WG Summaries

Austin, TX

October 24, 2007

Process WGCo-chairs: Terry Saxton & Ed DobrowolskiScope:• Overall management of the CIMug • Development and tuning of the CIMug web site • Coordination of the Technical Issues process• Development and coordination of the Help Desk environment • Coordination and maintenance of the CIMug mail list • Meeting planning and assistance in conducting the meetings of the

CIMug • Establishment of the budget for the CIMug • Development of liaisons with appropriate external groups • Adherence to the rules and regulations of the CIMug and UCAIug

Process WG

Items for Austin breakout:

• Planning for future meetings– Spring ’08 in Europe (Vasteras, Sweden) – Fall ‘08 in North America– Fall ’08 in Asia (tentative)

• Increasing participation in the CIMug– Help desk and issue submittal

• Building up liaisons

Model Exchange WGChair: Jay Britton• 61970-452 Standard

– New draft of 61970-452 standard has been created. (K. Hunter)• 61970-452 Rev 4 (May 4, 2007)• Various edits and update for CIM 11.• Important new classes:

– ModelAuthority– ModelAuthoritySet

• Extended use case discussion added as Appendix A. (J. Britton)– Promotion of model authority concepts

• European User Group May 2007• NERC DEWG Meeting, Sept 2007• General presentations (PES Atlanta, IEEE Tampa, Utility Integration Houston, …)

– Interop 10 (Sept, 2007)• CIM version finalized for test (L. Osterlund)• Organization (M. Goodrich)• Did not test model authorities – expected next year.

Model Exchange WG

• Related Standards – CIM for Planning

• EPRI Project• Planning & Operating Model Exchange

– Wg13 NWIPs• EMS Model Update• Steady State Solution

• Active CIM Model Exchange Projects– WECC– ERCOT

Model Exchange WGItems for Austin breakout:• Review of Model Exchange Appendix A Use Cases• NERC DEWG Meeting Report• European Review

– UCTE Day-Ahead Model Exchange Process • Planning

– Summary of EPRI CIM for Planning project activity– MMWG Procedure for Eastern Interconnection

• Active Projects– WECC and ERCOT

• Model acquisition from members• EMS model update• Model availability to members• Planning

Marketing WG

• Objectives of the Marketing Working Group– Promote Use of Technology in Industry– Promote CIM User Group Membership

• Current Activities– Logo and Brochure Re-Design

– Develop Branding Program

– Develop Membership Literature

Marketing WG

• Plans for 2008– Develop Logo and Membership Literature –

Re-Design– Membership Drive (email and mailing list)– Membership Booths (in conjunction with UCA

Group)

• Budget – the above activities have budget but need to be implemented.

Enterprise Application Integration WG

• Scope: Drive the understanding and implementation of CIM-based message exchange to support efficient and effective communication while establishing a forum for the sharing of such information as well as best practices for exchange of CIM-based information

• Co-Chairs: Andre Maizener, and Harry Garton (Xtensible Solution) (vendor) – andre.maizener@edf.fr– hgarton@xtensible.net

EAI WG• Activities limited to breakout sessions during Users Group meetings.

• Trying to get some traction, generate interest, and come up with real issues and real solutions

– Determine how to get traction outside of User Group Meetings

– Fact: each time we have had interesting and fruitful meetings and break out sessions

– Please provide ideas or suggestions to Andre or Harry

• 2 possible directions for the group:

– Exchange best practices and difficulties in using CIM and be a source of request and issues for the various TC57 working groups

– Contribute to finalize the methodology to derive messages

Compliance WG

• Mission:– Formalize definition of CIM Compliance– Define standard compliance testing program,

including procedures and tools, documented as CIM Compliance Quality Program.

– Co-chairs: Suzanne Caron-André & Maurice Adriaensen • suzanne.caron-andre@snclavalintd.com• maurice.adriaensen@kema.com

Compliance WG

• First deliverable: CIM Compliance Definition White Paper (to be part of future CIM Compliance Quality Program)

– Status: Submitted for comments to WG13 / WG 14 in Spring 2007.

– Editorial comments received September 2007.

– Revised version to be published on CIMug Web Site

• Progressing CIM Quality Program: Need for compliance validation testing tools