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By Julio Romero Agüero,
Amin Khodaei,
and Ralph Masiello

The Utility and
Grid of the Future
Challenges, Needs, and Trends

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The elecTric uTiliTy indusTry is evolving
at a pace that is reminiscent of the transformations that
occurred at the beginning of the 20th century. This evolution is driven by various factors, mainly by the emergence
of distributed energy resources (ders) to satisfy societal
concerns regarding the utilization of renewable energies and
reduction of greenhouse emissions as well as the introduction of a plethora of new communications, control, automation and power electronics technologies and solutions. The

Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MPE.2016.2577899
Date of publication: 17 August 2016

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latter have emerged as a consequence of the unprecedented
growth of computing power and are enabling the long pursued objective of end-to-end real-time system awareness and
operation, covering generation, transmission, and distribution systems as well as the grid edge.
governments around the world have played a vital role in
enabling this transformation by funding landmark initiatives
to trigger innovation and providing financial and tax incentives to interested parties. in the united states, this evolution has been clustered and described under various terms,
including smart grid, grid of the future, grid modernization,
and utility of the future. despite slight differences among

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