Convergence in the Control Room - Integrating transmission, distribution and outage management systems

摘要

For several years now, a confluence of industry restructuring and advancing technology in the electric power arena has created an environment for innovation in utility control systems. On the one hand, restructuring has moved many utilities from a regulated environment where return on investments was guaranteed through a cost-of-service model to a more market-oriented paradigm where investments must be justified to shareholders. At the same time, IT systems that support transmission and distribution operations have become increasingly more robust. They have also begun to converge, bringing previously separate applications onto a single platform.