Continuing with FIG. 28, the client 128 can be a conventional thin-client or thick-client computing device that can utilize a variety of network interfaces (e.g., web browser, CITRIX?, WINDOWS TERMINAL SERVICES?, telnet, or other equivalent thin-client terminal applications, etc.) to access, configure, and modify the sensors (e.g., configuration files, etc.), power analytics engine (e.g., configuration files, analytics logic, etc.), calibration parameters (e.g., configuration files, calibration parameters, etc.), virtual system modeling engine (e.g., configuration files, simulation parameters, choice of contingency event to simulate, etc.), Energy Management System Engine 2802 (e.g., configuration files, etc.) and virtual system model of the electrical system 102 under management (e.g., virtual system model operating parameters and configuration files). Correspondingly, in one embodiment, the real-time data from the various monitored components of the electrical system 102 and the real-time predictions (forecasts) about the health, performance, reliability and availability of the electrical system 102 can be simultaneously visualized on the user interface that is displayed on a client 128 terminal for viewing by a system administrator or equivalent. This user interface can provide a desirable approach to communicating the monitored and predicted operational aspects of an electrical system 102 to an operator/administrator. In one embodiment, the user interface is rendered in a 2-dimensional (2D) graphical image format. In another embodiment, the user interface is rendered in a 3-dimensional (3D) graphical image format.
