IEEE Power & Energy Magazine - March/April 2018 - 4

from the editor

Michael Henderson

controlling the grid
how management systems come into play

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There have been
dramatic changes in the
electric power industry in
recent years. The wide-
spread addition of variable
resources and distributed
resources presents special
challenges to system oper-
ators, who must cope with
increased complexity, the
need for observability, and
the demands of control-
ling key system parame-
ters. To further complicate
matters, operators must
deal with overall system
performance that increas-
ingly exhibits interactions
between the states of the
distribution system and bulk power sys-
tem and vice versa. all of this occurs at a
time of increased concern over cyberse-
curity threats, exposure to natural disas-
ters, and the need for improved overall
system resiliency.
as industry professionals, we must
continue to provide reliable service to
power system customers, even as the phy-
sical and regulatory structure of the
power system endures dramatic change.
System security requires cross-function-
al coordination of energy management
systems (eMSs) and distribution man-
agement systems (DMSs) and their op-
erators. a recipe for success comprises
applying the latest advances in the state-
of-the-art control centers and using the
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innovative DMS design.
a variety of perspectives
is presented about future
requirements and design
options for eMS and
DMS solutions that ad-
dress the need of integrat-
ing designs across eMSs,
DMSs, and market man-
agement systems.
The issue also contains
an article by Fran Li and
Yan Du on the applica-
tions of artificial intelli-
gence (aI) to the power
system. They first explain
the fundamental structure
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of aI by discussing how a
computer program beat the
most modern means of coordinating op- world champion at Go, which is one of the
erations over broad footprints.
world's most complex games. Game-based
strategies present many opportunities for
power system analysts in topics ranging
In This Issue
This issue of IEEE Power & Energy from markets to variable resource integra-
Magazine summarizes several remark- tion and power system security.
The "In My view" column by ralph
able advances in controlling the grid.
Guest editor Mladen Kezunovic com- Masiello discusses some of the data chal-
piled five well-written articles that show- lenges presented by the large-scale integra-
case major issues and how they can be tion of distributed energy resources and
addressed by the most current eMSs and electric vehicles. he identifies the need
DMSs worldwide. as summarized in the for big-data analysis, improvements in in-
"Guest editorial," the issue discusses formation technology, and consideration
measures of resiliency and the need for of the eMS/DMS structure. The column
coordinating across regional and orga- and overall issue serve to stimulate fur-
nizational boundaries, the achievement ther industry discussion on how to "con-
of wide control over regional power trol the seemingly uncontrollable grid."
systems, the coordination of T&D op-
erations in the backdrop of regulatory Class of 2018 Fellow
unbundling, major advances in eMSs The "awards" column recognizes the 23
and a smart substation design, and an new Ieee Fellows who are members
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