At present, whilst Western Power Distribution have real time visibility of extra high voltage and significant High Voltage (HV) connected distributed generation, National Grid does not. Such visibility will aid National Grid's operational timescale forecasting, with particular reference to generation scheduling/ spinning reserve. It will not be possible for either company to initiate controls on the other’s network.
There is a basic understanding of the interconnection of SCADA systems intra companies but there is little experience of inter company connections. This will provide experience of this facet and demonstrate the importance to the companies of sharing information in real time. It will also explore the possibility of cyber attack on such a link and the effect that this could have on both companies. It will provide a test bed to develop the best method of preventing such attacks and whether ICCP is the correct methodology for sharing such information in real time.