Some
of Star Student Project issues are
changing rapidly with the advent of the Smart Grid. Also, the potential
introduction of relatively high levels of distributed energy resources and
energy storage changes the generalized approach needed in distribution
engineering. Some states in distribution systems are best controlled in real time
(e.g., voltage magnitudes). Voltage magnitudes are largely controlled by
reactive power demands and assets in the system, and all of these factors are
basically real time variables in Star
Student Project.