# About the openSPM category

**URL:** <http://discussions.gridprotectionalliance.org/t/about-the-openspm-category/44>\
**Category:** openSPM\
**Created:** [June 24, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](http://discussions.gridprotectionalliance.org/t/about-the-openspm-category/44 "2016-06-24T15:41:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![chefsteph9](http://discussions.gridprotectionalliance.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@chefsteph9](http://discussions.gridprotectionalliance.org/u/chefsteph9)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](http://discussions.gridprotectionalliance.org/t/about-the-openspm-category/44/1 "2016-06-24T15:41:32Z")

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