Presentation from the EPRI-Sandia Symposium on Secure and Resilient Microgrids: Tactical Microgrid Standards Consortium, presented by Tom Bozada, Baltimore, MD, August 29-31, 2016.

1. Tactical Microgrid Standards Consortium
US Army Engineer R&D Center (ERDC)
US Army Communications-Electronics
RD&E Center (CERDEC)
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
As of 26 August 2016
TMSC Overview
Distribution Statement A
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited

2. • To develop standards for Tactical Microgrids including:
• Safety, Protection, & Human Factors
• Electrical Interconnection
• Communications, Controls, & Cybersecurity
• A consortium approach will be used to incorporate relevant organizations –
such as, DOE, NIST, and industry – and related on-going work to develop a
joint standard.
• This vision involves near real time management of generators, renewables
such as solar and storage with intelligent management that minimizes the size
and variability of the loads, to minimize the total mission weight (more than
40%) of fuel and power equipment.
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TMSC Objective

3. Tactical Power Deployment Configurations
3
Central Plant Microgrid
Distributed Microgrid
The tactical situation determines
what and how devices are
configured into a microgrid.

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Create Interoperability Between Devices
Fueled Generation
Energy Storage &
Conditioning
Distribution
Loads
Intelligent
Management
System
Power
Data
Renewables Inverter/Converter
Future tactical microgrids will rely on cybersecure communications and
intelligent control to ensure efficient and effective microgrid operations that
are enabled by secure, reliable, standards-based device interactions.

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Sample of Reference Industry Standards
• ANSI/NEMA C84.1-2006
• IEEE: C37.2, 519, 754, 802.1X, 945, 1003.1, 1159, 1278,
1547, 1588, 1668, 2030
• IETF RFC: 2616, 4253, 4716, 5216, 5246, 5280, 5424, 5425,
5848, 5878, 5905, 5996, 6818, 6960, 7627
• ISO/IEC: 10646, 14496-22, 60559, 61000-4, 61131-3, 61727,
61850
• OASIS SAML 2.0
• OMG: DDS, DDS-RPC, DDS-RTPS, IDL, UML
• NFPA 70, 70E
• TCG: TPM 1.2
• Other: ITU-T I.371, ITU-T X.509, ITU-T X.690, NIST 800-57,
SAE J1939, SEMI F47-0706, SunSpec, VDE-AR-N 4015

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Sections and Select Subsections of the
Draft Tactical Microgrid Standard
 Scope
 Applicable Documents
 Definitions
 General Requirements
 Detailed Requirements
► Safety
► Human Factors
► Data Model Overview
► Communication Interfaces
► Electrical Interconnection
► Cybersecurity
 Appendices

7. The data model heavily leverages industry standards while addressing
unique DoD requirements
- Cryptographically enforced identity and trust
- Either distributed or centralized controls with defined arbitrage processes
Control 1 DER 1 DER 2
Trust
Data Sheets
Grid Forming,
Load Sharing,
Demand
Response
Discovery
Fault Handling
Configuration
Operation
Control 2
It begins with an integrated data model

8. Principal Risk Management Framework (RMF) Documents
ATO Authority to Operate A&A Assessment & Authorization
AO Authorizing Official C&A Certification & Accreditation
DAA Designated Accrediting Authority
Safe and Secure
Tactical Microgrid Operations by Design
Integrating Risk
Management
Framework (RMF)
from the beginning
DIACAP
System
ATOAO / DAA
A&A / C&A
RMF TM Standard
Design
Requirements
Safe & Secure
Operational
System
Engineering
Authorization
Today

9. • Equipment Electrical Performance Requirements
• Generator Secondary Controller Methods
• Load Sharing Methods
• Microgrid System Performance Considerations
Generator Control Methods
Secondary Control Electrical
Performance
Intelligent Load Performance
And Behavior
Inverter (Grid-feeding)
Performance and behavior
Microgrid
Connect/Disconnect Process
Microgrid System
Performance
Generator Load Sharing
Techniques
Degraded Operations
Electrical Interconnection

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The TMSC Workspace
https://community.apan.org/wg/tactical-microgrids/p/howtoparticipate

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Upcoming Events
 September 2017: Stand up TMSC Workspace II
 1st Quarter, FY 17
► Government Cybersecurity Workshop
► Military SME Review
► DoD – DOE SME Technical Exchange
► Industry Technical Exchange
► TMSC – Industry Webinars and One-on-One Discussions
• Controls
• TMSC Data Model
• Communication Architecture
• Cybersecurity

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Future Milestones
 Current: Laboratory Testing and continuous draft revision
 September 2016: Initial draft MIL-STD complete
 October 2016: PM E2S2 Independent MIL-STD Microgrid test
begins
 November 2016-June 2017: Monthly reviews of findings from
Laboratory and Independent Testing and draft updates
 July-August 2017: White – Green Interoperability
Demonstration
 September 2017: Final Draft MIL-STD submitted for approval
 August 2018: Tactical Microgrid MIL-STD approved by DSPO

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Life after TMSC?
 Grow the number of microgrids globally through the
development of advanced power and distribution systems for
Civil and Military Applications
► DoD and DOE joint development
► USG and Industry
► USA and Global Partners
 “Push the Possible” through Technical Demonstrations
► Family of Interoperable Microgrid Devices concept (Self-organizing
microgrids)
► Remote Area Advanced Autonomous Microgrids for Civil and Military
Applications demonstration proposals
 Adoption of select sections of the Tactical Microgrid
Interoperability MIL-STD by Industry Standards Organization