Description

Metering data feeds into many operation or enterprise level applications. In order to simplify the presentation, we have packed all these applications under a single “system” banner which we called “Metering-related back office system”.

The Figure below shows the typical application hosted by such systems.

Figure: Typical applications hosted by a metering-related back office system

Available standards

The standards listed below are available on IEC webstore.

Layer

Standard

Comments

Information, Communication

IEC 62056-1-0

Electricity metering data exchange – The DLMS/COSEM suite – Part 1-0: Smart metering standardisation framework

Information, Communication

IEC 62056-1-1

Electricity metering data exchange – The DLMS/COSEM suite – Part 1-0: Template for DLMS/COSEM communication profile standards

Communication

IEC 61968 series

Application integration at electric utilities – System interfaces for distribution management

Information

IEC 61968-9

Application integration at electric utilities – System interfaces for distribution management – Part 9: Interfaces for meter reading and control

General

IEC TR 62357-1

Power systems management and associated information exchange – Part 1: Reference architecture

Communication

IEC 62351 series

Power systems management and associated information exchange – Data and communications security

Cyber-security aspects (see 4.10.4)

Communication

IEC 61968-100

Application integration at electric utilities – System interfaces for distribution management – Part 100: Implementation profiles

Coming standards

Layer

Standard

Comments

Information

IEC TS 62056-6-9

Electricity metering data exchange - The DLMS/COSEM suite - Part 6-9: Mapping between the Common Information Model CIM (IEC 61968-9) and DLMS/COSEM (IEC 62056) data models and protocols

Communication

IEC 62351 series

Power systems management and associated information exchange – Data and communications security

Cyber-security aspects (see 4.10.4)


Mapping of standards
on the component layer

Metering-related back office systems may be understood as comprising such systems as the head-end system, meter data management system, asset and workforce management systems, distribution management systems (including SCADA), geographic information systems and outage management, inter-company data exchange, customer information and relationship management systems and consumer internet portals.

The components which may be envisaged in such systems are shown in the Figure above.


Mapping of standards
on the communication layer

The main communication standard likely to be applicable to such back office systems is IEC 61968-100.

Please refer to IEC TR 63097:2007 §4.10.4 for details on cyber-security standards and more specifically on where and how to apply the IEC 62351 series and/or other cyber-security mechanisms.

Note: The letters in the blue disks refer to the network types defined in IEC TR 63097:2017 §4.10.1.2.



Mapping of standards
on the information layer

The main information model standards are COSEM and IEC 61968-9 (CIM for metering) as shown in the Figure above.