ABSTRACT
Myriad factors contribute to the hole in the ozone layer, the greenhouse effect, and the contamination of drinking water and the destruction of farmlands topsoil. The potential that intelligent grids represent in improved efficiency and reliability of power distribution networks is nearly an order of magnitude over current practices. In the background of the need to use advanced technology in power distribution also lies the fact that systems transmitting electricity are vulnerable. In conclusion, major improvements to the quality, efficiency and dependability of power transmission networks are the alter ego of improvements in energy supplies. Sophisticated knowledge-based routines are one of the more advanced forms of computer programming, typically referred to under the umbrella name of software. In cloud-computing terms, it is wrong to look at the network infrastructure just as a vast array of interconnected machines managing the data and software running on all sorts of IT equipment.
