1) Improving power reliability and quality;
2) Optimizing facility utilization and averting construction
of back-up (peak load) power plants;
3) Enhancing capacity and efficiency of existing electric
power networks;
4) Improving resilience to disruption;
5) Enabling predictive maintenance and self-healing responses
to system disturbances;
6) Facilitating expanded deployment of renewable energy
sources;
7) Accommodating distributed power sources;
8) Automating maintenance and operation;
9) Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by enabling electric
vehicles and new power sources;
10) Reducing oil consumption by reducing the need for
inefficient generation during peak usage periods;
11) Presenting opportunities to improve grid security;
12) Enabling transition to plug-in electric vehicles and new
energy storage options;
13) Increasing consumer choice;
14) Enabling new products, services, and markets.