THE MEAT Much of the report addresses the Smart Grid Conceptual Model, a set of diagrams and descriptions that facilitate discussions of the characteristics, uses, behavior, interfaces ...

It starts with a Smart Grid Conceptual Reference Model that divides the industry into seven domains: bulk generation, transmission, distribution, customers, operations, service provider and markets.

To facilitate discussions about the Smart Grid, a “conceptual model” detailed in the report and elsewhere describes the Smart Grid in terms of domains (customers, markets, service providers ...