Panel gives nod to smart-grid data standard

A panel considering interoperability issues for the smart grid has come out in favour of a new standard  to two-way data communications between utilities and their customers.

The governing board of the public-private Smart Grid Interoperability Panel gave its nod to a new “energy usage data model” standard that will enable the exchange of detailed information about electricity usage in a consistent format.

The decision brings the next-generation “smart” electrical power grid one step closer to reality, according to the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Developed through the North American Energy Standards Board’s (NAESB) American National Standards Institute-accredited process, the model will be included in NAESB’s filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission next month.

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