A novel architecture to achieve power balance by responsive demand

Electric power grid works well if power generation is always equal to power demand. However power demand is very dynamic in nature. Moreover, the inclusion of renewable energy sources in grid make the generation stochastic and intermittent. This makes generation dynamic as well. Usage of power by customers cannot be controlled by utility. Hence the solution is proposed to make the demand responsive in nature so that demand is always equal to generation. The power system can work really well if the parameters value at different location is known to the central utility center where appropriate action can be taken depending on the conditions of the parameter values. Hereby, a novel architecture is proposed to maintain the power demand equal to power generation at all times wherein the control of power can be done centrally from the load dispatch unit. This paper addresses the discussion on communication technologies used for communicating generation with load and vice versa, and the system architecture to meet the power balance at generation and distribution level.