Advanced Distribution Management Systems T THE ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM IS EVOLVING FROM a centralized generation model toward a complex distributed infrastructure with potentially millions of controllable generators and load prosumers. Transformative changes are especially pronounced at the distribution system level, with applications of new technologies influencing policies, planning, and utility operations. Consumers of electric power are also evolving, as they now generate electricity locally and utilize the Internet of Things for managing their home electric use and interfacing with grid applications. Evidence of this abounds, from the high penetration of rooftop solar IMAGE LICENSED BY INGRAM PUBLISHING By Alvin Razon, Tony Thomas, and Venkat Banunarayanan Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MPE.2019.2947816 Date of current version: 7 January 2020 26 ieee power & energy magazine 1540-7977/20©2020IEEE january/february 2020