1. A framework for developing a computer application that allows an authorized end user to monitor operational status of a power system and update configuration settings in a device installed on said power system to effect a change in said power system operational status, said framework comprising: a set of modules combinable to build said computer application, each of said modules having an associated functionality selected from at least one of the following functions: security management, profile management, system configuration, device level views, event views, data access, background service, mapping/GIS, data service, and application programming interfaces, each of said modules combinable with another of said modules to develop said computer application for monitoring said operational status of said power system, said developed computer application for execution by a mobile device, said mobile device communicating said user-updated configuration settings to said power system device.