An-Najah Staff

This paper introduces a proposal for solving the problem of frequent power cut-off and blackouts; mainly in summer, due to peak-limit exceeding in the West Bank. The idea is based on developing a smart grid that uses the wide spread ADSL Internet as a communication tool. An embedded control unit (ECU) is used for data collection of power consumption, communication and control of end user loads. In addition to its ability to convert regular prepaid digital meters into smart meters, it has the ability to perform different scenarios of demand side management for reducing total consumption at peak hours, and hence preventing the harsh penalty of total blackout for the local power distributer.