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Smart Grid Federal Advisory Committee

NIST Smart Grid Advisory Committee

This advisory committee is no longer in operation. As part of a government-wide review of Advisory Committees mandated by Executive Order 13875, the NIST Smart Grid Advisory Committee was dissolved on September 30, 2019.

Charter

The Committee provides input to NIST on Smart Grid standards, priorities, and gaps, on the overall direction, status, and health of the Smart Grid implementation by the Smart Grid industry, and on the direction of Smart Grid research and standards activities. The duties of the Committee are solely advisory in nature in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. A copy of the Committee Charter is accessible here.

Under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, NIST has "primary responsibility to coordinate development of a framework that includes protocols and model standards for information management to achieve interoperability of smart grid devices and systems."

Reports & Documents

NIST Smart Grid Advisory Committee Report
Release Date:  June 2019

Request for Nominations to NIST Federal Advisory Committees
Release Dates: November 5, 2014, December 8, 2015

NIST SGAC Comments on SGIP Business Sustainment Plan Version 2
Release Date: June 25, 2012

NIST SGAC Comments on SGIP Business Sustainment Plan
Release Date: May 4, 2012

NIST Smart Grid Advisory Committee Report
Release Date: March 5, 2012

Meetings

      June 4-5, 2019 Federal Register Notice

      April 2, 2019 Federal Register Notice

      April 24-25, 2018 Federal Register Notice

      August 17-18, 2017 Federal Register Notice

      July 13-14, 2016 Federal Register Notice

      January 26-27, 2016 Federal Register Notice (Note: This meeting has been postponed due to winter weather.)

      July 30-31, 2015 Federal Register Notice (Note: This meeting has been changed to a virtual meeting. Please contact Cuong Nguyen at cuong.nguyen [at] nist.gov (cuong[dot]nguyen[at]nist[dot]gov) to obtain details to join the meeting.)

      September 9, 2014 Federal Register Notice, Meeting Minutes

      June 3-4, 2014 Federal Register Notice, Meeting Minutes

      March 18, 2014 Federal Register Notice ( this meeting has been postponed)

      Federal register notice of the Smart Grid Advisory Committee Meeting Cancellation

      April 19, 2013 Federal Register Notice

      December 18-19, 2012 Federal Register Notice, Meeting Agenda, Presentation Slides

      July 27, 2012 Federal Register Notice, Agenda, Responses from BSPWG to SGFAC on Business Plan, NIST-RASEI Smart Grid Workshop Preliminary Agenda, Draft Conceptual Agenda for Fall/Winter Meeting, SGIP Responses to Recommendations from SGAC Report, SGIP 2.0 Status Update

      November 29, 2011 Federal Register Notice, Meeting Agenda
      Draft Committee Recommendations: Overview, Section 1, Section 2, Section 3, Appendix

      August 23, 2011 Federal Register Notice, Meeting Agenda, Subcommittee 1 & 2 DraftSubcommittee 3 Draft, Subcommittee 4 Draft,  Presentation Slides

      March 24, 2011 Federal Register Notice, Meeting Agenda, Meeting Minutes, Presentation Slides

      September 29, 2010 Federal Register Notice, Meeting Agenda, Meeting MinutesPresentation Slides

      Membership
      Paul Centolella, Chair
      President
      Paul Centolella & Associates

      Kevin Cosgriff
      President and CEO
      National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)

      James Fine, Ph.D.
      Director of Energy Research and Senior Economist
      Environmental Defense Fund

      Deborah K. Gracio
      Director, National Security Program Development Office
      Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

      Santiago Grijalva, Ph.D.
      Georgia Power Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
      Director, Advanced Computational Electricity Systems (ACES) Laboratory
      Georgia Institute of Technology

      Jason P. Handley, P.E.
      Director – Smart Grid Emerging Technology and Operations
      Emerging Technology Office
      Duke Energy

      Michael J. Holland, Ph.D.
      Vice Chancellor for Science Policy and Research Strategies
      University of Pittsburgh

      Lynne Kiesling, Ph.D.
      Associate Professor
      Department of Economics
      Krannert School of Management
      Purdue University

      Audrey Lee, Ph.D.
      Vice President, Grid Services
      Sunrun, Inc.

      John D. McDonald, P.E.
      SmartGrid Business Dev. Leader North America
      Global SmartGrid Strategy Group
      GE Grid Solutions 

      Heather Donaldson
      Director, Management Consulting
      Black & Veatch

      Created November 12, 2010, Updated June 27, 2023