Infrastructures and subsystems that provide for the generation and physical movement of ElectricityA form of Energy and set of physical phenomena that result f... across the end-to-end Power SystemA critical societal System that, in the case of GW-scale gri..., including Generation PlantAn Energy Resource primarily designed for production of Elec..., Transmission NetworksThe High Voltage (HV) network that transports Power over lon..., Distribution NetworksA network that transports Electricity from the Bulk Supply P..., SubstationsA designated location, typically with a Transmission Network..., Embedded NetworksA localised electricity network that is connected to the wid..., MicrogridsA group of interconnected Customer Loads, Generation Plant a... and diverse Energy ResourcesA universal term for all technologies that provide one or se....
While historically designed for unidirectional operational, today Electricity Infrastructure increasingly experiences bi-directional Power FlowsThe movement of electric Power within a Grid, historically f..., especially in the Distribution Networks. A sample of conventional and emerging examples include:
- Power Flows from the Bulk Power SystemThe large-scale Generation Plant and other Energy Resources ... through the Transmission Networks to Bulk Supply Points (BSP)The point at which Electricity supplied by the Transmission ....
- Power Flows from BSP through Distribution Networks to Connection PointsThe agreed point of Electricity supply established between ... for each CustomerThe human individuals, families, organisations, institutions....
- Storage of excess Renewable EnergyGeneration Plant that is powered by natural energy sources t... output for subsequent injection to the Power System at periods of Peak DemandRefer to Maximum Demand. .
- Customer-owned Distributed Photovoltaics (DPV)Solar Photovoltaic panel installations connected to the Dist... and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)An electrochemical Energy Storage (ES) device that stores th... that provide PowerElectrical represents rate at which Energy is transferred th... to their own LoadsA term that is sometimes used synonymously with Demand, but ... and/or exports to the local Distribution Network.