ISO/IEC TR 15067-3-2:2016
(Main)Information technology — Home Electronic System (HES) application model — Part 3-2: GridWise interoperability context-setting framework
Information technology — Home Electronic System (HES) application model — Part 3-2: GridWise interoperability context-setting framework
ISO/IEC TR 15067-3-2:2016(E) This Technical Report is based on work done by the GridWise Architecture Council. It describes a framework for identifying and discussing interoperability issues to facilitate the integration of entities that interact with electric power systems.
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
1 Executive Summary . 6
2 Introduction . 9
2.1 Why Develop a Framework? . 11
2.2 Multiple Viewpoints . 12
2.3 Background. 13
2.4 Scope . 13
2.5 Prerequisites. 14
2.6 Framework Progression . 14
2.7 Collaboration Terminology . 15
3 System Integration Philosophy . 17
3.1 Agreement at the Interface – A Contract . 17
3.2 Boundary of Authority . 17
3.3 Decision Making in Very Large Networks . 18
3.4 The Role of Standards . 19
4 High Level Categorization . 20
4.1 Technical Aspects . 21
4.1.1 Category 1: Basic Connectivity . 21
4.1.2 Category 2: Network Interoperability . 22
4.1.3 Category 3: Syntactic Interoperability . 22
4.2 Informational Aspects . 23
4.2.1 Category 4: Semantic Understanding . 23
4.2.2 Category 5: Business Context . 23
4.3 Organizational Aspects . 24
4.3.1 Category 6: Business Procedures . 24
4.3.2 Category 7: Business Objectives . 24
4.3.3 Category 8: Economic and Regulatory Policy . 25
5 Cross-Cutting Issues . 25
5.1 Shared Meaning of Content . 26
5.2 Resource Identification . 27
5.3 Time Synchronization and Sequencing. 27
5.4 Security and Privacy . 28
5.5 Logging and Auditing . 28
5.6 Transaction and State Management . 29
5.7 System Preservation . 29
5.8 Quality of Service . 29
5.9 Discovery and Configuration . 30
5.10 System Evolution and Scalability . 30
6 Examples of Applying the Framework . 31
7 Governance . 31
8 Acknowledgements . 32
9 References . 32
Appendix A Example Scenarios . 34
A.1 Residential Demand Response . 34
A.1.1 Mrs. Meg A. Watts Moves In . 34
A.1.2 A Critical Peak Occurs . 35
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A.1.3 An Emergency Occurs . 36
A.1.4 Meg and the Framework . 37
A.2 Commercial Building Demand Response . 39
A.3 Congestion Management Market . 41
Bibliography . 43
Figure S.1 – A Framework Provides High-Level Perspective . 7
Figure S.2 – Interoperability Framework Categories . 8
Figure S.3 – Interoperability Framework Companion Material . 9
Figure 1 – Distance to Integrate . 10
Figure 2 – Interoperability Framework Companion Material . 14
Figure 3 – Phases for Progressing Interoperability . 15
Figure 4 – Collaboration Model Elements . 16
Figure 5 – Interoperability Layered Categories . 21
Figure 6 – Interoperability Context-Setting Framework Diagram . 26
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY –
HOME ELECTRONIC SYSTEM APPLICATION MODEL –
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FOREWORD
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This Technical Report is closely based on the document GridWise® Interoperability Context-
Setting Framework (March 2008), prepared by The GridWise Architecture. Also, the original
structure of the technical part of this document has been maintained.
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GridWise® is a registered tradename by The GridWise Architecture Council.
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY –
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Part 3-2: GridWise – Interoperability context-setting framework
1 Executive Summary
As the deployment of automation technology advances, it touches upon many areas of our
corporate and personal lives. A trend is emerging where automation systems are growing to
the extent that integration is taking place with other systems to provide even greater
capabilities more efficiently and effectively. GridWise provides a vision for this type of
integration as it applies to the electric system.
Imagine a time in the not too distant future when homeowners can offer the management of
their electricity demand to participate in a more efficient and environmentally friendly
operation of the electric power grid. They will do this using automation technology that acts on
their behalf in response to information from other automation components of the electric
system. This technology will recognize their preferences to parameters such as comfort and
the price of energy to form responses that optimize the local need to a signal that satisfies a
higher-level need in the grid.
For example, consider a particularly hot day with air stagnation in an area with a significant
dependence on wind generation. To manage the forecasted peak electricity demand, the bulk
system operator issues a critical peak price warning. Their automation systems alert electric
service providers who distribute electricity from the wholesale electricity system to
consumers. In response, the electric service providers use their automation systems to inform
consumers of impending price increases for electricity. This information is passed to an
energy management system at the premises, which acts on the consumer’s behalf, to adjust
the electricity usage of the onsite equipment (which might include generation from such
sources as a fuel cell). The objective of such a building automation system is to honor the
agreement with the electricity service provider and reduce the consumer’s bill while keeping
the occupants as comfortable as possible. This will include actions such as moving the
thermostat on the heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) unit up several degrees.
The resulting load reduction becomes part of an aggregated response from the electricity
service provider to the bulk power system operator who is now in a better position to manage
total system load with available generation.
Looking across the electric system, from generating plants, to transmission substations, to the
distribution system, to factories, office parks, and buildings, automation is growing, and the
opportunities for unleashing new value propositions are exciting. How can we facilitate this
change and do so in a way that ensures the reliability of electric resources for the wellbeing of
our economy and security? The GridWise Architecture Council (GWAC) mission is to enable
interoperability among the many entities that interact with the electric power system. A good
definition of interoperability is, “The capability of two or more networks, systems, devices,
applications, or components to exchange information between them and to use the
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information so exchanged.” As a step in the direction of enabling interoperability, the GWAC
proposes a context-setting framework to organize concepts and terminology so that
interoperability issues can be identified and debated, improvements to address issues
articulated, and actions prioritized and coordinated across the electric power community.
By a context-setting framework, we mean something at a high, organizational level (see
Figure S.1), some neutral ground upon which a community of stakeholders can talk about
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“EICTA Interoperability White Paper,” European Industry Association, Information Systems Communication
Technologies Consumer Electronics, 21 June 2004.
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issues and concerns related to integrating parts of a large, complex system. Borrowing
concepts from the Australian National E-Health Transition Authority, a framework sits at a
broad, conceptual level and provides context for more detailed technical aspects of
interoperability. In contrast, “A model (or architecture) identifies a particular problem space
and defines a technology-independent analysis of requirements. The design maps model
requirements into a particular family of solutions based upon standards and technical
approaches. Finally a solution manifests a design into a particular vendor software
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technology, ensuring adherence to designs, models, and frameworks.”
Framework
Model
Design
Solution
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Figure S.1 – A Framework Provides High-Level Perspective
The intent of the interoperability framework is to provide the context for identifying and
debating interoperability issues to advance actions that make integration within this complex
system easier. The framework recognizes that interoperability is only achieved when
agreement is reached across many layers of concern. These layers span the details of the
technology involved to link systems together, to the understanding of the information
exchanged, to the business processes and organizational objectives that are represented in
business, economic, and regulatory policy.
Besides introducing new opportunities and benefits, the application of information technology
(IT) also introduces a new set of challenges. As they contribute to all economic sectors,
traditionally separate applications and infrastructures get more and more interconnected.
Effects and decisions within each critical infrastructure influence the other infrastructures
much more than before. The framework identifies the key interoperability issue areas and can
help resolve interdependencies within the electric system and with other infrastructures. It
reflects the increasingly important role of IT in the electric system, resulting in an electricity
plus information (E+I) infrastructure. The framework also enables the representation and
exchange of ideas with other critical infrastructure domains. It supports comparing, aligning,
and harmonizing technical approaches with accompanying management procedures and
business processes.
Figure S.2 summarizes the layered interoperability categories according to technical,
informational, and organizational groups. In addition to these categories of interoperability,
the framework proposes a classification of interoperability issues that cut across the layers.
This document introduces these issue areas with the intent to explore and articulate the
detailed nature of each issue area in separate documents engaging interested experts in their
creation. The cross-cutting issues represent the areas we believe should be focused on to
start improving interoperability across the web of electricity concerns.
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National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA), “Towards an Interoperability Framework, v 1.8,“ August 2005.
(www.nehta.gov.au)
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Political and Economic
Objectives as Embodied in
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8: Economic/Regulatory Policy
Policy and Regulation
Strategic and Tactical
Objectives Shared
Organizational
7: Business Objectives
between Businesses
(Pragmatics)
Alignment between
Operational Business
6: Business Procedures
Processes and Procedures
Relevant Business Knowledge
that Applies Semantics with
5: Business Context
E + I
Process Workflow
Informational
Understanding of Concepts
(Semantics)
Contained in the Message
4: Semantic Understanding
Data Structures
Understanding of Data Structure
in Messages Exchanged
3: Syntactic Interoperability
between Systems
Exchange Messages between
Systems across a
Technical
2: Network Interoperability
Variety of Networks
(Syntax)
Mechanism to Establish
Physical and Logical I
1: Basic Connectivity
Connectivity of Systems
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Figure S.2 – Interoperability Framework Categories
The audience for this document are system architects and integrators with the ability to
participate in establishing a technical foundation to discuss interoperability, articulate issues
to achieving interoperability, and develop proposals to improve the situation. It presumes the
reader is knowledgeable of complex system integration and the technical, informational, and
organizational issues that surround this area. This technical document lays the foundation for
future, companion material to targeted purposes and audiences. Ideally, the reader will
consider the application of the concepts presented in this material to their field of interest to
help address interoperability challenges as well as to provide suggestions on improvements to
this material.
The GWAC realizes that other versions of the framework should be tailored to speak to the
interests of other audiences, such as regulators, business decision-makers, system operators,
and system suppliers. This material may consist of white papers, checklists, or other forms of
presentation.
To introduce this framework, we provide some background for this work in the context of past
GWAC activity and establish some basic concepts and terminology. We then state some
important points about the system-integration philosophy that influences the way automation
components are expected to interface and operate in a collaborative manner in something as
complex as the electric power system. These philosophical tenets are important because they
emphasize the needs of the system integrator and underlie many of the statements made
about the interoperability categories and the cross-cutting issues that are described in
subsequent sections. The set of layered interoperability categories and the cross-cutting
issues is followed by some clarifying examples.
The document closes with an acknowledgement that such a framework is a living concept,
and therefore, a process needs to be put in place to govern its evolution over time both in
terms of concepts and the material used to convey these concepts. If such a framework is to
be helpful to interoperability improvements, the diverse stakeholders in the electric system
should take ownership and have access to participate in its development. This then is the first
of an evolutionary series of documents to describe an interoperability framework and
articulate interoperability issues that assists discussions with participants at all levels.
Providing venues for participation in this work is an important aspect of engaging the
electricity community.
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The process to specify and develop future material requires the participation of the electricity
community. Figure S.3 provides a conceptual view of companion material envisaged to follow
from the framework. These works include executive summaries for targeted audiences,
technical papers that articulate interoperability issues and proposed approaches to address
them, checklists, tools, use case scenarios that provide examples of applying the framework,
and other similar documents.
Executive Summaries
(windows for targeted
audiences onto the
framework)
FRAMEWORK
Interoperability Categories Cross-cutting Issues
8: Economic/Regulatory Policy
Organizational 7: Business Objectives
6: Business Procedures
5: Business Context
Informational
4: Semantic Understanding
Technical Papers
(technical expertise)
3: Syntactic Interoperability
Technical
2: Network Interoperability
Architecture
1: Basic Connectivity
Documents
Actionable
Companion
checklists tools scenarios …
Documents
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Figure S.3 – Interoperability Framework Companion Material
2 Introduction
The Gridwise Architecture Council (GWAC) exists to enable automation among the many
entities that interact with the electric power infrastructure. Though we do not prejudge what
this automation will be used for, once it is enabled, we presume that, given opportunity, many
possibilities will be explored, and much economic and social good will result. The GWAC
mission is merely to enable. The goal is a concept called interoperability, which incorporates
the following characteristics:
• exchange of meaningful, actionable information between two or more systems across
organizational boundaries
• a shared understanding of the exchanged information
• an agreed expectation for the response to the information exchange
• a requisite quality of service: reliability, fidelity, and security.
The result of such interaction enables a larger interconnected system capability that
transcends the local perspective of each participating subsystem.
A commonly understood objective for interoperability is the concept of “plug-and-play”. With
plug-and-play, the system integrator is able to configure an automation component into the
system simply by “plugging” it in. Behind the scenes, automated processes determine the
Shared Meaning of Content
Resource Identification
Time Synch and Sequencing
Security and Privacy
Logging and Auditing
Transaction and State Mgt
System Preservation
Performance/Rellability/Scalability
Discovery and Configuration
System Evolution
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nature of the newly connected automation component and the component determines the
nature of the system so that it is properly configured and can begin to operation properly. If
we consider the level of integration involved as a length or distance, then the “distance to
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integrate” for plug-and-play is small [1] .
As attractive as this concept is, achieving plug-and-play is not easy and in many, complex
situations it is not practical to specify standard interfaces to this level of
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