PROPOSED MODEL FOR APPLICATION INTEGRATION IN ELECTRIC POWER UTILITY

Traditionally, power system applications were designed as a discrete business function. The users of such application belonged to a single functional area in a utility organization. However, as business evolves, electric utility operations may involve multiple business processes across several functional areas. For example, to properly oversee safe and reliable operation of the distribution grid, distribution system operators (DSOs) must maintain operational power system models that span multiple service areas. Reliable operation and control of the distribution power systems, as well as the increasing open market activities requires that real-time operational data be readily exchanged among the entities to support the power markets. The infrastructure needed to support the ever-increasin