Scheme and design for advanced energy control centers

The concept and detailed design of advanced power system control centers that are highly integrated with all power system operations, planning, and management are presented. The latest examples of these designed control centers are also described. The results of these studies indicate that advanced power system control systems can be achieved in the near future and are essential to highly integrated systems for power system operations, planning and management, in order to secure a more economical and stable supply of electric energy. Integration of control systems into a total computer network system not only effectively reduces labor costs and software development but also greatly improves the quality and reliability of the control systems. Such integration also allows the application of upgraded and well-used analytical and optimizing offline program packages to online control. Such a well-integrated system will also result in various unexpected benefits to power system operations, planning, and management