Smart Grid Blog

Welcome. For the past 4 or 5 weeks, we have been on a quest to overview and understand Special NIST Document 1108, the NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards. But for this week, YHA (your humble author) thought it might be good to take a break from that topic, as riveting as it is for you the ISGO (interested Smart Grid observer.) 'Why', you might ask, 'would we stop the avalanche of interest in interop that we have going for us? Why dash the hopes of thousands of loyal readers such as us, glued to every line, yearning to learn more about the Roadmap?'

Read more...

Welcome. Onward we go on our journey to overview and understand Special NIST Document 1108, the NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards. Over the recent past and in the near future YHA (your humble author) will guide you, the ISGO (interested Smart Grid observer) on a simple quest, with the goal of knowing when and where to look more deeply into this important document when you need to. If you want to catch up, you can review the previous week's blogs, or send me an email and I'll get you the text. This week, we're going to delve into Chapt 4 - Standards Identified for Implementation. It might sound dry, but stay with us for a minute. You'll find that, in fact, standards can be darn close to mildly interesting. Kidding. This stuff is pretty important, so pls read on.

Read more...