Communication Alternatives for Distribution Metering and Load Management

This paper contains the edited records of four presentations on Communication Alternatives For Distribution Automation presented at the 1979 Summer Power Meeting of the Power Engineering Society. The need for distribution system communications is established and the types of systems available are enumerated. Three systems utilizing the power lines for communications are described in detail. One approach using the existing telephone system is also described. The problems associated with each approach are listed and the advantages of each are discussed.