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Our Mission

We actively develop and support measures to improve interoperability and cybersecurity in DNP systems by developing technologies and standards, implementing a conformance program, and providing education to the industry.

 

Activities of the Users Group

DNP3 has grown to be the most widely used protocol for electric transmission and distribution communications in North America and other regions of the world, and is a named standard for DER communications. DNP3 is also broadly adopted in adjacent industries such as water / wastewater, transportation and the oil and gas industry. 

The DNP Users Group (DNP-UG) owns and maintains DNP3 and supports our user community and the industry by enhancing and promoting DNP3 (Distributed Network Protocol), also known as IEEE Std. 1815TM. Our members include utilities, suppliers, consultants, and individuals (including students). Many of our initiatives support greater interoperability between supplier’s products and systems and/or enhance cyber security. On-going refinements also add new features and time-saving capabilities which are then included in the next update of IEEE 1815. Our growing library of Standards, Application Notes, Guides, Security Notices, and Technical Bulletins provide essential information for our members. The leadership team and technical team members provide periodic educational opportunities including tutorials, white papers, and conference presentations. Our Conformance Certification Program manages the Conformance Test Review process and publishes conformance certificates which are publicly posted. The DNP-UG is governed by our Board of Directors in accordance with our bylaws. The technical teams are involved with four different groups as follows:

  • Technical Committee
  • Cybersecurity Task Force
  • Test Management Committee
  • Test Procedure Committee.

 

Recent and current developments include new:

  • Update to the IEEE Std. 1815TM standard.
  • DER communications standard – IEEE 1815.2TM (draft) – joint effort with MESA.
  • Secure Authentication v6 (SAv6).
  • Authorization Management Protocol (AMP).
  • Test procedures.
  • Device profile guide.
  • Expanded Conformance Certification Program (CCP).

 

Membership in the Users Group

Join us! To participate and receive DNP-UG member benefits and services including the latest documents and updates, utilities and vendors are required to join and remain members. For more information go to dnp.org or email our team at admin@dnp.org  

 

DNP Users Group content including, postings, documents and presentations that refer to IEEE or IEEE standards, solely represent the views of the DNP-UG and do not necessarily represent a position of either IEEE, IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA), the IEEE Power System Communications and Cybersecurity Standards Committee, or the applicable IEEE Working Groups.

 

The DNP Users Group is a California nonprofit mutual benefit Corporation, operating pursuant to United States IRS code 501(c)(6).

Announcements

DNP-UG COVID-19 Response

On behalf of the leadership of the DNP-UG, we hope you, your family and your colleagues have remained healthy during this very unusual period dealing with the coronavirus.  While aspects may be welcome such as a slower pace of life for some of us, others have experienced considerable disruption (and/or loss of loved ones).  My daughter is a nurse so we have a clear idea of what that can mean.    

We have been anticipating that COVID-19 related disruptions might impact some members ability to renew their memberships.  This has been confirmed in April and especially in May.  We normally provide a 30-day grace-period after expiration (for continued access to our member-only material) and even with that, some have now lost access to our material and our technical experts for Q&A and the other member benefits.  If you or your company find yourselves in that situation, please contact us at admin@dnp.org and we will extend your website access for 90 days from your original renewal date plus the 30-day grace period (120 days total).  We will continue this offer until July 31st.  After that, we hope you will be able to renew.  If there are other ways we can assist, please let us know.

On the other hand, the UG is totally dependent on the membership fees to continue to operate.  If you can, please try to renew on time.  Since the original publication of the DNP3 documents, almost all the development work has been accomplished by the DNP-UG or our members serving with the IEEE and IEC.  Both utilities and suppliers have benefited hugely from all this work. 

During this period, we are continuing to push hard on our various development programs, most of which have aggressive schedules to meet such as the update to IEEE Std 1815TM - 2012. Of note, the Task Force developing the next generation security specifications is making great progress.  For the most-part, our teams are continuing to contribute over 4000 hours of volunteer time per year.

For an overview of our current activities, please go here.  Other current public domain documents such as the security overview are available here.

If you have any questions or would like more information please contact me directly at president@dnp.org or our support team at admin@dnp.org.

Sincerely,

Ron

Ronald Farquharson, President, COO on behalf of

the Directors, DNP-UG

Annual General Meeting - April 2, 2020 - Topics and Link DNP-UG Update Webinar - November 12, 2020; 3PM Eastern
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