WG Summaries Austin, TX October 24, 2007

Process WG Co-chairs: Terry Saxton & Ed Dobrowolski Scope: Overall management of the CIMug Development and tuning of the CIMug web site Coordination of the Technical Issues process Development and coordination of the Help Desk environment Coordination and maintenance of the CIMug mail list Meeting planning and assistance in conducting the meetings of the CIMug Establishment of the budget for the CIMug Development of liaisons with appropriate external groups Adherence to the rules and regulations of the CIMug and UCAIug

Process WG Items for Austin breakout: Planning for future meetings –Spring ’08 in Europe (Vasteras, Sweden) –Fall ‘08 in North America –Fall ’08 in Asia (tentative) Increasing participation in the CIMug –Help desk and issue submittal Building up liaisons

Model Exchange WG Chair: Jay Britton Standard –New draft of standard has been created. (K. Hunter) Rev 4 (May 4, 2007) Various edits and update for CIM 11. Important new classes: –ModelAuthority –ModelAuthoritySet Extended use case discussion added as Appendix A. (J. Britton) –Promotion of model authority concepts European User Group May 2007 NERC DEWG Meeting, Sept 2007 General presentations (PES Atlanta, IEEE Tampa, Utility Integration Houston, …) –Interop 10 (Sept, 2007) CIM version finalized for test (L. Osterlund) Organization (M. Goodrich) Did not test model authorities – expected next year.

Model Exchange WG Related Standards –CIM for Planning EPRI Project Planning & Operating Model Exchange –Wg13 NWIPs EMS Model Update Steady State Solution Active CIM Model Exchange Projects –WECC –ERCOT

Model Exchange WG Items for Austin breakout: Review of Model Exchange Appendix A Use Cases NERC DEWG Meeting Report European Review –UCTE Day-Ahead Model Exchange Process Planning –Summary of EPRI CIM for Planning project activity –MMWG Procedure for Eastern Interconnection Active Projects –WECC and ERCOT Model acquisition from members EMS model update Model availability to members Planning

Marketing WG Objectives of the Marketing Working Group –Promote Use of Technology in Industry –Promote CIM User Group Membership Current Activities –Logo and Brochure Re-Design –Develop Branding Program –Develop Membership Literature

Marketing WG Plans for 2008 –Develop Logo and Membership Literature – Re-Design –Membership Drive ( and mailing list) –Membership Booths (in conjunction with UCA Group) Budget – the above activities have budget but need to be implemented.

Enterprise Application Integration WG Scope: Drive the understanding and implementation of CIM-based message exchange to support efficient and effective communication while establishing a forum for the sharing of such information as well as best practices for exchange of CIM-based information Co-Chairs: Andre Maizener, and Harry Garton (Xtensible Solution) (vendor) – –

EAI WG Activities limited to breakout sessions during Users Group meetings. Trying to get some traction, generate interest, and come up with real issues and real solutions –Determine how to get traction outside of User Group Meetings –Fact: each time we have had interesting and fruitful meetings and break out sessions –Please provide ideas or suggestions to Andre or Harry 2 possible directions for the group: –Exchange best practices and difficulties in using CIM and be a source of request and issues for the various TC57 working groups –Contribute to finalize the methodology to derive messages

Compliance WG Mission: –Formalize definition of CIM Compliance –Define standard compliance testing program, including procedures and tools, documented as CIM Compliance Quality Program. –Co-chairs: Suzanne Caron-André & Maurice Adriaensen

Compliance WG First deliverable: CIM Compliance Definition White Paper (to be part of future CIM Compliance Quality Program) –Status: Submitted for comments to WG13 / WG 14 in Spring –Editorial comments received September –Revised version to be published on CIMug Web Site Progressing CIM Quality Program: Need for compliance validation testing tools