Overview[]
The North American SynchroPhasor Initiative was established in 2007 by Department of Energy (DOE) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), along with electric utility companies and other organizations, To promote power system reliability and visibility through wide-area measurement and control using smart grid synchrophasor technology. Its mission is to encourage a robust, widely available, and secure synchronized data measurement infrastructure for the interconnected North American electric power system with associated analysis and monitoring tools for improved reliability and better planning and operation. This effort builds upon prior related DOE efforts.