With the ever-widening expansion of power system and the gradual deepening development of the smart grid

tremendous amount of data will rush into the dispatching control center. It is a real challenge for the intelligent dispatch system to extract valid information from massive and complicated data to assist the power system operators and engineers to better comprehend the operational situation of the power system and then manipulate the power grid operation effectively. According to the requirements on integration and intellectualization of power grid operation

an overall architecture of power system operation cockpit (POC) based on situation awareness technology is designed along with main functional modules

i.e.

the smart information engine

smart task engine

human-machine interface framework

user environment customization

simulated cockpit service

web client service and mobile client service. The proofs of concept for the proposed POC design have been completed in China Southern Power Grid. This work is supported by Key Technology Projects of China Southern Power Grid (No. K-ZB2011-012).