Smart grid computing is a technology which has been integrated into electricity utility processing. It is used to get information regardingthe use of electricity. For a long time, electricity staff have been sent to the field to collect data regarding the use of electricity. This information includesthe voltage used, any broken equipment, and how the equipment has been used. The systems for smart grid computing are made possible with the use of two way communicationand a computer processor that makes an electricity network, which makes communication possible. This technology has been implemented from the power plants, wind farms, and to the consumers. Smart grid computing came into being because of the power regulations that needed to be undertaken. The release of power has to be according to the power need of a particular area. If there is more heat to a particular area, that area will need more power to run the power heaters. Because manual regulation of power has low response time, it required the use of better technology. This is how smart grid computing came into being. This technology has managed power sources effectively. It has also enabled better control of cyber crime (Moslehi, & Kumar, 2010).
The use of smart grid computing will affect the way we use electricity. As the technology is being developed, there will be more ways that consumers will use their electricity. For efficient and reliable energy use, there is a need to have efficient ways of using electricity. It is difficult to regulate manually he energy we use. With more use of smart grid technology, there will be smarter ways of regulating energy. One major legislation of smart grid was passed by Congress I 2007. This legislation sought to enable the Department of Energy to make use of grid technology to increase power consumption efficiency (Farhangi, 2010).
References
Farhangi, H. (2010). The path of the smart grid. Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE, 8(1), 18-28.
Moslehi, K., & Kumar, R. (2010).A reliability perspective of the smart grid.Smart Grid, IEEE Transactions on, 1(1), 57-64.
