Power-quality events are of increasing concern for the
economy because today’s equipment, particularly computers and
automated manufacturing devices, is highly sensitive to such
imperfections. With volatile energy rates and a need to control
costs, regional agencies and utilities are interested in technologies
to meter distribution use and manage utility information.
Metering technologies and communications systems have
advanced to enable the development of Automated Meter Reading
(AMR) Systems. Power Quality is one area where the AMR
system can be very valuable. This paper investigates the
challenges in the development of distributed power-quality
monitoring system. The approach of this paper is divided into
metering, data collection, archiving, analysis, and presentation. It
also discusses system architecture, implementation, and provides
general guidelines in the tailoring of PQ indexes. This paper
describes the challenges and lessons learned from this work.
