Control and Automation Systems for Electricity Distribution Networks of the Future – an Update on the Activities of Joint Working Group Cigre C6.25/ B5 /cired

This paper presents an overview of the activities of the CIGRE/CIRED C6.25/B5 Joint Working Group (JWG), focusing on the control and automation systems for the future electric networks. This JWG is mainly focus to evaluate the level of automation and control necessary to better manage distribution networks with large penetrations of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), as seen from the both the TSO and DSO perspectives, and to provide services and information about the two level of management (i.e at TSO and DSO level). The C6.25/B5 JWG aims at addressing the following issues: (i) Survey on the state of the art on planning for active distribution systems; (ii) Requirements of planning methodologies; (iii) Identification of short, medium and long term models for active distribution system planning; (iv) reliability models of active distribution systems; and (v) algorithms for active distribution system expansion and upgrade planning, including demand-side integration and storage.