NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 3.0

Abstract

Framework Release 3.0 Background Since the release of the last edition of the NIST Smart Grid Framework and Roadmap for Interoperability Standards (Release 2.0), 1 in February 2012, significant technological advances in smart grid infrastructure have been implemented, supported by standards development across the entire smart grid arena. Examples include widespread deployment of wirelesscommunication power meters, availability of customer energy usage data through the Green Button initiative, remote sensing for determining real-time transmission and distribution status, and protocols for electric vehicle charging. The first release of the NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards (Release 1.0) 2 was published in January 2010. Release 3.0 updates NIST's ongoing efforts to facilitate and coordinate smart grid interoperability standards development and smart grid-related measurement science and technology, including the evolving and continuing NIST relationship with the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) public-private partnership. Over the last decade, Congress and the Administration have outlined a vision for the smart grid and have laid the policy foundation upon which it is being built. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) codified the policy of the United States to modernize the nation's electricity transmission and distribution system to create a smart electric grid. 3 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) accelerated the development of smart grid technologies, investing $4.5 billion for electricity delivery and energy reliability activities to modernize the electric grid and implement demonstration and deployment programs (as authorized under Title XIII of EISA). 4 5 The president, in his 2011 and 2012 State of the Union Addresses, reiterated his vision for a clean energy economy, 6 and he underscored the Administration's commitment in the "Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future." 7

Performance measurements of communication access technologies and improved cognitive radio model for smart grid communication

“…Communication network architecture in CRSN-based SG. 35 AMI, automatic metering infrastructure; BAN, building area network; CRSN, cognitive radio sensor network; DA, distribution automation; DER, distributed energy resource; DRM, demand response management; FAN, field area network; HAN, home area network; ISO, independent system operator; NAN, neighborhood area network; RTO, regional transmission organization; SCADA, supervisory control and data acquisition; WAN, wide area network; WASA, wide area situational awareness communication network can be represented by a hierarchical layer architecture in a CRSN-based SG. This classifies the data rate and coverage range.…”

Organic Architecture for Energy Management and Smart Grids

“…The Smart Grid Architecture Model (SGAM) [26] provides an extension to the Smart Grid Conceptual Model [27]. It abstracts different stakeholders' views on a smart grid system using a business, function, information, communication, and a component layer.…”

Framework and roadmap for smart grid interoperability standards regional roundtables summary report

“…Version 2.0 [3], released in 2012, provided incremental updates to the first version and described progress made to address the gaps identified in the first version. The most recent version of the framework, Version 3.0 [4], was released in 2014 and introduced at a high level the increasing complexity of the smart grid as generation could connect directly to the distribution and customer domains. Prior Frameworks also included a utility communications pathways diagram to visualize and explore communications and delineate what information is exchanged between grid domains for conventional utilities.…”