The mission of the Open Smart Grid Technical Subcommittee is to foster enhanced functionality, lower costs and speed market adoption of Advanced Metering networks and Demand Response solutions through the development of an open standards-based
information/data model, reference design & interoperability guidelines. The objectives
are to:
• Facilitate the broad adoption of advanced metering and demand response
• Define what ‘open standards’ means for advanced metering infrastructures and demand response solutions
• Diminish technical and functional risk concerns for utilities, regulators and ratepayers
• Empower consumers with tools to better understand and manage their energy
use
• Foster industry innovation, efficiency and lower cost solutions