IS 16334 : 2015 Power System Communications - Interoperability - Guidelines

ICS 33.200                          LITD 10

Reaffirmed 2023

1. Scope

This standard provides guidelines for achieving interoperability for utilities and applications. The goal is to develop interoperability standards for power sector in India as per the following guidelines which cover the following:

a) The traditional value-chain (generation, transmission and distribution).

b) The newer elements of value-chain (trading, risk-management, renewable generation, ABT (Availability Based Tariff), home/office area networks, system operations (load dispatch centers)).

c) IT (Information Technology), Communication Technology (CT) and Automation or Operational Technologies (AT/OT) and standards based integration between these components/layers.

d) All the layers in the system starting from physical power system infrastructure, the communication network, the system software and application software.

e) Harmonization among standards related to different aspects of the power system.

2. Referenced

The standards listed in Annex A contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards listed in Annex A.