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:
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Xanthus Consulting
International, President & Principal Consultant – Sept 2005 to
present
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Utility Consulting
International (UCI), Vice President & Principal Consultant – Sept
1992 to Sept 2005
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ECC (now Kema), Lead
Consultant – Jan 1984 to Sept 1992
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Systems Control (now
ABB), Senior Consultant – 1975 to Dec 1983
Experience Record:
Ms. Cleveland’s consulting experience and major projects is summarized
below:
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System Automation:
IntelliGrid Architecture, wireless networks, distribution
automation, substation automation
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Security: NERC’s CIP
002-009, IEC 62351 security standards, security risk assessment
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System Integration: IEC
CIM, UML, distribution CIM, IEC 61850, network management,
architectures, security
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Distributed Energy
Resources (DER): IEC 61850-740 DER standards, DER integration in
distribution
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Distribution
Automation: DMS, SCADA, Use Cases, applications, scenarios,
benefits, technologies
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Automated Metering
Infrastructure (AMI): AMR assessment, load control, demand response,
real-time pricing
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Deregulation: Market
operations systems, FERC’s OASIS transmission open access
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Telecommunications
Media: Fiber optics, WiFi/ZigBee wireless, MAS, telecom provider
systems, security
Professional Activities:
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Convenor of IEC TC57 WG15
(Information Security)
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Editor of IEC TC57 WG17
on IEC 61850 data models for Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
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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
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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:
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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)
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