What does AGC stand for?

In effect, these devices without central control signals would act in the same way as current automatic generation control signals now sent on suspect networks.

The proposed system is based on OSIs monarch distributed open architecture and includes supervisory control and data acquisition, automatic generation control and dispatch, load shed and restoration, operator training simulator, transmission network analysis, historical information system, web-based graphical user interface, calculation and trending subsystem, disturbance data collection and DNP and secure ICCP communications, as well as a backup control center.

KEMA used a detailed dynamic simulation of three different representative ISO environments, including Automatic Generation Control (AGC) signals and real time markets, to explore the performance of fast-response storage devices for frequency regulation.

After this initial phase has been completed, the ISO expects to add enhancements to the RIGs to implement meter reading, EMS/SCADA telemetry and for automatic generation control (AGC).