Smart Grid Interoperability Panel&

ISO / RTO Council Smart Grid Projects

David ForfiaSGIP Governing Board Member – Stakeholder Category 21

ISO/RTO Sponsor of the Smart Grid Working Group

David.Forfia@ercot.com

What is the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) initiated the SGIP to support NIST in fulfilling its responsibility, under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, to coordinate standards development for the Smart Grid.

Established in late 2009, the SGIP is a public/private partnership that defines requirements for essential communication protocols and other common specifications and coordinates development of these standards by collaborating organizations.

The SGIP is comprised of over 740 member organizations representing 22 stakeholder categories, including federal agencies as well as state and local regulators. More than 2,000 individuals are participating in SGIP activities. Membership is free and open to all organizations interested in achieving the Smart Grid vision.

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SGIP Participating Members

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Stakeholder Category Inactive Active Grand Total1 - Appliance and consumer electronics providers 13 11 242 - Commercial and Industrial Equipment Manufacturers and Automation Vendors 12 12 243 - Consumers – Residential, Commercial, and Industrial 3 7 104 - Electric Transportation Industry Stakeholders 2 4 65 - Electric Utility Companies – Investor Owned Utilities (IOU) and Publicly Owned Utilities 14 28 426 - Electric Utility Companies - Municipal (MUNI) 5 2 77 - Electric Utility Companies - Rural Electric Association (REA) 4 3 78 - Electricity and Financial Market Traders (Includes Aggregators) 2 1 39 - Independent Power Producers 1 2 310 - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Infrastructure and Service Providers 31 20 5111 - Information Technology (IT) Application Developers and Integrators 35 27 6212 - Power Equipment Manufacturers and Vendors 16 10 2613 - Professional Societies, Users Groups, Trade Associations and Industry Consortia 21 23 4414 - R&D Organizations and Academia 15 10 2515 - Relevant Federal Government Agencies 1 3 416 - Renewable Power Producers 4 2 617 - Retail Service Providers 1 2 318 - Standard and Specification Development Organizations (SDOs) 14 11 2519 - State and Local Regulators 2 8 1020 - Testing and Certification Vendors 5 9 1421 - Transmission Operators and Independent System Operators 3 4 722 - Venture Capital 2 2 4Grand Total 206 201 407

Membership Engagement Challenges

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• 46% of all organizations are “Observing” and not “Participating”

• 50% of the participating organizations have had their voting rights suspended

• Participation of the Utility industry is key to successful standards implementation

• Utilities and Regulators account for 20% of the voting organizations in the SGIP

Need to position interoperability standards “on the radar screen” of utilities and regulators to get them more engaged in the SGIP process because interoperability standards may change and because keeping the standards voluntary is critical; there is still risk of future compliance requirements and enforcement guidelines.

2012 SGIP Goals

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• Transition the SGIP business model • SGIP transition to a self-sustaining legal entity supported by private sector as well as public sector funding has been part of the plan from the start

• This is a good time to plan for and begin the transition• NIST does not envision any diminishment in involvement of NIST staff in SGIP

• Target timeline– June 2012: SGIP GB agreement on a legal structure, funding model, and multiyear business plan. This should include planning information for participants’ budgeting for 2013.– January 2013: SGIP begins first year of operation as a legal entity with initial private sector funding

• Continue expanding Catalog of Standards•Complete Priority Action Plans (PAP) in progress•Priority Action Plan (PAP) on fast charging of electric vehicles. •Priority Action Plan (PAP) on issues related to the “Green Button” initiative.

• Complete an examination of voting processes and procedures of the SGIP, with respect to balance of voting, to assure that consensus is maintained in the SGIP as a whole, as well as within stakeholder categories that may be impacted greatly by SGIP decisions.

• Improve communication and outreachDevelop of key messages addressing the business value of SGIP for each of its stakeholder groups, based on information gathered from conversations between the Communications, Marketing and Education (CME) Working Group and Governing Board members. Develop a survey, to be sent to SGIP members, to provide feedback related to voting rights issues and communication issues (e.g., overall usage and satisfaction of current communication methods).

SGIP Links

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• Become a member

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

• System Operator Communication Page

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

ISO RTO Council

•The ISO/RTO Council (IRC) is comprised of 10 Independent System Operators (ISOs) and Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) in North America. These ISOs and RTOs serve two-thirds of electricity consumers in the United States and more than 50 percent of Canada's population.

•The IRC works collaboratively to develop effective processes, tools, and methods for improving competitive electricity markets across North America. The IRC’s goal is to balance reliability considerations with market practices, resulting in efficient, robust markets that provide competitive and reliable service to electricity users.

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Smart Grid Working Group

Existing IRC Committees

Communications Committee

Information Technology Committee

Markets Committee

Planning Committee

Regulatory and Legislative Committee

Standards Review

Committee

TrainingCommittee

Coordinate and recommend

External Smart Grid Activities

Participate

Ongoing engagement

Provide IRC positions

IRC members

Advocate IRC Positions

Smart Grid Working Group

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SmartGrid Project 2.0 Objective• IRC sponsored Smart Grid Initiative in 2009

– Completed information model & use cases for ISO to Aggregator using Common Information Model (CIM)– Submitted to NAESB– Submitted to NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) – SGIP adopted into catalogue of standards in December 2011

• IRC Smart Grid work was included

• Proposing a second IRC sponsored project jointly supported by the IT and Markets Committees– Work with the OpenADR alliance to map their implementation profile of the SGIP standard to IRC 2009 use cases– Update 2009 IRC use cases to the latest version of the CIM– Map the OpenADR implementation profile to the latest version of the CIM– Publish the work in the US through the NIST SGIP processes– Publish the work internationally through the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) process

• Benefits– Proactively reviews the work of the standards organization before implementation– Jointly fund the common cost of analyzing OpenADR implementation profile– Demonstrates IRC leadership by working publicly with NIST – Demonstrates IRC leadership by internationally by working with IEC

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ISO/RTO Council Links

• ISO / RTO Council

– http://www.isorto.org

• Committee Descriptions

– http://www.isorto.org/site/c.jhKQIZPBImE/b.2603927/apps/s/content.asp?ct=3683921

• IRC sponsored Smart Grid Initiative in 2009

– http://www.isorto.org/site/c.jhKQIZPBImE/b.2603927/apps/s/content.asp?ct=8855553

• Plug in Hybrid Analysis

– http://www.isorto.org/site/c.jhKQIZPBImE/b.2603927/apps/s/content.asp?ct=8107539

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