Xanthus Staff

Frances Cleveland, President and Principal Consultant

(Detailed Cleveland Resume)

 

Key Qualifications:

Ms. Cleveland has managed and consulted on information and control system projects for electric power utilities for over 30 years.  Her expertise has focused primarily on information technologies, security issues, and communications for power system operations, including SCADA systems, distributed energy resources (DER), substation automation, distribution operations, customer metering infrastructure, and energy market operations. Recent work includes system integration support to the California Energy Commission (CEC), IEC 61850 guidelines and tutorials for substation automation, EPRI’s IntelliGrid Architecture using UML, IEC 61850-7-420 standards for DER, IEC 62351 security standards for power system operations, requirements for wireless communications in operational environments, as well as consulting on distribution automation, IEC 61968/61970 Common Information Model (CIM), and OpenAMI.

Professional Background:

  • Xanthus Consulting International, President & Principal Consultant – Sept 2005 to present

  • Utility Consulting International (UCI), Vice President & Principal Consultant – Sept 1992 to Sept 2005

  • ECC (now Kema), Lead Consultant – Jan 1984 to Sept 1992

  • Systems Control (now ABB), Senior Consultant – 1975 to Dec 1983

Experience Record:

Ms. Cleveland’s consulting experience and major projects is summarized below:

  • System Automation: IntelliGrid Architecture, wireless networks, distribution automation, substation automation

  • Security:  NERC’s CIP 002-009, IEC 62351 security standards, security risk assessment

  • System Integration: IEC CIM, UML, distribution CIM, IEC 61850, network management, architectures, security

  • Distributed Energy Resources (DER): IEC 61850-740 DER standards, DER integration in distribution

  • Distribution Automation: DMS, SCADA, Use Cases, applications, scenarios, benefits, technologies

  • Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI): AMR assessment, load control, demand response, real-time pricing

  • Deregulation: Market operations systems, FERC’s OASIS transmission open access

  • Telecommunications Media: Fiber optics, WiFi/ZigBee wireless, MAS, telecom provider systems, security

Professional Activities:

  • Convenor of IEC TC57 WG15 (Information Security)

  • Editor of IEC TC57 WG17 on IEC 61850 data models for Distributed Energy Resources (DER)

  • Chair of the IEEE Power Systems Communications Committee (PSCC) of the Power Engineering Society (PES), Co-Chair of IEEE PSCC WG P1777 on Wireless Communications, Chair of IEEE PSCC WG on Security Risk Assessment

  • United States Technical Advisor to the IEC TC 57 for WG 03 (RTU telecontrol), WG07 (ICCP), WG14 (Distribution Integration), WG15 (Information Security), WG16 (Market Operations), WG17 (Distributed Resources), and WG19 (Harmonization of TC57 standards)

Education:

  • MBA, San Jose State University (1987), M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California at Berkeley (1975), B.A. in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Harvard University (1969)