RE: Draft charter for proposed OASIS Energy InteroperationTechnical Committee

I'd like to thank Bill for drafting this charter 
and putting in the effort to get this moving within OASIS.  A little 
history and added context may be in order for anyone not familiar with 
OpenADR.  I'll let Mary Ann elaborate on the DRRC's role in developing 
OpenADR, but the work being done at the DRRC on OpenADR has spanned at least 
seven years and is in use today by all the IOU's in CA as the signalling for 
their Auto-DR programs.  In addition regulatory agencies within CA are 
beginning to look at various aspects of OpenADR as they map out how 
the so called Smart Grid will operate in CA.

 

Organizations like OASIS will play a key role in 
further developing many of the specifications around the Smart Grid, including 
OpenADR, and a variety of stakeholders will become more dependent upon the work 
being done in TC's like the one being proposed here today.  The main point 
I would like to make is that the work to be done in this TC is not just an 
academic exercise that will hopefully get adopted if enough stimulus money 
trickles down from above.  It will affect the operations of various 
entities TODAY and may form the basis for legistation that is being drafted now 
and in the near future.

 

It is also worth noting that while OpenADR has proven 
itself effective in CA it still needs input from a wider range of 
stakeholders so that it can evolve into something that can serve a broader 
marketplace.  As someone that was involved in the development of the 
OpenADR specification at the DRRC I can say that OASIS is an excellent forum to 
achieve those goals.  Akuacom will of course continue to put in the 
necessary effort to develop and support this important effort within OASIS and 
look forward to getting this started.

 

 

thanks,

 

-ed koch

CTO Akuacom

415-256-2583

 

From: William Cox 
[mailto:] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 
2009 8:52 PM
To: 
Cc: 
Mary Ann Piette
Subject: Draft charter for proposed OASIS Energy 
Interoperation Technical Committee

Please find attached the draft charter for the proposed OASIS Energy 
Interoperation Technical Committee. I've attached a PDF, OpenDocument, and Word 
versions, all with line numbers for ease of discussion and review.

We 
invite you to comment on this list and to determine your interest in joining 
this work - please contact me directly if you would like to be listed as a 
supporter.

This proposal is being posted to smartgrid-discuss for (guess 
what!) discussion and review. The intent of the drafting group is to revise this 
draft after a comment period, and then submit the revised charter to the OASIS' 
Technical Committee process,.

The core work of the TC is defining XML and 
Web services interactions for so-called Automated Demand Response, growing out 
of work at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Demand Response Research 
Center led by Mary Ann Piette, who is the convener of the proposed TC. This 
specific proposal comes from the context of many discussions in and related to 
the OpenADR Technical Advisory Group, GridWise Architecture Council, 
Grid-Interop, the NIST Smart Grid project, GridEcon (a conference in March on 
the economics of the Smart Grid - http://www.gridecon.com/ ) and many other 
places.

The LBNL OpenADR body of work is being extended through two 
organizations/entities being created: this proposed OASIS Technical Committee 
and a proposed UCAIug OpenADR Task Force. In this innovative collaboration, the 
UCAIug, whose members are largely utilities and their suppliers, we will focus 
requirements, goals, data models and comments through UCAIug, involving their 
membership. 

If you're not familiar with OASIS Technical Committee 
Charters, the statement of purpose is section (1)(b), the scope is section 
(1)(c), and identification of similar or applicable work is section 
(2)(a).

As usual as charters evolve, the list of supporters is empty in 
this public discussion draft, and the list of deliverables and timeline is not 
included -- the next version will have those sections completed. Again, if you 
would like to join this work as a supporter and member of the technical 
committee, let us know.

Collaboration with other groups of stakeholders 
is actively being sought; please contact me for how to get involved. Other 
stakeholders include energy market makers, Independent System Operators (such as 
those in California, Texas, New England, the Midwest, etc), and policy and 
regulatory groups.  For more details, see the draft charter -- and step 
forward so we can make this interoperation effort both broad and 
effective.

Thanks!

bill cox

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