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In Smart Grid, you'll learn ...
- The grid will be self-healing
- The industry will include the consumer
- The grid will be resistant to physical and cyber attacks
- The grid will offer more power quality choices
Overview
Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 5 PDH
Length: 59 pages
This five-hour course is an overview of the work being done in a Department of Energy project to define the next generation of the electric utility industry. The concept is that future, or modern grid, will be ‘smarter’ than the current electric grid and will be more reliable, more secure, more environmentally friendly, safer, and will have an new economic paradigm where consumers are more actively involved in real-time decision concerning their power consumption.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Explain the self-healing capabilities envisioned for the smart grid.
- Describe how the smart grid incorporates consumer participation.
- Identify features that improve the grid’s resistance to physical and cyber attacks.
- Explain how the smart grid can provide a wider range of power quality options.
- Describe how the grid can accommodate a wide range of generation options.
- Explain how the smart grid can enable economic markets.
- Summarize how least-cost-of-service principles apply to smart grid operation.
Certificate of Completion
You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 30 questions. PDH credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.
| This course is applicable to professional engineers in: | ||
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Preview a portion of this course before purchasing it.
Credit: 5 PDH
Length: 59 pages
