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Smart Grid Standards Bill Moroney President & Chief Executive Utilities Telecom Council
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Smart Grid Standards Bill Moroney President & Chief Executive Utilities Telecom Council
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Bill MoroneyPresident & Chief Executive
Utilities Telecom Council
UTC’s RoleVISION:
“Energy and water utilities are in the midst of a period of great challenge, during which telecom and IT will play a critical role. In this context, UTC’s mission is to ensure success for utilities, their telecom/IT professionals, partners, regulators, owners, and customers.”
MEMBERS:Energy Companies, Water Utilities and their Trade Associations and Technology Partners.
SERVICES:Advocacy – Legislation, Regulation & StandardsEducation – Conference, Research, NewsMarketing Channel – Exhibits, Insights, Leads
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Extend UTC programs and services to its 10 Regions - the local heart of the organization
Advocates, oversees and recommends public policies to benefit UTC members
Leads UTC’s efforts to assess value of new technologies and applications
Oversees UTC’s Membership Development and Retention, Annual Conference, Research, the UTC Journal and other info.
Helps UTC members reduce costs and leverage ICT assets as revenue source
Oversees UTC programs for members outside the United States
Semi-autonomous groups established within UTC to meet special membership needs.
UTC ORGANIZATION
UTC Board of Directors
Regional Division
Public Policy Division
Technical Division
Member Services Division
Business Development
Division
International Division
Independent Operating
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UTC ORGANIZATION Cont’d
UTC Board of Directors
Regional Division
Public Policy Division
Technical Division
Member Services Division
Business Development
Division
International Division
Independent Operating
Units
Independent Operating
Units
Geographically focused. Self-funding. Policy and events are primary activities.
Issues focused – BPL and work w/ wireless carriers. Self-funding. Info to all UTC members.
Coordination role for key issue (smart networks) and service (frequency coordination) . No fees.
APTEL, sister org in Brazil.UTC/LA – in development.Self-funding.
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UTC TELECOM 2010
UTC’s Annual Conference & Exposition
• May 23-26, 2010 – Indianapolis• 7 Conference Symposia - PLUS Tutorials
– Critical Infrastructure Security Symposium– Emerging Technologies Symposium– Smart Grid Symposium– Wireless Symposium– Business Development Symposium– Enterprise IT Symposium– Automatic Control Systems Symposium
• UTC Expo 2010 – 200 Exhibitors• Networking Events & Awards
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Smart Grid StandardsUtilities LOVE Standards: • Standards tend to ensure interoperability.• Standards support reliability of providers.• Standards generally reduce costs.• Utilities will be spending billions on telecom.• Preference will be for standardized products.
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Impact of
$timulu$
Funding
Smart Grid StandardsUtilities Standards Focus:
• NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Standards Priority Action Plans
PAP 1 - Guidelines for the Use of IP Protocol Suite in the Smart Grid.PAP 2 - Guidelines for the Use of Wireless Communications.PAP 3 - Develop Common Specification for Price and Product Definition.PAP 4 - Develop Common Scheduling Communication for Energy Transactions.PAP 5 - Standard Meter Data Profiles.PAP 6 - Translate ANSI C12.19 to the Common Semantic Model of CIM.PAP 7 - Energy Storage Interconnection Guidelines.PAP 8 - Develop Common Information Model (CIM) for Distribution Grid Management.PAP 9 - Standard Demand Response Signals.PAP 10 - Standards for Energy Usage Information.PAP 11 - Interoperability Standards to Support Plug-in Electric Vehicles.PAP 12 - DNP3 Mapping to IEC 61850 Objects.PAP 13 - Harmonization of IEEE C37.118 with IEC 61850 and Precision Time Synchronization.PAP 14 - Transmission and Distribution Power Systems Model Mapping.
PAP 15 - Harmonize Power Line Carrier Standards for Appliance Communications in the Home.
• NIST Cyber Security Recommendations
• FERC Regulatory Adoption
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CONCLUSION
Standards Are
Important.
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So Is Reliability!
