Title :
Planning for effective distribution
Abstract :
This article presents the future needs of the electric utility distribution planning function. The needs center on four areas: utilization of new information sources and information technology, new distribution planning methods, awareness and influence of the business and regulatory environment, and maintaining competence in distribution systems planning.
Keywords :
information technology; legislation; power distribution economics; power distribution planning; power distribution reliability; risk management; SCADA; business environment awareness; competence; computerized outage management systems; customer choice; data monitoring; distribution planning; distribution planning methods; economic evaluation methods; electric utility; information technology; integrated utility IT environment; new information sources utilisation; performance-based regulation; predictive reliability methods; regulatory environment awareness; reliability-based planning; risk; value-based planning; Circuits; Environmental economics; Information technology; Power generation economics; Power industry; Power system planning; Process planning; Substations; Technology planning; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPAE.2003.1231692
