December 12, 2012 - IEEE formed a new technical advisory group—802.24 Smart Grid—to serve as a collaborative umbrella organization that works with multiple IEEE 802 working groups (WGs) and will liaise with smart grid ecosystem stakeholders, such as regulatory agencies, other standards development bodies and industry organizations.

December 12, 2012 - IEEE announced updates to four wireless communications technologies in the 802 family of standards, as well as a new 802 standards-development project. The new standards support the global utility industry’s needs for smart grid data communications infrastructure, says IEEE, and build on the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) portfolio of more than 100 active IEEE standards or standards in development pertaining to the smart grid.

May 31, 2012 - IEEE yesterday announced the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee (LMSC) University Outreach Program “to engage university and college students and faculty in standards development”. The first University Outreach Day will be at the San Diego, Calif., IEEE 802 Plenary on July 17.