Now that the initial smart grid hype is beginning to fade, utilities, regulators, politicians and other stakeholders are closely examining the real opportunities that smart grid solutions provide. Distributed generation (DG) represents a viable benefit area. As utility-scale and smaller renewable DG systems become more popular, cost-effective and widespread, utilities can no longer regard the installation and operation of these assets as one-off, specialized engineering efforts.

via Connecting the Grid to Distributed Generation – Utility Automation/Electric Light & Power.

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