IEC 61850 is an international standard defining communication protocols for intelligent electronic devices at electrical substations. It is a part of the International Electrotechnical Commission's (IEC) Technical Committee 57 reference architecture for electric power systems.^[1] The abstract data models defined in IEC 61850 can be mapped to a number of protocols. Current mappings in the standard are to Manufacturing Message Specification (MMS), Generic Object Oriented Substation Event (GOOSE) [see section 3, Terms and definitions, term 3.65 on page 14^[2]], SV (Sampled Values) or SMV (Sampled Measure Values),^[3] and so on^[when?] to web services. In the previous version of the standard, GOOSE stood for "Generic Object Oriented Substation Event",^[4][5] but this old definition is still very common in IEC 61850 documentation.^[6]

• Conformance testing – Type of testing for standards, contracts and regulations
• DNP3 – Computer network protocol
• Generic Substation Events – Communications method used in power grids
• IEC 60870-5-104 – Telecontrol standardPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• IEC/IEEE 61850-9-3 – International standard for time synchronisation
• IEC 61968 – Series of communication protocol standards
• IEC 61970 – IEC standard
• Precision Time Protocol – Network time synchronization protocol
• Substation Configuration Language – Format for configuration of electrical substations

• Detailed Introduction to IEC 61850
• IEC 61850 Technical Issues website
• UCA International Users Group
• 61850 Users Group
• For R&D Labs and Testing of 61850 devices
• IEC61850: A Protocol with Powerful Potential
• Smart High Voltage Substation Based on IEC 61850 Process Bus and IEEE 1588 Time Synchronization
• Test and evaluation system for multi-protocol sampled value protection schemes by Dr. David M.E. Ingram