Common Smart Inverter Profile

IEEE 2030.5 Implementation Guide for Smart Inverters

March 2018

Version 2.1

Contents

1 Introduction 1

2 Guiding Principles 1

3 Communications Architecture Overview 2

3.1 Scope of Communications 2

3.2 Scenarios 2

4 General CSIP Requirements 5

4.1 Security Requirements 5

4.2 Registration and Identification of DERs 6

4.3 Group Management 6

4.4 DER Control Events and Settings 8

4.4.1 Definition and Usage 8

4.4.2 Requirements 8

4.4.3 Prioritization 9

4.5 Communication Interactions 10

4.6 Reporting DER Data 10

4.6.1 Monitor Data 10

4.6.2 Status Information 11

4.6.3 Alarms 12

5 IEEE 2030.5 Implementation and Requirements 13

5.1 Overview 13

5.1.1 High-Level Architecture 13

5.1.2 Resources and Function Sets 13

5.2 IEEE 2030.5 Requirements 16

5.2.1 Security Requirements 16

5.2.2 Commissioning and Identification of DER Requirements 18

5.2.3 Group Management Requirements 18

5.2.4 DER Controls and DER Default Control Requirements 19

5.2.5 Communication Interactions Requirements 21

5.3 Maintenance 23

5.3.1 Maintenance of Inverters (EndDevice, EndDeviceList) 23

5.3.2 Maintenance of Groups (Function Set Assignments) 24

5.3.3 Maintenance of Controls (DERControl, DERControlList) 24

5.3.4 Maintenance of Programs (DERProgram, DERProgramList) 24

5.3.5 Maintenance of Subscriptions 25

6 CSIP IEEE 2030.5 Implementation 26

6.1 Utility Server Operation 26

6.1.1 Server and Resource Discovery 26

6.1.2 Registration 26

6.1.3 Out-Of-Band DER Registration 26

6.1.4 In-Band DER Registration 26

6.1.5 Aggregator Registration 27

6.1.6 Group Assignment of Inverters 27

6.1.7 EndDevice Creation 29

6.1.8 DER Control Management 31

6.2 Aggregator Operations 33

6.2.1 Host and Service Discovery 33

6.2.2 Security, Authentication, and Authorization 34

6.2.3 Getting Server Resources 34

6.2.4 Acting on DER Controls 36

6.2.5 Reporting DER Data 36

6.3 DER Device Operations 38

6.3.1 Host and Service Discovery 38

6.3.2 Security, Authentication, and Authorization 39

6.3.3 Getting Server Resources 39

6.3.4 Acting on DER Controls 40

6.3.5 Reporting DER Data 40

7.1 Discovery, DeviceCapability, EndDeviceList 42

7.2 FunctionSetAssignments 43

7.3 DERProgramList, DERPrograms 44

7.4 DERControlList, DERCurveList, DefaultDERControl 45

7.5 Subscription/Notification – EndDeviceList 46

7.6 Subscription/Notification – DERControlList 47

7.7 Sending DER Status Information 48

7.8 Sending Monitor Data 49

7.9 Sending Alarms 50

7.10 Event Prioritization 50

Appendix A- Requirements 53

Appendix B – Table of Acronyms 58

1 Introduction 88 2 Guiding Principles 113 3 Communications Architecture Overview 144 4 General CSIP Requirements 196 5 IEEE 2030.5 Implementation and Requirements 382 6 CSIP IEEE 2030.5 Implementation 734 7 Examples 1031 Appendix A- Requirements 1096 Appendix B – Table of Acronyms. 1098