OSGP Alliance demos benefits of modern smart grid standard

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS: The OSGP Alliance will offer attendees of European Utility Week 2013, which runs from October 15-17 in Amsterdam, the opportunity to learn how utilities are using the Open Smart Grid Protocol (OSGP) to create a more secure, reliable, and proven modern grid. OSGP Alliance members and supporters can be found in the OSGP Alliance Pavilion, booth number 1.C09.

Founded in 2006 as the Energy Services Network Association (ESNA), the OSGP Alliance is an independent global, not-for-profit association that promotes the adoption of OSGP and related services and infrastructure for smart grid applications.

Members include utilities; software, hardware, and service providers; and solution integrators that share a common goal and vision for promoting open standards for energy demand-side management, smart grid, and smart metering systems.

OSGP is a family of specifications published by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), used in conjunction with the ISO/IEC 14908 control networking standard for smart grid applications.

OSGP is optimized to securely provide reliable and efficient delivery of command and control information for smart meters, direct load control modules, solar panels, gateways, and other smart grid devices. With more than 4 million OSGP-based smart meters and devices deployed worldwide, it is one of the most widely used smart meter and smart grid device networking standards.