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📋 Standards

Official IEC 61850 documents, IEEE adoptions, NERC CIP, and regulatory references.

IEC 61850 is a multi-part standard. The core parts are published by the IEC and available via the IEC Webstore. Some parts have been adopted by IEEE. Below is a quick reference to the key parts.

Part 1

Introduction and Overview — scope, objectives, and structure of the entire standard series.

Part 2

Glossary — normative definitions of all terms used across the standard.

Part 3

General Requirements — communication requirements, environmental conditions, quality criteria.

Part 4

System and Project Management — engineering process, testing, and project lifecycle.

Part 5

Communication Requirements — logical nodes, use cases, communication services needed.

Part 6

SCL — Substation Configuration Language (XML schema for IED and system description files).

Part 7-1

Basic Communication Structure — principles and models for object hierarchy.

Part 7-2

Abstract Communication Service Interface (ACSI) — the abstract service definitions.

Part 7-3

Common Data Classes (CDCs) — SPS, DPS, MV, INS, ENS, BSC, etc.

Part 7-4

Compatible Logical Node Classes — XCBR, XSWI, PDIF, PTOC, MMXU and 100+ more.

Part 8-1

MMS Mapping — maps ACSI to MMS (ISO 9506) and GOOSE over Ethernet.

Part 9-2

Sampled Values over ISO/IEC 8802-3 — merging unit digital current/voltage data.

Part 10

Conformance Testing — PIXIT, PICS, test procedures for IED certification.

Part 90-x

Technical Reports — extensions for XMPP, CIM mapping, hydro, wind, IEC 61968 integration.

📋 Standards

IEC 61850 Standard Parts Overview