1. Grid 3.0 Telecommunications Workshop
April 6 & 7, 2016
Irwindale, CA

2. Agenda April 6: April 7: 8:30 am – Welcome and Safety
8:40am – Why are we here?
8:50am – Setting the Stage - DOE
9:00am – DOE INL Workshop Findings
9:30am – State of Communications Tech
10:15am – Break
10:30am – Utility Panel Session
Noon – Lunch
1:00pm – Key Issue Discussion
2:15pm – Break
2:30pm – Introduction to Future States
2:45pm – Future State Exercise
4:50pm - Summary of day 1 and plans for day 2
5:00pm – Adjourn for the day
6:00pm – No Host Dinner
April 7:
8:30 am – Review and Prioritize Future States
9:15am – Industry Activity Presentations
10:15am – Break
10:30 – Industry Activity Presentations (cont.)
11:30am – Gaps and Actions Exercise
Noon – Lunch
1:00pm – Gaps and Actions Exercise (cont.)
2:00 - Task Definition
3:00pm – Next Steps
3:30pm – Adjourn

3. Agenda – Day 1 8:30 am Welcome and Safety – John Bubb (SCE)
8:40am           Introduction / Workshop Objectives – Don Von Dollen (EPRI)
8:50am           Setting the stage – DOE view – Chris Irwin (DOE)
9:00am           Findings from the DOE Comms workshop – Paul Titus (INL)
9:30am           State of Communications Technology – Michael and Richardo
This session designed to get everyone on the same page with communications technology terms and definitions to facilitate better information exchange in rest of workshop
10:15am        Break

4. Grid 3.0
Grid 3.0 is an informal, ad hoc collaboration to engage stakeholders and develop a roadmap to identify the critical activities needed to achieve the resilient, flexible and highly- interactive grid of the future – Grid 3.0.
The objective of Grid 3.0 is to promote coordination and collaboration between organizations that are working to advance the industry towards the broad vision of Grid 3.0

5. Grid 3.0
Grid 3.0 is organizing workshops to engage subject matter experts in three specific areas:
Architecture
Interoperability
Communications

6. Objective of the Grid 3.0 Communications Workshop
Begin the process of developing a roadmap for addressing the critical communications-related issues needed to achieve the vision of Grid 3.0

7. Agenda – Day 1 8:30 am Welcome and Safety – John Bubb (SCE)
8:40am           Introduction / Workshop Objectives – Don Von Dollen (EPRI)
8:50am           Setting the stage – DOE view – Chris Irwin (DOE)
9:00am           Findings from the DOE Comms workshop – Paul Titus (INL)
9:30am           State of Communications Technology – Michael and Richardo
This session designed to get everyone on the same page with communications technology terms and definitions to facilitate better information exchange in rest of workshop
10:15am        Break

8. Agenda – Day 1 10:30am Utility panel session
Future vision for telecommunications in the electricity sector – 3 utilities – 15 minute presentation each followed by Q&A and general discussion.  The panelists will discuss their key application requirements, telecommunications vision (3-10 year view), and any projects/activities presently underway.
1:00pm          Key Issue Discussion
Applications and Capabilities (other applications/requirements not revealed/discussed in panel) Inventory Creation
Spectrum availability – public, private, shared
Technology
Wireless – LTE, WiMax, mesh (Silver Springs, ITron), point-to-point (microwave, Sensus), other (MDS serial radios)
Wired – DDS circuit replacements, fiber WAN, fiber to the home, metro Ethernet, MPLS
Infrastructure Ownership
2:15pm Break

9. GWAC Stack – Levels of Interoperability

10. 2:45pm Future State Exercise - Facilitated Process:
Agenda – Day 1
2:30pm          Introduction to Future States – what is a future state presentation
2:45pm          Future State Exercise - Facilitated Process:
Participants write ideas for future states (future comms  capabilities) on cards – 15 minutes
Go around the room and have people share their future state ideas (one at a time) – 60 minutes
Facilitator refines/combines/adds future states and posts on wall – 5 minutes
Participants provide input on grouping future states into categories (e.g. policy, technology, spectrum, ownership, etc.) – 15 minutes
Do a sticky dot prioritization exercise – 15 minutes
4:50pm          Review of Day 1 – plan for Day 2
5:00pm          Adjourn
6:00pm          No host dinner

11. Roadmap Development Approach
Future State
Our Vision for the landscape in 3-10 Years

12. Roadmap Development Approach
Future State
Our Vision for the landscape in 3-10 Years
GAP
Barriers or challenges to achieve the Future State

13. Roadmap Development Approach
Future State
Our Vision for the landscape in 3-10 Years
GAP
Barriers or challenges to achieve the Future State
Action Plan
What needs to be done to bridge the Gap

14. What is a Future State?
Based on previous workshops, aspirational “future states” were identified that collectively describe Grid 3.0. 
An aspirational statement of a future capability of a device, system, organization or other aspect of electric system infrastructure, processes, and governance
Generally stated in the context of or as a delta from the current state

15. Grid 3.0 Future States
A: Develop a well articulated, industry shaped consensus on future states of the electric power grid through a collaborative process
B: A clearly defined set of regulatory models with a clear understanding of the jurisdictions of the state and federal regulators
C: Clear, sustainable business models and value propositions that allow the industry stakeholders to profitably support the needs of the economy
D: Provide an environment where all stakeholders have an equal place at the table and the ability to explore a broad range of solutions to their needs and desires without artificial economic penalties
E: Forums and processes exist to facilitate regional cooperation and collaboration across multiple stakeholder categories
F: Provide a set of conceptual architecture models across the architecture domains which can be made available to any electric sector stakeholder as a starting point for sustainable businesses and processes
G: Well defined points of interoperability characterized by agreed upon standards exist and are utilized by all electric sector stakeholders

16. Grid 3.0 Future States
H: Provide a well defined decision support environment that uses the best principles of the industry architecture and interoperability to allow efficient use of both data and stakeholders knowledge and ability
I: Provide a range of coordinated reference designs and documentation that supports the choices that stakeholders can make in their making, moving and using of electricity
J: Well defined and clearly understood privacy ecosystem that both allows use of data to sustain the industry and provides for individual needs
K: Well defined and clearly understood proactive security ecosystem that sustains the operational and business needs of all stakeholders
L: Security information sharing processes including clearance processing are standardized and highly efficient
M: Provide an environment that retains and attracts motivated individuals who thrive with continuous incremental education and skills improvement in an evolving industry
N: Clearly defined and utilized metrics exist for electric system infrastructure (e.g. reliability, resiliency, quality, security, economics, customer-related and efficiency)
O: Ubiquitous, low cost, reliable, resilient communications

17. One of the highest priority future states is:
Grid 3.0 Future States
One of the highest priority future states is:
Well defined points of interoperability characterized by agreed upon standards exist and are utilized by all electric sector stakeholders
One overarching statement that is the highest level future state for communications is:
Ubiquitous, low cost, reliable, resilient communications
For this workshop, we need to develop future states relevant to the communications space that drill down another level into the above statement
Examples:
Availability of SLA’s from service providers compatible with utility needs
Best practice guidelines exist for utility application landscape

18. Everything Matters – Not Much Consensus

19. The magic of dynamic expansion of data
G: Well defined points of interoperability characterized by agreed upon standards exist and are utilized by all electric sector stakeholders
B: A clearly defined set of regulatory models
C: Clear, sustainable business models and value propositions

20. John Bubb’s Mission Statement
“Standards based end-to-end IP communications, highly available, resilient, multiservice, integrating wired and wireless mediums with modern layered security built-in from the start, with a 15 year useful life. Purpose built for utility applications and operating environments utilizing public and private infrastructure.”

21. Guadalajara Grill 14610 Garvey Ave. Baldwin Park, CA

22. John Bubb’s Mission Statement - Deconstructed
Standards compliant, end-to-end IP communications
highly available, resilient, multiservice
integrating wired and wireless mediums
modern layered security built-in from the start
15 year useful life
Purpose built for utility applications and operating environments
utilizing public and private infrastructure.”

23. Agenda April 6: April 7: 8:30 am – Welcome and Safety
8:40am – Why are we here?
8:50am – Setting the Stage - DOE
9:00am – DOE INL Workshop Findings
9:30am – State of Communications Tech
10:15am – Break
10:30am – Utility Panel Session
Noon – Lunch
1:00pm – Key Issue Discussion
2:15pm – Break
2:30pm – Introduction to Future States
2:45pm – Future State Exercise
4:50pm - Summary of day 1 and plans for day 2
5:00pm – Adjourn for the day
6:00pm – No Host Dinner
April 7:
8:30 am – Review and Planning
8:40am – Industry Activity Presentations
10:15am – Break
10:30am – Gaps and Actions Exercise
Noon – Lunch
1:00pm – Task Definition
2:00pm – Next Steps
3:30pm – Adjourn