Table 8 Future DSO software capabilities

Integration of smart customers

• Cyber-security, safety

• “Internet of People”

Integration of DER and new uses

• Large-scale cross-functional networking, distribution

• More accurate and real-time information on capacity of storage

Network operations

• Multiple levels of (dynamic, real-time) controls

• More accurate and real-time information on electricity usage

• Two-way interaction and information exchange

Network planning and asset management

• Software-intensive systems engineering, management and interoperability

Market design

• New data sources and exchanges

• Data on user’s possession and then provided for services