The Electricity System Security Plan, prepared annually by Terna and approved by the MASE, is a four-year programme that sets out initiatives to prevent and reduce the consequences of malfunctions on the electricity grid.

The Plan breaks down into eight grid operation areas, regarding the planning, supervision, regulation and protection, restart and monitoring of the electricity system, as well as an area dedicated to safe and optimal management of renewable energy sources.
To deal with the new energy transition challenges, Terna prepared the 2023 Security Plan based on 5 Guidelines and 4 Actions to guarantee high levels of security for the electricity system:

Infrastructure maintenance

Maintenance of electricity grid infrastructure is essential in order to guarantee quality of service, with the aim of ensuring that grid reliability meets the very highest standards. The tools used to support maintenance activities are subject to continuous innovation, as regards identification of the most suitable interventions (MBI-Monitoring and Business Intelligence, a tool used to support decision-making), the scheduling and execution of operations (WFM – Work Force Management) and the adoption of modern aerial inspection techniques for the electricity grid.

We work continually to improve our ability to identify and optimise interventions on the grid; we use the best possible techniques to conduct checks based on innovative instruments and processes.