Application of CIM Standards in Enhancing Power System Interoperability

The accuracy of grid operations is determined by the credibility of model-based operations and studies and the exchange of information between utilities and private entities. Traditionally, this process is facilitated via bilateral communication and format transformation using customized scripts, which is prone to human errors and tedious maintenance work, especially due to infrastructure modernization efforts that provide the availability of additional information for market and grid operations. For instance, transmission and reliability operators must communicate operating and market information with many new entities, such as independent energy producers, DERMS, and other energy partners. Thus, CIM standards are proposed and recommended to enhance power system interoperability so that multi-lateral model exchanges and local customization can be completed accurately and efficiently. This panel will present topics on how the CIM is used to solve many of the problems in operating the modern energy and transmission grid.