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regulate power generation, transmission and distribution -
overall grid is shared by companies as colleagues not
competitors - 1970, high-voltage transmission lines
transmitting power to different states - State stepped-in to
reached 765kV The Grid - ANSWER//- electric power
cannot be stored easily - The flow of electricity is
governed by Ohm's law, and takes the "path of least
resistance", so it generally cannot be directed to follow in
specific transmission lines - NERC is responsible for
aspects of an international electricity system that serves
334 million people, and has some 211,000 miles (340,000
km) of high-voltage transmission line "bulk power system"
- ANSWER//Generation and Transmission system !!!
Northeast blackout of 2003 - ANSWER//- Inadequate
situational awareness !!!! - MISO (Midcontinent
Independent System Operator) was in the dark - 60 GW of
load loss - (55 million people) is the second most
widespread black in history (1999 Southern Brazil
blackout - affected 97 million people) 0 - 630 millions of
customer minutes not met - earthquake of M6.3 North
American electric power grid - ANSWER//world's largest
single machine ever built by man. It is very complex
system. Power grid is the critical infrastructure of all critical
infrastructures: - ANSWER//communication, water
distribution, gas distribution, transportation Electric power
grid is too critical to fail and needs ______ to be resilient. -
ANSWER//computational systems thinking machines
,(CSTMs) CSTMs - ANSWER//- intelligent sense-making -
decision making - adaptation - real-time wealth of
knowledge. !!! NERC (North American Electric Reliability
Corporation) - ANSWER//- 4 Interconnections - 3
continental US connections US: WECC (western), FRCC
(eastern), TRE (ERCOT - literally just Texas) Canada:
Quebec Interconnection NERC has __ Reliability
Coordinators - ANSWER//8 SERC projected Peak
Demand Growth Rate and Net Energy Growth Rate -
ANSWER//1.1% and 0.91% !!! Energy Independence and
Security Act (EISA) of 2007), - ANSWER//- Self-healing -
Fault-tolerant - Dynamic integration of all forms of energy
generation & storage - Dynamic optimization of grid
operation and resources with full cyber-security - Demand-
response, demand-side resources and energy efficient
resources - Electricity clients' active participation -
Reliability, power quality, security and efficiency NIST
Conceptual Model of Smart Grid - ANSWER//{IMAGE 1}
Enabling C3 Technologies (with Challenges) -
ANSWER//Communication (information, cyber secuirty,
IoTs) - Intelligent sensing and communication devices for
processing of information. - Smart pricing - real time -
Smart grid devices and intelligent in-home energy
management systems. Control (measurement systems) -
Situational Awareness & Intelligence, Real-time
monitoring and control - Load peak shaving technologies
(especially for charging plug-in vehicles), Demand
response management. - Real-time dynamic
reconfiguration, power flows. - Dynamic Energy
Management Systems (DEMS). Computation
(measurement systems) - Estimation & Forecasting
models - Fast (faster than real-time) optimization, decision
making and control tools, computing platforms.
Computational Tools for Resilience - ANSWER//•
Predictions of wind & solar energy, • Forecasting of loads
& reserves, • Dynamic dispatch, & • Handle uncertainties
& variability. (DS-EMS) - ANSWER//Dynamic Stochastic
,Energy Management System Plug‐in Vehicles -
ANSWER//Integration of large number of power
electronics devices to the grid Bidirectional power flows -
Grid-to-Vehicle (G2V) and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Grid
services like regulation, spinning reserve Power
transactions with the varying price, large power swings are
inevitable Intelligent scheduling for the charging and
discharging of the vehicles. !!! Computational Intelligence
Definition - ANSWER//"computational models and tolls of
intelligence" • capable of taking large raw numerical
sensory data directly, • processing them by exploiting the
representational parallelism and pipelining the problem, •
generating reliable just‐in‐time responses • with high fault
tolerance. "Evolutionary-Swarm-Neuro-Fuzzy Systems " !!!
Smart Grid ‐ Transformation/ Empowering of the
Traditional Power System (Bubble Graph) -
ANSWER//Starting at 12:00 and going clockwise: -
Intelligent Measurements - Computational Intelligence -
Cyber Security - Visual & Data Analytics - Intelligent
Communications and IoTs - Intelligent Power Electronics -
Environment - Renewables & EVs - Intelligent Decision
and Control Systems Drivers for the Smart Grid -
ANSWER//• Aging assets and lack of circuit capacity.
(1950s, Load growth, Renewable energy integration,
Distributed generation) • Thermal constraints • Operational
constraints • Security of supply • National initiatives •
Society !!! USA DOE Smart Grid Definition - ANSWER//"A
smart grid uses digital technology to improve reliability,
security, and efficiency (both economic and energy) of the
electric system from large generation, through the delivery
systems to electricity consumers and a growing number of
distributed-generation and storage resources." Compare
Today's Grid with Smart Grid - ANSWER//{IMAGE 2} !!!
SG Stakeholders - ANSWER//1. Utilities: installation and
implementation of power grid technologies 2. Policy
makers: establishment of standards for operation,
monitoring, interoperability, etc. 3. Technology providers:
, development of smart grid technologies for the grid
enhancement 4. Researchers: development of tools and
technologies for the smart grid 5. consumers: consumer
input and participation, consumer buy-in, etc. US DOE
Architechure - ANSWER//IMAGE 3 Distribution
Management System Controller - ANSWER//IMAGE 4
Perfect Power System - ANSWER//"The perfect power
system will ensure absolute and universal availability and
energy in the quantity and quality necessary to meet every
consumer's needs." EPRI (Electric Power Research
Institute) of the Perfect Power System - ANSWER//• is
made up of numerous automated transmission and
distribution systems, all operating in a coordinated,
efficient and reliable manner; • handles emergency
conditions with 'self-healing' actions and is responsive to
energy-market and utility business enterprise needs; •
serves millions of customers and has an intelligent
communications infrastructure enabling the timely, secure
and adaptable information flow needed to provide reliable
and economic power to the evolving digital economy. Xcel
Energy's vision of a smart grid - ANSWER//"a fully
network-connected system that identifies all aspects of the
power grid and communicates its status and the impact of
consumption decisions (including economic, environment
and reliability impacts) to automated decision-making
systems on that network." Smart grid environment
requires upgrade of tools for: - ANSWER//• Sensing •
Metering • Measurements. Data is needed in the Smart
Grid for: - ANSWER//• Monitoring, control and optimization
of grid operations. • Energy (electric power) markets.
Sensing is needed in the Smart Grid for: - ANSWER//•
Outage detection and response • Health monitoring of
equipment/assets • Integrity of the grid, etc. Metering and
measurements is needed in the Smart Grid for: -
ANSWER//• Two-way communications • Variety of input
signals -pricing, time-of-day tariff, RTO curtailments for
congestion relief) • Variety of output signals - RT
Certification Exam Questions And
Correct Answers (Verified Answers)
Plus Rationales 2026 Q&A | Instant
Download Pdf
regulate power generation, transmission and distribution -
overall grid is shared by companies as colleagues not
competitors - 1970, high-voltage transmission lines
transmitting power to different states - State stepped-in to
reached 765kV The Grid - ANSWER//- electric power
cannot be stored easily - The flow of electricity is
governed by Ohm's law, and takes the "path of least
resistance", so it generally cannot be directed to follow in
specific transmission lines - NERC is responsible for
aspects of an international electricity system that serves
334 million people, and has some 211,000 miles (340,000
km) of high-voltage transmission line "bulk power system"
- ANSWER//Generation and Transmission system !!!
Northeast blackout of 2003 - ANSWER//- Inadequate
situational awareness !!!! - MISO (Midcontinent
Independent System Operator) was in the dark - 60 GW of
load loss - (55 million people) is the second most
widespread black in history (1999 Southern Brazil
blackout - affected 97 million people) 0 - 630 millions of
customer minutes not met - earthquake of M6.3 North
American electric power grid - ANSWER//world's largest
single machine ever built by man. It is very complex
system. Power grid is the critical infrastructure of all critical
infrastructures: - ANSWER//communication, water
distribution, gas distribution, transportation Electric power
grid is too critical to fail and needs ______ to be resilient. -
ANSWER//computational systems thinking machines
,(CSTMs) CSTMs - ANSWER//- intelligent sense-making -
decision making - adaptation - real-time wealth of
knowledge. !!! NERC (North American Electric Reliability
Corporation) - ANSWER//- 4 Interconnections - 3
continental US connections US: WECC (western), FRCC
(eastern), TRE (ERCOT - literally just Texas) Canada:
Quebec Interconnection NERC has __ Reliability
Coordinators - ANSWER//8 SERC projected Peak
Demand Growth Rate and Net Energy Growth Rate -
ANSWER//1.1% and 0.91% !!! Energy Independence and
Security Act (EISA) of 2007), - ANSWER//- Self-healing -
Fault-tolerant - Dynamic integration of all forms of energy
generation & storage - Dynamic optimization of grid
operation and resources with full cyber-security - Demand-
response, demand-side resources and energy efficient
resources - Electricity clients' active participation -
Reliability, power quality, security and efficiency NIST
Conceptual Model of Smart Grid - ANSWER//{IMAGE 1}
Enabling C3 Technologies (with Challenges) -
ANSWER//Communication (information, cyber secuirty,
IoTs) - Intelligent sensing and communication devices for
processing of information. - Smart pricing - real time -
Smart grid devices and intelligent in-home energy
management systems. Control (measurement systems) -
Situational Awareness & Intelligence, Real-time
monitoring and control - Load peak shaving technologies
(especially for charging plug-in vehicles), Demand
response management. - Real-time dynamic
reconfiguration, power flows. - Dynamic Energy
Management Systems (DEMS). Computation
(measurement systems) - Estimation & Forecasting
models - Fast (faster than real-time) optimization, decision
making and control tools, computing platforms.
Computational Tools for Resilience - ANSWER//•
Predictions of wind & solar energy, • Forecasting of loads
& reserves, • Dynamic dispatch, & • Handle uncertainties
& variability. (DS-EMS) - ANSWER//Dynamic Stochastic
,Energy Management System Plug‐in Vehicles -
ANSWER//Integration of large number of power
electronics devices to the grid Bidirectional power flows -
Grid-to-Vehicle (G2V) and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Grid
services like regulation, spinning reserve Power
transactions with the varying price, large power swings are
inevitable Intelligent scheduling for the charging and
discharging of the vehicles. !!! Computational Intelligence
Definition - ANSWER//"computational models and tolls of
intelligence" • capable of taking large raw numerical
sensory data directly, • processing them by exploiting the
representational parallelism and pipelining the problem, •
generating reliable just‐in‐time responses • with high fault
tolerance. "Evolutionary-Swarm-Neuro-Fuzzy Systems " !!!
Smart Grid ‐ Transformation/ Empowering of the
Traditional Power System (Bubble Graph) -
ANSWER//Starting at 12:00 and going clockwise: -
Intelligent Measurements - Computational Intelligence -
Cyber Security - Visual & Data Analytics - Intelligent
Communications and IoTs - Intelligent Power Electronics -
Environment - Renewables & EVs - Intelligent Decision
and Control Systems Drivers for the Smart Grid -
ANSWER//• Aging assets and lack of circuit capacity.
(1950s, Load growth, Renewable energy integration,
Distributed generation) • Thermal constraints • Operational
constraints • Security of supply • National initiatives •
Society !!! USA DOE Smart Grid Definition - ANSWER//"A
smart grid uses digital technology to improve reliability,
security, and efficiency (both economic and energy) of the
electric system from large generation, through the delivery
systems to electricity consumers and a growing number of
distributed-generation and storage resources." Compare
Today's Grid with Smart Grid - ANSWER//{IMAGE 2} !!!
SG Stakeholders - ANSWER//1. Utilities: installation and
implementation of power grid technologies 2. Policy
makers: establishment of standards for operation,
monitoring, interoperability, etc. 3. Technology providers:
, development of smart grid technologies for the grid
enhancement 4. Researchers: development of tools and
technologies for the smart grid 5. consumers: consumer
input and participation, consumer buy-in, etc. US DOE
Architechure - ANSWER//IMAGE 3 Distribution
Management System Controller - ANSWER//IMAGE 4
Perfect Power System - ANSWER//"The perfect power
system will ensure absolute and universal availability and
energy in the quantity and quality necessary to meet every
consumer's needs." EPRI (Electric Power Research
Institute) of the Perfect Power System - ANSWER//• is
made up of numerous automated transmission and
distribution systems, all operating in a coordinated,
efficient and reliable manner; • handles emergency
conditions with 'self-healing' actions and is responsive to
energy-market and utility business enterprise needs; •
serves millions of customers and has an intelligent
communications infrastructure enabling the timely, secure
and adaptable information flow needed to provide reliable
and economic power to the evolving digital economy. Xcel
Energy's vision of a smart grid - ANSWER//"a fully
network-connected system that identifies all aspects of the
power grid and communicates its status and the impact of
consumption decisions (including economic, environment
and reliability impacts) to automated decision-making
systems on that network." Smart grid environment
requires upgrade of tools for: - ANSWER//• Sensing •
Metering • Measurements. Data is needed in the Smart
Grid for: - ANSWER//• Monitoring, control and optimization
of grid operations. • Energy (electric power) markets.
Sensing is needed in the Smart Grid for: - ANSWER//•
Outage detection and response • Health monitoring of
equipment/assets • Integrity of the grid, etc. Metering and
measurements is needed in the Smart Grid for: -
ANSWER//• Two-way communications • Variety of input
signals -pricing, time-of-day tariff, RTO curtailments for
congestion relief) • Variety of output signals - RT
