Electricity grid operation and planning related benefits of advanced metering infrastructure

Author

Liu, E. ; Chan, M.L. ; Huang, C.W. ; Wang, N.C. ; Lu, C.N.

fYear

2010

fDate

20-22 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) is expected to provide an infrastructure to render the current smart metering functions effectively and efficiently, and also to enable the future AMI-smart grid related functions without the need to change-out the AMI system. The information collection and distribution among customers and utility companies enabled by AMI has advantages in various aspects including distribution automation (DA), service restoration and network condition monitoring. In this paper, the benefits achievable from a well planned AMI for electricity grid operations and planning are discussed.

Keywords

power distribution planning; power meters; power system measurement; smart power grids; AMI-smart grid; advanced metering infrastructure; current smart metering functions; customers; distribution automation; electricity grid operation; electricity grid planning; information collection; network condition monitoring; service restoration; utility companies; Circuit faults; Companies; Control systems; Maintenance engineering; Monitoring; Reactive power; Voltage control; Advanced metering infrastructure; condition based maintenance; distribution management system; power system operations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Critical Infrastructure (CRIS), 2010 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8080-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CRIS.2010.5617583

Filename

5617583