Power System Control Centers and Their Role in the Restoration Process after a Major Blackout

Georgios Fotis; Christos Pavlatos; Vasiliki Vita

doi:10.37394/232016.2023.18.7

Power System Control Centers and Their Role in the Restoration Process after a Major Blackout

Georgios Fotis, Christos Pavlatos, Vasiliki Vita

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Power control centers have evolved since their ground-breaking inception in the 1960s, and they are extremely important for the operation of the power system, ensuring maximum reliability. There has been much discussion about mandating reliability requirements, but for the most part, reliability standards are already in place for electricity grid design and operation. Unfortunately, these standards do not examine in detail monitoring and control, possibly due to the false belief that reliability primarily comes from redundancies in transmission and generation. The grid can operate even more closely to its limits thanks to improved grid control and monitoring, which also increase reliability. In this paper, the significant role of the power system control centers in the event of a major blackout is discussed, proving their significance in the restoration process.

Original language	English
Journal	WSEAS Transactions on Power Systems
Volume	18
Pages (from-to)	57-70
Number of pages	14
ISSN	1790-5060
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.37394/232016.2023.18.7
Publication status	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Blackout
Power Energy Control Centers
Restoration plan
Stability
Transmission System Operators

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