전력 e-Marketplace를 대비한 발전소 관리시스템의 하드웨어 구성에 관한 연구

A Study on the Construction of Hardware infra Structure of the Power Plant for the e-Marketplace of Electricity

  Energy industry can be sorted in 2 types which are electricity industry and gas industry. The heart of the electricity industry are the power plant. The Government laid the groundwork for deregulation and competition by opening wholesale power markets to producers of electricity. Congress voted to promote greater competition in the bulk power market with the passage of the Energy Policy. With the stated objective to remove impediments to competition in wholesale trade and to bring more efficient, lower cost power to the Nation’s electricity customers. As a result, the electric power industry can be transition from highly regulated, local monopolies which provided their customers with a total package of all electric services and moving towards competitive companies that provide the electricity while utilities continue to provide transmission or distribution services. Nation is moving away from regulations that set rates for electricity and toward oversight of an increasingly deregulated industry in which prices are determined by competitive markets. Under competitive pressure brought on by deregulation, investor-owned electric utilities will be merged in many numbers. These mergers would be undertaken in order to gain operating efficiencies usually achieved by a larger company, which utilities believe is necessary to remain competitive in the industry. Many mergers are expected over years, resulting in further consolidation of the industry.