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 lead-authors: Vitaliy Soloviy lead-authors: Vitaliy Soloviy
 contributors: Klaus Kubeczko contributors: Klaus Kubeczko
-reviewers: [Names] +reviewers: Steven Wong 
-version: 2.0 +version: 2.1 
-updated: 16 March 2026+updated: 25 March 2026
 sensitivity: medium sensitivity: medium
 status: in-review status: in-review
-ai-use: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Anthropic) assisted with editorial revision, reference verification, and formatting; reviewed by Vitaliy Soloviy, 17.03.2026+ai-use: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Anthropic) was used for editorial revision, reference verification, and formatting; reviewed by Vitaliy Soloviy, 17.03.2026
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 Digitalisation entails comprehensive integration of digital technologies into the generation, transmission, distribution, and consumption of electricity, as well as into the coordination among actors and the governance of the system. It encompasses sensing and monitoring, communication networks, data analytics, automation, and the platforms through which market participants interact. Digitalisation entails comprehensive integration of digital technologies into the generation, transmission, distribution, and consumption of electricity, as well as into the coordination among actors and the governance of the system. It encompasses sensing and monitoring, communication networks, data analytics, automation, and the platforms through which market participants interact.
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 At the same time, digitalisation introduces cybersecurity risks, raises governance questions around data ownership and privacy, and reshapes the skills that actors across the system need. The speed at which digital tools evolve can outpace the institutional frameworks meant to govern them, creating gaps between what is technically possible and what is regulated, standardised, or equitably accessible.((International Energy Agency. (n.d.). //Digitalisation//. IEA. https://www.iea.org/energy-system/decarbonisation-enablers/digitalisation)) At the same time, digitalisation introduces cybersecurity risks, raises governance questions around data ownership and privacy, and reshapes the skills that actors across the system need. The speed at which digital tools evolve can outpace the institutional frameworks meant to govern them, creating gaps between what is technically possible and what is regulated, standardised, or equitably accessible.((International Energy Agency. (n.d.). //Digitalisation//. IEA. https://www.iea.org/energy-system/decarbonisation-enablers/digitalisation))
  
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 Digitalisation in the context of smart grid transitions describes the integration of digital technologies, data infrastructure, and analytical tools into the electricity system, its markets, and its governance. It encompasses both the deployment of specific technologies and the broader organisational, institutional, and behavioural changes that accompany digital integration. Within ISGAN's scope, digitalisation covers four main strands: coupling ICT integration with energy system electrification, enhancing grid management and decision-making through analytics, improving communication and coordination among actors, and advancing integration of renewable energy solutions.((International Energy Agency. (n.d.). //Digitalisation//. IEA. https://www.iea.org/energy-system/decarbonisation-enablers/digitalisation)) Digitalisation in the context of smart grid transitions describes the integration of digital technologies, data infrastructure, and analytical tools into the electricity system, its markets, and its governance. It encompasses both the deployment of specific technologies and the broader organisational, institutional, and behavioural changes that accompany digital integration. Within ISGAN's scope, digitalisation covers four main strands: coupling ICT integration with energy system electrification, enhancing grid management and decision-making through analytics, improving communication and coordination among actors, and advancing integration of renewable energy solutions.((International Energy Agency. (n.d.). //Digitalisation//. IEA. https://www.iea.org/energy-system/decarbonisation-enablers/digitalisation))
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 +**Table 1.** Digital capabilities in smart grid systems, with key aspects and example technologies.\\
 +//Source: ISGAN (2021).((ISGAN. (2021). //Interoperability of digital systems in the energy sector// [Discussion paper]. ISGAN Annex 6. https://www.iea-isgan.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-03-31-ISGAN-Annex-6-Interoperability.pdf))//
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 ^ Digital capability ^ Key aspects ^ Examples of technologies ^ ^ Digital capability ^ Key aspects ^ Examples of technologies ^
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 These strands are interdependent: analytics depends on sensing and communication, automation requires analytics and communication, and integrated platforms draw on all of the above. A systems-of-systems approach recognises that digitalisation creates connections between previously separate technical and organisational domains, enabling new levels of interoperability across and among organisations.((ISGAN. (2021). //Interoperability of digital systems in the energy sector// [Discussion paper]. ISGAN Annex 6. https://www.iea-isgan.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-03-31-ISGAN-Annex-6-Interoperability.pdf)) These strands are interdependent: analytics depends on sensing and communication, automation requires analytics and communication, and integrated platforms draw on all of the above. A systems-of-systems approach recognises that digitalisation creates connections between previously separate technical and organisational domains, enabling new levels of interoperability across and among organisations.((ISGAN. (2021). //Interoperability of digital systems in the energy sector// [Discussion paper]. ISGAN Annex 6. https://www.iea-isgan.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-03-31-ISGAN-Annex-6-Interoperability.pdf))
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 +**Table 2.** Key terms in digitalisation of electricity systems.
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 ^ Term ^ Definition ^ ^ Term ^ Definition ^
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 [[topics:resilience|Resilience]] | [[topics:flexibility|Flexibility]] | [[topics:institutions|Institutions]] | [[topics:markets|Markets]] | [[topics:service|Service]] [[topics:resilience|Resilience]] | [[topics:flexibility|Flexibility]] | [[topics:institutions|Institutions]] | [[topics:markets|Markets]] | [[topics:service|Service]]
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 +~~DISCUSSION~~