1. CIMug Interaction with IEC Randy Rhodes Utility Co-Chair
IEEE Power Systems Conference and Expo
March 18, 2009

2. CIMug Interaction with IEC
Relationships
UCAIug and IEC
CIMug and IEC
CIMug Support for IEC
Collaboration Capabilities
Current Status
How to Get Started

3. Relationship with IEC
IEC grants Category D Liaison status to selected organizations
UCA International Users Group has this status
By vote of all the national IEC committees
By vote of the IEC governing board
The IECTC57 site is provided as a courtesy for IEC TC57 Working Groups working on standards we support
Restricted to TC57 WG members
UCAIug and CIMug members can review draft standards
Non-Member Site Accounts can not access draft standards

4. UCAIug and CIMug Relationship
UCA International Users Group is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting standards usage and development
UCAIug:
Member groups have individual sites (bookmark these URLs)
CIMug:
IEC TC57:
IEC 61850:
Open Smart Grid:
Developing a federation of sites and subsites - all are secure, scalable, and reliable

5. Site Functionality
The following functionality is available to any group using a UCAIug site (listed in order of typical usage)
Document Libraries
Discussion Lists (can be -enabled)
Announcements
Group Calendar
What’s New List
URL Links List
Alerts
Issues Tracking
Contacts List
Wiki
Blog

6. Site Statistics UCAIug Site CIMug Site IECTC57 Site: Size: 291 Mb
Site Accounts: 1,880 (adding 3-4 per day)
Bandwidth: 11 Mb/day (uploads/downloads)
CIMug Site
Size: Gb
Active Users: 808
Bandwidth: 30 Mb/day
IECTC57 Site:
Size: Gb
Active Users: 335
Bandwidth: 2 Mb/day

7. CIM Site Activity – Prior 30 Days
2,164 visits came from 381 cities in 56 countries across 14 subcontinents

8. CIM Site Visitors – Top 25 Countries

9. IECTC57 Site Activity – Prior 30 Days
729 visits came from 165 cities in 38 countries across 13 subcontinents

10. Site Visitors – Top 25 Countries
IECTC57
Site Visitors – Top 25 Countries

11. Current Status
Wins
Consistent user account management and security across all sites (including Open SmartGrid, 61850, etc.)
High scalability and reliability
Low maintenance costs
Challenges
Communicating adequately with key stakeholders
Educating site owners and members, with varied experience, desktop environments, and expectations