A conventional Power SystemA critical societal System that, in the case of GW-scale gri... Click for more structure that is the product of ArchitectureA holistic conceptual model that details how the many Compon... Click for more choices made in a historical context where almost all ElectricityA form of Energy and set of physical phenomena that result f... Click for more was provided by centralised Generation PlantAn Energy Resource primarily designed for production of Elec... Click for more connected to the Transmission NetworkThe High Voltage (HV) network that transports Power over lon... Click for more and managed by the Market/System Operator (MSO)An entity that combines the functions of the Market Operator... Click for more.
In the historical context of this model, Distribution NetworksA network that transports Electricity from the Bulk Supply P... Click for more did not host Distributed Energy Resources (DER)A diverse range of small to medium scale Energy Resources th... Click for more but functioned primarily as a means of unidirectional supply from the Bulk Supply Points (BSP)The point at which Electricity supplied by the Transmission ... Click for more to largely passive CustomersThe human individuals, families, organisations, institutions... Click for more.