Smart Grids Standards Coordination

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DOCUMENT GSC15-PLEN-54
FOR Presentation
SOURCE ISACC
AGENDA ITEM Opening Plenary (6.11)
CONTACT(S) Colman Ho
Smart Grids Standards Coordination
Colman Ho ISACC
Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) GSC-15
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Standardization Ecosystem
Utilities
ICTs
Government/ Agencies

• North American Energy Standards
• Board (NAESB)
• Supporting Energy Efficiency in
• Smart Generation grids through
• ICT (SEESGEN-ICT)
• National Electrical Manufacturers
• Association (NEMA)
• European Utilities Telecom Council
• Korea Smart Grid Assoc. (KGSA)
• Smart Grid Australia (SGA)
• IEC
• CENELEC
• CEN
• SAE International

• ITU
• ISO/IEC
• TIA
• ATIS
• IEEE
• ETSI
• IETF
• OASIS
• SIP Forum
• ZigBee Alliance
• WiMAX Alliance
• WiFi Alliance

• NIST
• European Commission Task Force
• Grid Modernization Collaborative (GMC)
• GridWise Architecture Council (GWAC)
• Korea Smart Grid Inst. (KSGI)
• Next Gen Energy Study Group of Japan
• North American Electric Reliability
• Corporation (NERC)
• Energy Power Research Institute (EPRI)
• Association of Home Appliance
• Manufacturers (AHAM)
• State Grid Corp of China (SGCC)
• US DoE
• UCA International Users Group

Smart Grids
A multitude of Smart Grid initiatives currently
underway nationally and internationally
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Observations on Smart Grids Standardization

• Cooperation and Partnership
• Two sectors, power and ICT companies, which have
  operated quite independently so far, play key
  roles in the deployment of smart grids
• We have observed, in Canada, that there is a
  dominance of representatives from power companies
  and government in standardization activities,
  while ICT experts have been playing a minor role
• ICT is one of the several components of the smart
  grid endeavour and it will play a critical role
  in the smart grids reliability and dependability
  aspects
• Despite various activities being undertaken
  around the world, there does not seem to be
  synchronization and cooperation among them

A silo approach seems to be playing out
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Enhancing Cooperation and Partnership

• Partnership and cooperation between power and ICT
  companies are vital to the success of the smart
  grid story
• As joint discussions on services and
  architectures are held, a solid set of
  requirements will emerge, which will form a solid
  foundation for effective standards to be
  developed
• Win-Win power companies get ICT expertise, ICTs
  incorporate smart grid lessons to their networks

A holistic approach is required for smart grids
standardization to minimize redundant efforts and
maximize synergy
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Key Areas

• Networking
• The communications network supporting smart grids
  will be very large and will handle big volumes of
  data
• Network solutions that are robust, scalable and
  evolvable to meet the requirements of Smart Grids
  applications need to be considered
• Interoperability
• Much of the power generation and distribution
  gear in place today do not share common
  interfaces and standards
• Interoperability is a must since smart grids
  will certainly require a combination of HW/SW
  from many different vendors.
• SDOs need to strengthen their efforts to ensure
  interoperability between Smart Grids solutions is
  built-in from inception

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Key Areas (contd)

• Cyber Security
• Smart grids will be one of the prime targets for
  cyber attacks
• Cyber security will play an increasing vital role
  in ensuring dependability, continuity and trust
  in the grid
• Securing large networks like Smart grids requires
  identity management for a large number of
  entities
• IdM challenges, in general, remain to be
  effectively addressed. Various IdM activities
  currently playing out
• Smart Grids can benefit by making its
  specificities and requirements known at this
  stage of the IdM standards development cycle
• ICT sector can apply its expertise in
  cybersecurity to the benefit Smart Grids
  developments

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Key Areas (contd)

• Communication technologies and Spectrum
• Various wireless and wired interface solutions
  will be employed by smart grids
• Spectrum, which is one of the most scarce and
  valuable resource for wireless communications, is
  becoming more and more depleted by
  bandwidth-intensive applications
• Additional needs for spectrum can be mitigated to
  a certain extent by the use of existing wireless
  systems such as IMT
• Standardization on wireless and wired interface
  options and co-ordination on spectrum allocation
  are very important, in order to support
  interoperability and make the best use of
  available resources

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Key Areas (contd)

• Data Management
• With the volume of personal information and usage
  information that will be generated as a result of
  the deployment of smart grids, data management
  techniques that convert raw data into information
  are required
• Data schema and formats for the information need
  to be developed to ensure end to end
  interoperability among vendors and inform
  security

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Recommendations

• A holistic approach should be at the forefront of
  all standardization activities pertaining to
  smart grids
• SDOs should strive to
• engage all stakeholders to ensure effectiveness
  and completeness of developed smart grids
  standards
• cooperate with other organization to avoid
  duplication of work
• Co-location of meetings
• Joint workshops
• Liaison activities

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Proposed Resolution
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Thank You!
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Beijing, 30 Aug 2 Sep 2010
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AppendixCanada Smart Grids Standardization
Work
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CNC/IEC Task Force Smart Grid Technology and
Standards

• CNC/IE approved formation of TF Dec. 09
• Funded by Natural Resources Canada
• Purpose
• Produce Road Map within 18 months to identify
  critical infrastructure standards, providing
  recommendations regarding gaps or conflict
  between standards from different TC or from other
  organizations assisting with the work.
• Web-conference monthly meetings began February 9,
  2010 (twice a year face-to-face)
• Main Task Force has 23 active members
• Resource Groups have 14 active members

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CNC/IEC Task Force Smart GridTechnology and
Standards (contd)

• Guiding Principles
• Canada's Smart Grid Task Force should aim to
  ensure that Canada's needs are reflected in
  products developed under the Smart Grid
  initiatives at IEC
• Make best efforts to leverage national and north
  american efforts to ensure our Smart Grid
  priorities are identified and incorporated
  into IEC's work
• Avoid national and regional differences, unless
  these are appropriately identified and
  understood.
• Work Plan
• Phase 1
• Prepare a compilation/mapping, identify list of
  Canadian experts that are either actively
  developing smart grid technologies or
  contributing to smart grid standards projects
• Phase 2
• Identify priority topics, gaps and divergent
  views
• Phase 3
• Task Force consensus and prepare key
  recommendations for final report to the CNC/IEC

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CNC/IEC Task Force Smart GridTechnology and
Standards (contd)

• Main Activities
• Monitor IEC/SG3 progress, recommendations and SMB
  response
• Active liaison with US TAG for SG3
• Review of key topics
• IEC / NIST Comparison and Progress to date
• Canada Wireless communication standards
• Distribution and Transmission standards overview
• Internet Protocol migration from IPv4 to IPv6
  issues
• Meter upgradeability and migration issues
  particularly for Ontario
• Canadian participation level
• Need to engage federal and provincial regulators
  (e.g. Measurement Canada)

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CNC/IEC Task Force Smart GridTechnology and
Standards (contd)

• Status
• Phase 1 is complete
• June 2010 Toronto 1st interoperability summit
• Canada, USA and Mexico
• July 2010 Phase 2 started created 4 WG
• WG1 Metering residential, commercial and
  industrial devices.
• WG2 Transmission and Distribution coordination
  (TC57), including connection of Distributed
  Generation (WG10).
• WG3 Network Communications JTC1 and other
  related standards for security privacy layer to
  layer.
• WG4 Compliance What level (1st, 2nd or 3rd
  party) is needed for each standard?