The IEC is an international standards organization with 162 member countries that develops standards for electric and electronic devices. It has developed many of the core smart grid standards to define specifications for safety, efficiency, interoperability, and more. The IEC has also published a white paper identifying areas for highest energy efficiency gains in the energy chain and actions needed like redesigning the chain and increasing electric energy use. It has launched a universally recognized Smart Grid Guide and offers a new Smart Grid Mapping Solution to help manage the portfolio of smart grid standards and provide focused answers to questions.

1. Global Markets, Global Standards
IEC: enabling Smart Grids
everywhere
October 21, 10:30am

2. The whole world of electrotechnology
162 participating countries
Network of 10 000 experts
Focus: all electric and electronic
devices
Core work: develop standards to
define rules, specifications,
measuring and testing criteria for
safety, efficiency, interoperability, Offices in: Switzerland,
EMC, environment Australia, Brazil,
Singapore, USA
3 Conformity Assessment Systems:
+ 500 000 certificates issued

3. Energy Efficiency and the Smart Grid
IEC White Paper: review of whole
energy chain. Identifies areas for
highest energy efficiency gains and
necessary actions to be undertaken:
•Total re-design of energy chain
•Increased use of electric energy
•Globally relevant metrics
•Solid technical foundation
•Global coordination
•Interconnected Smart Grids

4. IEC essential Smart Grid work
•Universally recognized Smart Grid
Guide launched in 2006. Crucial to
define Smart Grid needs
independently of technology
solutions (use cases)
•Core Smart Grid Standards
•Vast majority of technical Smart
Grid Standards
•New IEC Smart Grid Mapping
Solution and dedicated Smart Grid
standards hub, to get the most
value out of standards

5. IEC: Global Smart Grid involvement
Sweden
Denmark
UK
Canada Germany
Switzerland
France
USA Spain China Japan
Italy
Korea
Brazil
Australia
Significant use of IEC Smart Grid Standards

6. New IEC initiative
IEC Smart Grid Mapping Solution
•Fast, efficient answers to
focused questions - eliminates
need to read 1 000s of
standards pages
•Consistent, reliable and
reproducible results.
Easy to use, even for non-
standard experts
• Powerful tool for total Smart
Grid standards portfolio
management.

7. Fundamental drivers for the IEC
Make standards work for you
- Cooperate with other standard
developers to fill gaps – fast track
adoption of existing standards
- Existing portfolio – update and manage
- facilitate navigation- make standards easy
to use
Enable global market solutions
- Facilitate industry cooperation
- Avoid island solutions/technical barriers
Boost innovation impact
- Provide focus and solid foundation
- Built-in interoperability on a global scale