In addition to reliability and efficiency issues, power quality issues will assume importance at the distribution level. Accordingly, the criticality of functional tasks and control actions in each execution cycle can be different based on the characteristics of the loads and dispersed resources connected to the relevant feeders. For example, a feeder in a residential area with a significant level of incandescent lights and heating loads may not require faster cycles, while another feeder in an industrial area with a significant level of motor loads may critically depend on faster cycles to maintain feeder level stability and voltage quality during motor startups etc. Similarly, a feeder supplying a life-support system may need to maintain a higher level of power quality than others.