[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 31254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-15467]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
[Docket Number: 0906181063-91064-01]
Request for Comments on ``Report to NIST on the Smart Grid
Interoperability Standards Roadmap'' (Contract No. SB1341-09-CN-0031--
Deliverable 7)
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
seeks comments on a report, entitled ``Report to NIST on the Smart Grid
Interoperability Standards Roadmap'' (the ``EPRI Report''), prepared by
the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) under a contract (Contract
No. SB1341-09-CN-0031--Deliverable 7) awarded to engage Smart Grid
stakeholders in the development of a draft interim standards roadmap.
NIST will consider the EPRI Report, and comments received on the EPRI
Report, in the development of NIST's interim ``roadmap'' for Smart Grid
interoperability standards, a responsibility assigned to NIST under the
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. All comments submitted
should reference this notice.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 30, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to: George Arnold, 100 Bureau
Drive, Stop 8100, National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8100. Electronic comments may be sent to:
[email protected].
The report is available at: http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid/InterimSmartGridRoadmapNISTRestructure.pdf and at http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/WebHome.
Additional information may be found at: http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Arnold, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop
8100, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
20899-8100, telephone (301) 975-5627.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1305 of the Energy Independence and
Security Act (EISA) of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-140) requires the Director of
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.'' The Smart Grid is
an important component of the Administration's comprehensive plan to
reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, reduce greenhouse gas emissions,
create jobs, and help U.S. industry lead in the global race to develop
and apply clean energy technology. President Obama has set ambitious
short and long-term goals, necessitating quick action and sustained
progress in implementing the components, systems, and networks that
will make up the Smart Grid.
In April 2009, NIST announced a three-phase plan to expedite
development of interoperability standards for the Smart Grid. The EPRI
Report is an input to the first phase of the NIST plan, in which NIST
has sought to engage utilities, equipment suppliers, consumers,
standards developers, and other stakeholders in a public process to
identify Smart Grid interoperability standards and priorities for
development of new standards. The full NIST plan is available at http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/smartgrid_041309.html.
Under a contract (Contract No. SB1341-09-CN-0031) that NIST awarded
earlier this year in connection with the first phase of the NIST plan,
EPRI technical experts compiled and refined inputs from a variety of
Smart Grid stakeholders. These inputs included technical contributions
made at two EPRI-facilitated, two-day, public workshops (April 28-29,
2009, in Reston, Va; and May 19-20, 2009, in National Harbor, Md.). The
EPRI Report also incorporates contributions from six expert working
groups established by NIST in 2008, and from a cybersecurity
coordination task group established in 2009. Hundreds of individuals,
representing a broad range of stakeholders, have participated in the
roadmapping process to date.
The EPRI Report contains material gathered and refined by the
contractor using its technical expertise. The EPRI Report is not a
formally reviewed and approved NIST publication. Rather, it is one of
many inputs into the ongoing NIST-coordinated roadmapping process.
NIST is now reviewing EPRI's synthesis of stakeholder inputs
received through the end of May 2009, as presented in the EPRI Report.
NIST also will review the comments received from the public on the EPRI
Report.
NIST will use the EPRI Report and public comments as inputs in
drafting an initial NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Framework. The
NIST Framework, which is intended to be a living document, will
describe a high-level architecture, identify an initial set of key
standards, and provide a roadmap for development of new or revised
standards needed to realize the Smart Grid. Release 1.0 of the NIST
Smart Grid Interoperability Standards Framework is expected to be
available in September.
Authority: Section 1305 of the Energy Independence and Security
Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 110-140).
Request for Comments: NIST seeks comments on EPRI's ``Report to
NIST on the Smart Grid Interoperability Standards Roadmap.'' Comments
should include a reference to this Federal Register notice. After
evaluating the report and comments submitted in response to this
request, as well as other inputs, NIST will draft an initial NIST Smart
Grid Interoperability Framework, in accordance with responsibilities
assigned to NIST under the EISA.
Dated: June 25, 2009.
Patrick Gallagher,
Deputy Director, NIST.
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