IEC TC 57

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IEC Technical Committee 57 is one of the technical committees of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). TC 57 is responsible for development of standards for information exchange for power systems and other related systems including Energy Management Systems, SCADA, distribution automation & teleprotection.

Working groups

TC 57 consists of several working groups, each of which is responsible for development of standards within its domain. The active working groups are listed below.

TC 57 Working Groups
Working GroupDetailsStandards Developed or related
WG 3Telecontrol & Teleprotection standards IEC 60870-5
WG 10IED communications & associated data models in power systems IEC 61850
WG 13Software interfaces for operation and planning of the electric grid IEC 61970
WG 14Enterprise business function interfaces for utility operations IEC 61968
WG 15Data & Communication Security IEC 62351
WG 16Standards related to energy market communications IEC 62325
WG 17Communication systems for Distributed Energy Resources (DER) IEC 61850-7-420
WG 18Communication systems for Hydroelectric power plants IEC 61850-7-410
WG 19Interoperability within TC57 in the long termstandards for integration of CIM & SCL
WG 20Planning of power line carrier systems
WG 21Other communication technologiesKNX (IEC 14543),BACnet (ISO 16484-5),Echonet (14543-4),Profibus & Profinet (IEC 61158/IEC 61784),LonTalk (IEC 14908.1)...

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