Showing papers on "Smart grid published in 1999"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe how the inglorious Summer-of-1996 blackouts taught the Western USA to improve emergency grid control and protection and to sharpen power network simulation techniques.
Abstract: In this paper, the author describes how the inglorious Summer-of-1996 blackouts taught the Western USA to improve emergency grid control and protection and to sharpen power network simulation techniques.
116 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe how maintaining reliable electricity grids in a deregulated power industry will become harder, as temptations to cut corners multiply, and how failure to sustain this balancing act can result in partial or complete breakdown of the grid system.
Abstract: Of all the energy conversion processes in existence, the US electric power system is the largest and most complex. Unlike industries such as communications and transportation, where a demand in excess of supply produces a "busy signal" or temporary grid lock, the nature of the electric power system is one of instantaneously matching supply and demand. Failure to sustain this balancing act can result in partial or complete breakdown of the grid system. In this paper, the authors describe how maintaining reliable electricity grids in a deregulated power industry will become harder, as temptations to cut corners multiply.
14 citations
01 Dec 1999
TL;DR: In this paper, the Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions (CERTS) is tasked to prepare a series of white papers on federal RD&D needs to maintain or enhance the reliability of the U.S. electric power system under the emerging competitive electricity market structure.
Abstract: In 1999, the Department of Energy (DOE) tasked the Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions (CERTS) to prepare a series of white papers on federal RD&D needs to maintain or enhance the reliability of the U.S. electric power system under the emerging competitive electricity market structure. 1 In so doing, the white papers build upon earlier DOE-sponsored technical reviews that had been prepared prior to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) orders 888 and 889. 2 The six white papers represent the final step prior to the preparation of a multi-year research plan for DOE's Transmission Reliability program. The preparation of the white papers has benefited from substantial electricity industry review and input, culminating with a DOE/CERTS workshop in the fall of 1999 where drafts of the white papers were presented by the CERTS authors, and discussed with industry stakeholders. 3 Taken together, the white papers are intended to lay a broad foundation for an inclusive program of federal RD&D that extends – appropriately so-beyond the scope of the Transmission Reliability program. With these completed white papers, DOE working in close conjunction with industry stakeholders will begin preparation a multi-year research plan for the Transmission Reliability program that is both supportive of and consistent with the needs of this critical industry in transition.
7 citations