Federated local data can be made securely available between assets at the grid edge to complement and enhance operations. OpenFMB nodes, shown as blue hexagons on the right of the figure below, host applications that analyze information to develop a higher resolution of situational awareness, and provide the ability to affect local control in coordination with other operational decision making

Duke Energy is committed to distributed intelligence and establishing a grid that is more simple and cost-effective to operate. Through our Coalition, we have partnered with 25 utilities, vendors, research labs and government agencies in order to lead the development and commercialization of a field device interoperability framework, known as the Open Field Message Bus (OpenFMB™).

OpenFMB, Open Field Message Bus: The Open Field Message Bus (OpenFMB) interoperability framework is a standard ratified in 2016 by North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB)?, a leading energy industry Standards Development Organization (SDO) accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The OpenFMB Users Group was created in 2018 after a transition to the Utility Communications Architecture International Users Group (UCAIug) from a Priority Actio?n Plan previously organized by the Smart Grid interoperability Panel (SGIP), which is now part of the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA).?