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.

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 ...

An alternative diagram illustrates just how complex Smart Grid interactions (Fig. 2) will be, although it tends to induce headaches from eyestrain.