New challenges are presented to the conventional power system dispatch，operation and management with the development of substations.Therefore，it is significant to establish a new networking integrated video surveillance platform （IVSP）with integrating original video surveillance systems for power systems.Basic characteristics of IVSP are analyzed in terms of platform architecture design，bearer network，requirements of function and performance，substation systems，multi- system networking，and business application development，etc.A solution scheme of IVSP and the substation system is provided.