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{{Short description|A standard which deals with the application program interfaces for energy management systems (EMS)}}
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The '''IEC 61970''' series of standards by the [[Organization:International Electrotechnical Commission|International Electrotechnical Commission]] (IEC) deals with the application program interfaces for energy management systems (EMS). The series provides a set of guidelines and standards to facilitate:
* The integration of applications developed by different suppliers in the control center environment
* The exchange of information to systems external to the control center environment, including transmission, distribution and generation systems external to the control center that need to exchange real-time data with the control center
* The provision of suitable interfaces for data exchange across legacy and new systems

==Set of standards==
The complete set of standards includes the following parts:
* Part 1: Guidelines and general requirements
* Part 2: Glossary
* Part 3XX: [[Physics:Common Information Model (electricity)|Common Information Model]] (CIM)
* Part 4XX: Component Interface Specification (CIS)
* Part 5XX: CIS Technology Mappings

==See also==
* [[CIM Profile]]
* [[IEC 61850]]
* [[IEC 61968]]
* [[MultiSpeak]]

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==External links==
* {{IEC|61970}}
* [http://cimug.ucaiug.org CIM Users Group]

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