The Evolution of the Internet Community and the "Yet-to-evolve" Smart Grid Community: Parallels and Lessons-to-be-learned

Publication Type

Conference Paper

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Abstract

The Smart Grid envisions a transformed US power distribution grid that enables communicating devices, under human supervision, to moderate loads and increase overall system stability and security. This vision explicitly promotes increased participation from a community that, in the past, has had little involvement in power grid operations – the consumer. The potential size of this new community and its member's extensive experience with the public Internet prompts an analysis of the evolution and current state of the Internet as a predictor for best practices in the architectural design of certain portions of the Smart Grid network.

Journal

Grid-Interop Forum 2009

Year of Publication

2009

Notes

sub - Oct. 19, accepted - Oct. 31; published in proceedings

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