The International Telecommunications Union has formally launched a smart grid standards focus group - FG Smart. Its first meeting will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, 14-16 June 2010. The scope of efforts includes:

* Identification of potential impacts on standards development;
* Investigation of future ITU-T study items and related actions;
* Familiarization of ITU-T and standardization communities with emerging attributes of smart grid, and
* Encouragement of collaboration between ITU-T and smart grid communities (hopefully including UTC, EUTC, UTC Canada, and APTEL).

More information is available on the web at http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/focusgroups/smart/.