Title :
What Smart Grid means to an ISO/RTO?
Author :
Fan, Zhenyu ; Mao, Yiming ; Horger, Tim
Author_Institution :
PJM Interconnection, Norristown, PA, USA
Abstract :
The seven Independent System Operators and Regional Transmission Organizations (ISO/RTOs) in the United States coordinate reliable power grid operations for two-thirds of its population and its electric generation. Each ISO/RTO provides regional planning and operation, energy market operation, outage coordination, transactions settlement, billing and collections, risk management, ancillary services, credit risk management, and more services. This paper shows how Smart Grid affects the essential roles in operation, market and planning in ISO/RTO. This paper also discusses current Smart Grid projects in PJM which covers 13 states and DC area in Northeast US. Some of the future smart grid trend and challenges in PJM and industry are discussed too.
Keywords :
Councils; ISO; NIST; Power system reliability; Power systems; Risk management; Security; Smart grids; Standards development; US Department of Energy; Demand Response; Phasor Measurement Unit; Regional Transmission Expansion Planning; Smart Grid;
Conference_Titel :
Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, 2010 IEEE PES
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6546-0
DOI :
10.1109/TDC.2010.5484362
