sgip sri 2014-keynote reducing cost and risk in the interoperable smart grid

Accelerating Grid Modernization

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Reducing Cost and Risk in the Next Generation Interoperable

Smart GridSmart Grids Seminar - 2014April 02, 2014Cuernavaca, Morelos, México



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Reducing Cost and Risk in the Interoperable Smart Grid

• Technology Decisions & Interoperability

• Smart Grid Interoperability Activities

• How SGIP Reduces Your Cost & Risk



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What Keeps You Up at Night?• What are the impacts of your technology choices…

– In ongoing operations, support and upgrade costs?

• How do you stay current with the velocity of technology changes…– To future-proof your acquisition decisions?

• Technology acquisition decisions could be improved with more knowledge…– In collaboration with other utilities

– Leveraging practical advice of industry experts in trusted forums

– …if you had the time & resources to keep up with new info



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Technology Decisions Have Impacts Beyond Operations

Missed opportunities, second-guessed technology decisions, and deployment missteps can cause:

• Questions from regulators about utility technology roadmaps

• Friction and delays in utility decisions from ratepayers, taxpayers, and voters requiring more information

SGIP helps you avoid these outcomes



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• Supports the freedom to choose and to change

• Underlies future economic well-being

• Demands the private sector take charge and not just be observers

Interoperability Is Not an Entitlement, but…



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Reduce Distance to Integrate

Credit: Scott Neumann, UISol GWAC position paper

No standard exists, requires completely custom integration

Interfaces can be transformed and/or

mapped

Interfaces use a common

model

‘Plug and Play’ standard defined

Party A Party B



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• The modernized electrical power grid is expanding

• SGIP eases Smart Grid growing pains by– Comprehending customers’ requirements

– Engaging all stakeholders to identify and solve critical problems

– Encouraging practical implementations

– Overseeing the path to interoperability through Smart Grid standards for hardware, software and systems

Enabling Interoperable Solutions



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Why Achieve Interoperability

• Reducing the distance to integrate – Reduces installation and integration costs

– Creates well-defined points in a system for new applications

– Enables substitution of automated components

– Provides an upgrade path that preserves system operation

– Increases opportunity for multiple vendors to compete

– Allows for easier integration of new capabilities & features



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Smart Grid Interoperability Panel

orchestrates the work behind power grid

modernization



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• Optimizes resources and time• Avoids proprietary vendor lock-in• Helps build technology roadmaps• Simplifies decision making

SGIP Reduces Risks and Costs

SGIP is a collaborative, transparent, and trusted forum to share standards information and practical, hands-on knowledge about deployments from

industry experts.



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Smart Grid Conceptual ModelThe SGIP Smart Grid Conceptual Model, showing the seven “domains” of the Smart Grid

(http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/SGConceptualModel)

http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/SGConceptualModel

http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/SGConceptualModel



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Smart Grid Conceptual Model



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SGIP Member Groups Activities



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SGIP Members• Electric Utilities

– Investor Owned Utilities, Rural Electric Cooperatives, Municipal

– Renewable Power, Transmission System Operators, Retail, Financial Market

• Governments & Regulators– Federal & State agencies

• Manufacturers– Appliance, Industrial, Vehicle, Power Equipment,

Communications, Information Technology, Integrators

• Associations and Standards Development Orgs (SDOs)



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Work Products

Membership

Domain Expert Working Groups (DEWGs) Priority Action Plans (PAPs) Standing Member

Committees

Architecture

Cybersecurity

Implementation Methods

Testing & Certification

Building to Grid

Home to Grid

Industry to Grid

Business & Policy

Vehicle to Grid

Distributed Renewables, Generation & Storage

Wireless Comm - 02

Energy Storage Interconnect - 07

Distribution Grid Mgmt - 08

Standard DR & DER Signals - 09

Map IEEE 1815 to IEC 61850 - 12

Wind Plant Comm - 16

Power Line Comm - 15

Facility Smart Grid Info Std - 17

Wholesale Demand Response - 19

Green Button ESPI Evolution - 20

EV Fueling Submetering - 22

Weather Info - 21

Conceptual Models & Roadmaps Requirements Use Cases Whitepapers

Standards Evaluations

Catalog of Standards

Transmission & Distribution

SGIP Member Groups



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SMART GRIDARCHITECTURE COMMITTEE



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• Responsible for creating and refining a conceptual reference model, which provides a high-level, overarching perspective of the characteristics, uses, interfaces, requirements and standards needed to enable the Smart Grid

• Addresses use cases that require interoperable communications as well as proper configuration and access through several ownership and management boundaries

Smart Grid Architecture Committee(SGAC)



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• Addressing several challenges– migrating the existing system-engineering actor/role

model to services– developing a phased architectural approach that

creates building blocks and data models – Building industrial profile & process to address

emerging Smart Grid/Grid Modernization challenges • such as integrating electric vehicles, renewable energy,

microgrids, and Transactive Energy

Smart Grid Architecture Committee(SGAC)



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• Transactive Energy Framework was launched by GridWise® Architecture Council (GWAC) in early November at SGIP Fall Conference– SGAC has started its own working party on Transactive Energy to

examine the issues across all the domains– SGAC has contributed to the GWAC Framework, especially to the

Architecture, Cyberphysical Systems sections of the paper

• Coordinating architectures with European Union

– EU M490 Methodology & Interoperability Work Packages

Smart Grid Architecture Committee(SGAC) Activities



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SMART GRIDCYBERSECURITY COMMITTEE



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Subgroups• SGCC Architecture• SGCC Cloud Computing• SGCC High Level Requirements• SGCC NISTIR 7628 User’s Guide• SGCC Privacy• SGCC Standards

Smart Grid Cybersecurity Committee(SGCC)



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• Completed User’s Guide to the Smart Grid Cybersecurity Guidelines (NISTIR 7628 - 2010)

• Developing Privacy Awareness Questionnaire• Developing Risk Management Case Study• Completed mapping of Critical Infrastructure

Protection (CIP) v5 to NIST IR 7628 (Guidelines to Smart Guide for Cybersecurity)

Smart Grid Cybersecurity Committee(SGCC) Activities



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SMART GRIDIMPLEMENTATION METHODS

COMMITTEE



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Smart Grid Implementation Methods Committee (SGIMC)

Interoperability in Practice– Implementation of standards

• Lessons learned and best practices• Business case• Barriers and challenges

– Implementer Community• Forum for implementers to share experiences

– Feedback loop• Pass along issues to DEWGS, Technical Committee,

SDOs, User’s Groups and Alliances



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• Developing a clearinghouse and forum for real world experiences in smart grid deployment

• Choosing standards or application areas as topics for case studies for 2014:

o Green Buttono Smart Energy Profile 2.0o AMIo Distribution Automation

oIEC 61850oDemand responseoCybersecurityoIntegration of distributed generation



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The first Interoperability Implementation Experience Case Study • Implementing the

Common Information Model at DTE Energy

• Published Jan. 2014



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SMART GRIDTESTING AND CERTIFICATION

COMMITTEE



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• Testing and certification expected to play a key role in the coming years to help further Smart Grid interoperability– Accelerating the development and implementation of

interoperable products throughout the smart grid domains

– Identifying testing needs and priorities, particularly from the perspective of utilities

– New test programs will ramp up to support the adoption and implementation of new technologies

Smart Grid Testing & Certification Committee (SGTCC)



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Smart Grid Testing & Certification Committee (SGTCC) Deliverbles

• Interoperability Process Reference Manual (IPRM) v2• IPRM Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)• Interoperability Testing & Certification Authorities

(ITCA) Development Guide and FAQs• White Paper on Importance and Value of Testing &

Certification for the Smart Grid• Testing & Certification Landscape Report• Testing & Certification Framework Development Guide



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SGIP Works for you



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Many Utility Functions Benefit from SGIP Membership

C-Level Executives

Operations

Planning & Management Engineering

Procurement

Marketing

Customer Service ICT

Regulatory Relations

Program Management



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SGIP Works for You• SGIP represents utility perspectives to standards development

organizations (SDOs) and industry associations – Gathers utility requirements & identifies gaps in the range of standards– Amplifies collective utility perspectives about important standards– Breaks standards silos and promotes non-proprietary standards– Encourages standards in proprietary solutions to avoid stranded

investments

• Your participation demonstrates proactive planning for future operations– Standards-based products = lower integration and operational costs – Builds defensible acquisitions decisions based on lifecycle costs– Helps influence your customers’ technology decisions about microgrids,

distributed energy resources, and demand response



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SGIP Works for You• Simplifies technology decisions

– Eliminates utility resource time and money following multiple SDO committees for

• Demand Response, Microgrids, Distributed Network Protocol (DNP)/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) mapping …

– Provides standards migration guidance by mapping overlaps and gaps

– Delivers standards-agnostic explanations of business impacts of SDO activities and standards status around the world

– Enables you to interact with experts and speakers on important topics such as Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Distributed Energy Resources, cybersecurity, and privacy



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SGIP Works for You

• Enables standards information exchanges– Builds a collaborative, trusted and transparent forum sharing

practical standards advice and hands-on knowledge about Smart Grid deployments not available anywhere else

– Extends mutual aid concept into standards research and advocacy

– Provides a unique gathering place for utilities, regulators, vendors, system integrators, research scientists, and government agencies

– Catalogs utility lessons learned and how not to get burned



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Your SGIP Partnership Delivers Tangible Benefits

• Your utility saves time and money

• Your technology acquisition decision risks are minimized

• You gain new, specialized, collaborative forums for standards decisions & deployments

• You gain impartial and expert guidance about standards activity and their business impact



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Contact: Patrick Gannon:

[email protected] 941-357-6224

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