SGIP 2016 Grid Modernization Summit Recap November 18, 20162016 Annual ConferenceView all photos from the 2016 Grid Mod Summit here. After many months of planning, the SGIP 2016 Grid Modernization Summit took place in Washington, D.C. last week. Like the first iteration of the annual conference in 2015, this year attracted the most knowledgeable and senior-level industry experts to share their ideas and support the conference theme of “Accelerating Transformation.”More than 250 energy attendees converged for three days of thought leader discussions, networking, seminars, working group meetings, and technology exhibits focusing on the critical need for interoperability and sharing knowledge to transform the power grid.Pre-summit activities began on Monday, November 7th with all-day meetings of the Grid Management Working Group and the Korea Smart Grid and SGIP Joint Workshop.Korea Smart Grid and SGIP Joint Workshop, Monday, November 7thThe KSGA and SGIP Joint workshop was chaired by Robby Simpson PhD, SGIP Board of Directors, System Architect, GE Grid Solutions.Topics Included:KSGA and SGIP focus are updatesMicrogrids and Distributed Energy ResourcesGMLC Projects UpdateCurrent Market and Standardization Progress of ESS AggregatorsLaw and Regulatory Impacts for Building Smart GridsTest Bed UpdateCybersecurityOverview of IPRM/ANSI Standard and TestingH/B/I2G Home, Building, Industrial to Grid UpdateSpeakers from SGIP:David Forfia, SGIP – Chair Board of DirectorsRobby Simpson, GE, SGIP – Board of Directors & Workshop ChairAaron Smallwood, SGIP – VP of TechnologyCuong Nguyen, NISTKhaled Masri, NEMAAllen Hefner Jr., NISTCommissioner Nick Wagner, Iowa Utilities BoardSteve Widergren, PNNLKenneth Wacks, Management & Engineering ConsultantSpeakers from KSGA:Youngkyu Ko (Senior Researcher, KSGA)David Nickerson (Director of Business Development, LSIS)Jungtaek Seo (Professor, Soon Chun Hyang University)Junsung Kim (KEPCO)Jinseek Choi (Professor, Hanyang University)Jaewon Lee (R&D Center Manager, POWER21)Many thanks to all of the participants for making this workshop a success! To access the full program, click here.Executive Forum November 8-9After the SGIP Annual Member & Board of Directors Meeting on Monday night, the conference kicked off for most attendees on Tuesday morning. David Forfia, Director of IT Projects at ERCOT and Chairman of the SGIP Board of Directors, opened the day with a welcome and introduction to the conference. Keynote Dave Velazquez, President & CEO of local utility Pepco Holdings, also welcomed the attendees and shared his insight as a leading voice on interoperability in the region.The rest of Tuesday, and the first half of Wednesday, was filled with the Executive Speaker Program, which tapped some of the brightest minds in grid modernization from across the country. Panels in the program included the following:Managing Change with Distributed ResourcesRegulatory Policy & Distributed Energy ResourcesGrid Architecture in a Distributed WorldManaging Change in the New Energy EconomyDOE’s Grid Modernization Laboratory ConsortiumIntelligent Distribution – An Update from the FieldEnergy IoT – Moving from Millions to Billions to Trillions of DevicesClosing Words of WisdomKeynote SpeakersSummit attendees were addressed by the following keynote speakers:Dave Velazquez, President & CEO, Pepco HoldingsAnne Pramaggiore, President & CEO, ComEdEdmund Schweitzer III, President, Chairman of the Board, Schweitzer Engineering LaboratoriesRalph LaRossa, President & COO, PSEGVendor ExpoAlso on Tuesday and Wednesday, SGIP hosted booths for the Vendor Expo, which highlighted interoperability and connected devices across the grid. During the expo, SGIP and technology partners ran a demonstration of OpenFMBTM, a framework for communication between devices on the grid edge as well as launched the OpenFMBTM Collaboration site at www.openfmb.io.Vendors also gathered for the Vender Networking Reception on Wednesday night at the Capital Hilton’s upscale North Gate Grill.Many thanks to our vendor exhibitors for participating in the Vendor Expo including:Duke EnergyReal Time Solutions (RTI)Xtensible SolutionsGreen Energy Corp.EPRITwin Oaks ComputingSiemensVarentecMachfuItronHitachiSpiraeOMNETRIC GroupKEPCODigitaLogicSGIP Technical Program November 9-10For the latter half of Wednesday and all day Thursday, SGIP Technical Working Groups and Committee meetings provided valuable member facetime and discussions (click here to see a list of SGIP committees). Many of the meetings addressed standards that the different SGIP committees are working on, and how members can continue to collaborate and overcome challenges.After a week of new connections, shared ideas, and renewed inspiration, summit attendees helped accelerate transformation into the end of 2016.OpenFMBTM on Display at the 2016 Grid Modernization SummitAttendees of the SGIP 2016 Grid Modernization Summit in Washington, D.C., November 7 to 10, drew executives invested in the grid of tomorrow from across the country. One of the main attractions was a demonstration of SGIP OpenFMBTM participants using open source OpenFMBTM code from our new collaboration site (www.openfmb.io) to showcase their firm’s products and services. OpenFMBTM is a framework for distributed intelligent notes to interact with each other through loosely coupled, peer-to-peer messaging at the grid edge. SGIP partnered with 10 other organizations to host the demonstration.Details on the organizations that contributed and their roles in the SGIP OpenFMBTM development process that contributed to developing OpenFMBTM are below:Business requirementsDuke EnergySGIPUse caseDuke EnergySGIPXtensible SolutionsPublish-subscribe pattern (XSD & IDL)Green Energy Corp.Research Triangle Institute (RTI)Twin Oaks ComputingAdapters & ApplicationsGreen Energy Corp.Twin Oaks ComputingHardwareHitachiSpiraeItronMACHFUOmnetricRTISoftwareHitachiSpiraeIronMACHFUOmnetricRTIAlong with the demonstration, Aaron Smallwood, VP of Technology at SGIP, announced the launch of the OpenFMBTM Collaboration Site, which shares code used in the demonstration, along with other useful resources. To access the site, go to www.openfmb.io. The collaboration site gives interested people the opportunity to learn about OpenFMBTM and bring it into their labs for research and development.2016 Grid Mod Summit SponsorsMany thanks to our summit sponsors whose support was the foundation of the 2016 Grid Modernization Summit.ABB12040 Regency Parkway Cary, NC 27518 United StatesABB a pioneering technology leader in electrification products, robotics and motion, industrial automation and power grids, serving customers in utilities, industry and transport & infrastructure globally. Continuing more than a 125-year history of innovation, ABB today is writing the future of industrial digitalization and driving the Energy and Fourth Industrial Revolutions. ABB operates in more than 100 countries with about 135,000 employees. www.abb.comInnovari Inc.19720 NW Tanasbourne Drive Hillsboro, OR 97124 United StatesInnovari is a technology platform company dedicated to developing dynamic solutions for utilities. The company has created the Interactive Energy Platform™, a rate-baseable platform that aggregates any and all edge of grid energy resources to make them dispatchable as needed to optimize system utilization. Our approach is to make the utility successful by supporting an effort to build stronger, deeper and longer lasting relationships between the utility and their customers and the utility and their regulators.Intel 2200 Mission College Blvd. Santa Clara, CA 95054-1549 United StatesToday’s utility companies are facing unprecedented challenges from the integration of distributed energy resources to an aging infrastructure. Tapping into to the power of the Internet of Things, Intel is meeting these challenges while ensuring end-to-end connectivity, interoperability, reliability, and automation through scalable hardware and software infrastructure including Wind River software stack, comprehensive security, and pre-integrated & validated solutions. These capabilities, along with a philosophy of promoting open standards and working with OEMs, ODMs, ISVs, SIs, utilities, and energy service providers, puts Intel in a unique position to partner with the utility industry to drive the digital transformation of the power system. For more information please visit www.intel.com/energyNavigant30 S. Wacker Drive, suite 3100 Chicago, IL 60606 United StatesAt Navigant, we collaborate with utilities, government, investors, manufacturers, oil and gas companies, and major corporations to help them thrive in the rapidly changing energy environment. Learn more at navigant.com/energy and follow us on Twitter @navigantenergyPepco Holdings701 Ninth Street NW Washington, DC 20068 United StatesPotomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) has provided electricity to the Washington, D.C. area for more than 120 years. Today it is part of Pepco Holdings, a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), and one of the largest energy delivery companies in the Mid-Atlantic region. Pepco Holdings serves more than 2 million customers in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey through Pepco, Delmarva Power and Atlantic City Electric. For more information, visit exeloncorp.com.Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories2350 NE Hopkins Court Pullman, WA 99163 United StatesSEL invents, designs, and builds digital products and systems that protect power grids around the world. This technology prevents blackouts and enables customers to improve power system reliability, safety and cost. SEL, a 100 percent employee-owned company that is headquartered in Pullman, Washington, has manufactured products in the United States since 1984 and now serves customers in 150 countries. SEL provides unmatched technical support, customer service and a 10-year worldwide warranty. 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