Load Management Framework in Smart Grids: A Meta-Analysis and Review

Efficient work of grids with the maximum potential utilization, together with supply and modern consumer satisfaction, as well as unpredictability of distributed energy sources, represents the challenge of successful load management. This paper proposes the load management framework and analyses state-of-the-art research activities from the area of load management in smart grids. It addresses three steps in load management framework: modelling and prediction, measurement and monitoring, and optimization and control. The original contribution of this meta-analysis and state-of-the-art review is a multi-factor approach to the process of load management with the identification of key influence factors from groups: system, context, and user.