Smart power grids

Author

Iyer, Gopalakrishnan ; Agrawal, Prathima

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng., Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

7-9 March 2010

Firstpage

152

Lastpage

155

Abstract

This paper aims at reviewing existing communication structure for the power grids, discusses the emerging smart grid initiatives and analyzes the cyber security threats to such smart grid systems. The 21^st century world is more dependent on electrical power than ever. This dependency will increase manifold in the near future with more systems being computerized and a plethora of new electronic devices emerging for household, commercial and industrial applications. In such a scenario, the availability of secure, reliable and efficient power is crucial to sustaining current development and economic growth trends. With existing systems, power grids are not stable enough and can result in cascading failures.

Keywords

power engineering computing; power system security; smart power grids; communication structure; cyber security; economic growth; electronic devices; smart power grids; Application software; Availability; Computer industry; Computer security; Electronics industry; Industrial electronics; Power grids; Power system economics; Power system reliability; Smart grids;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Theory (SSST), 2010 42nd Southeastern Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tyler, TX

ISSN

0094-2898

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5690-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSST.2010.5442844

Filename

5442844