CIM for Weather A joint project of: - Southern California Edison (SCE) - EPRI - Open Grid Systems Pat Brown EPRI Senior Project Manager CIMug - Prague May 12, 2011

2 © 2011 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. CIM for Weather Purpose History Schedule Project Players & Roles Contributors

3 © 2011 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Purpose / Approach of CIM for Weather Extend the CIM to cover weather information Use of weather information is pervasive in utilities (load forecasting, planning for events (resource pre- deployment), restoration, root cause analysis) Approach: –Drive requirements by defining use cases (business, then system) –Encourage outside input –Leverage or harmonize with existing weather standards –Keep WG13 and WG14 “in the loop”

4 © 2011 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. CIM for Weather History / Schedule Started at the San Francisco CIMug meeting –Previous ground work at SCE Schedule Use case definition Project inception March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan Existing weather standards Design of CIM Model extensions InterOperability testing at SCE Presentation to appropriate TC57 CIM WG Final report / submission preparation Prototype Weather Service

5 © 2011 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. CIM for Weather Players & Roles SCE –Sponsor –Use cases –Real-world perspective Open Grid Systems –Design –Technical knowledge of CIM & standards adoption process EPRI –Project management –Utility contacts & connection to larger standards world

6 © 2011 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. CIM for Weather Contributors Utilities –AEP –EdF, SDG&E, ComEd, HECO Vendors –ABB –Alstom –Telvent Smart Grid Initiatives –PAP17 / B2G DEWG You!