A PROLOGUE & UNSCREW CHALLENGES THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, A SHORT SURVEY ON HOW TO MAKE GRIDS SMARTER

ABSTRACT. A Smart Grid (SG) is an intellectual and logical electricity network that integrates the actions of all users connected to it and makes use of sophisticated and highly advanced information, control, and communications technologies to save energy, reduce expenditure and increase reliability and transparency. A smart grid can reduce energy cost; it makes energy usage efficient that result in a short term solution for the energy crisis. It also helps the distribution systems for better energy management and control. The field of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) and computer technology can play a major role in this hazardous situation all over the world. This paper presents current research issues and challenges that need to be addressed for reliable, efficient and flexible load distribution (LD) and management for smart grid design. The paper also presents some security & privacy issues that inform the grid station (GS) about consumer’s habits and personnel information. The article also tries to highlight major research issues in smart grid technology, which are helpful for the new researchers to find new research directions in this field & technology