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One of the predominant topics of the emerging Smart Grid is standardization [Uslar 2013]. Education on how to use standards is rarely the focus of curricula in colleges and universities. Guidelines and books may be useful in getting help for using the standards. A comprehensive introduction to Smart Grid standards and their applications for developers, consumers, and service providers is provided in [Sato 2015]. The authors consider the need for standards interoperability and integration in the Smart Grid. The authors claim a methodology for understanding and identification of the fundamental standards needed by developers for DER, electric storage, and E‐mobility/plug‐in vehicles. However, many standards may not be applicable forever, but they could become obsolete in a short period of time or could change continuously, or new standards could emerge. Therefore, the methodology to select a new standard is needed.

An introductory textbook for people trying to get firsthand and condensed knowledge on Smart Grid standardization with a focus on ICT as well as to have a reference textbook dealing with the various standards to be applied in Smart Grids is a motivation for the authors of this book [Uslar 2013].

Other criteria may be useful too. For example, it is better to use a mature standard. A mature standard is a standard that has been in use for sufficient time that most of its initial faults and inherent problems have been identified and removed or reduced by further development [NIST SP1108r3].