Smart Grid Interoperability Panel and Governing Board were elected and put in place to kick-start the ambitious smart grid project. The US Government grant for smart grid of 3.4 Billion were announced last month. The stimulus money, the SGIP and the Grid Interoperability Conference and the Smart Grd Cybersecurity report and the grands announced together with an equivalent or more contribution from Utilities really have put on schedule the Smart Grid roll out in US.
The Smart Grid support as part of Stimulus and the enhanced interest in the stakeholder community is pushing the standards initiative like never before. The time consuming and often diverse and duplicate efforts of various standards bodies is suddenly finding their activities being brought under a common umbrella. Always standardization that is driven more by regulation and government interest of a bigger goal brings about faster and better results, compared to efforts that are driven by the manufacturer community and perceived needs of a given segment. The Grid Interop agenda and meeting is a good indicator on how under the Smart Grid umbrella most of the protocol bodies and stakeholders participated and discussed common issues, which earlier would have got discussed at separate forums.
The Smart Grid after effects are being seen in the R-APDRP program in India, where one hears about how this program can lead to a future Smart Grid. The Smart Grid definition being so broad, wide and vague, it is very difficult to re-orient a program that has very specific objectives as in India, to drive towards a future of Smart Grid, without specific thought being put from a goal perspective into the program. However CIM / 61850 and Cyber Security focus will surely help this program
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