Grid Architecture
Grid Architecture
Focusing on structure for
deep insights about the grid
Focusing on structure for
deep insights about the grid
Resource Library
General Resources | Advanced Concepts | Methods | Storage as Core Infrastructure
General Resources
Reference Architectures
- High Resilience Reference Grid Architecture Package (zip) - start with the README document
- Variable Structure Reference Grid Architecture Package (zip) - start with the README document
- Advanced Bulk Power System Reference Architecture Package (zip) - start with the README document
- High Penetration DER/DA/Storage Reference Architecture Package (zip) - start with the README document
- Urban Converged Networks Reference Architecture Package (zip) - start with the README document
- Miscellaneous GMLC Architecture Diagrams and Other Documents (zip) - start with the README document
- NASPInet 2.0 Architecture Guidance (PDF) - meta-architecture for PMU networks
- NASPInet 2.0 Architecture Guidance (revised): Structural Concepts for Organizing and Managing PMU Systems (PDF)
- Grid Architecture Guidance Specification for FAST-DERMS (PDF)
White Papers
- Study on the future of Distribution in the US (PDF)
- DR 2.0 A Future of Customer Demand Response (PDF)
- Gridonomics: factors shaping electric industry transformation (PDF) (Courtesy Cisco)
- A strategic framework for capturing value from data for electric utilites (PDF)(Courtesy Cisco)
- A strategic framework for integrating advanced grid functionality (PDF)
- Data and analytics in a distributed grid framework (PDF) (Courtesy Cisco)
- The California More Than Smart workshops: open, efficient and resilient distribution grids (PDF)
- Foundational paper on Distribution System Operator model concepts (PDF)
- Foundational report on Grid Architecture for the Quadrennial Energy Review (PDF)
- Report on interdependencies between the grid and ICT (PDF)
- Advanced Concepts for Grid Architecture, building on the original foundational report (PDF)
- Fault Intelligence: Distribution Grid Fault Detection and Classification (PDF)
- Report on the assessment of existing US synchrophasor networks for NASPI (PDF)
- Extended Grid State Definition Document (PDF)
- Operational Coordination Across Bulk Power, Distribution and Customer Systems (PDF)
- How to Design Multi-User Microgrid Tariffs (PDF)
Articles
- Summary of Distributed Resources Impact on Power Delivery Systems
- Seewald & Taft, Distributed Control for DER and Distribution Automation
- Kristov's Future History of Tomorrow's Energy Network
- Clean energy technologies threaten to overwhelm the grid. Here's how it can adapt. by David Roberts
- A Tale of Two Visions: Designing a Decentralized Transactive Electric System
- Electric Light & Power Article Series:
- Laying the Foundation for the Next-Gen Grid Architecture
- Next Gen Grid Architecture: A Prerequisite for Grid Modernization
- Next Gen Grid Architecture Part 3: A Peek Into Industry Structure
- Next Gen Grid Architecture: A Grid Coordination Primer
- Next-Gen Grid Architecture: How to Use the High Resilience Grid Architecture at any Utility
Presentations
- Integrated DER pricing and control (PDF)
- Overview of results from QER Grid Architecture report (PDF)
- The Discipline of Grid Architecture for Utilities, Public Policy Makers, and Stakeholders (PDF)
- Grid Architecture and the Interactions of Power Systems, Markets, and Grid Control Systems (PDF)
- Valuation of Transactive Systems (PDF)
- Platform as an Architectural Concept (PDF)
- Utilicast Talks - Episode #1: Grid Architecture (PDF)
Advanced Concepts
- John Doyle lecture: Universal laws and architectures
- Layering as Optimization Decomposition: A Mathematical Theory of Network Architectures
- A Tutorial on Decomposition Methods for Network Utility Maximization
- A Strategic Framework for Integrating Advanced Grid Functionality (PDF)
- The principles of system state and observability as applied to power grids, as well as observability strategy and sensor allocation guidelines (PDF) (Courtesy Cisco)
- Consideration of the modularity, scalability, and resilience properties of Laminar Control Networks (PDF) (Courtesy Cisco)
- The Network of Structures paradigm for managing grid complexity (PDF)
- Value creation through integrated networks and convergence (PDF)
- A Reference Model for Distribution Grid Control in the 21st Century (PDF)
- De Martini and Kristov paper on Distribution Utilities and DSOs in High DER Environments (PDF)
- Sensing and Measurement Architecture for Grid Modernization (PDF)
- Advanced Networking Paradigms for High DER Distribution Grids (PDF)
- Architectural Basis for Highly Distributed Transactive Power Grids (PDF)
- Comparative Architecture Analysis (PDF)
- Distribution Storage Networks (PDF)
- Roles and Responsibilities for Distribution Grids: DER Sensing and Communication Networks (PDF)
- Evolving Distribution Operational Markets (PDF)
- Electric Grid Resilience Definition for Grid Architecture (PDF) (revised)
- Grid Architecture at the Gas-Electric Interface (GMLC) (PDF)
- Grid Services Master List (GMLC) (XLSX)
- Electric Grid Market-Control Structure (PDF)
- DER Telemetry Communication Architecture for ESOs, DSOs, and System Operators (PDF)
- The Impact of 5G Telecommunications Technology on US Grid Modernization 2017-2025 (PDF)
- Sensor Network Issues for Advanced Power Grids (PDF)
- A Mathematical Representation of System Architectures with Application to Grid Architecture (PDF)
- Theory of Grid Resilience - Grid Architectural Approach (PDF)
- The Use of Electric Grid Storage as Core Infrastructure for Resilience, Operational Flexibility, and Cyber-Security (PDF)
- Determining Grid Visibility and Observability from Sensor Allocations and System Models (PDF)
- Graph Theoretic Methods for Evaluating and Transforming Electric Grid and Communication Networks (PDF)
- Fundamentals of Structural Analytic Resilience Quantification (PDF)
- Architectural Framework for Variable Structure Grids (PDF)
- Distribution Resilience and Reliability Planning (PDF)
- Integrated Resilient Distribution Planning (PDF)
Methods
- Grid Architecture Glossary (PDF)
- Power Systems Glossary (PDF)
- Grid Architecture Qualities and Properties (PDF)
- Architecture Team Structure (PDF)
- Grid Architecture Work Products (PDF)
- Applying the Design Structure Matrix to System Decomposition and Integration Problems: A Review and New Directions
- Grid Architecture Reference Models (PDF)
- Grid Architecture: An Overview Tutorial (PDF)
- Grid Characteristics: Using Definitions and Definition Structure for Decision-Making (PDF)
- Selected Grid Architecture Principles and Consequences (PDF)
- Grid Architecture Evaluation Tool
- User Guide for the Grid Architecture Evaluation Tool (PDF)
- Industry Structure Diagram Viewer
- What Kind of Lens Do You Use to Look at the Grid? (PDF)
- Five Principles for Comparing Grid Modernization Alternatives (PDF)
Storage as Core Infrastructure
White Papers
- The Use of Electric Grid Storage as Core Infrastructure for Resilience, Operational Flexibility, and Cyber-Security (PDF)
- Regulatory Implications of Embedded Grid Energy Storage (PDF)
- Control of Embedded Storage Networks (PDF)
Architectures
- High Resilience Reference Grid Architecture Package (zip) - start with the README document
- High Penetration DER/DA/Storage Reference Architecture Package (zip) - start with the README document