Applicable EPRI and Other Research to Assist Designs for AMI and Customer Communications Joe Hughes EPRI

2 © 2007 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Current work: Common Meter and Data Model Development and Integration OMS CIS Customer Communications Distribution Automation “Message Broker” “Integration Bus” Proprietary Metering A AM/FM/GIS ANSI/IEC Metering “Field Operations” Meter Data Management IEC 61970/61968 Common Information Model (CIM) Enterprise Application Integration Proprietary Metering B Meter Master Station UCAUCAUCAUCA TM UCAUCAUCAUCA UCAUCAUCAUCA R&D Needed: Integrate Across Standards=> Common Meter Data Model UCAUCAUCAUCA TM UCAUCAUCAUCA UCAUCAUCAUCA UCAUCAUCAUCA

3 © 2007 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. AMI and Customer Communications Issues Common Language (Application Level) –Metering (also kVa metering communications) –In-Building (Equipment and Subsystems) Network and Systems Management –Management Infrastructure “Interoperability” Addressing Key Management Scaling –Security Function Suite Robustness –Management technical migration

4 © 2007 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. INCREASING COST INCREASING SECURITY The Security Asymptote: There will always be residual risk…plan for it… 99% “Secure” Security Asymptote Security “Hardening”…try to keep the bad guy out Be able to manage.. when he gets in

5 © 2007 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Security Technology Development Initiatives (Sample) NIST BACnet, FIPS and Encryption, PKI, RBAC, E-Commerce, ATP work, Common Criteria National Labs Industry Security Work (Sandia, Idaho SCADA Testbed,Others) DOD work, OMG Security DOE/LBL Next Generation Internet Work Critical Infrastructure (DHS,DOE, DOC) ISA SP99 NSA: Encryption, Hardened OS GTI: AGA 12 API 1164, Other

6 © 2007 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Gas Technology Institute and AWA GAS –Gas “Objects” Similar to IEC –Bill Rush and AGA 12 FIPS PUB Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP)

7 © 2007 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. EPRI Dynamic Energy Systems Inititiative “Design Basis” for Dynamic Energy Systems Strategic Integration Backbone “Living Laboratory” “Interoperability Checklist” Commercial Customer Communications

8 © 2007 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Common Language for Residential/Commercial In-Building –EIA 721 Generic Common Application Language Trane, Panasonic, Others –BACnet –DALI (Lighting) –Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers Whirlpool, Maytag, GE, LG, Sub Zero, Emerson, Sharp, Samsung, Others –Consumer Electronics Sony, Panasonic, Others Proposed Industry Level Language for Residential Equipment ANSI/AHAM CHA Commercial CAL Other

9 © 2007 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Three Necessary Ingredients for Successful Interoperable Systems Development Interoperable products and services 2) Involved User Group: Interoperability Agreements, Labeling, Testing, Marketing UCA International, BACnet Mfgs. Assoc. Assoc. of Edison Illuminating Cos 3) reference implementations: Developer Tools, Standards Implementations and test implementations AMRTools, openAMI, … 1) Open standards: Protocols, test schemas, object models IEC TC57, ANSI C12, ASHRAE SPC135, Other

10 © 2007 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. SPC135 Standards BACnet Users Group: BACnet Manufacturers Association Implementations: Customer Implementation Demo TC 57 Standards: IEC 61850, Users Group: UCA International Implementations ANSI C12 Standards: ANSI C12 Users Group: AEIC Implementations: AMRTools, OpenAMI

11 © 2007 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Details of categories – Technical R&D Integration of IT and Utility Security/ Mgmt Systems