ABSTRACT
This chapter presents an overview of the technologies and applications for Smart Grid. It introduces principles established by the main worldwide organizations involved in smart grids and their interconnections with power systems. Smart Grid is characterized by a series of integrated technologies, methodologies, and procedures for planning and operation of electrical systems, being favored by the increase of resources related to information, communication, and engineering technologies. A high degree of automation is expected in a Smart Grid. The network infrastructure must support data management of electronic meters (MDMs), monitoring and control of network status, load and distributed generation management, and charging of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), among other features. The network to be used in a Smart Grid must allow two-way communication between consumers and the distribution system operator (DSO) in power system generation and distribution.
