Definition
EMS (Energy Management System) is software for monitoring, controlling and optimising energy generation and transmission at the transmission level. EMS is the TSOTransmission System Operator - responsible for operation and balance of the transmission grid at national level.'s equivalent of what DMSDistribution Management System - system for real-time monitoring and control of the distribution network. is for distribution. Core functions include state estimationThe second step in VEE - calculation of missing or rejected metering values based on historical patterns, neighbouring meters or statistical models., optimal power flow, economic dispatch and contingency analysis. EMS operates on real-time SCADASupervisory Control and Data Acquisition - system for real-time monitoring and control of industrial processes. data and provides operators with situational awareness of the entire transmission grid.