Fireside Chat: Advancing Digital Grids – Lessons From Utilities in E...
summary
Regional grid already interconnects 53 utilities with a $36B pipeline and runs a central ICC/EMS in Benin while deploying 22 PMUs deployed and SCADA upgrades; only 1 of 25 had full digital tool suite in a World Bank survey. Plans include a dark fiber consortium to reuse OPGW excess, pilots of open‑source planning and market tools across 3–4 utilities, a day‑ahead market by year end, and urgent rollouts of cyber‑security (SCMM and C2M2 assessments) plus smart metering/market platforms.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction and speakers
- 1:05Background on West African Powerpool
- 4:40Open source and digitalization challenges
- 6:27Current SCADA and PMU deployments
- 8:18Market opportunities in utilities
- 10:30Data analytics and AI in grid planning
- 11:53Regional collaboration benefits
- 13:23Dark fiber consortium for telecoms
- 14:06Market operations and future plans
- 15:09Discussion on SCADA and PMU networks
- 17:57Open source for market operations
- 20:50Regulator's role in governance
- 22:17Cyber security maturity assessment
- 24:03Urgent areas for open source adoption
- 25:29Q&A on data interoperability
- 27:56Closing remarks
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