IEEE has announced the publication
of a new standard, as well as the
launch of three new standards development
activities, all designed to
enhance the communications and
distribution-automation capabilities of
the Smart Grid globally.
IEEE-SA has published IEEE 1591.1™-
2012 - Standard for Testing and
Performance of Hardware for Optical
Ground Wire. OPGW is being used in
the smart grid to provide both
grounding capabilities for transmission
lines and communications back to
utility systems such as Supervisory
Control and Data Acquisition
(SCADA). IEEE 1591.1 provides
manufacturing, testing and
procurement specifications for use with
OPGW hardware. The new standard is
available for purchase at the IEEE
Standards Store. Smart Grid standards
projects newly approved by IEEE-SA
include the following:
IEEE P1909.1™: Recommended
Practice for Smart Grid Communication
Equipment -Test methods and
installation requirements-is intended to
document testing and installation
procedures that are geared specifically
for communications equipment to be
installed in various domains of the
smart grid, such as generation,
transmission and distribution.
IEEE P1703™: Standard for Local
Area Network/Wide Area Network
(LAN/WAN) Node Communication
Protocol to complement the Utility
Industry End Device Data Tables - is
intended to improve the cost
efficiency and flexibility of advanced
metering infrastructure (AMI)
deployments.
IEEE P1854™: Guide for Smart
Distribution Applications Guide - is
being developed to categorize and
describe important smart distribution
applications and fill a gap for
standardized definitions of such
systems. The guide is intended to
cover advanced automation and
SCADA systems for reliability
improvement, outage management,
fault location and management,
voltage and VAR management,
distributed-resource and renewable generation
integration, demand
response, advanced protection,
equipment diagnostics and asset
management, real-time simulation for
system optimization, microgrids and
many other applications.