Smart Grids Standards Coordination

1. Smart Grids Standards Coordination Colman Ho ISACC Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) GSC-15

2. Standardization Ecosystem Utilities ICTs Government/ Agencies • North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) • Supporting Energy Efficiency in Smart Generation grids through ICT (SEESGEN-ICT) • National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) • European Utilities Telecom Council • Korea Smart Grid Assoc. (KGSA) • Smart Grid Australia (SGA) • IEC • CENELEC • CEN • SAE International • ITU • ISO/IEC • TIA • ATIS • IEEE • ETSI • IETF • OASIS • SIP Forum • ZigBee Alliance • WiMAX Alliance • WiFi Alliance • NIST • European Commission Task Force • Grid Modernization Collaborative (GMC) • GridWise Architecture Council (GWAC) • Korea Smart Grid Inst. (KSGI) • Next Gen Energy Study Group of Japan • North American Electric Reliability • Corporation (NERC) • Energy Power Research Institute (EPRI) • Association of Home Appliance • Manufacturers (AHAM) • State Grid Corp of China (SGCC) • US DoE • UCA International Users Group Smart Grids A multitude of Smart Grid initiatives currently underway nationally and internationally

3. Cooperation and Partnership Two sectors, power and ICT companies, which have operated quite independently so far, play key roles in the deployment of smart grids We have observed, in Canada, that there is a dominance of representatives from power companies and government in standardization activities, while ICT experts have been playing a minor role ICT is one of the several components of the smart grid endeavour and it will play a critical role in the smart grid’s reliability and dependability aspects Despite various activities being undertaken around the world, there does not seem to be synchronization and cooperation among them Observations on Smart Grids Standardization A silo approach seems to be playing out

4. Enhancing Cooperation and Partnership • Partnership and cooperation between power and ICT companies are vital to the success of the smart grid story • As joint discussions on services and architectures are held, a solid set of requirements will emerge, which will form a solid foundation for effective standards to be developed • Win-Win: power companies get ICT expertise, ICTs incorporate smart grid lessons to their networks A holistic approach is required for smart grids standardization to minimize redundant efforts and maximize synergy

5. Key Areas • Networking • The communications network supporting smart grids will be very large and will handle big volumes of data • Network solutions that are robust, scalable and evolvable to meet the requirements of Smart Grids applications need to be considered • Interoperability • Much of the power generation and distribution gear in place today do not share common interfaces and standards • Interoperability is a “must” since smart grids will certainly require a combination of HW/SW from many different vendors. • SDOs need to strengthen their efforts to ensure interoperability between Smart Grids solutions is built-in from inception

6. Key Areas (cont’d) • Cyber Security • Smart grids will be one of the prime targets for cyber attacks • Cyber security will play an increasing vital role in ensuring dependability, continuity and trust in the grid • Securing large networks like Smart grids requires identity management for a large number of entities • IdM challenges, in general, remain to be effectively addressed. Various IdM activities currently playing out • Smart Grids can benefit by making its specificities and requirements known at this stage of the IdM standards development cycle • ICT sector can apply its expertise in cybersecurity to the benefit Smart Grids developments

7. Key Areas (cont’d) • Communication technologies and Spectrum • Various wireless and wired interface solutions will be employed by smart grids • Spectrum, which is one of the most scarce and valuable resource for wireless communications, is becoming more and more depleted by bandwidth-intensive applications • Additional needs for spectrum can be mitigated to a certain extent by the use of existing wireless systems such as IMT • Standardization on wireless and wired interface options and co-ordination on spectrum allocation are very important, in order to support interoperability and make the best use of available resources

8. Key Areas (cont’d) • Data Management • With the volume of personal information and usage information that will be generated as a result of the deployment of smart grids, data management techniques that convert raw data into information are required • Data schema and formats for the information need to be developed to ensure end to end interoperability among vendors and inform security

9. Recommendations • A holistic approach should be at the forefront of all standardization activities pertaining to smart grids • SDOs should strive to: • engage all stakeholders to ensure effectiveness and completeness of developed smart grids standards; • cooperate with other organization to avoid duplication of work: • Co-location of meetings • Joint workshops • Liaison activities

10. Proposed Resolution

11. Thank You! 11 Beijing, 30 Aug – 2 Sep 2010

12. Appendix:Canada Smart Grids Standardization Work 12

13. CNC/IEC Task Force – Smart Grid Technology and Standards • CNC/IE approved formation of TF Dec. 09 • Funded by Natural Resources Canada • Purpose: • Produce Road Map within 18 months to identify critical infrastructure standards, providing recommendations regarding gaps or conflict between standards from different TC or from other organizations assisting with the work. • Web-conference monthly meetings began February 9, 2010 (twice a year face-to-face) • Main Task Force has 23 active members • Resource Groups have 14 active members

14. Guiding Principles Canada's Smart Grid Task Force should aim to ensure that Canada's needs are reflected in products developed under the Smart Grid initiatives at IEC Make best efforts to leverage national and north american efforts to ensure our Smart Grid priorities are identified and incorporated into IEC's work Avoid national and regional differences, unless these are appropriately identified and understood. Work Plan Phase 1 Prepare a compilation/mapping, identify list of Canadian experts that are either actively developing smart grid technologies or contributing to smart grid standards projects Phase 2 Identify priority topics, gaps and divergent views Phase 3 Task Force consensus and prepare key recommendations for final report to the CNC/IEC CNC/IEC Task Force – Smart GridTechnology and Standards (cont’d)

15. Main Activities Monitor IEC/SG3 progress, recommendations and SMB response Active liaison with US TAG for SG3 Review of key topics IEC / NIST Comparison and Progress to date Canada Wireless communication standards Distribution and Transmission standards overview Internet Protocol migration from IPv4 to IPv6 issues Meter upgradeability and migration issues particularly for Ontario Canadian participation level Need to engage federal and provincial regulators (e.g. Measurement Canada) CNC/IEC Task Force – Smart GridTechnology and Standards (cont’d)

16. Status Phase 1 is complete June 2010: Toronto 1st interoperability summit Canada, USA and Mexico July 2010: Phase 2 started created 4 WG WG1: Metering residential, commercial and industrial devices. WG2: Transmission and Distribution coordination (TC57), including connection of Distributed Generation (WG10). WG3: Network Communications JTC1 and other related standards for security & privacy layer to layer. WG4: Compliance What level (1st, 2nd or 3rd party) is needed for each standard? CNC/IEC Task Force – Smart GridTechnology and Standards (cont’d)