The future of distribution systems in the deregulated environment: opportunities and challenges

Author

Venkata, S.S. ; Balijepalli, N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Abstract

Summary form only given. In the past, distribution systems have not received as much attention as generation and transmission systems. Restructuring of the electric utility industry is causing widespread changes in the power distribution sector. The growing needs of individual customers and the innovative technologies being developed to meet such requirements coupled with regulatory supervision are the driving forces that are bringing about a new revolution in distribution systems. In the first part of this paper, the changes taking place due to deregulation will be delineated. The second part focuses on identifying opportunities and challenges resulting from these changes.

Keywords

distribution networks; electricity supply industry; deregulated environment; distribution companies; distribution systems; electric utility industry restructuring; power delivery systems; Control systems; Couplings; Distributed computing; Power distribution; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; Power industry; Power system protection; Power system reliability; Robustness;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society Winter Meeting, 2002. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7322-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESW.2002.985261

Filename

985261