[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08513]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

[Docket No.: 140311231-4231-01]


Draft NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability 
Standards, Release 3.0

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
seeks comments on the draft NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid 
Interoperability Standards, Release 3.0. This new document builds on 
two previously released Frameworks and Roadmaps, and incorporates 
advances in smart grid infrastructure, such as widespread deployment of 
wireless-communication power meters, the availability of customer 
energy usage data through the Green Button initiative, and remote 
sensing for determining real-time transmission and distribution status. 
Release 3.0 also includes protocols for electric vehicle charging. The 
entire draft version of the draft NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart 
Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 3.0, is available online at: 
http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid/framework3.cfm.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 
May 30, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to the Cyber Physical Systems 
and Smart Grid Program Office, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8200, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
8200 or by email at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Chris L. Greer, Director, Cyber 
Physical Systems and Smart Grid Program Office, and National 
Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8200, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8200; telephone 301-975-5987, fax 301-948-5668; 
or via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Section 1305 of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 
2007 (Pub. L. 110-140) directs NIST ``to coordinate the development of 
a framework that includes protocols and model standards for information 
management to achieve interoperability of smart grid devices and 
systems.''
    To meet these statutory goals, in January 2010, NIST published the 
NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, 
Release 1.0 (Release 1.0), and in February 2012, NIST published the 
NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, 
Release 2.0 (Release 2.0), which updated the material discussed in 
Release 1.0. The Framework document discusses the NIST vision for an 
advanced smart grid as well as a high-level overview of smart grid 
architecture, cybersecurity, and testing and certification 
considerations. In addition, there is a discussion of the Smart Grid 
Interoperability Panel (SGIP) which is playing a key role in the 
development of interoperability standards.
    NIST now announces the publication of the draft NIST Framework and 
Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 3.0 (Release 
3.0 Draft) for public review and comment. The entire draft version of 
Release 3.0 Draft is available online at: http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid/framework3.cfm.
    Release 3.0 Draft builds upon the work in previous releases with an 
update on the progress since Release 2.0; a description of the Smart 
Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP); updated architecture, 
cybersecurity, and testing and certification chapters; and a new 
chapter on cross-cutting issues and future directions.
    Since the release of the last edition of the NIST Framework and 
Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards (Release 2.0), 
advances in smart grid infrastructure have been implemented. Examples 
include the widespread deployment of wireless-communication power 
meters, the availability of customer energy usage data through the 
Green Button initiative, remote sensing for determining real-time 
transmission and distribution status, and protocols for electric 
vehicle charging, supported by standards development across the entire 
smart grid arena. This release updates NIST's ongoing efforts to 
facilitate and coordinate smart grid interoperability standards 
development and smart grid-related measurement science and technology, 
including the evolving and continuing NIST relationship with the SGIP.
    Request for comments:
    NIST seeks comments on the draft NIST Framework and Roadmap for 
Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 3.0. In particular, the 
agency requests that comments be categorized as (1) technical; (2) 
editorial; or (3) general. If a comment is not a general comment, 
please identify the relevant page, line number, and section that is 
addressed by the comment. NIST will also accept proposed solutions 
along with the comments. Comments should be submitted in accordance 
with instructions in the DATES and ADDRESSES sections of this notice.

    Dated: April 9, 2014.
Kevin A. Kimball,
Chief of Staff.
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