| The balance of supply and demand of energy is the key factor in the stability of power systems. A small disturbance in the supply demand relationship, if not properly handled, can cascade into a major outage, costing millions of dollars. Proper monitoring and real-time information exchange is the only prevention measure in this vulnerable system. But, the disparity in the protocols used by power utilities and the lack of infrastructure for information exchange are proving to be hindrance towards a reliable de-regularized power industry. In this thesis, an emerging SWE has been adapted for the wide area monitoring of power systems. SWE and CIM provide a solution to both problems of heterogeneity and lack of central repository of the data. The sensor data from utilities, published in CIM, are exposed via a SOS. This provides a standard method for discovering and accessing the sensor data between utilities facilitating rapid response. |
