Open AccessOperating Environment and Functional Requirements for Intelligent Distributed Control in the Electric Power Grid
Author(s) -
Douglas C. Smathers,
Abbas Akhil
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/780279
Subject(s) - control (management) , restructuring , grid , smart grid , process (computing) , computer science , power grid , electric power , electric power industry , distributed computing , systems engineering , power (physics) , control engineering , engineering , electrical engineering , electricity , operating system , business , artificial intelligence , physics , geometry , mathematics , finance , quantum mechanics
The restructuring of the U.S. power industry will surely lead to a greater dependence on computers and communications to allow appropriate information sharing for management and control of the power grid. This report describes the operating environment for system operations that control the bulk power system as it exists today including the role NERC plays in this process. Some high-level functional requirements for new approaches to control of the grid are listed followed by a description of the next research steps that are needed to identify specific information management functions
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