Article #900 - NAESB

A Memorandum of Understanding has been established between the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB), the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), and the Independent System Operator/Regional Transmission Organization Council (ISO/RTO) Council, allocating different responsibilities among the three groups.. This survey of GridWise™-related standards efforts examined NAESB standards and industry policy, as well as further details of key standards such as OASIS-SCP and e-tagging. Most of the higher level standards work previously developed under NERC has been transferred from NERC to NAESB, though significant ‘reliability’ aspects remain under NERC. The Retail Electric Quadrant (REQ) of NAESB is starting down a path toward more open standards development (combining REQ/RGQ/WGQ for E-Tagging efforts, and tying it to IETF work). Also, their approach seems to follow more modular tendencies as is typically seen in eCommerce software engineering.

The Wholesale Electric Quadrant (WEQ) is tied into the very extensive OASIS-SCP system, which does not yet show tendencies to follow similar development paradigms to other eCommerce efforts. Their task is complicated by uncertainties in the market structure and regulatory directions, but it could be aided by modularizing their standards efforts such that various pieces of the puzzle can benefit from broader progress in eCommerce standards and software engineering.

Although the ISO/RTO Council signed the MOU with NAESB and NERC, they do not develop standards. It is not clear where lines will be drawn from wholesale to retail, and where standards questions integrating transmission and distribution will be treated.

NAESB, North American Energy Standards Board

NAESB, North American Energy Standards Board
Overview

The objects and purposes of GISB (now NAESB) are to adopt, promulgate, amend, revise, modify, interpret, rescind, and publish and otherwise make available to all interested persons, standards applicable to electronic information exchange and electronic communications necessary to promote more competitive and reliable gas service, including electronic data interchange (EDI) record formats and communications protocols; provided, however that GISB shall not address, adopt, promulgate, amend, revise, modify, interpret, rescind, and publish standards that prescribe the internal business practices of individuals.
Significance for GridWise Key or Average+, since NERC has agreed to make many of their standards thru NAESB, except those focused on reliability. Difficulty: not open, not ‘electronic’ (IT) side, but details business practices.
Industry Sector(s) Wholesale gas (WGQ), wholesale electric (WEQ), retail gas (RGQ), retail electric (REQ)
Geopolitical Reach US, North America
Type of Standards Body ANSI Accredited SDO
Impact ~400 member companies
Relevant Standards and Work Groups

NAESB REQ--Retail Electric Quadrant

NAESB WEQ: Wholesale Electric Quadrant

  • NAESB WEQ: Information Technology Subcommittee
  • NAESB WEQ: Electronic Scheduling Subcommittee
  • Other Committees defining related business processes and contracts:
    • NAESB WEQ Market Operations Subcommittee
    • NAESB WEQ Market Standards Subcommittee
    • NAESB WEQ Contracts Subcommittee
Design Center Business standards, market functioning, market data and timing, interfaces between different market players.
Temporary Applicability Future leveraging, forum toward utilities/power market sector
Interrelations Any significant joint efforts underway or competition. NERC, ANSI
Contact Information NAESB: North American Energy Standards Board(Link opens in a new window)
Last Modified: 2005-09-21