%0 Magazine Article
%K Power system operation
%K Reliability monitoring
%A Carlos A Martinez
%A Robert W Cummings
%A Philip Overholt
%A Joseph H Eto
%B Public Utilities Fortnightly
%C Berkeley
%D 2007
%T Reliability Monitoring: The High-Tech Eye in the Sky
%U http://www.fortnightly.com/fortnightly/2007/01/reliability-monitoring-high-tech-eye-sky
%2 LBNL-62494 
%8 01/2007
%X <p>The North American electric power grid has suffered several significant outages in recent years. These events and other incidents around the world spotlight the need for enforceable grid-reliability standards, wide-area visibility of the health of the power system, and real-time monitoring of grid-reliability performance to prevent blackouts. Effective reliability management requires real-time tools and technologies that can detect standards violations so that timely corrective or preventive actions can be taken.</p>