The Universal Plug and Play Forum has set up a smart grid task force aiming to set standards for how home networked devices monitor and manage electricity consumption. The group focused mainly on home networking issues will also promote UPnP technology as a part of emerging smart grid standards worldwide.

The news comes at a time when engineers are pouring over two 100-page reports on smart grid standards released in late September by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST issued a report on cyber-security for smart grids as well as a first draft of its framework and roadmap for smart grid interoperability standards.

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