ADVANCING
THROUGH
COLLABORATION
2015 ANNUAL REPORT
www.sgip.org
Thanks to the volunteers and staff, SGIP is positioned
to be the lead organization for Grid Modernization and
making Energy IoTTM a reality.
We made great strides this year in bringing on new staff to help drive
value for our members. We thank each and every one of you who
contributed to our successes this year.
From the launch and announcement of OpenFMBTM at Distributech to the
momentum and visible display of progress we had at our Annual event,
kudos to the entire OpenFMB group for the wonderful progress they have
made in bringing Internet of Things technology to the energy sector.
This year we have heard and witnessed an increased focus toward
implementation of distributed energy resources and storage. The
conversations taking place at a policy level in various states, coupled
with the collaboration and focus on standards, is helping to shape this
increasingly important aspect of energy delivery. Our continued work
in our Distributed Resources Generation and Storage working group is
key for tackling the technical issues, as are our business conversations
through our efforts with Grid3.0.
We began the year with our three focus areas which included
Cybersecurity, Energy IoT (via OpenFMB), and Test Bed. We are pleased
to have added a lead for our cybersecurity efforts and will publish our first
results of the NA Test Bed Summary by year end. The progress on our
focus areas, along with the execution on our addition of 6 new standards
to the Catalog of Standards which brings our total to 75, is very positive.
We ask for your continued involvement and support to help our
organization increase its impact and reach. If you are not already
involved, get involved. Together we can continue to accelerate our sector
transformation. You are not only recipients of our work output, but also
ambassadors for our SGIP.
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DAVID FORFIA
SGIP Chairman
of the Board
SHARON S.
ALLAN
SGIP CEO &
President
About SGIP
SGIP Board
SGIP (www.sgip.org) is an organization that represents
a cross section of the energy ecosystem and is
focused on driving grid modernization and energy
Internet of Things through policy, education, and
promotion of interoperability and standards to
empower customers and enable a sustainable energy
future. Our members are utilities, vendors, investment
institutions, industry associations, regulators,
government entities, national labs, services providers,
and universities. A nonprofit organization, we drive
change through a consensus process.
Officers:
•David Forfia, Chairman (ERCOT)
•Erich Gunther, Vice-Chairman (EnerNex)
•Nick Wagner, Treasurer (Iowa Utilities Board)
National Association of Regulatory Utility
Commissioners (NARUC)
•John Caskey, Secretary (NEMA)
Directors:
•Ed Eckert, Itron
•Andres Carvallo, CMG
•Jason Handley, Duke
•Chris Irwin, US Dept of Energy
•Suresh Kotha, SMUD
•Robby Simpson, GE
•Tony Thomas, NRECA
•Steve Widergren, PNNL
2015 Membership
SGIP has 156 members. Our membership breakdown for 2015 was as follows:
SGIP MEMBER INTEREST
CATEGORIES
17%
33%
Service Providers
& System
Administrators
17%
SDOs &
Consortia
Asset Owners
18%
Consumer, Policy
& Government
15%
Manufacturers
Asset Owners: Those that own
and invest in the infrastructure
and communications to produce,
transport and/or distribute energy.
Consumers, Policy & Government
Service Providers & System
Administrators: Those that
consume energy or develop/
implement policies governing the
production and delivery of energy
and related services to such
consumers.
Manufacturers: Those that
provide the equipment, software
and communications gear and
solutions for the safe and efficient
generation, delivery and utilization
of energy.
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Service Providers & System
Administrators: Those that
provide services in the energy
industry including the independent
operation/ management of
transmission or distribution
systems.
SDOs & Consortia: Those that
develop and communicate broad
industry positions, technologies
and standards.
SGIP Collaboration at Work
EDITORIAL OUTREACH TO
EDITORS/PUBLISHERS/
REPORTERS
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ARTICLES PUBLISHED /
SGIP IN THE NEWS
•Metering International – “Collaboration to Improve
Quality of Life”: Sharon Allan March 2015
•Transmission & Distribution World Magazine – “SGIP
Cybersecurity Workshop Yields Knowledge Exchange
on Cybersecurity Practices”: Sharon Allan quoted,
March 2015
•EnergyBiz – “Cybersecurity, To Move Forward,
Leverage the Resources”: Sharon Allan, March 2015
•Engerati – “Cybersecurity in Focus”: Sharon Allan,
April 2015
•Spark – Public Utilities Fortnightly– “Electrifying
Microgrids”: Sharon Allan quoted, April 2015
•Forbes – “Are Microgrids Going Mainstream?”:
Sharon Allan quoted, April 2015
•Metering & Smart Energy International – Smart Grid
News: Sharon Allan Named Top 50 Pioneer. May 2015
•UTC Members Journal: Sharon Allan SGIP 2015 Profile.
May 2015
•Electric Energy T&D – “Unlocking the Grid Edge,
Open Standards are Closer Than You Think,” Stuart
McCafferty, May 2015
•Electric Light and Power – “Microgrids and Regulatory
Frameworks – Complex Utility Issues Ahead,” Sharon
Allan, June 2015
•The Energy Times – “Smart Grid Leads to Smart Cities
– How Grid Modernization Will Empower Urban Areas,”
Sharon Allan, June 19, 2015
•Public Utilities Fortnightly – “Money matters: The Need
for Rates That Reflect Reality,” Sharon Allan scheduled
for August 2015.
•Smart Grid News – “Energy IoT OpenFMB™”
September 2015
•Smart Grid News – “OpenFMB™ Creating a Framework
for Innovation” Larry Lackey, October 2015
•Metering and Smart Energy International – Global
Smart Energy Elites, Sharon Allan, November 2015
PRESS RELEASES
WHITE PAPERS PUBLISHED
•Feb 10: Cloud Computing White Paper
•Mar 17: Cybersecurity Risk Management Case Study
•April 28: Retail Tariffs White Paper
•May 17: Regulatory Challenges to Deploying
Distributed Energy Resources White Paper
•Nov.: Cases on Information Support of Interactions
between Advanced Microgrids and Electric
Distribution Systems
•Nov.: IEC 61850 Information Model Concepts and
Updates for Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Use
Cases and Functions
SGIP SIGNED AGREEMENTS WITH:
•Open Geospatial Consortium – to advance GIS
technology
•Industrial Internet of Things Alliance – to advance IoT
in the Energy Sector
•NEMA – to make the SGIP Interoperability Process
Reference Manual an ANSI Standard
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INDUSTRY EVENTS IN WHICH
SGIP PARTICIPATED
WEBINARS, PODCASTS,
VIDEOS PRODUCED
•Jan 27: “Ameren Illinois Test Bed”
•Jan 28: “Ask the Expert” ITU-T and NISTIR 7943 “
•March 26: “New SGIP.org Tools”
•April 23: “Apr 23: DOE’s C2M2”
•May 12: “Grid 3.0”
•June 18; “C2M2 and the NIST Cyber Framework:
Applying DOE’s NIST Cyber Security Framework
Guidance”
•March 25: ETS15 (Energy Thought Summit) Podcast,
Sharon Allan on SGIP 2015
•March 25: ETS15 (Energy Thought Summit) Video,
Sharon Allan on industry update
•July 14: “IEC 61850: Communication Networks and
Systems for Power Utilities”
•July 21: “Discussing Regulatory Challenges to
Deploying Distributed Energy Resources”
•Aug 6: “The Transactive Energy Modeling and
Simulation Challenge for the Smart Grid”
•Sept 3: “For Members Only! SGIP Virtual Roundtable:
an Industry Discussion with Sharon Allan”
•Oct 17: “OpenFMB™ Overview”
•Oct 17: “OpenFMB™ UseCases”
•DistribuTECH 2015 – San Diego, CA, February 2015
•NARUC Winter Meeting – Washington, D.C.,
February 2015.
•IEEE Meeting – Interoperability and Standards –
Progress on Global Harmonization – February 2015
•Engage 2015 – OpenFMB™ and Cybersecurity Kickoff
– Meetings, Phoenix, March 2015
•ETS15 (Energy Thought Summit) - Sharon Allan
(panelist), “Open Source Smart Grid” - Austin, TX,
March 25 2015
•GRID 3.0 Meeting – Washington, D.C., March 27 2015
•Public Utility Fortnightly – The Uncertain
Future, “Microgrids Refuge from Danger, or
Treasure “Island” – Washington, D.C., April 10 2015
•UTC Annual Meeting – Sharon Allan (panelist),
“How to Accommodate Demand Response, SelfGeneration and Micro-Grids without Affecting
Reliability” – Atlanta, GA, May 5 2015
•DOE Quadrennial Review Briefing – John
Caskey presentation for SGIP – Washington, D.C.,
September 2015
•Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative – “SGCC
Peer Connect: Forgetting Something? The Importance
of Consumer Standards,” Erich Gunther – Webinar
September 2015
•EPRI Power Delivery & Utilization Fall 2015
Advisory Council Meeting – Sharon Allan –. Baltimore,
MA, October 2015
•SGIP 2015 Annual Conference – New Orleans, LA,
November 2015
SGIP launched the OpenFMB™ Project in February 2015
OpenFMB™ (Open Field Message Bus) is a framework for distributed intelligent nodes interacting
with each other through loosely coupled, peer-to-peer messaging for fielded devices and systems
at the grid edge. The framework provides
a specification for power systems-field devices to
leverage a non-proprietary and standards-based reference architecture, which consists of Internet
Protocol (IP) networking and Internet of Things (IoT) messaging protocols. The framework supports
Distributed Energy Resources that communicate based on a common schematic definition and
can process the data locally for action (control, reporting).
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2015 Financials
Expenses to support our mission
were applied as follows:
SGIP’s 2015 funding breakdown:
3% 3% 10%
15%
49%
NIST Funding
16%
Conference
15%
49%
35%
5%
Member Funding
Consumer, Policy
& Government
6%
29%
Conference
Technical Programs (CoS, OpenFMB,
TestBed, cybersecurity, etc.)
Travel
Membership Management &
Environment
Legal
Admin (Finance, Audit, IT)
47%
Manufacturers
Marketing
Asset Owners
7%
SDOs &
Consortia
11%
Service Providers &
System Administrators
2016–2018 Plan Horizon
Over the course of the next three years, SGIP will be focused on driving programs that members prioritize with
funding derived from a mix of membership revenue, funded project work either through direct investment of
members or through winning a funding opportunity, federal government project funding, hosted EnergyIoT
applications and online stores, and our annual Knowledge Forum.
Over the plan horizon, the organization will focus on three key areas:
1. Driving development and adoption of standards for interoperability at the edges of the grid where integration
and coordination of distributed energy resources are becoming part of the overall grid. This involves utility
connected Distributed Energy Resources (DER) as well as customer DER and involves new products and
services on both sides of the meter.
2.Serve as a voice for Internet of Things (Energy IoT™) for the energy sector.
3. Be the central go-to convener of multi stakeholders to address distributed generation activities.
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SGIP Member Companies
ABB Inc.
e-Radio USA Inc.
Aclara Technologies, LLC
Ericsson Inc.
Michigan Public Service
Commission
Milbank Manufacturing Co.
Advanced Energy Centre
Ernst & Young
Alliance for Telecommunications
Industry Solutions (ATIS)
Exelon Corporation
Minnesota Public Utilities
Commission
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC)
MITRE Corp.
FREEDM Systems Center
National Association of Regulatory
Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
Ameren Services
American Council of Independent
Laboratories (ACIL)
American Electric Power (AEP)
American Public Power
Association (APPA)
ARC Informatique
ARC Technical Resources, Inc.
ASHRAE
Association of Home Appliance
Manufacturers
BC Hydro
Bonneville Power Administration
Buford Goff & Associates, Inc.
California Public Utilities
Commission
General Electric Company
National Electrical Manufacturers
Association (NEMA)
Geza Joos, Consultant
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST)
Greater Sudbury Hydro Inc.
Green Energy Corp
GridIntellect, LLC
GridWise Alliance
Helikon.net
IEEE Standards Association
Sandia National Laboratories
Sensus
Silver Spring Networks
SLAC National Accelerator
Laboratory
Smart Grid Operations Consulting
Southern California Edison
New York State Department of
Public Service
Idaho National Laboratory
SAE International
SmartCloud, Inc.
New York Independent System
Operator, Inc.
Hydro-Quebec
Sacramento Municipal Utility
District
National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL)
NEC Laboratories America
Honeywell Automation and
Control Solutions
Reilly Associates
National Instruments
National Rural Electric Cooperative
Association (NRECA)
Home, Building & Utility Systems
Reef Energy Systems, LLC
Nikos Hatziargyriou Technical
Office Consultants
Southern Company Services, Inc.
Sustainable Resources
Management
Systems Integration Specialists
Company, Inc. (SISCO)
Tacoma Power
Tata America International
Corporation
Telecommunications Technology
Association
Calm Sunrise Consulting, LLC
Indra Systems, Inc.
Carnegie Mellon University
Inman Technology
CENACE
Inmetro
North American Energy Standards
Board (NAESB)
TeMix Inc.
Cetecom
ISO New England
NovaTech LLC
The International Society of
Automation (ISA)
CleanSpark LLC
ITOCHU Corporation
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
CMG Consulting LLC
Itron, Inc.
NXEGEN LLC
Coergon
Jamaica Public Service Company
Ltd
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(ORNL)
Japan Smart Community Alliance
(JSCA)
OMNETRIC Corp.
Consumer Electronics Association
Consumers Energy Company
Cornice Engineering, Inc.
CPS Energy
CSA Group
DTE Energy
Duke Energy
Oncor Electric Delivery
JKN Consulting
Open Geospatial Consortium
(OGC)
Kalki Communications
Technologies Private Limited
(KALKITECH)
OpenADR Alliance
Opus One Solutions
Kitu Systems, Inc.
Kladar Virtual Automation Ltd
Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory (PNNL)
Edison Electric Institute (EEI)
Korea Smart Grid Association
(KSGA)
PG&E
Electric Power Research Institute
(EPRI)
Korea Smart Grid Institute
Duquesne Light Company
Electric Reliability Council of Texas
(ERCOT)
Lakeview Consulting Group
Lansing Board Of Water and Light
Elster Solutions, LLC
Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory (LBNL)
Energy Alternative Solutions, LLC
Energy Central
Energy Surety Partners, LLC
EnerNex LLC
Portland General Electric
Company
Lafayette Utilities System
Elevate Energy
Enbala Power Networks
PJM Interconnection
Power Generation Services, Inc.
PowerHub Systems
Public Service Electric and Gas
Company (PSE&G)
LocalGrid Technologies
Public Utilities Commission of
Ohio
London Hydro
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Maryland Public Service
Commission
Real-Time Innovations, Inc.
Metatech Corporation
Rebecca Herold and Associates
EnerTech Capital
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The University of Tokyo
Toshiba - Landis + Gyr
Tri-County Electric Cooperative,
Inc.
TUV Rheinland of North America
U.S. Department of Energy (DoE)
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
(UL)
Upperbay Systems
Utilities Telecom Council, Inc.
Utility Integration Solutions
Organization
Valley View Corporation
Ward Bower Innovations LLC
Wedin Communications
Wells Fargo
WiMAX Forum
Xanthus Consulting International
Xcel Energy Inc.
Xtensible Solutions
Zigbee Alliance, Inc.
Z-Wave Alliance
Contact SGIP to learn more about SGIP
and to get connected
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Wakefield, MA 01880
SHARON ALLAN
CEO & President
sallan@sgip.org
GABRIELLE PUCCIO
Vice President, Member &
Public Affairs
gpuccio@sgip.org
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