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3/5/2014, Slide 1
“How Two Rural Utilities are Creating a
Foundation for an Intelligent and Practical Distribution Network”
Tisha AlfsonOperations Services SupervisorCuming County Public Power DistrictWest Point, NE
Tom PolkChief Operating Officer
Power Delivery Services, Inc. Omaha, NE
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In 2009, two utilities teamed up to receive a Smart Grid
Investment Grant (SGIG) from the Department of Energy.
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“Eastern Nebraska Public Power District Consortium”
Combined:
32 employees
20 distribution substations
~6,700 connected meters
~2,300 miles of electrical lines
Primary industries are livestock production and grain
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GOAL
Deploy a shared communications network and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
and Distribution Automation (DA) system for substation and
downline automation.
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RESULT
State-of-the-art Wimax and microwave communications
network and SCADA/DA system.
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3/5/2014, Slide 6
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1. The importance of starting with a good plan
2. The importance of assembling the right team
3. The importance of choosing the right partners
4. The importance of choosing the right technology
5. The importance of defining how to use the technology
6. Conclusion
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
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START WITH A GOOD PLAN
Organizational Assessment
Technology Roadmap
Substation “Readiness”
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Organizational Assessment
ASSESSMENT CATEGORIES
SafetyReliability
Financial PerformanceService
LeadershipCore Business Processes
Technology
KEY FINDING
Create a culture to support automation and IT-based technologies
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Organizational Assessment
RESULTS
IT Department
Technical Services Department
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Technology RoadmapStrategic 10-year Plan
Current technologies
Future technologies+
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Technology RoadmapRESULTS
CommunicationsSCADADAAdvanced Analytics
Grant dollars combined and
accelerated deployment to half the time.
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Substation ReadinessGround gridTransient protection
-High and low voltage arrestorsService panelsLightning shielding
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3/5/2014, Slide 14
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ASSEMBLE THE RIGHT TEAM
Combination of skills needed through all stages of the project
Clearly defined roles
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Project Org
Chart
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Cyber Security
Team
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3/5/2014, Slide 18
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CHOOSE THE RIGHT PARTNERS
Each partner and product best fit for long-term core changes being made
3 stages of procurement
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Stage I: Reclosers and Relays
5 vendors responding
3 vendors chosen for on-site demonstrations
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Stage II: Regulator Controls
Upgrades or retrofits
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Longest and most intensive stage
Unique approach
Stage IIICommunications and SCADA/DA
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Request for Information (RFI)-Sent to dozens of vendors-Mandatory “bidders’ conference”-Encouraged to pair up
First vendor reply to RFI-Information only, no costs-13 responses received
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13 replies reduced to 4 pairings-One communication, one SCADA-Designate “prime contractor”-2nd RFI, joint with no costs-On-site presentation by each team
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This approach……
Fostered collaboration
Provided insight on teamwork
Identified willing “prime” vendors
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4 pairings reduced to 7 vendors-Request for Proposal (RFP)-Costs included-Extensive review process-
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3/5/2014, Slide 27
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CHOOSE THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGY
Recloser and Relays
Regulator Controls
Communications
SCADA/DA
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Reclosers and Relays
GridShield with RER620 relay
Gridshield RecloserRER620 Relay
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Substation
Downline
Standard protocols
IEC 61850
Web Interface
Reclosers and Relays
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RER620 Web Interface
Bypasses SCADA
Settings
Disturbance Records
Events Logs
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Regulator Controls
CL-6B
Equipped with TCP/IP
Communications Card
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Communications
Inside each substation
Connecting all substations and downline devices to each office
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Communications In Subs
Fiber, copper, & Power-Over-Ethernet in substations
Dependant on options available on each piece of equipment
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Communications Outside Subs
Wimax, 3.65 GHz-Substations/downline to towers
Microwave, 11 and 23 GHz-Redundant ring to offices
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Communications
RuggedMax Network Management Software
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Putting it All Together
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SCADA/DA
ABB’s MicroSCADA Pro
Hot-standby server architecture
Substation and downline devices
COM600 communication gateway
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3/5/2014, Slide 39
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DEFINE HOW TO USE THE TECHNOLOGY
GOAL
Improve system efficiency and power quality, all to the benefit
of the customer.
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SCADA/DA
Supervision-Monitor Real-time status
Control-Perform remote actions
Data-Measure in real-time and historical
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Substation Overview Screen
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Substation One-line Diagram
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Alarm Screen
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Event Display
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RER620 Screen
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kW/kWh Graph by Circuit
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Planning studies and work plans by outside engineering firm
Historically assigned loading based on connected kVA
SCADA provides actual loads per substation, circuit, phase
Data Analysis
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Operational Improvements
Phase Balance
Power Factor (PF)
System Losses
Power Quality
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Phase Balancing
Balanced Load
All 3 pipes fill the bucket 50%
faster
Or
With 3 pipes 70% full, the
bucket will fill as fast as first example
Pipes Balanced
Full Pipe
½ Full Pipe
½ Full Pipe
Pipes Unbalanced
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Phase Imbalance
Unbalanced Circuits-Higher losses-Greater voltage drop-Increase voltage imbalance-Reduced motor life of equipment
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Power Factor CorrectionVARs – What are they? The Beer Analogy
Suppose that you want to quench your thirst with a cold beer. This beer is the Active Power (W).
Together with your beer it comes a bit of foam which does not quench your thirst. This foam is the Reactive Power (VAR).
The total content of the glass is the Apparent Power (kVA).
The more foam you have (the higher the percentage of kVAR), the lower your ratio of kW (beer) to kVA (beer plus foam). Thus, the lower your power factor.
Power Factor is kW ÷ kVA.
kVAR
kW
kVA
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Power Factor Correction
PF less than unity means the network is not operating efficiently, i.e. higher line lossMove PF as close to unity as possibleAdd capacitors to supply reactive power
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Simulation
Circuit Configuration/Topography Load ValuesCircuitLength:
10 miles Three-Phase Peak: 1200 kW
Conductor: 2 miles, 4/0 ACSR Phase A 600 kW3 miles, 2/0 ACSR Phase B 350 kW3 miles, 1/0 ACSR Phase C 250 kW2 miles, #4 copper Power Factor: 88%
Load Factor: 60%
Line Losses 288,594 kWh per year
Voltage drop (no regulation)
250-600 volts at end of line
Phase Imbalance/Voltage Imbalance
3.8-5.4% at end of line
Typical Circuit at CCPPD - Base
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Three Scenarios
I. Base with PF correction to unity and no phase balancing
II. Base with phase balancing and no PF correction
III. Base with PF correction and phase balancing
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Simulation Results
Base
Scenario I Scenario II Scenario III“Typical” Circuit PF Correction
only
Phase Balancing
only
PF Correction and Phase Balancing
Line Losses (kWh)
288,594 224,290 253,055 196,275
Voltage drop (no regulation)
250-600 volts EOL
228-537 volts EOL
407 volts EOL
358 volts EOL
Phase Imbalance/Voltage Imbalance end-of-line
3.8-5.4% 3.3-4.6% 0.0% 0.0%
kW 32.94 25.60 28.89 22.41
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Financial Impact
$$$$ add up as circuits are improvedBase Scenario III x $/kWh
Energy 288,594 - 196,275 x .05 = $4,615.95
Demand 32.94 - 22.41 x $100 = $1,053.00
Percircuit
$5,668.85
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Simulation Summary
PF correction of unbalanced phases can have negative consequences Phase balancing provides 1/3 of total potential improvementMaximize improvements with phase balancing and PF correction
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GOOD PLANRIGHT TEAM
RIGHT PARTNERS
RIGHT TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY USE
CONCLUSION
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