Information exchange standards for power system monitoring and control

This paper has introduced draft IEC standards for integrating substation and control centre applications. These standards are using newer software technologies to avoid under dependence on any existing supplier. A number of utility projects, particularly in the USA, are using parts of these drafts adding a valuable check on their feasibility and correctness. Power system network data can be described in abstract or specific XML formats using a nonproprietary schema known as the Common Information Model.