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
Standardization Ecosystem
Utilities
ICTs
Government/ Agencies
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
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• 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
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ITU
• ISO/IEC
• TIA
• ATIS
• IEEE
• ETSI
• IETF
• OASIS
• SIP Forum
• ZigBee Alliance
• WiMAX Alliance
• WiFi Alliance
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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 grid’s 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 (cont’d)
 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 (cont’d)
 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 bandwidthintensive 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 (cont’d)
 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
Appendix:
Canada 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 Grid
Technology and Standards (cont’d)
 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 14
report to the CNC/IEC
CNC/IEC Task Force – Smart Grid
Technology and Standards (cont’d)
 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 Grid
Technology and Standards (cont’d)
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?
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