Understanding what it takes to achieve the goal of interoperable products is the starting point for utility engineers and program managers. This webinar is an introduction to the importance of testing and certification to minimize the cost and time needed to deploy power grid solutions.
Webinar Agenda:
Case study of Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s (SMUD) early experience with Home Area Network (HAN) device deployments, the extraordinary steps taken to achieve required product interoperability, and lessons learned.
Discussion of what it takes to achieve true interoperability, what resources are currently available, and how the SGTCC is contributing to these efforts.
Attendees will gain specific insight into the challenges of achieving interoperability and what standards and tools are available to help them be a more sophisticated buyers and or users of products that meet the interoperability criteria.
SGIP May 22 Webinar "Getting to Truly Interoperable Power Grid Solutions: A Utility Deployment Case Study and Lessons Learned"
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Getting to Truly Interoperable
Power Grid Solutions:
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and Lessons Learned
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INTRODUCTION
Dean Prochaska, NIST
Smart Grid Testing & Certification Committee (SGTCC) Chair
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Smart Grid Interoperability Panel
orchestrates the work
behind power grid
modernization
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• Optimizes resources and time
• Avoids proprietary vendor lock-in
• Helps build technology roadmaps
• Simplifies decision making
SGIP Reduces Risks and Costs
SGIP is a collaborative, transparent, and
trusted forum to share standards
information and practical, hands-on
knowledge about deployments from
industry experts.
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SGTCC Overview
• Developing and Accelerating Smart Grid
testing programs is a major focus for the SGIP
Testing and Certification Committee (SGTCC)
– Limited number of existing industry test programs
• SGTCC has developed a framework and
processes to facilitate program development
• SGTCC has provided guidance to test programs
in development
– OpenADR, Green Button are examples
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SGTCC Overview
• Testing, Interoperability and Certification are not
always well understood by stakeholders
• SGTCC Outreach goals include:
– Building awareness of testing and the value that test
programs bring to technology evaluation
– Encouraging utilities/purchasers to integrate testing
and certification metrics in their procurement
processes
– Demonstrating case studies highlighting industry
success in implementing testing programs
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Webinar Agenda
• Utility Support of Home Don Jacobs
Area Networks
• Interoperability Standards & James Mater
Achieving Interoperable Products
• Q&A Dean Prochaska
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UTILITY SUPPORT OF
HOME AREA NETWORKS
Don Jacobs, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
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Agenda
• HAN Testing & Certification Landscape - 2011
• HAN Device Testing Model
• Retail Deployment Model
• Key Takeaways
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Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Snapshot
Sacramento County in Northern California
• 900 square miles
Municipal Electric Utility
• Governed by elected Board of Directors
– 610,000 Customers
– 540,000 Residential
– 70,000 Commercial
Summer-Peaking Load (Air Conditioning)
• Residential Peak: 4-7pm June-September
• Peak load ~3000 MW, of which 400MW = 40 hours
Energy Mix
• Hydro
• Natural gas-fired generators
• Renewable energy
• Wholesale purchases
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HAN Testing & Certification
Landscape 2011
SEP .x
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Background
SMUD
Awarded
SGIG
2009
Smart
meters /
AMI
deployed
2011
DRMS
Go-live
(ZigBee &
OpenADR)
2012 20132010 2014
DRMS
RFP
Released
HAN
Testing
RFP
DRMS
Awarded
SmartPricing Options
Pre-cooling DLC
PowerStat DLC
Smart Thermostats
PowerDirect AutoDR
EV Innovators
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SMUD’s Need for Testing &
Certification
• Business drivers for HAN testing
• Cultural shift from “responsibility stops at the
meter”
• Needed internal testing processes, expertise
quickly
• Utility-program deployment model
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HAN Device Testing
• SMUD has contracted with NTS for ZigBee SEP
certification, SSN compatibility, and basic
Functional testing of HAN devices
– leverage their standards expertise and tools
– provides only bench-top testing to pre-qualify
devices for SMUD’s lab
– consults on design of SMUD-specific test cases
– provides support to SMUD on their configurable test
harness
• SMUD has onsite HAN testing lab for end-to-end
functional testing over AMI (ZigBee) and broadband
(AutoDR) from DRMS, and Customer experience
testing.
Prerequisite for the HAN lab:
– HAN devices must be SEP certified
– HAN devices must have been tested by NTS
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HAN Devices Deployed
HAN Device Type Deployed
Devices
ever
Joined
Avg. % of Joined
Devices
Communicating
EnergyAware PowerTab IHD 5,700 2,565 30%
Energate Pioneer Z-100 PCT 940 920 98%
Clipper Creek CS-40 EVSE 60 54 57%
2013 TOTAL 6,700 3,539
EnergyAware PowerTab IHD (2014
Deployment) 1,450
New PCTs (2014 Deployment) 3,200
2014 TOTAL 11,350
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HAN Deployment Model
• HAN gateway
demarcation point
• Cyber Security firewall
• Dual communications
path
• More customer choice
• Limits Utility support to
one device (gateway)
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Industry Testing & Certification
Program
• SEP and OpenADR standards
• Clear Interoperability guidelines
• Interoperability Testing and Certification Authorities
(ITCAs)
– Test programs available from multiple test houses
– Test Tools
• SGIP & SGTCC
– SGIP Catalog of Standards
– NIST Framework for SG Interoperability Standards ver. 3
– Interoperability Process Reference Manual (IPRM ver. 2)
– SGTCC “Catalog of Test Programs”
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Key Takeaways
• Leverage existing standards and testing resources
(SGTCC)
• Procurement considerations for testing and certification
• Utilize external HAN testing lab for their tools &
expertise
• Retail deployment model should utilize a HAN gateway
with multiple communication paths to mitigate
communication issues
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Utility Support of Home Area Networks
Don Jacobs
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Don.Jacobs@smud.org
(916) 732-6197
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Introduction to
INTEROPERABILITY
STANDARDS AND ACHIEVING
INTEROPERABLE PRODUCTS
James Mater, QualityLogic Inc.
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Understanding Interoperability
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What is it?
Benefits
Interoperability Maturity
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Smart Grid Interoperability
and Standards
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Achieving Interoperable
Standards-Based Products
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Achieving Interoperable Products
Why do interoperability problems happen?
How are they avoided?
How to create an eco-system of
interoperable products from a standard
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The SGIP TCC and Interoperable
Products
• Focused on improving quality of Smart Grid
Interoperability test and certification
programs
• Guidelines to good program design
• Working with emerging ITCAs
• Assessment of ITCA programs
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QUESTIONS?
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Closing
• Education and Outreach highlighting testing benefits are an
SGTCC initiative
– SMUD case study is an excellent example to encourage the
use of effective industry test programs
• Takeaways
– Involvement in SGTCC and industry alliances provide a
means to define, develop and implement test programs that
benefit both utilities and their vendors
– Requiring participation in industry test programs within the
purchasing process can speed technology adoption and
reduce cost by minimizing duplicative testing activities
• SGTCC is planning additional webinars/seminars in 2H2014 to
further encourage test program development and adoption
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SGTCC Resources
SGIP.org/SGTCC – You can find the following resources by
visiting the SGTCC section of SGIP.org
• Accelerating Development of Smart Grid Testing Programs - Webinar archive
from December 2013
• Interoperability Process Reference Manual (IPRM) Version 2
– IPRM FAQs
• Interoperability and Testing Certification Authority (ITCA) Development
Guide
– ITCA Development Guide FAQs
• Testing & Certification Landscape Report
• Testing & Certification Framework Development Guide
• White Paper on Value of Smart Grid Testing
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SGIP Reminders
• September 15-18: Annual Conference and Fall
Members Meeting in Nashville
• Webinars & Publications on SGIP.org under
“Information Knowledge Base”
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– Twitter: @SGIPNews
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