• NIST Standards

    Friday, October 30th, 2009

    The National Institute of Standards and  Technology (NIST) has developed a list of Smart Grid standards (available here).

    Standard Application Smart Grid Tier Trilliant Compliance
    AMI-SEC Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and Smart Grid end-to-end security NAN Yes
    ANSI C12.19/MC1219 Revenue metering information model NAN Yes
    BACnet ANSI ASHRAE 135-2008/ISO 16484-5 Building automation Application: Building Automation Yes: IP
    DNP3 Substation and feeder device automation Application: Grid equipment Yes: IP
    IEC 60870-6 / TASE.2 Inter-control center communications Application: Grid equipment Yes: IP
    IEC 61850 Substation automation and protection Application: Grid equipment Yes: IP
    IEC 61968/61970 Application level energy management system interfaces Headend Yes
    IEC 62351 Parts 1-8 Information security for power system control operations Application: Grid equipment Yes: IP
    IEEE C37.118 Phasor measurement unit (PMU) communications Application: Grid equipment Yes: IP
    IEEE 1547 Physical and electrical interconnections between utility and distributed generation (DG) Application: Distributed generation Yes: IP
    IEEE 1686-2007 Security for intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) Application: Grid Equipment Yes: IP
    NERC CIP 002-009 Cyber security standards for the bulk power system WAN & NAN Yes
    NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53, NIST SP 800-82 Cyber security standards and guidelines for federal information systems, including those for the bulk power system WAN & NAN Yes
    Open Automated Demand Response (Open ADR) Price responsive and direct load control HAN Yes
    OpenHAN Home Area Network device communication, measurement, and control HAN Yes
    ZigBee/HomePlug Smart Energy Profile Home Area Network (HAN) Device Communications and Information Model HAN Yes


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