Open Smart Grid SubcommitteeOrganization and OverviewErich W. GuntherUCAIug Board Member

UCA International Users Group Incorporated in June 2002 as a 501(c)(3) Corporation Organization supports individual and corporate

members 111 corporate members Members from 29 countries Hundreds of “friends of UCAIug” – members of our

various informative list servers

UCAIug Mission (from charter) The mission of the UCA International Users Group is to enable utility

integration through the deployment of open standards by providing a forum in which the various stakeholders in the utility industry can work cooperatively together as members of a common organization to:

Influence, select, and/or endorse open and public standards appropriate to the utility market based upon the needs of the membership.

Specify, develop and/or accredit product/system-testing programs that facilitate the field interoperability of products and systems based upon these standards.

Implement educational and promotional activities that increase awareness and deployment of these standards in the utility industry.

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Coordination with External GroupsClose relationships with SDO’s, research organizations, and others – formal and informal Category D liaison with IEC TC 57 EPRI IEEE Power and Energy Society Intelligent Grid Coordinating Committee (PES

IGCC) DOE GridWise Architecture Council (GWAC) DOE Modern Grid Initiative NIST EISA 2007 DEWG’s ZigBee Alliance

ZB/HP Standards Group Team – Wayne Longcore chairs GridWise Alliance

Interoperability – Ron Ambrosio - IBM Implementation – Rob Wilheit - KEMA

CCET – Texas – interop standards Utility Standards Board – need to convince to coordinate with others Smart Energy Alliance – Doug Housman UNITE Many others

Board of Directors The Organization members elect a Board of Directors. Each corporate

representative can cast one vote. Members of the Board of Directors serve for a period of three years each. The periods of service are staggered so that each year one third of the board members are elected.

The Board makes major decisions and directs key activities. The Board has nine positions, six are utilities (end users) and three are vendors or others.

The Board members (individuals) are allowed to hold their seats even if their eligibility status changes (e.g., they move from a user to vendor company) during their tenure unless they are removed or replaced by Board action.

The Board meets yearly to elect the Board Chairman and the operational officers and review progress of the Organization. Board responsibilities include:

Establishing/approval of development direction based on member input. Approving the annual budget. Monitoring Organization progress vs. targets. Approving committee co-chairs recommended by the respective

Committees/Subcommittees. Recommending Bylaws. Electing and advising operating staff.

Current Board Dan Nordell - Xcel Energy Stephen Dalyai - QEI Inc. Mike Ingram - TVA Mark Simon - ComEd (Exelon) Thierry Lefebvre - RTE Clemens Hoga - Siemens John Burger - AEP Erich W. Gunther - EnerNex Corporation Wayne Longcore - Consumers Energy

OpenSG Subcommittee Organization OpenSG is a administrative

subcommittee responsible for sponsoring working groups as needed to address smart grid related requirements and interoperability guidelines development in a technology independent manner

UtilitySG is a proposed interest group under the OpenSG subcommittee

The UtilitySG IG is a utility or energy service provider driven activity

It acts as a forum for utilities to share ideas and lessons learned

It provides guidance to the OpenSG SC on the need for new working groups to develop SG requirements

UCA International Users Group

UCAIUG Technical Committee

OpenSG Subcommittee

UtilityAMIWorking Group

UtiliSecWorking Group

UtilitySGInterest Group

OpenAMIWorking Group

OpenHANTask Force

AMI-ENTTask Force

AMI-SecTask Force

http://osgug.ucaiug.org/

Join the UCAIug at: http://www.ucaiug.org/Pages/join.aspx

Get web site user ID at: http://osgug.ucaiug.org/

Join mailing lists at: http://listserv.utilityami.org/archives/index.html

List Subscribers as of September 21, 2008 AMI Enterprise Task Force (63 subscribers) AMI Security (131 subscribers) AMI Network (new – no data yet) UtilityAMI Guests (75 subscribers) UtilityAMI HAN TF (152 subscribers) UtilityAMI Members (90 subscribers)

Present OpenSG WG/TF Membership

UtilityAMIDefinition, Mission and Goal

UtilityAMI is …A forum to define serviceability, security and interoperability guidelines for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and demand responsive infrastructure (DRI) from a utility / energy service provider perspective.

UtilityAMIDefinition, Mission and Goal

UtilityAMI will develop high level policy statements that can be used to facilitate efficient requirements and specification development using a common language that minimizes confusion and misunderstanding between utilities and vendors. UtilityAMI will also coordinate with other industry groups as required to efficiently carry out its mission.

UtilityAMIDefinition, Mission and Goal

UtilityAMI has a goal to utilize the UtilityAMI work products to influence the vendor community to produce products and services that utilities need to support their AMI and DRI initiatives.

UtilityAMI Tasks1. Glossary and Common Language Framework

a) A universal AMI glossary of terms and definitionsb) A framework for technology capability evaluationc) A common, minimum requirements definition document

2. Modular Meter Interface – Transferred to OpenAMIPolicy for modular communication interfaces in meters

3. Security – AMI-SEC Task Force (under UtiliSec WG)Security issues and their relationship to business needs

4. Consumer Interface – OpenHAN Task ForcePolicy for Customer Portal interface to customer end user appliances

5. AMI Network Interface – AMI-Network Task Force Policy for AMI network to MDMD/head end & HAN interfacing

6. Back Office Interface – AMI-Enterprise Task ForcePolicy for MDMS to enterprise back office system connectivity

7. General Issues Forum – Information ExchangeNEW – http://www.smartgridipedia.org/

Promotes open standards-based HANs that are interoperable

Provides the vendor community with a common set of principles and requirements around which to build products

Ensures reliable and sustainable HAN platforms Supports various energy policies in a variety of states,

provinces, and countries Empowers citizens with the information they need to make

decisions on their energy use by enabling the vision of a home energy ecosystem

UtilityAMI 2008 HAN SRS

HAN SRS Ratification Vote UnanimousMar 7, 2008

AEP SCE SDG&E PG&E Detroit Edison FPL

BC Hydro Entergy Consumers Energy CenterPoint Energy Oncor EDF

Endorsing Utilities:

Duke EnergyReliant Energy

Task Force Update OpenHAN – main work complete AMI-Enterprise – major effort underway AMI-SEC – major effort underway AMI-Network – first meeting Oct 22, 2008 UtilitySG Interest Group – proposed

UtilitySG Interest Group - Proposed What is the problem we are trying to solve?

Need for general utility collaboration forum on smart grid development to minimize duplication of effort and manage expenses associated with industry participation

Scope Share experiences on smart grid development Smart Grid roadmap development Smart Grid business case development Share lessons learned Provide guidance to OpenSG SC

Benefits of UtilitySG under UCAIug Well established, non profit 501(c)(3) organization

focused on Utility Communication Architecture related activities

Existing by-laws, charter, operating rules Mitigate anti-trust concerns Established information sharing portals Access to all other UCAIug WG materials and

expertise – e.g. CIM UG, 61850 UG, UtiliSec, AMI family of WG’s and TF’s

Questions?

For any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us

Note: Full participation requires UCAIug membership – join at http://www.ucaiug.org/

UCAIug Board Members:

Erich W. GuntherEnerNex Corporationerich@enernex.com

Wayne R. LongcoreConsumers Energy

wrlongcore@cmsenergy.com