The Italian smart grid pilot projects: Selection and assessment of the test beds for the regulation of smart electricity distribution

Finally, it must be remarked again that the SG projects are in progress and field data are not yet disposable. This is the reason why the numerical simulations reported in this paper have been developed on a reference network that can represent the behaviour of some of the real SG networks relevant to the projects; such simulations have been performed in order to better quantify the benefits that the stakeholders of the system should expect. When the projects will enter the operation phase the field data collected after the new operational approach will be collected and can be used to verify the simulations hypothesis assumed.