GSC-15-PLEN-75
31 August 2010
RESOLUTION GSC-15/xx: (Plenary) Smart Grids (New)
The 15th Global Standards Collaboration meeting (Beijing, August 30 – September 2, 2010)
Recognizing:
a) that existing electrical grids around the world, from power generation, to transmission
and end-user distribution, management and consumption, will undergo major
infrastructural changes concerning the information management and intelligence built
into the system;
b) that this evolved electrical grid is commonly referred to as Smart Grid;
c) the positive impact of Smart Grids in mitigating climate change, insofar as they offer
efficient alternatives by providing more efficient energy management and distribution
systems;
d) that the evolution of electrical grids to Smarts Grids in different countries and in different
regions within a country, are moving at different paces;
e) that a multitude of Smart Grid standardization activities are currently underway around
the world;
f) that power companies, information and communication technologies (ICT) companies,
governments and regulatory agencies will play important roles in Smart Grids
standardization; and
g) that cooperation and partnership among stakeholders are vital to developing effective
Smart Grids standards in an efficient manner.
Considering:
a) the need for a holistic approach for smart grids standardization to minimize redundant
efforts and maximize synergy;
b) that observations to date seem to indicate a dominance of representatives from the energy
sector and governments in standardization activities, while ICT experts have been playing
a minor role;
c) that Smart Grids are being introduced within an evolving policy and regulatory
environment;
d) that ICTs will be one of the most important factors in the overall future grid’s reliability
and dependability aspects;
e) that despite various activities being undertaken around the world, there is no apparent
synchronization and cooperation among them;
f) that a “silo” approach to Smart Grids standardization between the energy and ICT sectors
is apparent;
g) that ITU-T has started a Smart Grids Focus Group which had its first meeting June 14-16
and has begun to prioritize standards needed to promote and facilitate
telecommunication/ICT support for Smart Grids;
h) that ISO/IEC JTC 1 Special Working Group on Smart Grid (SWG-Smart Grid) has begun
to gather Smart Grid standardization requirements; and
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i) that IEC Strategic Group on Smart Grid (SG 3), which was created in 2008, has recently
released its “IEC Smart Grids Standardization Roadmap”.
Resolves:
1) to promote globally consistent standards that facilitate interoperability, innovation, market
competition and infrastructure development to address user needs in a timely and cost
effective basis through cooperation and collaboration among global, regional and national;
SDOs on Smart Grids;
2) to request the ITU, with the assistance of Participating Standards Organizations (PSOs)
and Observer Organizations of the GSC, to develop a comprehensive inventory of national,
regional and international initiatives and activities in the area of Smart Grids that includes
not only telecommunications/ICT, but also energy standardization;
3) to encourage the ITU to cooperate in the development global harmonized Smart Grids
standards, taking into account important work undertaken by other international
organizations including IEC, ISO/IEC JTC 1, and JTC1 SC27; and
4) to encourage PSOs and Observer Organizations of the GSC to engage all stakeholders to
minimize duplication and ensure effectiveness and completeness of Smart Grids standards
development.
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