The OASIS open standards consortium today announced the formation of a new Member Section, OASIS Blue, which will bring together a variety of open standards projects related to energy, intelligent buildings, and natural resources. OASIS Blue will leverage the innovation of existing electronic commerce standards and the power of the Internet to achieve meaningful sustainability. An international effort, OASIS Blue incorporates work that has been identified as a central deliverable for the U.S. government's strategic Smart Grid initiative.
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In Washington, where big brains often confront such matters, it’s understood that a smart grid rollout could overwhelm current safeguards for privacy and data security. News that the government is working on it may calm some fears — or might not, depending on one’s faith in federal initiatives.
via Feds Moving Forward on Smart Grid Security and Privacy : Greentech Media.
Fluke Corp., a company specializing in electronic test and measurement technology and electrical calibration, has received $1.4 million in federal stimulus funding to support the development of new calibration technology.
The company says this technology will be “a catalyst for creating a standard with which electricity flowing into the smart grid will be evaluated.” The standard will streamline and make consistent the measurement of electricity from all sources, including renewables.
via Renew Grid: Content / FYI / Fluke Awarded Grant To Develop Smart Grid Calibration Technology.
The second draft of the Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements released last week provides more detail about the Herculean task of securing the nation’s modernized electrical infrastructure.
The draft looks at anything that could threaten the Smart Grid from terrorists to simple but potentially disastrous errors.
via Smart Grid cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified – SmartPlanet.
The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued today the second draft of its Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements, which now identifies more than 120 interfaces that will link diverse devices, systems and organizations engaged in two-way flows of electricity and information and classifies these connections according to the level of damage that could result from a security breach.
Prepared by the NIST-led Cyber Security Working Group, which has more than 350 members, the new draft report expands upon an earlier preliminary version, which was released by Commerce Secretary Gary Locke last September and underwent 60 days of public review. It incorporates responses to the more than 350 individual comments received.
via NIST Issues Expanded Draft of Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy For Public Review and Comment.
We have been working on Smart Grid security lately, and it is indeed quite interesting. It is essentially the single largest global technology project mankind has ever witnessed. The intent of the the project is to place every single node electricity touches on the Smart Grid. In stage 1 it is limited to Smart Meters replacing the classic analog meters found throughout the world. In stage x it will extend to everything in the home (ostensibly).
It can be done.
That’s the word from John McDonald, the general manager of the transmission and distribution business at General Electric and the newly appointed chair of the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel Governing Board at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Last September, NIST announced plans to establish 77 smart grid standards over the next few years and finalize 14 priority standards in 2010 alone.
via A Chat with the Man Who Will Keep Smart Grid on Track : Greentech Media.
As “SNL”’s Seth and Amy used to say: Really?! That was my reaction when I first read the findings from a report issued by NanoMarkets this morning; it claims that U.S. government’s policies and regulations are slowing down the smart grid market. Specifically the report says that the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) efforts to set standards for the smart grid is acting as a drag on the market.
via Report: Government Smart Grid Standards Process Slowing Down the Market.
Nick Sinai, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) director of the newly created energy and environment division, outlined how his organization will work with and manage the smart grid industry. Sinai made his remarks at the Cleantech Investor Summit held on January 21 in Palm Springs, California.
NIST has published release 1.0 of the smart grid interoperability standards. Most notably, this is the first attempt to address cyber security in smart grid deployments. This release points to various standards that can be used for implementing interoperability and security controls, and it’s fair to say that it plants the seeds for what should become comprehensive, control-driven guidelines for implementing various aspects of smart grid.
via Cyber security sees the light of day – Community – ComputerworldUK.
An important piece of President Obama’s energy plan is moving forward with the announcement from the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of an initial list of standards, a preliminary cyber security strategy, and other parts of a framework to support transforming America’s aging electric power system into an interoperable “Smart Grid.”
via NIST Publishes Outline for Advanced “Smart Grid” | Executive Gov.
If you divide how important some energy technology is to the future of mainstreamers by how much they know about it–call it the Invisibility Index–you’d be hard-pressed to come up with something that scores higher than changes to the electricity grid. Luckily, there are plenty of people thinking and talking about it, and even better, laying the groundwork for the US to change from what it is (picture Fred Sanford’s living room festooned with high-voltage cables) to what we need it to be (picture most of the tech in The Jetsons).
The National Institute of Standards and Technology on Wednesday released additional details on requirements for developing the smart electric grid.
The NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0 addresses more than 400 public comments in response to a draft document published in September 2009. The draft proposed standards for the security and technical capabilities of the smart grid.
The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued today an initial list of standards, a preliminary cyber security strategy, and other elements of a framework to support transforming the nation’s aging electric power system into an interoperable Smart Grid, a key component of the Obama administration’s energy plan and its strategy for American innovation.
via NIST Issues First Release of Framework for Smart Grid Interoperability.
It wasn’t that long ago when candidate Obama wooed us with pledges to get the country on track with an aggressive renewable energy program and serious carbon emissions controls. Times have changed. Now, we don’t think anyone really expects to see an extensive climate and energy bill from Congress this year. At best, advocates are hoping for more legislative support for renewable energy production, a renewable energy standard and maybe more dough for the Smart Grid. So what happened? Keep reading.
via Smart Grid: Major Climate and Energy Bill This Year? Don’t Bet On It.
