A utility may not need one monolithic digital twin. In many cases, the better target is a federated architecture connecting operational, planning, asset, outage, DER, protection, training, and enterprise decision-support twins.
The federated approach allows different latency, cybersecurity, simulation, data, and user workflow requirements to be handled without forcing every use case into a single platform pattern.
TwinGrid Framework Architecture defines these architecture views before the utility commits to procurement.