Progressing towards the DSPP
May 28, 2014
The Foundation for the Platform
SCADA on only 52% of substations
Areas of low customer density > 50% of Distribution Line
miles are 5kV Radial design with limited
Feeder Ties Limited communications to
field devices.
Energy and Outage Management System (EMS & OMS)
Upgrading existing EMS and OMS systems to ABB Network Manager Initial benefits of the common Network Manager platform:
Real time transfer of grid device status from EMS to OMS for optimization of outage prediction.
Integration of telemetered analog data from EMS to OMS to enhance situational awareness .
Provides a common platform to leverage future capabilities. e.g., Volt VAR Optimization, Unbalanced Load Flow, Advanced Metering
Infrastructure, Restoration Switching Analysis. Current forecasted go-live dates are:
NY EMS late 2014 NY OMS 2nd half 2015
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Efficiency through Volt-Var Optimization
To be demonstrated on 7 feeders in RI Primary System Monitoring Centralized control of reactive resources &
voltage regulating equipment Reduce Losses Energy Use Reduction Voltage Performance Improvement Demand Reduction Improved Flexibility in meeting NE ISO PF
performance Improve Planning & Operations with increased
system performance monitoring
Expected Benefits (provided by vendor) 2.9% Energy reduction 30% Less voltage regulator tap operations Improved customer reliability through feeder
monitoring
DG Interconnections
DG applications are increasing and the MW size of requests are also increasing.
Anti-islanding protection via Direct Transfer Trip can be expensive and restrictive for circuit re-configuration
New technology being evaluated in Potsdam.
Other enabling efforts: The Fraunhofer Plug & Play Team DOE-FOA-479 Smart-Grid Ready PV
Inverter with Utility Communication
Microgrids
Potsdam Resiliency Based Multiple generators Multiple loads Resilient UG interconnections
Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus Realistic optimization
possibilities for power quality and energy efficiency will be identified throughout the power grid as well as within BNMC customer facilities.
Non-Wires Alternatives
Consideration of DER as a deferral option to traditional utility infrastructure expansion.
Custom Solutions: T&D Planning Engineers working closely with Customer EE and DR teams.
Initial Efforts Tiverton, RI Nantucket, MA Brockport, NY
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