Working Group Summaries

Charlotte, NCNovember 12, 2009

EAII WG Scope

Co-Chairs: Andre Maizener, EdF (utility) (andre.maizener@edf.fr) and Harry Garton, Xtensible Solutions (vendor) (hgarton@xtensible.net)

• Scope: Drive the understanding and implementation of CIM-based message exchange to support efficient and effective communication while establishing a forum for the sharing of such information as well as best practices for exchange of CIM-based information

• This group is proposing a merger with the Tools WG

Model Exchange & Naming WG Scope

Chair: Jay Britton, Areva (jay.britton@areva-td.com) • TF scope covers the use of CIM standards for exchange of power system modeling

information among participants in interconnected transmission grids.– Operations and planning.– Static model exchange standard (61970-452/552)– Power flow exchange standards for case inputs and steady-state solutions– Naming practices and Identification of modeling objects in model exchange

business processes.• Liaisons to NERC & ENTSO-E (formerly UCTE)

Model Exchange & Naming WG Agenda

• Update on ENTSO-E (UCTE) model exchange– Paris Interop– Implementation activity

• SERC Model Exchange (Robert Kingsmore)• Progress on new IEC Standards

– Topology– Solved State– Display layout

• Modeling Use Cases in Smart Grid

Process WG Scope

Co-chairs: Terry Saxton (tsaxton@xtensible.net) & Ed Dobrowolski (ed.dobrowolski@nerc.net) Scope:• Overall management of the CIMug • Development and tuning of the CIMug web site • Coordination of the Technical Issues process• Development and coordination of the Help Desk environment • Coordination and maintenance of the CIMug mail list • Meeting planning and assistance in conducting the meetings of the CIMug • Establishment of the budget for the CIMug • Development of liaisons with appropriate external groups • Adherence to the rules and regulations of the CIMug and UCAIug

Marketing WG Scope Chair: Margaret Goodrich (margaret@sisconet.com)Scope:• Cooperative effort with the Process WG• Primary responsibilities:

• Branding• Publicity – Trade Show Participation• Membership Recruitment• Collateral Material Development

• Literature• Presentations (training and business justification)• White papers (training and business justification)

• Recent accomplishments:• CIM Users Group, UCAIug, and other community logos• CIGRÉ 2008 posters and literature

Process & Marketing WG Agenda

• Not meeting in Charlotte

Tools WG Scope

Co-chairs: Kendall Demaree, Areva (kendall.demaree@areva-td.com) & Arnold deVos, Langdale (adv@langdale.com.au)

Pinch-hitting today: Alan McMorran

Charter: Support collaboration and awareness on various tools used to work with CIM among the CIM users community.

http://cimug.ucaiug.org/WG/Tools/default.aspx

Tools WG Agenda• Discuss the proposed merger with EAII, proposed charter, co-chairs, and choose a name• Presentation of WG19 Naming Design Rules proposed document by JL Sanson (ITG)• Update of WG16 methodology by Cyril Efantin (EDF)/ JL Sanson (ITG)• Presentation of CIMContextor. A UML tool to follow methodological rules by A. Maizener

(Zamiren)• Presentation of CIMSpy/CIMDesk (Jun Zhu) with focus on ENTSO-E enhancements (TBC)• Presentation on CIM in Python and CIMTool plugin for python framework generation

(Richard Lincoln)• A presentation of IBM tools to accompany the standards (TBC)• Brief summary to other existing CIM tools (CIMTool, Cimphony, etc.) to initiate discussion

on the NIST SmartGrid requirements for a flexible tool to handle UML/messages

Merged Group Charter

The major objectives of this group are:• To promote the understanding and implementation of CIM

UML modeling and CIM-Based message exchange• To exchange best practices and information related to

challenges experienced when implementing CIM for EAI • To support collaboration and awareness of methodologies

for the derivation of messages• Support collaboration and awareness on various tools used to

work with CIM among the CIM users community

Compliance & Validation WG Scope

Co-chairs: Suzanne Caron-André, SNC Lavalin (suzanne.caron-andre@snclavalintd.com) & Maurice Adriaensen, KEMA (maurice.adriaensen@kema.com)

• Mission:– Formalize definition of CIM Compliance– Define standard compliance testing program, including procedures

and tools, documented as CIM Compliance Quality Program.

Compliance & Validation WG Agenda

• Transition of the “Compliance Test Working Group” to the “Compliance and Interoperability Testing Working Group”

• Review and Final Approval of the Compliance Definition Documentation

• Review and Approval of Charter for new WG• Approval of WG leads – Margaret Goodrich, SISCO candidate for

vendor co-Chair• Review and Discussion of the WG Plans for the year