IBM, Microsoft, Cisco, Tibco and the US National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST), are among several organisations
collaborating on a standard for energy use.
The international open standards consortium, Oasis, has formed a
new group to enable the collaborative and transactive use of
energy. The
Oasis
Energy Interoperation Technical Committee will develop web
services-based information and communication models for exchanging
dynamic pricing, reliability, and emergency signals.
"Dynamic pricing is key to addressing the growing needs for
lower-carbon, lower-energy buildings, and net zero-energy systems,"
said David Holmberg of NIST, co-chair of the Oasis Energy
Interoperation Technical Committee. "For energy providers and
consumers to engage in dynamic pricing, we need standards that
support automated, timely, and secure communication of pricing,
capacity, and other grid information."
William Cox, co-chair of the Oasis Energy Interoperation
Technical Committee, said, "By enabling consistent data
communication technology, the same model will be able to be used
for homes, small businesses, commercial buildings, industrial
facilities, and electric vehicles. The same communications could be
used inside and outside microgrids in office parks, college
campuses, and green neighbourhoods."
The new Oasis committee will base its work on the
Open Automated
Demand Response Communication Standards (OpenADR), donated by
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Demand Response Research
Center. The project has been identified as a central deliverable
for the US government's strategic SmartGrid initiative to create a
smart and secure electric power grid using open standards.