An enterprise-level system view for the intelligent grid in Korea

The power system in Korea has played a central role as the core infrastructure of the industrial society through stable supply enabled by continuous innovation and development of power technology for the past century. The importance of reliable, high-quality electrical power continues to grow as society enters into a new era of economics driven by digitally-based technologies. Enabling the digital economy of the future will require an intelligent power grid based on information infrastructure. For the implementation of the intelligent grid, the enterprise-level system view needs to be defined first in the aspect of the whole power system. In this paper, the enterprise-level system view for the intelligent grid in Korea is described. It will support the implementation of the intelligent grid for the utilities having power system environments similar to Korea and give a guideline to identify an intelligent application from the enterprise-level point of view.