To produce, transfer and deliver energy within the power system, reliable and available
information systems are a part of the key to success. Information about the grid states,
outages, assets, locations, customers etc. is required to operate the business. Information
systems need to exchange information, both within a utility and with external utilities. Since
different utilities use different information systems with different information models an
incentive for a standardized information model occurs. The Common Information Model
(CIM) is an information model standardized by International Electrotechnical Commission
(IEC). Since this information model is a standard and covers many areas of business it
becomes abstract, complex and intangible. Therefore adaptation and delimitation is required
before implementation. In this study CIM is analyzed and then compatibility tested in the
context of network model data exchange. The data is provided from a network operations
unit within a company in the energy distribution business. The information exchange
specification is used to adapt CIM to the specific situation. Then the corresponding CIM
data is located in the source data. At last a transformation example is provided with a
suggested syntax. According to this study and the observations made from the sample data
an implementation should be feasible. However such an implementation will require
engineering.