework

·         a new blueprint for testing and conformity of systems and devices connected to the smart grid

·         more on efforts to coordinate U.S. standards development with standards initiatives in other parts of the world, and

·         an overview of areas to work on in the future and improvements in the standards process.

The standards update is open for comment until 5 p.m. EST on Nov. 25, 2011. More information on sending your comments and a full report download can be found on NIST's Smart Grid Collaboration Wiki.

And if you're a little fuzzy on standards...

In his blog Tuesday, eMeter's Chris King offers a smart grid standards quick guide in which he shares insights he has gathered during 30 years of working with standards. King, eMeter's chief regulatory officer, discusses how smart grid standards work, how they evolve, what they are intended to do and which ones are most important.

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