October Update

Upcoming OpenFMB^TM Demonstration at the 2016 Grid Modernization Summit

OpenFMB^TM has some major news planned for the 2016 Grid Modernization Summit: We will be launching the SGIP OpenFMB^TM Collaboration site. The SGIP OpenFMB^TM Collaboration site is an online resource that has everything needed to get started with OpenFMB^TM. We’ve talked with many in the industry who have wanted to explore OpenFMB^TM themselves, in their labs, and set up implementations to see how OpenFMB^TM can be used to address their business needs – and the new SGIP OpenFMB^TM Collaboration site is the best way to start. The official launch date for the SGIP OpenFMB^TM Collaboration site is November 7^th.

The SGIP OpenFMB^TM Collaboration site will include three types of OpenFMB™ code:

• OpenFMB™ Developer’s Toolkit with a downloadable, turnkey executable file containing a simplified example of the Microgrid Demo shown at DistribuTECH 2016 and based on the NAESB OpenFMB reference implementation
• A full version of OpenFMB™ including adapters (DNP3, Modbus, etc.) available in MQTT, DDS and AMQP
• A Do-It-Yourself set of OpenFMB™ code for advanced users that is configurable, includes security extensions, supports multiple instances, includes load simulators, and more.

In addition to experiencing the SGIP OpenFMB^TM Collaboration site at the Summit, attendees of the Vendor Expo will walk through an area where SGIP OpenFMB^TM participants are using the collaboration site’s OpenFMB^TM code to show how they use OpenFMB^TM with their products and services.

October 18 OpenFMB webinar

For more information about the upcoming OpenFMB™ demonstration at the 2016 Grid Modernization Summit, you can watch a replay of the SGIP Grid Modernization Summit OpenFMB™ Demo Preview from October 18. Dr. Stuart Laval, Manager of Technology Development at Duke Energy, and I provided an overview of OpenFMB™, our new OpenFMB^TM DER Circuit Segment Management use case, the SGIP OpenFMB^TM Collaboration site, and how you can get involved.

OpenFMB Repository Webinar on November 17

We will be hosting another webinar providing a deeper look at the SGIP OpenFMB^TM Collaboration site on November 17. This is for anyone interested in learning more about the Collaboration site.  SGIP participants who are OpenFMB^TM experts and developers will be providing a detailed look and explanation of the online resources available on the OpenFMB^TM Collaboration Site.

Orange Button^SM Update

To continue the progress made on the DOE’s Orange Button initiative this far, we will be holding an Orange Button^SM face-to-face meeting on Wednesday, October 26^th, from 9am – 4pm MST at the NREL facilities in Golden, Colorado.

This is an in-person working session for Orange Button Area A Requirements Workgroup participants. We will be finalizing Orange Button use cases and consolidating market requirements to build the Orange Button Market Requirements Document.

There is still time to register – please click here.