The Information Security Issues of Distributed Economic Dispatch for New Generation Power Systems—Present Situation and Forecast

Abstract

With the large scale and high proportion of distributed generation connected to the power grid, the distributed economic dispatch system has attracted more attention because of its significant advantages. However, the distributed economic dispatch system faces more serious information security issues due to the variation of communication topology. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to review the information security issues that may occur in the distributed economic dispatch system and the defense measures. By summarizing the existing literature on information security issues and defense measures, it can be found that the current research focuses on the cyber-side defense for information security, and lacks consideration of the cyber-physical coupling characteristics. Additionally, the separate cyber-side defense measures still have a defense blind spot and cannot respond in a timely manner to the physical-side actions caused by information security issues. Finally, the establishment of the information security issues model and the construction of the integrated security defense system are discussed from the perspective of the power cyber-physical system. This research will be helpful in the construction of the security defense system for information issues in distributed economic dispatch systems.