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Smart Grid Interoperability
Panel and Testing and
Certification Committee
Keeping the Lights On:
Strategies for Compatibility and Interoperability
in Electrical Power Networks seminar
October 27, 2011
Presented by
Don Heirman
President, Don HEIRMAN Consultants
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What is the Smart Grid?
The Smart Grid integrates
information technology and
advanced communications
into the power system in
order to:
Increase system efficiency and
cost effectiveness
Provide customers tools to
manage energy use
Improve reliability, resiliency
and power quality
Enable use of innovative
technologies including
renewables, storage
and electric vehicles
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Smart Grid: The “Energy Internet”
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2-way flow of electricity and information
Standards Provide a Critical Foundation
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Smart Grid = Electrical Grid + Intelligence
Combining electrical and
communication grids
requires interoperability
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Interoperability requires
reliable standards and
validated performance
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Smart Grid Interoperability
Interoperability: The ability of 2 or more
networks, systems, devices, applications, or
components to communicate & operate together
effectively, securely, & without significant user
intervention
– Communication requires agreement on a physical
interface & communication protocols
– Exchanging meaningful & actionable information
requires common definitions of terms & agreed upon
responses
– Consistent performance requires standards for the
reliability, integrity, and security of communications
– Interoperability may include:
 “Plug and play”: connect them & they work
together
 Interchangeability: Ability to readily substitute
components
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NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Panel
Public-private partnership created in Nov. 2009
Over 650 member organizations, 1700 participants
Open, public process with international participation
Coordinates standards development
– Identifies Requirements
– Prioritizes standards development programs
– Works with over 20 SDOs including IEC, ISO, ITU, IEEE, …
Web-based participation
SGIP Twiki:
http://collaborate.nist.gov/twikisggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/SGIP
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NIST/SGIP Smart Grid
The Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) was
created as a public/private partnership for longer-term
evolution of standards interoperability
SGIP will support NIST in fulfilling its responsibilities under
the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA).
SGIP will identify, prioritize and address new and emerging
requirements for Smart Grid standards. It will further
develop the initial NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart
Grid Interoperability Standards
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SGIP Organization
Governing
Board
SGIP
Officers
NIST
SGIP Administrator
Test & Certification
Committee
(SGTCC)
Architecture
Committee
(SGAC)
Cyber Security
Working Group
(CSWG)
Standing Committees &
Working Groups
Program
Mgmt
Office
(PMO)
Comm.
Marketing
Education
(CME)
Bylaws &
Operating
Procedures
(BOP)
Coordination Functions
PAP 1
PAP 2
PAP 3
PAP 4
PAP …
PAP 17
Priority Action Plan Teams
BnP
H2G
B2G
TnD
I2G
PEV2G
Electromagnetic
Interoperability Issues
Domain Expert Working
Groups
SGIP Membership
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Filling Gaps in the Standards
Priority Action Plans (led by NIST staff)
# Priority Action Plan
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Priority Action Plan
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Meter Upgradeability Standard
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Standard DR and DER Signals
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Role of IP in the Smart Grid
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Standard Energy Usage Information
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Wireless Communication for the Smart
Grid
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Common Object Models for Electric
Transportation
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Common Price Communication Model
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IEC 61850 Objects/DNP3 Mapping
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Common Scheduling Mechanism
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Time Synchronization, IEC 61850 Objects/
IEEE C37.118 Harmonization
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Standard Meter Data Profiles
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Transmission and Distribution Power
Systems Model Mapping
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Common Semantic Model for Meter Data
tables
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Harmonize Power Line Carrier Standards for
Appliance Communications in the Home
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Electric Storage Interconnection
Guidelines
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Wind Plant Communications
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CIM for Distribution Grid Management
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Facility Smart Grid Information
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SGIP Testing and Certification
Committee (SGTCC)
SG Testing and Certification Committee
– Consist of at least eight members selected by
the Plenary Chair, and all other interested
members confirmed by majority vote of the
SGIP.
– Creates and maintains the necessary
documentation and organizational framework
for compliance, interoperability and cyber
security testing and certification for SGIPrecommended Smart Grid standards.
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SGTCC working groups
SG Testing and Certificating Committee
(SGTCC) Organization which is part of the
SGIP
– SGTCC Teams (WGs)
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Document Review Team
Priority Interoperability Issues-WG3
IPRM-WG4
Laboratory Qualification Criteria-WG5
End to End Testing Team
TCC Roadmap Review Team
IPRM Implementation-WG8
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SGTCC Smart Grid
IPRM-WG4
– Status: completed IPRM Version 1.0; 2.0 in vote
Lab Qualification Criteria-WG5
– Status: Inactive
End to End Testing Team
– Provide considerations that extend beyond pairwise interoperability, i.e. the entire chain via
use case examples
– Status: Active
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SGTCC End to End Testing
Template
Test Use Case
4 Developing Test Requirements
4.1 Test Architecture
4.1.1 Test Component View
4.1.2 Test Information View
4.1 Test Security View
4.2 Interoperability Functional Statements (IFS)
Proforma
4.3 Test Groups
4.4 Test Purpose
4.5 Additional Requirements
4.6 Testing Context and Methods
4.6.2
Test Steps
4.6.3
Test Sequence Diagram
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SGTCC End to End Testing
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Testing Process
5.1 Overview
5.2 Policies and Principles
5.3 Test Assessment
5.3.1
Application Submission
5.3.2
Test Environment Submission
5.4 Test Preparation
5.4.1
Test Plan
5.4.2
Test Design
5.4.3
Test Configuration
5.5 Testing
5.6 Test Results
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SGTCC Smart Grid
TCC Roadmap Review Team
– Establish TCC priority work items for
2011, evaluating those proposed in the
original plan, as well as recommending
new work items based on additional
identified needs to support a testing and
certification framework for Smart Grid
systems and devices
– Status: As needed
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SGTCC Smart Grid
IPRM Implementation-WG8
– Manages the development of processes,
tools and guidance to support
stakeholders of the Interoperability
Process Reference Manual (IPRM),
particularly Interoperability Testing &
Certification Authorities (ITCAs)
intending to implement the IPRM in
certification programs
– Status: Active
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Interoperability Process
Reference Manual (IPRM)
The IPRM is a key foundational element
of the SGTCC Testing and Certification
Framework. It will enable the adoption of
consistent and measurable certification
and testing policies and procedures
across all Smart Grid standards based on
the conformance, interoperability, and
cybersecurity testing experience and
expertise of SGTCC participants, and the
widely accepted ISO Guide 65 and ISO
17025 international standards for
laboratory and certification program
quality management systems.
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Interoperability Process
Reference Manual (IPRM)
The SGTCC has developed and issued this
Interoperability Process Reference Manual (IPRM)
detailing its recommendations on processes and best
practices that enhance Smart Grid interoperability
testing and certification programs. Implementation of
the IPRM by Interoperability Testing and Certification
Authorities (ITCAs) will increase the quality of
standards-based, secure and interoperable products in
the Smart Grid marketplace.
The SGTCC believes that implementation of the IPRM
will lead to reduced deployment costs of Smart Grid
systems and devices and enhanced product quality with
respect to interoperability and conformance, ultimately
providing confidence to end users through meaningful
certification programs.
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Interoperability Process
Reference Manual (IPRM)
CONTENTS
1. IPRM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2. INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS BENCHMARKS
FOR TESTING AND CERTIFICATION
3. ORGANIZATION OF IPRM
4. ITCA IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IPRM
4.1. What is an ITCA?
4.2. How does an ITCA implement the IPRM?
4.3. Relationship between Accreditation
Authorities, ITCAs, Certification Bodies &Test Labs
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Interoperability Process
Reference Manual (IPRM)
5. BEST PRACTICES FOR INTEROPERABILITY AND
CONFORMANCE TEST CONSTRUCTION
5.1 General Test Policies
5.2 Test Suite Specification (TSS)
5.3 Attributes of a Test Profile in lieu of complete TSS
6. SECURITY BEST PRACTICES
7. INTEROPERABILITY TESTING AND CERTIFICATION
AUTHORITY ROLE AND REQUIREMENTS
7.1. Interoperability Requirements For Use By The ITCA
7.2. Governance
7.3. Lab Qualification
7.4. Technical Design for Interoperability and
Conformance Program Design
7.5. Improvements
7.6. Cyber Security
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American Council of Independent
Laboratories (ACIL) Perspective
Ensure fair and open process for selecting
labs
Keep technical and administrative
requirements on track
Suggest improvements in the testing and
certification process
Provide business opportunity possibilities
In summary---support activity by
participating in the SGIP/SCTCC work
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ACIL Smart Grid Focus
Focus resides in Conformity Assessment
Section
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SG Task Force (SGTF) formed in Spring 2010
Chair pro tem: Don Heirman
16 members
Holds regular teleconferences/webinars
Minutes recorded
Actions identified
Monitoring/participating in SGIP committee
webinars and review of documents
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Current SG Task Force WG8 Activities
Comment on Interoperability Process
Reference Manual (IPRM)—second edition
Review information needed for applying to be
an Interoperability Testing and Certification
Authority (ITCA) and what is required and
requested in detailed application form
Decide how to identify ITCAs on website
including their scopes and interoperability
Follow who is designated ITCAs and consider
being an ITCA
Continue to monitor and participate in SGTCC
and key weekly (or more) WG webinars
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Current SG Task Force Activities
Activities in End to End testing task:
– Review initial documents that present an
end to end test scenario for Home Area
Networks (HANs)
 Indicates testing to communication standards
 Has section on testing including the role of
test plans
 TF asked to comment on document with
special attention to how to instrument and
conduct test
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Example: Electric Vehicles Require Many Standards
J2293 (Communication)
Smart Energy 2.0
National Electric
Code
(Enclosures)
National
Electric
Safety Code
(Battery)
C12 (Meter)
J1772 (Connector)
1547 (Distributed energy interconnection)
61850 and 61970/61968 Information models
Demand response
& price signaling
Further Information
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NIST Smart Grid Web portal:
http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid
SGIP - NIST SG collaboration web page:
http://collaborate.nist.gov/twikisggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/WebHome
SG Testing and Certification Web site:
http://collaborate.nist.gov/twikisggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/SmartGridTestingAndCe
rtificationCommittee
American Council of Independent Laboratories
http://www.acil.org
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Further Information - Contacts
NIST Contacts:
– George Arnold, National Coordinator for Smart Grid
Interoperability
– Email: george.arnold@nist.gov
– Telephone: +1.301.975.2232
– David Wollman, Leader, Electrical Metrology Groups
– Email: david.wollman@nist.gov
– Telephone: +1.301.975.2433
– Galen Koepke, Chair SGIP EMII Working Group
– Email: galen.koepke@nist.gov
– Telephone: +1.303.497.5766
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Further Information - Contacts
SGIP Contacts:
– John McDonald
– Chair, SGIP
– Johnd.mcdonald@ge.com
– Rik Drummond
– Chair, SGTCC
– rikd@drummondgroup.com
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Further Information - Contacts
ACIL Contacts:
– Don Heirman
Chair Pro Tem
ACIL Smart Grid Task Force
d.heirman@ieee.org
www.donheirman.com
Mike Violette
Chair
ACIL Conformity Assessment Section
mikev@wll.org
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Don Heirman Biography
Donald Heirman is president of Don HEIRMAN Consultants, training, standards,
and
educational
electromagnetic
compatibility
(EMC)
consultation
corporation. Previously he was with Bell Laboratories for over 30 years in many
EMC roles including Manager of Lucent Technologies (Bell Labs) Global Product
Compliance Laboratory, which he founded, and where he was in charge of the
Corporation’s major EMC and regulatory test facility and its participation in ANSI
accredited standards and international EMC standardization committees. He
chairs, or is a principal contributor to, US and international EMC standards
organizations including ANSI ASC C63® (chairman), the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers, and the International Electrotechnical Commission’s
(IEC) International Special Committee on Radio Interference (CISPR) where in
October 2007 he was named the chair of CISPR moving from he previous role as
its subcommittee A chairman responsible for CISPR Publication 16. He is a
member of the IEC’s Advisory Committee on EMC (ACEC) and the Technical
Management Committee of the US National Committee of the IEC. In November
2008 he was presented with the prestigious IEC Lord Kelvin award at the IEC
General Meeting in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This is the highest award in the IEC and
recognizes Don’s many contributions to global electrotechnical standardization
in the field of EMC. He is a life Fellow of the IEEE and a life member of the IEEE
EMC Society (EMCS) and member of its Board of Directors, chair of its technical
committee on EMC measurements, past EMCS president, newly elected vice
president for standards, and past chair of its standards development
committee. He is also past president of the National Cooperation for Laboratory
Accreditation (NACLA). He is also past president of the IEEE Standards
Association (SA), past member of the SA Board of Governors and past member
of the IEEE’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. He is also the
Associate Director for Wireless EMC at the University of Oklahoma Center for the
Study of Wireless EMC. He has presented numerous workshops, tutorials, and
technical papers internationally and is listed in several Who’s Who
publications. He is a retired Commander in the US Navy