News on IEC 61850 and related Standards

The 30 year anniversary of IEC 61850 in September 2025 was a big success. The report mentions me: "The presentations were bracketed by ...

The edition 3 of the standard IEC 61850-7-410 has been accepted to be published in April 2026: Communication networks and systems for power ...

Zweitägiger Kongress öffnet die "Tore" ... alle Vorträge online!! SECURITY UNTER KONTROLLE ist der dialog- und praxisorientierte ...

In December 2025 the NWIP (57/2866/NP - proposed project number: IEC 61850-8-3) was published for voting and comments: https://blog.nettedau...

Very interesting paper just published ... presenting a work-around for MMS ;-) Integration Method for IEC 61850 into Legacy and Modern PLC S...

The seven IEC 61850 CDVs published the other day (7-4, 7-4n and 7-4nn) use all the same Scope which starts: Excerpt from: Communication net...

Netbeheer (the Netherlands organization of Distribution System Operator) published the Realtime Interface version 1.0 (RTI 1) in 2024 . The ...

Please note that seven IEC 61850-7-xxx model documents have been published for CDV comments on 2026-02-13. The following documents are avail...

IEC TC 57 just published a long awaited and crucial new work item proposal:  57/2866/NP - proposed project number: 61850-8-3 Communication n...

The Austrian, German, and Swiss Utilities have published (with the support of Dr. Stephan Beirer and Marl Joos (GAI NetConsult GmbH, Berlin...

On September 16, 2025 I presented a Keynote Address at the 6th PS2 organized by Omicron. Click HERE for accessing my slides [PDF, 9 MB]  Th...

A model is a model is a model ... huch. The question is: What does a model provide? In short: It provides an external visible PATH to an act...

The IEC 61850 Community has celebrated the 30 Year Anniversary at Omicron in Klaus (Austria) on September 24, 2025, was really a BIG success...

Please note the following preferences ... and have fun: Version I used today: Set the mms filter so see mms/IEC61850 only: In case the MMS s...

The famous UCA International Users Group invites you to attend a very interesting Webinar conducted by René Troost (Grid Strategist) at Sted...

Due to my family situation ( nursing my beloved wife from 2017 to 2022 ) I had to slow down my training activities. This year I was asked by...

I have posted news about the Italian norm CEI 0-16 in 2013 ( 12 years ago ) regarding the use of IEC 61850 for DSO - Distribution System Ope...

Often people ask the question: Where should I allocate a specific function (and the corresponding Logical Node) in the hierarchy of: proces...