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== Microgrid ==
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A ''microgrid'' is a localized grouping of electricity generation, energy storage, and loads that normally operates connected to a traditional centralized grid ([[electrical grid|macrogrid]]). This single point of common coupling with the macrogrid can be disconnected. The microgrid can then function autonomously.<ref>Stan Mark Kaplan, Fred Sissine, (ed.) ''Smart grid: modernizing electric power transmission and distribution...'' The Capitol Net Inc, 2009, {{ISBN|1-58733-162-4}}, page 217</ref> Generation and loads in a microgrid are usually interconnected at low voltage and it can operate in DC, AC, or the combination of both. From the point of view of the grid operator, a connected microgrid can be controlled as if it were one entity.