Update on the NIST Smart Grid Standardization Efforts

Nada Golmie

National Institute of Standards and Technology

November 16, 2009

The NIST Role

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…”

Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 Title XIII, Section 1305.

Smart Grid Interoperability Framework

Outline

• Smart Grid Interoperability Panel • NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid

Interoperability Standards– Priority Action Plan for IP – PAP#1– Priority Action Plan for Wireless Communications – PAP#2– Application communication requirements

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NIST Three Phase Plan

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PHASE 1Engage stakeholders in a participatory public process to identify applicable standards, gaps in currently available

standards and priorities for new standardization activities

PHASE 2Establish a formal

standards panel to drive longer-term progress.

PHASE 3Develop and implement a framework for testing

and certification

March November20092010

(Draft) Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards

( Release 1.0)

(Final) Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards

( Release 1.0)

Public review and comments

Smart 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, coordinates

conformance testing, and proposes action plans for achieving these goals.

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Smart Grid Interoperability Panel and Governing BoardSmart Grid Interoperability Panel and Governing Board

SGIPGBSGIPGB

Products (IKB)Products (IKB)

SGIPSGIP

One Organization,One Vote

One Organization,One Vote

Working Groups

Working Groups

SGIPStanding

CommitteeMembers (2)

SGIPStanding

CommitteeMembers (2)

Smart Grid Identified Standards

Smart Grid Identified Standards

Use CasesUse Cases

Requirements

Requirements

StandardsDescriptio

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StandardsDescriptio

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PriorityAction Plans

PriorityAction Plans

At largeMembers (3)

At largeMembers (3)

Ex Officio (non-voting)

Members

Ex Officio (non-voting)

Members

Stakeholder Category

Members (22)

Stakeholder Category

Members (22)

Standing Committees

Standing Committees

Conceptual Model

SGIP Structure

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SGIP Stakeholder Categories

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1 Appliance and consumer electronics providers

2Commercial and Industrial equipment manufacturers and automation vendors

3 Consumers – Residential, Commercial and Industrial

4 Electric transportation industry Stakeholders

5Electric utility companies – Investor Owned Utilities (IOU) and Publicly Owned Utilities

6 Electric utility companies - Municipal (MUNI)

7Electric utility companies - Rural Electric Association (REA)

8Electricity and financial market traders (includes aggregators)

9 Independent power producers

10Information and communication technologies (ICT) Infrastructure and Service Providers

11Information technology (IT) application developers and integrators

12 Power equipment manufacturers and vendors

13Professional societies, users groups, trade associations and industry consortia

14 R&D organizations and academia

15 Relevant Federal Government Agencies

16 Renewable Power Producers

17 Retail Service Providers

18Standard and specification development organizations (SDOs)

19 State and local regulators

20 Testing and Certification Vendors

21Transmission operators and Independent System Operators

22 Venture Capital7

SGIP: 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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First 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

Smart 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

Smart 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

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Level 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.

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Smart 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.

IP Priority Action Plan• 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/pub/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 Vision14

Wireless Priority Action Plan

• 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/SmartGrid/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/pub/SmartGrid/PAP02Wireless/NIST_PAP2-_Wireless_Characteristics-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. 15

Smart Grid Application Communication Requirements

What?

• Review Smart Grid use cases and application domains and devise a taxonomy for applications with similar network requirements

How will it be done?

• Identify applications with similar networking requirements• Requirements include data rate (traffic patterns, how much and

how often), delay, jitter, loss, data distribution (point to point or point to multi-point), security

Who?

• Utility and user groups, SG community, with NIST helpTimeline

• End of 2009Progress to date

• Work has started within the Open SG UCAiug, NEMA, and NIST• Focus of combined IP and wireless PAP session at Grid-Interop

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What’s 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

Sources

• NIST Smart Grid web sitehttp://www.nist.gov/smartgrid/

• NIST Smart Grid Twikihttp://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/

WebHome

• IP Priority Action Planhttp://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/

PAP01InternetProfile

• Wireless Priority Action Planhttp://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/

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