Smart Grid Information Standards
Purpose
The purpose of this Smart Grid Information Standards web site is to identify the different information standards used in the Smart Grid, to indicate which can be used in what domains and for which interfaces, and to describe the cybersecurity requirements and capabilities.
A number of different models of Smart Grid architectures have been developed, including the high level Conceptual Model, the European M/490 3-D model, and the NISTIR 7628 cybersecurity-focused architecture that indicates the Logical Interfaces between Actors. None of these models is "perfect" for illustrating where the different information standards might be used, but each brings very useful tools to the discussion.
For the purposes of this effort, probably the NISTIR 7628 architecture is the most conducive to use, since it does have explicit "logical interfaces" between actors. These are not actual networks or communication channels, so there are limits to the use of this diagram, but with the support of other diagrams, this may be the easiest to show which standards could or should be used for which interactions.
Site Map and Navigation
The site map can help with understanding the structure of these pages. For navigating among these pages:
- Either select a domain from the Architecture Domain pull-down menu or click on one of the domains, indicated by the different colors (initially only the blue distribution section in the upper right of the Spaghetti diagram is useful)
- The DER Generation and Storage (lower rightish) take you to a DER Use Case with more details of the interactions.
- In the domain diagram, click on the interface of interest (initially, only a few interfaces are "live", for instance Interface Categories 1-4 ).
- In the interface page, click on a standard (initially, only DNP3 and IEC 61850 are "live")
