Author_Institution :
Cannon Technol. Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
Direct communication, broadcast to a variety of customer-premise load reduction technologies, is an effective way to pre-empt price spikes due to congestion or supply shortfall. With a multi-tier group addressing structure and an open-access nationwide communication network, direct control can be called by any of the power delivery participants for system security, based on electrical location, geographic location, load type, or program name. Direct control is extremely fast-acting, and well distributed; most programs do not require notification or customer intervention, and in a "pool/proxy" environment, could be used by all grid participants.
Keywords :
load regulation; power system control; power system security; telecontrol; customer-premise load reduction technologies; direct power system communication; fast load control technologies; grid participants; nationwide communication network; open-access nationwide communication network; pool/proxy environment; power delivery; power system security; Broadcast technology; Broadcasting; Communication networks; Communication system control; Communication system security; Control systems; ISO; Load flow control; Paging strategies; Power system security;
