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The IntelliGrid Architecture project team has taken project requirements
input from a variety of sources and applied the tools and other analyses
methods to arrive at project recommendations. Specifically, the team has identified
relationships between stakeholder requirements and existing and emerging
standards and associated technologies. The analyses and methods are described
within the remaining three volumes and the associated appendices to IntelliGrid Architecture
project. Most of the analyses are in Volume IV. Users of IntelliGrid Architecture Framework
may judge the strength of the recommendations based on the team’s analysis. It
should be noted that while many of the existing and emerging standards and
technologies address many of the requirements, there are none that comprise a
complete standalone solution. Application complexity and the need for robust
systems management and security means that the solution set will be comprised
of necessary advancements to existing technologies or combinations of
technologies.
Each of IntelliGrid Architecture Environments is linked to the
appropriate standards, technologies, and best practices, based on the
requirements of that Environment. In addition, these standards, technologies,
and best practices are assessed as to how well they meet IntelliGrid Architecture High Level
Concepts, as well as how appropriate they are for the specific requirements in
each Environment. They are then labeled as:
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Recommended,
if they meet most of the Principles, High Level Concepts, and the specific
requirements of the Environment.
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Alternative,
if they meet many of the Principles, High Level Concepts, and the specific
requirements of the Environment.
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Possible, if
they are less compliant with the Principles, High Level Concepts, and the
specific requirements of the Environment, but are still feasible. Often these
are legacy technologies.
In some cases, new technologies are incorporated into the
IntelliGrid Architecture Framework not necessarily because they are better
than what has been developed to date specifically for the electric power
industry, but because the electric industry must follow technology trends from
other industries where these are cost-beneficial and/or become part of
industry-wide information technology strategies. In other cases, the electric
power utility is just now getting into new areas, such as market operations,
where the appropriate technologies are being defined elsewhere.
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