IEEE Launches Smart Grid Interoperability Project P2030
May 17, 2009 // Published as a news service by IHS
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) approved IEEE 2030 Guide for Smart Grid Interoperability of Energy Technology and Information Technology Operation with the Electric Power System (EPS) and End-Use Applications and Loads (P2030).
IEEE P2030 is a smart grid initiative for the power engineering, communications and information technology industries.
IEEE P2030 is designed to provide a "knowledge base" for understanding and defining smart grid interoperability of the electric power system with end-use applications and loads, according to IEEE.
It is touted as integrating energy technology and information and communications technologies, which is necessary to achieve operation for electric generation, delivery and end-use benefits that will permit two-way power flow with communication and control.
IEEE P2030 is sponsored by the IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee 21 and chaired by Dick DeBlasio, who is program manager at the National Renewable Energy Lab facility of the U.S. Department of Energy and serves as the IEEE smart grid liaison to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
DeBlasio said the P2030 standards project will support NIST's role to coordinate the development of smart grid interoperability standards.
The June IEEE P2030 kickoff meeting in California will consist of three sessions focused on power engineering technology, Information Technology and Communications Technology.
Source: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-Standards Association (IEEE-SA).