IEC 61850 Substation Automation and Protection

IEC 61850 is a standard for the design of electrical substation automation. It addresses interoperability requirements for intelligent electronic devices and establishes standards for object models, naming conventions, meaning of data, services and device behavior models.

Reference

• ANSI eStandards Store

Smart Grid Interoperability Maturity Model

• Read the James Mater/Rik Drummond presentation to Grid Interop 2009:
  A Smart Grid Interoperability Maturity Model Rating System
• Request the Smart Grid Interoperability Maturity Model Proceedings of 2010 PES General Meeting (pdf)

Interoperability and Decision-Maker's Checklist

• Download Gridwise Architecture Council Introduction to Interoperability and Decision Maker’s Interoperability Checklist Version 1.0
• Request the Decision-Maker's Checklist - QualityLogic Proposed Additions (pdf)

Testing Solutions

• Smart Grid Test Tools
  and Services
  • SEP 2.0 Test System
  • Certification Testing
  • Itron ERT Certification

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