Sorry to be so tardy in getting a blog post out. As many of you know I’ve been working with the NIST Smart Grid Privacy Subgroup since late June. The work done for this group is through time volunteered by all involved. As a quick recap, I led the privacy impact assessment (PIA) for the Continue reading →
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Kevin Nolan, vice president of technology for GE Appliances, was recently appointed to a three-year term on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Smart Grid Advisory Committee (SGAC). Recognized for his leadership in bringing GE’s Home Energy Management technologies to the forefront of the industry, Nolan will help provide input and direction on Continue reading →
George Arnold of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been honored with a 2010 GridWeek Award for his work in advancing international Smart Grid cooperation and standards. Arnold, the National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability, will receive his award at a ceremony on Oct. 20, 2010, at the GridWeek 2010 conference in Continue reading →
A set of five foundational technical standards for Smart Grid interoperability and security have undergone a cybersecurity review by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and have been submitted to federal regulators for adoption. Four of the standards, produced by the International Electrotechnical Commission, deal with communications protocols for the exchange of information on the Continue reading →
The smart grid industry can’t move forward very quickly if everyone working on it is designing with different standards in mind. The whole point of the new grid is to have everything functioning as a complete whole, with the ability to grow and expand without compatibility issues. That’s why identifying standards has been a primary Continue reading →
The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has advised the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that it has identified five “foundational” sets of standards for Smart Grid interoperability and cyber security that are ready for consideration by federal and state energy regulators. The standards, produced by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), focus Continue reading →
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has started a process that could see a series of national standards adopted for smart grid technology. The power industry regulator has taken the first step in a formal rule-making procedure, by considering five groups of smart grid standards put forward by the National Institute of Standards ant Technology Continue reading →
Officials of Alstom Grid, a world leader in the field of electricity transmission and electric grids for over a century, announced that Dr. Lawrence E. Jones, Ph.Dd (EE), has been appointed by the United States Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to a three-year term on the newly formed 15-member Smart Continue reading →
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has named 15 leaders from a cross section of U.S. industry, academia and trade and professional organizations to serve on its newly formed Smart Grid Advisory Committee, which convenes its first meeting on Sept. 29, 2010. via NIST Names 15 to New Smart Grid Advisory Committee.
The US has released results from a 17 month study into smart grid vulnerability. The UK will be adding smart grid technology to its national electricity grid to allow it to accept high levels of renewable energy, the first step of which is the introduction of smart electricity meters into homes over the next few years. The Continue reading →
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized its initial set of smart grid cyber security guidelines. Issued as NIST’s Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security (NISTIR7628), the document includes high-level security requirements, a framework for assessing risks, an evaluation of privacy issues in personal residences, and other information for organizations to use to Continue reading →
The National Institute of Standards and Technology released on Sept. 2 guidelines utilities should follow to secure devices on the nation’s developing smart grid, but they do little to ensure integrators consider security when combining devices systemwide, experts said. The three-volume set of guidelines for smart grid cybersecurity strategies focuses on prevention, detection, response and Continue reading →
“The basic structure of the present grid has changed little over its hundred-year history. The U.S. grid, which is operated by over 3100 electric utilities using equipment and systems from hundreds of suppliers, has historically not had much emphasis on standardization and thus incorporates many proprietary interfaces and technologies that result in the equivalents of Continue reading →
Good morning Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, I am John McDonald, Director, Technical Strategy and Policy Development, with GE Energy’s Digital Energy business. In this role, I set and drive the vision that integrates standards, policy, regulatory and industry participation with customer solutions development at Digital Energy. My comments today are based upon Continue reading →
It takes time to hammer out an agreement, but progress is occurring. That’s the word from John McDonald, the general manager of the transmission and distribution business at General Electric and the chair of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel Governing Board at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). via NIST’s Smart Grid Standards: Continue reading →
The vision of a smarter grid is of course a lovely thing to behold: an electric power system that’s much more interactive, interoperable, reliable, and robust—“self-healing,” even. That’s why so much excitement attended the news this time last year that the U.S. stimulus bill would contain billions of dollars in new funding to support smart Continue reading →
The 1st IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm) will be held 4 – 6 October 2010 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. Sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), the IEEE SmartGridComm conference focuses on all communications aspects that are relevant to the Smart Grid. IEEE Continue reading →
National Technical Systems (NTS) Completes ZigBee Smart Energy Certification Testing for SimpleHomeNet Appliance Rapidly Expanding Smart Grid Compliance Testing Market Is Key NTS Initiative National Technical Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTSC) (NTS), a leading provider of engineering services, announced today that it recently completed ZigBee Smart Energy certification testing for a feature-rich, wireless electric load controller Continue reading →
Version 1 of a 400-page document on how utilities and vendors should secure the smart grid is due this summer, and the 450 volunteers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s cybersecurity working group are girding themselves for the final push. Some of them have been meeting this week at a smart grid conference Continue reading →
An array of hurdles ranging from making communications gear secure to understanding consumer behaviors stand in the way of flipping on smart electric grids, according to a panel of experts at the Embedded Systems Conference. “Going forward a myriad of issues need to be worked,” said George Arnold, national coordinator for smart grid standards at Continue reading →
