Activities of Focus Group on Smart Grid in ITU-T DOCUMENT #: GSC15-PLEN-55 FOR: Presentation SOURCE: ITU-T AGENDA ITEM: 6.11 CONTACT(S): Les Brown Activities of Focus Group on Smart Grid in ITU-T Les Brown Chairman FG Smart Grid Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) GSC-15
Highlight of Current Activities ITU-T established Focus Group on Smart Grid (FG-Smart) 1st meeting of FG-Smart: 14-16 June 2010, Geneva 2nd meeting of FG-Smart: 2-5 Aug 2010, Geneva Three Working Groups established WG 1: Use cases Defined 13 use cases so far WG 2: Requirements WG 3: Architecture
Strategic Direction FG-Smart objective “to collect and document information and concepts that would be helpful for developing Recommendations to support smart grid from a telecommunication/ICT perspective ...” Complete Terms of Reference: www.itu.int/ITU-T/focusgroups/smart/tor.html
Challenges Work across two industry sectors: ICT and energy Avoid duplication ITU-T management in talks with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), IEEE, IEC… More than 25 related organizations invited to 1st meeting
Next Steps/Actions 3rd FG-Smart meeting: October 2010 4th FG-Smart meeting: November 2010 5th FG-Smart meeting: January 2010