8Smart Grid Transmission, Operation and Power Flow Analysis

DOI: 10.1201/9780429174803-8

8.1 Introduction

Smart grid, the 21st-century electrical energy infrastructure integrates the latest digital communications, monitoring and advanced, adaptive and smart control technologies to the existing power grids. Most of the initial smart grid focus has been limited to making the distribution system smarter and to installing the advanced metering that can make the consumer an active participant in the grid's operation. With 21st-century technological advances paving the way, many regulators have stressed this initial focus on advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and demand response (DR). Most of the smart grid previous work has placed great emphasis ...

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