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Getting the Most Out of the Grid

WIRES Policy SessionMarch, 2019

Bill WhiteDirector, Business Development

Northeastern U.S.

CTC Global Corporation & Manufacturing Partners

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• Headquarters in Irvine, California

• ~250 Employees based in Irvine

• 3 Core Prod. Facilities US, China, Indonesia

• R&D began in 2003

• Trial Lines Installed in 2004

• Commercially Deployed in 2005

• ISO Certified Production since 2006

• 25 Conductor Manufacturing Partners

• 9 Hardware Suppliers

CTC Global Factory tour video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1_4J41fbQM

CTC Global Resume

USA ChinaFranceEnglandPolandSpainScotland PortugalMexicoChileQatarIndonesiaBelgiumBrazilKosovoGermanySouth AfricaSouth KoreaRussiaCosta RicaArgentinaRomaniaPakistanMontenegroNamibia*

IndiaColumbiaCongoIrelandMozambiqueNetherlandsNigeriaVietnamAustraliaMalaysiaCroatiaKazakhstanPanamaEstoniaLaosSerbiaNew ZealandParaguayBangladeshTurkeyEgypt*SloveniaNepalJordan*Tanzania*

• >175 Utilities Served

• >300 Installation Crews Trained

• >65,000 km of ACCC in Service

• >600 Projects Completed (~650 by Q1-19)

• 11 kV to 533 kV Lines AC & DC (765 kV KEPCO)

• 50 Countries Served – in all climates and terrains

• 22 Certified Master Installers

• 24 x 7 Technical Support

Its hybrid carbon fiber core is 70% lighter and 50% stronger than steel. Its has a coefficient-of-thermal-expansion about 10 times less than steel. This allows the use of 28% more aluminum which helps increase capacity, improve efficiency & mitigate thermal sag.

High Performance Conductor for a Modern Grid

ACCC Conductor

ACCC® Conductor…

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• Increases the capacity and efficiency of new and existing transmission lines

• Carbon and glass fiber core provides very high strength (310 to 375 ksi)

• Lighter weight core allows 28% more aluminum without weight penalty

• Very low coefficient of thermal expansion reduces thermal sag

• Composite core resists corrosion and cyclic load fatigue

• Added aluminum content decreases electrical resistance and line losses by ~ 30%

• Core is produced to ASTM Standard B987 / B987M – 17

• Available through 24 authorized manufacturing partners

Description: 240 circuit miles, 345 kV line, double bundle

Project: replace 1,440 miles of ACSR conductor with ACCC

Objectives• Improve reliability (less sag and corrosion)• Increased capacity to serve growth• Retain existing structures – to reduce costs• Eliminate down time with Live Line Reconductoring

Additional benefits received by AEP• Project completed eight months ahead of schedule• Reduced line losses by 30%

Saving $15 million/yr. (300,000 MWh at $50) Reducing CO2 emissions by ~200,000 metric

tons per year (= 34,000 cars off the road)

Freeing up ~34 MW of generation

This project won EEI Transmission Project of the Year - 2016

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPaNHawIdFA&feature=youtu.be

AEP Energized Reconductor Project Example

CTC Global Corporation2026 McGaw AvenueIrvine, CA 92614 USA+1(949)428-8500

www.ctcglobal.com

Questions?

New 50 km 275 kV triple bundle ACCC conductor generation tie line energized in Malaysia July, 2017