NIST names members of new Smart Grid Advisory Committee

November 8, 2010

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Md., has named 15 leaders from a cross section of U.S. industry, academia, and trade and professional organizations to serve on its newly formed Smart Grid Advisory Committee. The new committee will advise NIST Director Patrick Gallagher on the direction of NIST’s smart grid-related programs and activities. NIST leads a nationwide effort to expedite development of consensus interoperability standards that enable two-way flows of energy and information on the smart grid. It also conducts smart grid research and testing programs on cybersecurity and advanced performance-monitoring devices known as synchrophasors, energy management systems for buildings, and other topics.

Under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, NIST has “primary responsibility to coordinate development of a framework that includes protocols and model standards for information management to achieve interoperability of smart grid devices and systems.”

Dan Sheflin, chief technology officer at Honeywell Automation and Control Systems, will chair the committee. David Owens, executive vice president of business operations at the Edison Electric Institute, will serve as vice chair.