Exploration of Utility Automation Applications Trough Supervisory Control

Progress in the development and availability of digital supervisory control and data acquisition systems has led to wide-spread interest and exploration of new utility automation applications. Major attention is being directed to all facets of operation within the power plant and power system. This paper discusses the trends in supervisory control as applied to system security, computer-directed supervisory control, in-plant and substation remote multiplexing or line-sharing systems, substation and distribution system automation, programmable and read-only memory (ROM) based remotes, automatic generation control, and man-machine interface.