Energy balance in the new electricity business context

During the last years many changes have happened in the electricity sector, leading to a paradigm shift that could meet new aspirations, needs and objectives, such as: moving to an user centric approach, supported by value-added services, innovative price plans, micro-generation, etc.; improving supply overall security while increasing DER and electricity distribution capacity; promoting an effective liberalized market; implementing Demand Side Management (DSM) measures in order to answer to the external pressure for energy efficiency; and implementing a network transformation, supported by assets and processes renovation and by network automation capabilities.