A vision of the future Power SystemA highly complex cyber-physical and transactional System tha... Click for more that is informed by the computationally scalable Layered DecompositionA formally established mathematical technique employed in ma... Click for more model applied to other highly complex, networked SystemsA set of Components that are formally related together by a ... Click for more.
The approach enables maximum system optimisation through each vertical Tier/LayerThe vertical layers of a GW-scale Power System including the... Click for more of the system being managed by the EntityA specific institution, company or natural person that can b... Click for more with greatest proximity to the physics and economics of that specific Tier/Layer. The resulting vertically federated relationships allow the formally responsible Entity to focus on the optimal operation of their specific Tier/Layer, and its beneficial inter-operation with the layer immediately above and below.
For example, in its most mature future state, the Distribution System would be wholly managed by the Distribution System Operator (DSO)An entity responsible for the planning, operation and optimi... Click for more. The Market/System Operator (MSO)The combines the functions of the Market Operator and System... Click for more would then see each Transmission-Distribution Interface (TDI)The physical point at which the upstream Bulk Power and Tran... Click for more as a single virtual resource. In turn, the DSO would also see a MicrogridA group of interconnected Customer Loads, Generation Plant a... Click for more or Embedded NetworkA localised electricity network that is connected to the wid... Click for more within its Distribution System as a single virtual resource.
Applied to a transforming GW-scale Power System, Layered Decomposition has a beneficial simplifying effect that enhances the System SecurityThe ability to continue operating the Power System within de... Click for more, ReliabilityThe degree to which electric service that meets applicable u... Click for more, ResilienceThe ability of the Power System to avoid or withstand stress... Click for more, ScalabilityAn architectural characteristic that takes the future scale ... Click for more and economic efficiency of any system. It avoids the perpetuation of numerous Architectural IssuesFollowing are seven important structural issues that System ... Click for more inherent to legacy structures and drive systemic fragility. It also enables each Entity to focus on their specific Tier/Layer with confidence that the layers immediately above and below are being managed within pre-agreed formal protocols.
To extend the above illustration, the layered approach provides the MSO with sufficient certainty about downstream operations, confirmed via ongoing status-reporting at the system interfaces, relieving it of the need for detailed VisibilityThe degree to which information on Energy Resource character... Click for more and ControllabilityThe ability for the operation of a System or Energy Resource... Click for more at the Distribution NetworkA network that transports Electricity from the Bulk Supply P... Click for more level.