ABSTRACT
Architecture 7 1.2.4 Future Vision of a Seamless Integration 10 1.2.5 Integration of Business Partners and Applications 10
1.2.5.1 IEC 61970: Energy Management System Application Program Interface 13
1.2.5.2 IEC 61968: Application Integration at Electric Utilities-System Interfaces for Distribution Management 14
1.2.5.3 IEC 62325: Framework for Energy Market Communications 14
1.2.5.4 e IEC Common Information Model 15 1.2.5.5 Component Interface Specification 19 1.2.5.6 e Interface Reference Model 20
1.2.6 Integration of Energy Systems 22 1.2.6.1 Revenue Meters 23 1.2.6.2 IEDs, Relays, Meters, Switchgear, CTs,
and VTs 28
is chapter introduces the International Electrotechnical Commission Technical Committee (IEC TC) 57 Seamless Integration Architecture (SIA) as a reference architecture for smart grids. It comprises a set of standards that are on various levels essential and widely recommended for smart grid implementations in terms of technical interoperability. Issues like business integration, data definition, applications, field communication for information exchange on the equipment and system interfaces, security, and data management are considered. Each component of the architecture is discussed in detail. As the SIA is not a step-by-step guide to build an information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure in the energy domain, it is rather a blueprint that focuses on IEC-specific standards. To use the SIA, it is necessary to integrate the architecture in the company workflow or build up an entirely new process. us, a methodology is introduced describing how to make the SIA applicable. Finally, further developments of the SIA are listed.
