IEC TR 62939-1:2014

IEC TR 62939-1 ®
Edition 1.0 2014-11
TECHNICAL
REPORT
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Smart grid user interface –
Part 1: Interface overview and country perspectives
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IEC TR 62939-1 ®
Edition 1.0 2014-11
TECHNICAL
REPORT
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Smart grid user interface –
Part 1: Interface overview and country perspectives

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 8
0 Introduction . 10
0.1 High-level definition of Smart Grid user interface (SGUI). 10
0.2 PC 118 history . 10
0.3 Relation of IEC PC 118 to other IEC technical committees . 10
0.4 Report overview . 11
0.5 Key recommendations and findings . 11
1 Scope . 12
2 Smart Grid user interface overview . 12
2.1 SGUI – Consensus perspective . 12
2.2 Inter-domain interoperability . 14
2.2.1 General . 14
2.2.2 Agreement at the interface – a contract . 14
2.2.3 Boundary of authority . 14
2.2.4 Decision making in very large networks . 14
2.2.5 The role of standards . 15
2.3 Smart Grid user applications . 15
2.3.1 General . 15
2.3.2 Demand response. 15
2.3.3 Other SGUI applications . 20
2.4 SGUI functional requirements . 20
2.5 Architecture . 22
2.6 Actors . 24
2.6.1 Overview . 24
2.6.2 Customer domain characteristics . 24
2.6.3 Grid-side, customer-side, and SGUI actors . 24
2.7 Quality requirements . 26
2.7.1 General . 26
2.7.2 Security and privacy . 27
2.7.3 Scalability and performance . 27
2.7.4 Maintainability . 28
3 Country actions and perspective on Smart Grid user interface . 28
3.1 General . 28
3.2 Overview of country experiences . 28
3.2.1 China perspective . 28
3.2.2 U.S. perspective . 29
3.2.3 European perspective . 31
3.2.4 France perspective . 32
3.2.5 Korea perspective . 36
3.2.6 Japan perspective . 37
3.2.7 India perspective . 37
3.3 Use cases from PC 118 member countries . 38
3.3.1 General . 38
3.3.2 China use cases . 38
3.3.3 Korea use cases . 39
3.3.4 Japan use cases . 39

3.3.5 France use cases . 39
3.3.6 India use cases . 40
3.3.7 U.S. use cases . 40
3.4 Use case analysis . 41
3.4.1 General . 41
3.4.2 Service and control interactions . 41
3.4.3 Use case taxonomy . 42
3.4.4 Analysis and classification of use cases . 42
3.4.5 Summary of use case analysis . 44
3.5 Special considerations . 44
3.5.1 General . 44
3.5.2 Meter interactions . 44
3.5.3 Electric vehicles and other storage . 45
4 Smart grid user interface standards . 45
4.1 General . 45
4.2 Overview of existing standards . 45
4.3 Standards gap context . 50
4.3.1 General . 50
4.3.2 Standards gap analysis procedure . 50
4.3.3 Use case classification system . 51
4.4 Use case classes and relevant standards . 52
4.4.1 General . 52
4.4.2 UCC 1—Interact with markets . 52
4.4.3 UCC 2—Convey price information. 55
4.4.4 UCC 3—Ancillary services . 58
4.4.5 UCC 4—DR & DER requests and supporting services. 61
4.4.6 UCC 5—Impending power failure or instability . 64
4.4.7 UCC 6—Directed interaction and direct load control . 66
4.4.8 UCC 7—Historical, present and future projection information . 69
4.4.9 UCC 8—Monitoring and energy efficiency analysis . 71
4.5 Smart Grid user interface standards gap analysis conclusions . 73
5 Recommendations for IEC SGUI standards development . 74
5.1 General . 74
5.2 OpenADR 2.0 . 74
5.3 OASIS Energy Interoperation . 75
5.4 Smart Energy SEP 2.0 . 75
Annex A (informative) IEC establishment and history of PC 118. 76
Annex B (informative) SGUI perspective – More details . 81
B.1 General . 81
B.2 European standardization for Smart Grid realization in buildings . 81
B.3 DR through smart meter infrastructure (France) . 84
Annex C (informative) Use cases . 87
C.1 General . 87
C.2 China use cases . 87
C.2.1 CN01 – Use case of generic use cases . 87
C.2.2 CN02 – Use case of demand response . 87
C.2.3 CN03 – Use case of energy efficiency . 87
C.2.4 CN04 – Use case of distributed energy resource . 88

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C.2.5 CN05 – Use case of electric vehicle charging . 88
C.2.6 CN06 – Use case of load manageme
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