Digital Infrastructure (Information/Data Exchange, Storage, and Processing)

Infrastructures and subsystems that provide for all information and data exchange required to maintain the safe and reliable operation of the Power SystemA highly complex cyber-physical and transactional System tha... Click for more and underpin its coordinated operation.  A sample of conventional and emerging examples include:

1. 1. Signals and data used for real-time control of the PowerElectrical represents rate at which Energy is transferred th... Click for more SystemA set of Components that are formally related together by a ... Click for more such as State EstimationA computational process used to estimate the real-time opera... Click for more, FrequencyThe number of cycles occurring in each second in an Alternat... Click for more monitoring, TopologyThe interconnection pattern of nodes in a Transmission Netwo... Click for more configuration monitoring, etc.  

1. 1. Energy ResourcesA universal term for all technologies that provide one or se... Click for more participating in the Wholesale MarketA primary market where Electricity is bought and sold in lar... Click for more submit real-time asset performance reports to the Market/System Operator (MSO)The combines the functions of the Market Operator and System... Click for more.

1. 1. MSO and Distribution System OperatorsAn entity responsible for the planning, operation and optimi... Click for more (DSO) exchange system condition information across the relevant Transmission-Distribution Interface (TDI)The physical point at which the upstream Bulk Power and Tran... Click for more to support the conjoint Power System management.

1. 1. Energy RetailersAn entity that trades wholesale and other Energy services as... Click for more and AggregatorsAn Entity that brings together and Orchestrates a fleet of E... Click for more participating in the Wholesale Market and Distribution-level MarketsA generic term for emerging markets for the exchange and pro... Click for more submit telemetry to the relevant entities to indicate asset performance in real-time.

Refer also to Digital Architecture ≠ Power Systems ArchitectureWhen considering technological systems, the term Architectur... Click for more.