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Advancing Environmentalism in Utility Standards and Sustainable Practices

Explore the changing world of utility standards and sustainability, from the importance of common standards to participating in standards-making bodies. Discover how to recycle, reduce, reuse, and engage in a win-win model for utility vendors and consumers.

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Advancing Environmentalism in Utility Standards and Sustainable Practices

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  1. AMI Environmentalism Wayne Longcore, Director of Enterprise Architecture and Standards, Consumers Energy

  2. Environmentalism • Consumers in a modern world • The world is not flat • The changing environment • Sustainability • From person to person • Who is doing something about IT • What can be done and when • Why, and How to recycle

  3. Consumers in a modern world • Serving Michigan families and businesses since 1886 • We provide electric and natural gas service to 6.5 million people • 8,000 employees • Serving all 68 Lower Peninsula counties • Company motto: “Count on Us”

  4. The world is not flat

  5. The changing environment • The AMI Systems “Environment” • Create a Utility based standards policy that: • Protects the current generation of utility investment • Stabilize standards through convergence • Allows for open and appropriate participation • Create a Win-Win for Utility and Vendors • Is sustainable • Push technology along market adoption • Based on • Openness, separation of duties, generational compliance, backwards compatibility, layered approach

  6. Sustainability • The value of the network • The importance of common standards • If you build it (the network) they will come • End to end data model

  7. From person to person

  8. Who is doing something about IT • AMI-Enterprise • HAN (OpenHAN , OpenSG, ZigBee / HomePlug) • SAE (J2293 Task Force – PHEV standards) • NIST • GWAC • OpenADR • IEC CIM – 61968, 61850…

  9. What can be done and when Participate in standards making body: Example: AMI-Enterprise • Participation in a sub-team • Services Requirements Documentation • Use Case sub-team • Services Definition sub-team • Reviewing and Contributing • Deliverables are posted on smartgridipedia.org • Utilizing deliverables in RFPs

  10. Why, and How to recycle • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle • Use what others have already created • Add your items to the model • Don’t always create new (make updates)

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