• DocumentCode
    2390423
  • Title

    Grid modernization efforts in the USA and Brazil - some common lessons based on the Smart Grid Initiative

  • Author

    Suryanarayanan, Siddharth ; Ribeiro, Paulo F. ; Simões, M. Godoy

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Eng., Colorado Sch. of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    25-29 July 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    This paper presents some comparisons between the trends in electricity infrastructure growth in the United States and Brazil, and attempts to identify commonalities and differences on grid modernization efforts in these two countries using the Smart Grid Initiative as a template.
  • Keywords
    power system management; power system planning; smart power grids; electricity infrastructure growth; grid modernization; smart grid initiative; Brazil; Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA07); Smart Grid Initiative; USA; grid modernization; transmission infrastructure;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2010 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Minneapolis, MN
  • ISSN
    1944-9925
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6549-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1944-9925
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PES.2010.5590186
  • Filename
    5590186