Research opportunities focused on electric power systems

Long-term high-risk investigations into topics related to future planning and operation functions of large-scale electric utilities by university researchers encompasses a wide range of issues. Many of these issues are captured by the topics contained in the following list: ?? Computer Applications ?? Modeling ?? Security Assessment ?? Control Under Uncertainty ?? Distribution Systems ?? Protection ?? Reliability ?? Economics/Pricing ?? Knowledge-Based Systems These topics and others were discussed at a recent NSF workshop on university research for electric power systems engineering held in Tempe, Arizona and attended by seventy researchers. This paper discusses the origin of the topics, their relation to future large-scale nonlinear systems problems, and conclusions reached based on the discussions held at the workshop.