EN IEC 62746-4:2025

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2025
Sistemski vmesnik med sistemom upravljanja z energijo odjemalca in sistemom
upravljanja moči - 4. del: Vmesnik virov na strani povpraševanja (IEC 62746-
4:2024)
Systems interface between customer energy management system and the power
management system - Part 4: Demand Side Resource Interface (IEC 62746-4:2024)
Systemschnittstelle zwischen Kunden-Energiemanagementsystemen und
Energiemanagementsystemen- Teil 4: Anforderungsseitige Ressourcen-Schnittstelle
(IEC 62746-4:2024)
Interface entre le système de gestion de l'énergie côté client et le système de gestion de
puissance - Partie 4: Interface de ressources côté demande (IEC 62746-4:2024)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 62746-4:2025
ICS:
29.240.30 Krmilna oprema za Control equipment for electric
elektroenergetske sisteme power systems
33.200 Daljinsko krmiljenje, daljinske Telecontrol. Telemetering
meritve (telemetrija)
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 62746-4

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM February 2025
ICS 33.200
English Version
Systems interface between customer energy management
system and the power management system - Part 4: Demand
Side Resource Interface
(IEC 62746-4:2024)
Interface entre le système de gestion de l'énergie côté Systemschnittstelle zwischen Kunden-
client et le système de gestion de puissance - Partie 4: Energiemanagementsystemen und
Interface de ressources côté demande Energiemanagementsystemen- Teil 4: Anforderungsseitige
(IEC 62746-4:2024) Ressourcen-Schnittstelle
(IEC 62746-4:2024)
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IEC 61968-11 NOTE Approved as EN 61968-11
IEC 61968-100 NOTE Approved as EN IEC 61968-100
IEC 61970-301 NOTE Approved as EN IEC 61970-301
IEC 61970-552 NOTE Approved as EN 61970-552
IEC 62325-301 NOTE Approved as EN IEC 62325-301
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 6
INTRODUCTION . 8
1 Scope . 9
2 Normative references . 9
3 Terms, definitions and acronyms . 9
3.1 Terms and definitions . 9
3.2 Acronyms . 11
4 Reference and information models . 11
4.1 General approach . 11
4.2 Reference communication model . 13
4.3 Information Model . 15
4.3.1 General . 15
4.3.2 Resource Modelling . 15
4.3.3 Resource location modelling . 17
4.3.4 Resource capability and qualification modelling . 19
4.3.5 Energy schedule modelling . 20
4.3.6 Bid/offer modelling . 22
4.3.7 Dispatch modelling . 23
4.3.8 Commodity and price modelling . 24
5 Core modelling and shared enumerations . 26
5.1 Master resource identifiers . 26
5.2 Compound classes . 27
5.2.1 General . 27
5.2.2 Compounds with quantity, unit symbols and unit multipliers . 27
5.2.3 Date/Time Interval Compound . 28
5.2.4 Status Compound . 28
5.2.5 Street address, street detail and town detail compounds . 28
5.2.6 Electronic address and telephone number compound . 29
5.2.7 Document & agreement classes . 30
5.2.8 Location, coordinate system & position point classes . 31
5.3 Shared data types . 32
6 Message Profiles . 35
6.1 General . 35
6.2 Market DER profile. 36
6.2.1 General . 36
6.2.2 Applications . 36
6.2.3 Schema . 36
6.3 Reference energy curve profile . 40
6.3.1 General . 40
6.3.2 Applications . 40
6.3.3 Schema . 41
6.4 Bid/offer curve profile . 44
6.4.1 General . 44
6.4.2 Applications . 44
6.4.3 Schema . 45
6.5 Dispatch Profile . 50

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6.5.1 General . 50
6.5.2 Applications . 50
6.5.3 Schema . 50
6.6 Commodity price exchange profile . 53
6.6.1 General . 53
6.6.2 Applications . 53
6.6.3 Schema . 53
7 Message sequences . 55
7.1 General . 55
7.2 Inform . 57
7.3 Incentivise . 57
7.4 Plan . 57
7.5 Schedule. 57
7.6 Report. 57
7.7 Evaluate . 58
Annex A (informative) Use case: Incentive-based building energy management . 59
A.1 Overview. 59
A.2 Objectives . 59
A.3 Actors . 60
A.4 Process overview . 61
A.5 Process details . 63
A.5.1 Pre-setup condition notification . 63
A.5.2 Price notification and energy consumption plan notification . 64
A.5.3 Energy consumption assignment . 65
A.5.4 Operation report . 66
A.5.5 Suppression control . 67
A.6 Possibilities for control parameters . 68
A.7 Implementation using CIM Profiles defined in this document . 68
Annex B (normative) Profile UML diagrams . 69
Annex C (normative) XML schemas . 72
Annex D (informative) Sample XML . 73
Bibliography . 74

Figure 1 – IEC 62746-4 representation . 12
Figure 2 –SPS-CEMS communication logical model . 13
Figure 3 – SPS-AEMS-CEMS communications logical model . 14
Figure 4 – Example of "stacked" aggregators . 15
Figure 5 – Resource model . 16
Figure 6 – Location model . 17
Figure 7 – Node mapping . 18
Figure 8 – Connectivity and pricing / nodes & zones . 19
Figure 9 – Capacity and qualification model . 20
Figure 10 – Energy schedule model . 21
Figure 11 – Price-based versus self-schedule . 22
Figure 12 – Price-sensitive bids/offers . 23
Figure 13 – Dispatch model . 24

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Figure 14 – Commodity model . 25
Figure 15 – Price model . 26
Figure 16 – MarketDER schema . 37
Figure 17 – ResourceCapacity sub-schema . 39
Figure 18 – ResourceCertification sub-schema . 40
Figure 19 – Reference energy curve schema . 41
Figure 20 – ResourceTimeSeries sub-schema . 42
Figure 21 – Time Points sub-schema . 44
Figure 22 – Bid/offer curve schema . 45
Figure 23 – Product Bid sub-schema . 46
Figure 24 – Price-Sensitive Bid/offer sub-schema . 46
Figure 25 – BidPriceCurve Sub-Schema . 47
Figure 26 – CurveDatas sub-schema . 48
Figure 27 – BidSelfSched sub-schema . 48
Figure 28 – TimePoints sub-schema . 49
Figure 29 – MarketDERInstruction schema . 50
Figure 30 – DistributedResourceActualEvent sub-schema . 51
Figure 31 – InstructionClearing sub-schema . 52
Figure 32 – MarketOccurrence sub-schema . 53
Figure 33 – CommodityPriceExchange Schema . 54
Figure 34 – Commodity price schema . 55
Figure 35 – Sequence diagram . 56
Figure 36 – Examples of Energy Values for Demand Response Exchanges . 58
Figure A.1 – A configuration example of demand-side resource . 60
Figure A.2 – The whole view of this use case . 62
Figure A.3 – Pre-setup condition notification . 63
Figure A.4 – Price notification and energy consumption plan notification. 64
Figure A.5 – Energy consumption assignment . 65
Figure A.6 – Operation report . 66
Figure A.7 – Suppression control . 67
Figure B.1 – MarketDER . 69
Figure B.2 – ReferenceEnergyCurve . 70
Figure B.3 – MarketDERBidOffer . 70
Figure B.4 – MarketDERInstruction . 71
Figure B.5 – CommodityPriceExchange . 71

Table 1 – List of acronyms . 11
Table 2 – Attributes of IdentifiedObject . 26
Table 3 – Attributes of FloatQuantity . 27
Table 4 – Attributes of ActivePowerChangeRate . 27
Table 5 – Attributes of Seconds . 27
Table 6 – Attributes of Minutes . 27
Table 7 – Attributes of DateTimeInterval . 28

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Table 8 – Attributes of Status . 28
Table 9 – Attributes of StreetAddress. 28
Table 10 – Attributes of StreetDetail . 29
Table 11 – Attributes of DownDetail . 29
Table 12 – Attributes of ElectronicAddress . 29
Table 13 – Attributes of TelephoneNumber . 30
Table 14 – Attributes of Document . 30
Table 15 – Attributes of Agreement . 30
Table 16 – Attributes of Location . 31
Table 17 – Attributes of CoordinateSystem . 31
Table 18 – Attributes of PositionPoint . 31
Table 19 – UnitSymbol & UnitMultiplier data types . 32
Table 20 – Yes/No, priority and currency data types . 32
Table 21 – Market-related enumerations . 33
Table 22 – Price-related enumerations . 33
Table 23 – Resource-related enumerations . 34
Table 24 – Scheduling-related enumerations . 35
Table 25 – Attributes of MarketDER . 38
Table 26 – Attributes of ResourceCapacity . 39
Table 27 – Attributes of ResourceCertification . 40
Table 28 – Attributes of ResourceTimeSeries . 43
Table 29 – Attributes of TimePoints . 44
Table 30 – Attributes of DistributedBid . 45
Table 31 – Attributes of ProductBid . 46
Table 32 – Attributes of BidSchedule . 47
Table 33 – Attributes of BidPriceCurve . 47
Table 34 – Attributes of CurveDatas . 48
Table 35 – Attributes of BidSelfScheduleAttribute . 49
Table 36 – Attributes of TimePoints . 49
Table 37 – Attributes of DistributedResourceEventActual . 51
Table 38 – Attributes of InstructionClearing . 52
Table 39 – Attributes of MarketOccurence . 53
Table 40 – Attributes of CommodityPriceExchange . 54
Table 41 – Attributes of CommodityPrice . 55
Table A.1 – Actors in this use case . 61
Table A.2 – Information Exchanged in Pre-setup condition notification . 63
Table A.3 – Information exchanged in price notification and energy consumption plan
notification . 65
Table A.4 – Information exchanged in energy consumption assignment . 66
Table A.5 – Information exchange in operation report . 67
Table A.6 – Information exchanged in suppression control . 68
Table A.7 – Mapping messages from this use case to CIM Profile . 68

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FOREWORD
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INTRODUCTION
The IEC 62746 series defines interfaces between grid operator systems and systems located
at residential, commercial, and industrial customer sites often referred to as Customer Energy
Management Systems (CEMs). These interfaces are documented in detail in IEC 62746-3.
Customer owned resources can be a combination of load and generation which respond to
signals provided by grid and/or market operators. These resources are identified and managed
as individual resources with specific capabilities, or as virtual resources with an aggregated set
of capabilities.
The IEC 62746 series describes the interface between Customer Energy Management Systems
(CEMs) and the grid management systems including those within Distribution System Operators
and Transmission System Operators. Each CEMS is designed to control resources associated
with a residential, commercial, or industrial facility with the potential for a hierarchy of energy
management systems.
Initial focus is on demand response and support for demand-side management; later
developments are expected to include storage resources as well as grid support services from
new demand-side resources. The interface applies to many types of communications, for
example among multiple aggregators, or between an aggregator and multiple customers.
Scenarios that publish import and/or export limits as part of a market-based systems or as part
of an operational reliability framework, sometimes known as operating envelopes, are also
supported.
This document describes CIM profiles corresponding to the Use Case described in Annex A.
Statements have been added to certain figures, tables, schemas, and enumerations throughout
the document that indicate that they are reproduced with the permission of the UCA
International User Group (UCAIug). These items are derived from the Common Information
Model (CIM).
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1 Scope
This part of the IEC 62746 series describes CIM profiles for Demand-Side Resource Interface
and is based on the use case shown in Annex A of this document.
Schemas associated with this document were generated using the CIM101 UML and leverages
the Market package. This document defines profiles complimentary to other standards, namely
those in IEC 61970, IEC 61968, and IEC 62325.
2 Normative references
There are no normative references in this document.
3 Terms, definitions and acronyms
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following
addresses:
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3.1.1
aggregation
collection of the capabilities of multiple resources into a single virtual resource
Note 1 to entry: A common use of aggregation is to collect many small resources and offer their capabilities in the
form of a single larger resource to a market.
[SOURCE: IEC 62746-3:2015, 3.1.1]
3.1.2
aggregator
party who contracts with a number of other network users (e.g. energy consumers) in order to
combine the effect of smaller loads or distributed energy resources for actions such as demand
response or for ancillary services
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-617:2009, 617-02-18]
3.1.3
aggregator energy management system
collection of hardware and/or software components which together act as an intermediary
between a Service Procurement System and multiple Customer Energy Management Systems

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3.1.4
customer energy management system
collection of hardware and/or software components which together coordinate the electricity
usage and production among various Distributed Energy Resources
3.1.5
demand response
action resulting from management of the electricity demand in response to supply conditions
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-617:2009, 617-04-16]
3.1.6
Distributed Energy Resource
Generators (with their auxiliaries, protection, and connection equipment), including loads
having a generating mode (such as electrical energy storage systems), connected to a low-
voltage or a medium-voltage network
Note 1 to entry: DER may include associated protection, control, and monitoring capabilities, and may consist of
aggregated DER units.
Note 2 to entry: DER may also interact with the area EPS (typically a distribution network) by providing energy to
the distribution network, by adapting their behaviour based on distribution network conditions, and/or by providing
other transmission and distribution network-related services.
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-617:2009, 617-04-20, modified – notes taken from IEC 61850-7-
420:2021, 3.1.13]
3.1.7
operator role
"upper" side of the DER communication chain, representing the entity which is responsible for
procuring services and distributing operational controls and prices
3.1.8
resource role
"lower" side of the DER communication chain, representing the entity which is responsible for
providing services and responding to operational controls and prices
3.1.9
service procurement system
collection of hardware and/or software component which together procure services to make the
electrical grid more reliable and/or less costly
3.1.10
technical role
role that identifies responsibilities associated with participation within information exchanges
with other actors
Note 1 to entry: Actors defined by use cases have assigned roles with associated responsibilities. Technical roles
are physically realized through software and associated systems integration infrastructure.
[SOURCE: IEC 62746-3:2015, 3.1.14]

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3.1.11
virtual resource
set of one or more physical resources that is represented as a single, aggregated resource
Note 1 to entry: This may be comprised of multiple entities that may be geographically distributed. Virtual resources
can be an aggregated model of many types of loads, generation and storage, such as VPP, PV, factory, building,
home, etc. Since the virtual resource can include both energy consumer and energy provider, the related "net load
curve" can be positive (in this case the virtual resource acts as a consumer which consumes electrical power), or
negative (in this case the virtual resource acts as generation assets to produce electrical power).
[SOURCE: IEC 62746-3:2015, 3.1.16]
3.2 Acronyms
Table 1 contains a list of acronyms used in this document.
Table 1 – List of acronyms
Acronym Phrase
AEMS Aggregator Energy Management System
CEMS Customer Energy Management System
DAM Day-Ahead Market
DER Distributed Energy Resource
EPS Electrical Power System
PV Photovoltaic
RTM Real-Time Market
SPS Service Procurement System
UML Unified Modeling Language
VPP Virtual Power Plant
XML Extensible Markup Language
XSD XML Schema Definition
4 Reference and information models
4.1 General approach
Communications between electricity markets and grid operations are enabled by shared
modelling among three series of standards: IEC 61968, IEC 61970, and IEC 62325. However,
none of these standards extend into the domain of controllable resources deployed on the
distribution grid, and specifically to those resources "behind" the customer electricity meter.
IEC 62746 remedies this situation by providing a set of message profiles designed to convey
grid instructions, grid conditions, pricing signals, and resources capabilities among multiple
parties within the emerging Distributed Energy Resource (DER) space, as illustrated in Figure 1.

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Figure 1 – IEC 62746-4 representation
The communication requirements are challenging given the wide range of communicating
parties , including:
• Electricity market operators,
• Transmission system operators,
• Wholesale electricity service providers,
• Wholesale electricity service consumers,
• Distribution grid operators,
• Service aggregators, and
• Electricity consumers.
Additionally, there is a wide range of business processes which are established as well as many
new models being devised. These processes include the communication of the time-varying
changes in:
• Resource composition by grid location(s)
• Resource capability by market service
• Economic thresholds for service delivery/procurement
• Resource instructions/dispatches
The challenge of communicating with DERs (or their aggregators) can be visualized as a more
complex permutation of communication with traditional bulk-power electricity generation
stations. Therefore, IEC 62746-4 leverages the IEC 62325 series of standards which are
currently in use to standardize bulk-power market exchanges.
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4.2 Reference communication model
This reference model has two technical roles: the Operator Role and the Resource Role. The
Operator Role, in the simplest configuration, is performed by a grid operator with any number
of applications which are used to track, manage, forecast, incentivize, control, and monitor
DERs. This collection of software we group as a single collection labelled the Service
Procurement System (SPS), as it has the responsibility of procuring grid services to make the
grid more reliable and/or make electricity costs lower. The distribution customer who owns a
DER takes on the Resource Role, with the collection of software controlling the customer's
facility termed the Customer Energy Management System (CEMS). Figure 2 illustrates the
logical model for these communications in this base configuration.

Figure 2 –SPS-CEMS communication logical model
Individual DERs may not be large enough to warrant direct participation in grid operations and
may be better served as members of a DER aggregation. When aggregation is introduced into
the communication chain, the Aggregator Energy Management System (AEMS) acts as
intermediary for communications between the SPS and many CEMSs. However, the AEMS is
not simply a broker of information; the AEMS performs aggregation functions (such as adding
together individual CEMS capabilities to pass to the SPS) and allocation functions (such as
dividing dispatch signals across the participating CEMSs). IEC 62746-4 is used on both ends
of the exchange, with the AEMS performi
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