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PUBLICATIONS

NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 4.0

Published

Author(s)

Avi Gopstein, Cuong Nguyen, Cheyney O'Fallon, Nelson Hastings, David A. Wollman

Abstract

NIST's fourth framework informing America's development of the smart grid includes updates to the Smart Grid Conceptual Model, introduces new Communication Pathways Scenarios and an Ontology for the smart grid, provides guidance on cybersecurity practices and tools, and develops the concept of an Interoperability Profile to facilitate testing and certification to improve smart grid interoperability and functionality.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 1108rev4
Report Number
1108rev4
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1108r4
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Keywords

Smart Grid, Interoperability, Standards, Power Systems, Electricity, Economics, Operations, Cybersecurity, Environmental Sustainability, Testing and Certification
Cyber-physical systems

Citation

Gopstein, A. , Nguyen, C. , O'Fallon, C. , Hastings, N. and Wollman, D. (2021), NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 4.0, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1108r4, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=931882 (Accessed October 13, 2025)

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Created February 17, 2021, Updated November 29, 2022
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