Title: Update on the NIST Smart Grid Standardization Efforts
1Update on the NIST Smart Grid Standardization
Efforts
Nada Golmie National Institute of Standards and
Technology November 16, 2009
2The NIST Role
Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of
2007 Title XIII, Section 1305. Smart Grid
Interoperability Framework
- In cooperation with the DoE and other
stakeholders, NIST has primary responsibility to
coordinate development of a framework that
includes protocols and model standards for
information management to achieve
interoperability of smart grid devices and
systems
3Outline
- Smart Grid Interoperability Panel
- NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid
Interoperability Standards - Priority Action Plan for IP PAP1
- Priority Action Plan for Wireless Communications
PAP2 - Application communication requirements
4NIST Three Phase Plan
PHASE 1 Engage stakeholders in a participatory
public process to identify applicable standards,
gaps in currently available standards and
priorities for new standardization activities
PHASE 2 Establish a formal standards panel to
drive longer-term progress.
Public review and comments
PHASE 3 Develop and implement a framework for
testing and certification
(Draft) Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid
Interoperability Standards ( Release 1.0)
(Final) Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid
Interoperability Standards ( Release 1.0)
2010
November
2009
March
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5Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) Vision
- Public-private partnership to support NIST EISA
responsibility - Open, transparent body
- Representation from all smart grid stakeholder
groups - Open to any materially interested stakeholder
organizations - Not dominated by any one group
- SGIP does not directly develop or write standards
- Stakeholders participate in the ongoing
coordination, acceleration and harmonization of
standards development. - Reviews use cases, identifies requirements, coordi
nates conformance testing, and proposes action
plans for achieving these goals.
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6SGIP Structure
NIST Oversight
Smart Grid Interoperability Panel and Governing
Board
Products (IKB)
Smart Grid Identified Standards
SGIPGB
SGIP
Stakeholder Category Members (22)
One Organization,One Vote
Priority Action Plans
SGIPStanding Committee Members (2)
Use Cases
At large Members (3)
Requirements
Working Groups
Standing Committees
Standards Descriptions
Ex Officio (non-voting) Members
Conceptual Model
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7SGIP Stakeholder Categories
12 Power equipment manufacturers and vendors
13 Professional societies, users groups, trade associations and industry consortia
14 RD organizations and academia
15 Relevant Federal Government Agencies
16 Renewable Power Producers
17 Retail Service Providers
18 Standard and specification development organizations (SDOs)
19 State and local regulators
20 Testing and Certification Vendors
21 Transmission operators and Independent System Operators
22 Venture Capital
1 Appliance and consumer electronics providers
2 Commercial and Industrial equipment manufacturers and automation vendors
3 Consumers Residential, Commercial and Industrial
4 Electric transportation industry Stakeholders
5 Electric utility companies Investor Owned Utilities (IOU) and Publicly Owned Utilities
6 Electric utility companies - Municipal (MUNI)
7 Electric utility companies - Rural Electric Association (REA)
8 Electricity and financial market traders (includes aggregators)
9 Independent power producers
10 Information and communication technologies (ICT) Infrastructure and Service Providers
11 Information technology (IT) application developers and integrators
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8SGIP Governing Board Vision
- Maintains a broad perspective of the NIST
Interoperability Framework and supports NIST - Provides guidance and tools that make it an
impartial and practical resource for SG
stakeholders - Members representing a broad community based on
breadth of experience and involvement - Each stakeholder category has a position on
Governing Board - Additional at-large and ex-officio members
- Nominating committee process in steady state
- Consensus is a core value
- All legitimate views and proposals are considered
- Voting mechanisms to be defined
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9First Phase Initial Output NIST Framework and
Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability
Standards, Release 1.0
- A conceptual reference model to facilitate design
of an architecture for the Smart Grid overall and
for each of its networked domains - An initial set of standards
- Priorities for additional standards necessary to
resolve important gaps and to assure the
interoperability, reliability, and security of
Smart Grid components and - Action plans for responding to short-term and
long-term needs for standards, including
recommended timetables and identification of
necessary collaborative relationships with
standards development organizations (SDOs) with
expertise in Smart Grid domains or technology
areas
10Smart Grid Priority Action Plans Target Date
Smart meter upgradeability standard completed
Common specification for price and product definition early 2010
Common scheduling mechanism for energy transactions year-end 2009
Common information model for distribution grid management year-end 2010
Standard demand response signals January 2010
Standard for energy use information January 2010
IEC 61850 Objects / DNP3 Mapping 2010
11Smart Grid Priority Action Plans (continued) Target Date
Time synchronization mid-2010
Transmission and distribution power systems models mapping year-end 2010
Guidelines for use of IP protocol suite in the Smart Grid mid-year 2010
Guidelines for use of wireless communications in the Smart Grid mid-year 2010
Electric storage interconnection guidelines mid-2010
Interoperability standards to support plug-in electric vehicles December 2010
Standard meter data profiles year-end 2010
Harmonize Power Line Carrier Standards for Appliance Communications in the Home Just added
12Level of urgency
- The 3.4 billion in U.S. Smart Grid Investment
Grants, combined with matching 4.7 billion in
private funds (8.1 billion total) will result in
deployment, over the next 3-4 years of - 40 million smart meters (about 1/4 of the total
meter base in the U.S.) - 850 phasor measurement units covering 100 of the
grid - 200,000 smart transformers
- 700 automated substations
- 1 million in-home displays
- 170,000 smart thermostats
- 175,000 other load control devices.
- There is only a very small window of opportunity
to specify the standards that will be used in
these deployments since they will be completed
within 3-4 years.
13Smart Grid cyber security strategy
- Cyber Security Coordination Task Group (CSCTG) to
develop a set of recommended cyber security
requirements - http//collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view
/SmartGrid/CyberSecurityCTG - Draft NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7628,
Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and
Requirements - Comments must be received on or before December
1, 2009 - How to provide comments
- http//edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-24430.htm
- Final document planned for publication in March
2010.
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14Issue Role of Internet Protocol(s) in the Smart
Grid
- The Smart Grid will use a variety of different
networking environments across different smart
grid domains and sub-domains - Given its predominance and ubiquity, the Internet
technology (IP) is a key networking technology to
consider in the context of the Smart Grid - A number of challenges remain to be addressed due
to the requirements imposed by many Smart Grid
environments and applications - What suite of IP protocols are applicable for
specific Smart Grid applications? - What suite of IP protocols should be used for
network control? management? security? - Are there any gaps with existing protocols?
- Should new protocols/extensions be developed?
15IP PAP1 Guidelines for the use of IP protocol
suite in the Smart Grid
- Develop Smart Grid application communication
requirements and devise a taxonomy for
applications with similar network requirements - Draft matrix under development and available for
review http//collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/pu
b/SmartGrid/PAP02Wireless/app_matrix_pap.xls - Identify a Core Protocol Suite for IP-based Smart
Grid - IETF drafts and reports submitted for
considerations - http//collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view
/SmartGrid/PAP01InternetProfile - Develop Application-Specific Protocol
Requirements - Identify additional protocols or protocol
enhancements beyond the core suite required by a
specific class of applications - Develop guidelines for IP-based Smart Grid
networks - Perform Gap Analysis
- Identify new protocol or protocol enhancement
standardization activities required to fully
support the Smart Grid Vision
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16Issue Use of wireless communications in the
Smart Grid
- There are a number of advantages for using
wireless communications including - Untethered access to information
- Mobility
- Interoperability
- Reduced cost and complexity
- Availability of technologies with different
characteristics to choose from - A number of challenges remain to be addressed
- How to choose among technologies with different
characteristics? - How do we know which technology to use for what
Smart Grid application? - Are there any implications for using a certain
wireless technology in a certain environment? - Are there any deployment? Interference issues?
17Wireless PAP2 Guidelines for the use of wireless
communications in the Smart Grid
- Develop Smart Grid application communication
requirements and devise a taxonomy for
applications with similar network requirements - Draft under development and available for review
http//collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/pub/Smart
Grid/PAP02Wireless/app_matrix_pap.xls - Develop terminology and definitions
- Create an attribute list and performance metrics
for wireless standards - Draft developed and available for
review http//collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/pu
b/SmartGrid/PAP02Wireless/NIST_PAP2-_Wireless_Char
acteristics-IEEE802-v_02.xls - Create an inventory of wireless technologies and
standards that are identified by each SDO - Feedback is expected by December 6, 2009.
- Conduct an evaluation of the wireless
technologies based on the application
requirements - Perform a gap analysis and developing guidelines
for the use of wireless technologies.
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18Approach for developing application communication
requirements
- Develop a set of characteristics to capture the
application communication - How much data is being exchanged?
- How often is the data being exchanged?
- How much delay can data delivery incur?
- Who are the recipients of the data?
- List a representative set of Smart Grid
applications - Identify different applications or applications
with different characteristics - Applications belonging to a different Smart Grid
domain are not necessarily different from this
stand point - Place characteristics and application types on a
two dimensional matrix where columns represent
the characteristics and rows represent
application types - Devise a taxonomy for applications with similar
network requirements - Fill out matrix entries
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19Progress to date on developing application
communication requirements
- Reviewed many Smart Grid use cases, reports,
white papers - Reviewed FCC NOI filings on the implementation of
Smart Grid technology - http//www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2
009/db0904/DA-09-2017A1.txt - Developed a draft in cooperation with utility
groups, Open SG, SG stakeholders, interested
parties - Posted draft for review on twiki and on PAP
mailing lists - http//collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/pub/Smart
Grid/PAP02Wireless/app_matrix_pap.xls
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20Seeking input on the application communication
requirements
- Related to the application characteristics or
columns in the matrix - Do you have any comments on the columns capturing
the characteristics? Are there any missing
columns? - Related to the application types or rows in the
matrix - Are the rows representative of the Smart Grid
space and domains? Are there any missing
applications? - Related to the quantitative requirements or
matrix entries - Do you have any numbers, aware of any numbers,
reports that contain numbers?
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21Whats next
- First SGIP meeting held at the Grid-Interop
Conference, - November 16-19, 2009 in Denver, Colorado
- SGIP charter ratification
- SGIP governing board (electronic) elections and
results - Priority action plan workshop
22Sources
- NIST Smart Grid web site
- http//www.nist.gov/smartgrid/
- NIST Smart Grid Twiki
- http//collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/
SmartGrid/WebHome - IP Priority Action Plan
- http//collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/
SmartGrid/PAP01InternetProfile - Wireless Priority Action Plan
- http//collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/
SmartGrid/PAP02Wireless