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Title: Wide-area, real-time monitoring and visualization system

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1033115

A real-time performance monitoring system for monitoring an electric power grid. The electric power grid has a plurality of grid portions, each grid portion corresponding to one of a plurality of control areas. The real-time performance monitoring system includes a monitor computer for monitoring at least one of reliability metrics, generation metrics, transmission metrics, suppliers metrics, grid infrastructure security metrics, and markets metrics for the electric power grid. The data for metrics being monitored by the monitor computer are stored in a data base, and a visualization of the metrics is displayed on at least one display computer having a monitor. The at least one display computer in one said control area enables an operator to monitor the grid portion corresponding to a different said control area.

Research Organization:
Electric Power Group, LLC (Pasadena, CA)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
Assignee:
Electric Power Group, LLC (Pasadena, CA)
Patent Number(s):
8,060,259
Application Number:
11/764,145
OSTI ID:
1033115
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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