Distribution utilities brace for increasing network complexity

摘要

Industry experts have heralded the imminent and widespread adoption of alternative power technologies for years. As we move into 2002, it appears the dial is now leaning more toward "when" rather than "if this prediction will come to fruition. The timing of this much-anticipated technological emergence is of critical importance to distribution utilities. They, after all, will be charged with melding these new technologies into existing electrical networks. This promises to be a challenging assignment, one that will inevitably increase the complexity of managing an already-complex network.