Transcript Working Groups Summary

WG Summaries
Austin, TX
October 24, 2007
Process WG
Co-chairs: Terry Saxton & Ed Dobrowolski
Scope:
• Overall management of the CIMug
• Development and tuning of the CIMug web site
• Coordination of the Technical Issues process
• Development and coordination of the Help Desk environment
• Coordination and maintenance of the CIMug mail list
• Meeting planning and assistance in conducting the meetings of the
CIMug
• Establishment of the budget for the CIMug
• Development of liaisons with appropriate external groups
• Adherence to the rules and regulations of the CIMug and UCAIug
Process WG
Items for Austin breakout:
• Planning for future meetings
– Spring ’08 in Europe (Vasteras, Sweden)
– Fall ‘08 in North America
– Fall ’08 in Asia (tentative)
• Increasing participation in the CIMug
– Help desk and issue submittal
• Building up liaisons
Model Exchange WG
Chair: Jay Britton
• 61970-452 Standard
– New draft of 61970-452 standard has been created. (K. Hunter)
• 61970-452 Rev 4 (May 4, 2007)
• Various edits and update for CIM 11.
• Important new classes:
– ModelAuthority
– ModelAuthoritySet
• Extended use case discussion added as Appendix A. (J. Britton)
– Promotion of model authority concepts
• European User Group May 2007
• NERC DEWG Meeting, Sept 2007
• General presentations (PES Atlanta, IEEE Tampa, Utility Integration Houston, …)
– Interop 10 (Sept, 2007)
• CIM version finalized for test (L. Osterlund)
• Organization (M. Goodrich)
• Did not test model authorities – expected next year.
Model Exchange WG
• Related Standards
– CIM for Planning
• EPRI Project
• Planning & Operating Model Exchange
– Wg13 NWIPs
• EMS Model Update
• Steady State Solution
• Active CIM Model Exchange Projects
– WECC
– ERCOT
Model Exchange WG
Items for Austin breakout:
• Review of Model Exchange Appendix A Use Cases
• NERC DEWG Meeting Report
• European Review
– UCTE Day-Ahead Model Exchange Process
• Planning
– Summary of EPRI CIM for Planning project activity
– MMWG Procedure for Eastern Interconnection
• Active Projects
– WECC and ERCOT
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Model acquisition from members
EMS model update
Model availability to members
Planning
Marketing WG
• Objectives of the Marketing Working
Group
– Promote Use of Technology in Industry
– Promote CIM User Group Membership
• Current Activities
– Logo and Brochure Re-Design
– Develop Branding Program
– Develop Membership Literature
Marketing WG
• Plans for 2008
– Develop Logo and Membership Literature –
Re-Design
– Membership Drive (email and mailing list)
– Membership Booths (in conjunction with UCA
Group)
• Budget – the above activities have budget
but need to be implemented.
Enterprise Application Integration
WG
• Scope: Drive the understanding and
implementation of CIM-based message
exchange to support efficient and effective
communication while establishing a forum for
the sharing of such information as well as best
practices for exchange of CIM-based information
• Co-Chairs: Andre Maizener, and Harry Garton
(Xtensible Solution) (vendor)
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EAI WG
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Activities limited to breakout sessions during Users Group meetings.
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Trying to get some traction, generate interest, and come up with real
issues and real solutions
– Determine how to get traction outside of User Group Meetings
– Fact: each time we have had interesting and fruitful meetings and break out
sessions
– Please provide ideas or suggestions to Andre or Harry
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2 possible directions for the group:
– Exchange best practices and difficulties in using CIM and be a source of
request and issues for the various TC57 working groups
– Contribute to finalize the methodology to derive messages
Compliance WG
• Mission:
– Formalize definition of CIM Compliance
– Define standard compliance testing program,
including procedures and tools, documented
as CIM Compliance Quality Program.
– Co-chairs: Suzanne Caron-André & Maurice
Adriaensen
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Compliance WG
• First deliverable: CIM Compliance Definition
White Paper (to be part of future CIM
Compliance Quality Program)
– Status: Submitted for comments to WG13 / WG 14 in
Spring 2007.
– Editorial comments received September 2007.
– Revised version to be published on CIMug Web Site
• Progressing CIM Quality Program: Need for
compliance validation testing tools