Just more standards (Score 1)

The standards already exists: C12.22 (ANSI Standard) and the metaset provided via MultiSpeak (http://www.multispeak.org) are just the beginning. The problem is the classic one, or patents, trademarks, different technologies, philisophies and toolsets. Here, we have a bunch of IEEE Power Engineering Society types setting yet another set of standards. It doesn't mean they'll be adopted by anyone, and if so, if they will be well implemented. It's the stuff I write interfaces to every day, it's all arcane, it all depends on budgets, scope, vendors, trade secrets.. The utility industry WILL adopt common standards, because they need to to achieve cost effective integration. But the IEEE will have little to do with it. I've got a big roll of Linux powered duct tape at http://www.utiliflex.com/ that glues a lot of bad SOAP/XML/ModBus/DNP/SCADA together.. This world ("smart" grid/meter) needs an incredible amount of glue code.