A review on energy management systems

In the context of implementing the smart grid, electric energy consumption, generation resources, energy storage, plug-in electric vehicles, should be managed and optimized in a way that saves energy, improves efficiency, enhance reliability and maintain security while meeting the increasing demand at minimum operating cost. As a consequence, energy management systems are receiving more attention from the researchers and utilities. Accordingly, the main concern of this work is to investigate different energy management systems whether owned by a customer or by the distribution system utility.