Re: [energyinterop] Scope questions for discussion

From
Timothy Bennett <>
Date
2010-02-03T16:05:25+00:00
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Re: [energyinterop] Scope questions for discussion
And I would like to remind everyone that ebMS 2.0 is a mature OASIS
standard for data exchange transport and has a very mature stable of
interoperable implementations -- Drummond Certified interoperable if I
may shamelessly plug.  Beyond that, ebMS 3.0 is more firmly based on
WS-* standards that is really one of the only standards group that is
addressing WS mult-hop scenarios, which I think may be pertinent to
nodal smart grid distribution designs.  ebMS 3.0 also has a streamlined
profile called AS4, which is targeted at simplified, interoperable WS
data exchanges.

Derek N LaSalle wrote:

  
  

We leverage ws-addressing w/ ebMS user and signal message body
components. This allows piggy-backing of signal messages with user
messages which optimizes flow utilization especially when combined w/
box-carring (message groups). WS-* adherence provides the benefit of
widespread development tools and software services support from
commercial vendors and open source. This includes W-SecureConversation
for authentication and authorization.

  

Regards,

Derek LaSalle

Head of Information Architecture

JP Morgan Investment Bank

  

  

  
  From: Sila Kiliccote <>
  

  To: Old, Bob <>
  

  Cc: Energy Interop <>;
Considine, Toby (Campus Services IT) <>; Ed
Cazalet <>; Larry Lackey <>;
Songkakul, Pornsak <>
  

  Sent: Wed Feb 03 10:23:17 2010

  Subject: Re: [energyinterop] Scope questions for discussion
  

  

  

Bob,

Great comments, thanks!

I agree with everything on A - thanks for the emergency/reliability
signal reminder. I talk about this all the time, don't I? I think they
are very similar and the only difference may be the issue/notification
time. 

On B - this is a meter access issue. I am assuming it also depends on a
contract outside of the b2g interface. If the meter access is a
standard communication (with security), any entity that the customer
allows can have access. As far as double dipping - yes the priority and
communication has to happen at the level where your kWs are valued (so
still not at the b2g interface)

On C - Not at the B2G interface but a good thing to think about on the
utility side.

On D - looks like more discussion is needed. 

  

Sila

On 2/3/2010 6:52 AM, Old, Bob wrote:
  
    

    
    

    
Hi
Sila,

    
 

    
I
would like to add: 

    
 

    
A.     
    In
the Grid to Building direction: 

    
a.      
    I
think
there should be separate Emergency/Reliability signals, not just
price.  The
signal should be clear and not blurred by mapping to a price.

    
b.     
    Especially
with DER becoming more prevalent, upcoming maintenance/outage
management events
need to be announced.  Buildings would like to know when to turn on the
backup generators.  And the construction crews would appreciate the
building make the circuits safe for them.

    
c.      
    A
unique Program Identifier is required because the building/meter/feeder
might
be involved in a number of programs with a number of different service
providers.

    
d.     
    Other,
program specific information is required.  As usual, Ed homes in to the
heart of it in the Curtailment program example, the baseline.

    
 

    
 

    
B.     
    In
the Building to Grid direction:

    
a.      
    To
whom does the custodian allow access to the data, for how long, which
items,
and when each item was effective?  And where should the custodian send
the
report of who accessed what and when of my data.   I don’t want
to be promiscuous with my data—I wouldn’t want burglars to identify
when my facility will be closed for Founder’s Day.

    
b.     
    Since
I may want to sell curtailment to more than one CSP, I will have to
permit both
to access the same data.  I leave it up to them to figure out a way to
make sure I’m not selling the same curtailment to two CSPs.  Though
if someone can come up with a clear mechanism, I would love to hear it.

    
 

    
C.     
    Trusted
custodian of the data:

    
a.      
    Electricity
Distribution Entity – the one who has the data, now.  Is always
affected by the load on the distribution infrastructure.  Is the
natural
monopoly the will likely always be regulated by politicians.

    
b.     
    Root
Certificate Authority-like entities.  Used to authenticating. 
Verisign doesn’t give me warm fuzzies, though.

    
c.      
    Others
you suggest.

    
 

    
D.     
    And
while I was blathering away here, I see Toby’s assessment
of customer forecasts.  I like it.  What’s it worth to
ya?  Perhaps it’s a clause in the Program.

    
 

    
So
much for fun, back to work,

    
B.O. 
February 3, 2010

    
 

    

    
Robert
Old

    
Siemens
Industry, Inc.

    
Building
Technologies

    
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Deerfield Pkwy.

    
Buffalo
Grove, IL 60089-4513

    
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From: Larry
Lackey [mailto:] 

    Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 11:23 PM

    To: Sila Kiliccote; Ed Cazalet

    Cc: Considine, Toby (Campus Services IT); Energy Interop

    Subject: RE: [energyinterop] Scope questions for discussion

    

    

    
 

    
Great
start, Sila. To the list
I’d suggest adding the building or facility’s bid/ask price for
consumption/DER over the relevant time period(s).

    
 

    
This
could, and probably should,
be iterative with the “Grid”, which might be multiple institutions,
providing forward costs for different intervals and buildings
responding.

    
 

    
 

    
Larry

    
 

    

    

    

    
From: Sila
Kiliccote [mailto:] 

    Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 9:30 PM

    To: Ed Cazalet

    Cc: Considine, Toby (Campus Services IT); Energy Interop

    Subject: Re: [energyinterop] Scope questions for discussion

    

    
 

    

    
If the grid has
the
historical data
from each facility plus weather data from each location, it can
generate
forecasts for each building as well as the aggragate. The building's
prediction
is an fyi for the grid  This happens in the grod between utilities and
ISOs all the time  sort of like a check/balance  but may not be
necessary if not trusted. 

    

    

    
 

    

    

    
Sila 

    

    

    

On Feb 2, 2010, at 8:18 PM, Ed Cazalet <>
wrote:

    

    
      

      

      
The
grid usually forecasts load in the aggregate.  What is
the building forecast for?  If it is a baseline for a DR program, then
who
should be responsible for the forecast?  The customer should not do it,
because of the incentive to bias the forecast.

      
 

      

      
Edward
G. Cazalet, Ph.D.

      
101
First Street, Suite 552

      
Los
Altos, CA 94022

      
650-949-5274

      
cell:
408-621-2772

      


      
www.cazalet.com

      

      
 

      

      

      
From:
Considine, Toby
(Campus Services IT) [mailto:]
      

      Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 7:31 PM

      To: Energy Interop

      Subject: RE: [energyinterop] Scope questions for discussion

      

      

      
 

      
Traditionally,
building load management has been crude, and
aggregated in certain large time granules. Industrial sites, however,
have had
strong incentives to manage peaks. 

      
 

      
As
operating safety margins get smaller, it may become
increasingly important to manage peaks aggressively, even within the
neighborhood or even home. Is some sort of detailed peak /load shape of
interest in the new world? What about power factors? Is the forward and
backward reporting of curves rather than points of measurement the
future of
smart metering?

      
 

      
tc

      
 

      

      

      

      
"If
flies are allowed to vote, how meaningful would a poll on
what to have for dinner be, and what would be on the menu?" - 
Unknown

      

      

      

      

      
        
          

            
            
Toby
Considine

            
Chair,
OASIS oBIX Technical Committee

Co-Chair, OASIS Technical Advisory Board

Facilities Technology Office

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC

            
            
            
  

            
            
            
Email:
            Toby.Considine@ unc.edu

Phone: (919)962-9073 

            
http://www.oasis-open.org
            

            
blog:
            www.NewDaedalus.com

            
          

        
      
      
 

      

      
 

      

      

      
From: Sila
Kiliccote
[mailto:] 

      Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 6:09 PM

      To: Energy Interop

      Subject: [energyinterop] Scope questions for discussion

      

      

      
 

      
All, 

      
David Holmberg
and
I had a great conversation today on the
scope of EI (which will hopefully feed into section under discussion).
I’d like to open up some of my ideas and get your feedback before I
propose a few paragraphs for the scope section. 

      
 I’d like to
look
at the scope from a B2G
interface point of view and the questions I suggest we try to answer
are: 

      
1.     
      What information do the buildings
need
from the
electricity grid?

      
2.     
      What information does the electricity
grid need from
the buildings?

      
 Buildings’
need from the
Grid:

-         Electricity prices
(various forms such as absolute,
relative, level,
etc)

-         DR contract parameters
– excluding direct load control: A
contract
can have the following parameters:

      
   -         Issue time,
start time, end time

      
-         Within the start time and end
time there may be a request
from the grid
for load reduction (%, absolute, relative, etc) (or load increase -
when there
is too much generation)

      
   
  
-    Power quality (Do we care how “good” the power
we get from the Grid? Probably! What are the indicators to be
communicated to a
building?

 -    Location of the resources needed

      
 Grid’s need
from
buildings:

      
-         Measured (current,
historical) demand

-         Predicted demand

-         Available DR (over next
24 hrs?, 1 week?)

 -   Location identifier (meter, address, grid  location
indicator?)

      
 I welcome your
comments. All of the above assumes that
the meter is the demarcation point. And just to add, the expansion of
this to
DER can be again categorized as on the utility side and on the building
side
but should be a super set. 

      
 

Sila

      
 

      

      

    
    

  
  

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