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Distribution and substation automation improves reliability with real-time monitoring and intelligent control. Many analysts believe it is the secret to making the Smart Grid pay for itself. This section highlights the best stories, position papers, and technical information.
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Bringing more automation and intelligence to the power grid network to address a myriad of utility concerns such as how to reduce operational expenses to ways to meet new regulatory requirements is prompting the migration toward next-generation transmission and distribution substations. This paper describes Cisco’s vision and activities in the area of substation automation. |
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The Sacramento Municipal Utility District embarked on a three-year distribution automation development project designed to optimize distribution feeders to reduce losses, improve system reliability and restoration capability and test a sophisticated software that automates power factor correction and more. This presentation provides and overview of the project with a number of schematics. |
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Intelligent electric devices that allow for quick reactions to changes in a utility's distribution grid are among the features of the new distribution feeder-automation system just launched in the U.S. by Siemens. |
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Siemens Energy, Inc. launched today its new SDFA™ distribution feeder-automation system, an innovation that utilizes standard intelligent electric devices (IEDs) on an open communication protocol with a peer-to-peer logic structure.
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OFM, one of the nation’s leading office and school furniture manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers, is financing a new project that will help make its headquarters completely carbon neutral. In advance of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22, OFM announced today it is installing a 250-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system on the roof of its main building in Holly Springs, N.C. The power generated each month through the solar farm will then be sold to Progress Energy. |
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One of these days the smart meter hoopla will die down and utilities will start layering distribution automation on top of their metering infrastructure. When they do they’ll discover that S&C Electric’s pioneering approach to distributed intelligence makes a great complement to centralized C&C. At least that’s Jesse Berst’s take on it. Click inside and see if you agree. |
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RuggedCom Inc. (“RuggedCom”) (TSX:RCM), a leading provider of rugged communications networking solutions designed for mission-critical applications in harsh environments, and CURRENT Group, LLC, a provider of innovative and industry-leading intelligent and optimized solutions to monitor and manage the distribution grid, announced today that they will collaborate to jointly deliver integrated smart grid infrastructure and advanced applications for distribution automation. The integrated solution will enable electric utilities to improve the reliability and efficiency of the distribution grid, speed integration of renewable and distributed energy resources, and reduce technical losses and total load of their distribution system in a timely, more secure and more cost-effective manner. |
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S&C Electric Company today announced that it is working with Oracle to develop and promote advanced distribution management systems for the Smart Grid. Designed to achieve interoperability between Oracle Utilities Network Management System and S&C’s IntelliTEAM SG® Automatic Restoration System, the resulting integration will support utilities' Smart Grid build-outs. S&C and Oracle are demonstrating integrated solutions this week at DistribuTECH in Tampa, FL. |
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology company, and Sensus, the leading provider of innovative technology solutions that enable the conservation of water and energy, have announced a new partnership agreement that will allow the two companies to better collaborate on delivering enhanced Smart Grid solutions to customers. |
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Sensus, the leading provider of innovative technology solutions for electric, gas, and water utilities, has been chosen to provide equipment and services for PPL Electric Utilities’ Remote Operator Controlled Switch program which has been approved for system-wide use. |
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The security requirements of distribution automation are quite different than those at the transmission and generation levels of the power network. This paper examines some of the strategies and solutions a major utility considers to ensure the secure operation of its distribution automation system. |
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EPRESA, a Spanish power distribution company, needed a highly reliable backbone network that can be used for multiple applications including Smart Grid, smart metering, distribution automation, SCADA, video surveillance, customer Internet access and VoIP. This case study explains how the company worked with RuggedCom to achieve that. |
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GTM Research, the market research arm of Greentech Media and industry leader in providing market, technology and economic analysis for the global renewable energy and electric power industries, today announced the availability of The 2010 North American Utility Smart Grid Deployment Survey, a comprehensive analysis of the trends emerging as utilities across the continent roll out smarter grids. The three primary deployment concerns are systems integration, data management solutions and electric vehicle integration, each receiving marks over 50% when asked where the biggest technology gaps exist (multiple selections were allowed). |
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This paper charts the evolution of electric utility communications requirements towards the vision of a Smart Grid: an automated two-way network for the delivery of power and broadband data, connecting together the various utility subsystems and applications down to the level of the consumer. It lays out the roles of the different communications technologies and standards within the context of the hierarchical organization of a Smart Grid communications network. |
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After three years investigating distribution automation, National Grid embarked on a pilot in mid-2007. In January 2009, the first DA was activated. As this presentation details, the pilot used 900 Mhz spread spectrum radio for peer-to-peer communications between line devices and for its back haul to the nearest substation with existing SCADA communications. |
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This video explains the Smart Grid network that employs two-way wireless communications throughout the distribution grid to provide centralized command-and-control and enable energy efficiency to consumers.
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Smaller utilities often have no automation in their distribution systems. This white paper presents simple distribution automation schemes that are geared toward small- to mid-sized utilities seeking to improve distribution system reliability and power quality improvements. |
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A new Pike Research report indicates that global spending on Smart Grid technologies will reach $200 billion during the period from 2008 to 2015. |
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Buckeye Power, Inc. is the wholesale power supplier for the 25 electric distribution cooperatives operating in Ohio. The 25 cooperatives combined serve more than 380,000 homes and businesses in 77 of Ohio's 88 counties. To enhance system reliability, Buckeye Power wanted a system that could report outages from the more than 330 delivery points on their system. In addition, operations wanted power quality information from the delivery points as well. By combining outage data with power quality information, Buckeye could achieve better real-time monitoring of the delivery points on their system. |
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Engineering firm SAIC will soon release software able to predict grid failures days, weeks and even months before they happen. Reliability center maintenance (RCM) has been catching on in other industries, but has yet to gain traction in the electric power sector despite attempts by several startups. |
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Improved power quality is one of the promises of the Smart Grid. Technology to make that happen is getting smarter, and Erich Gunther suggests PSL's high-performance, low-cost PQube Power Quality Monitor is one to watch. Learn why PQube scored 90 out of 100 on SGN's Smart Grid Scorecard. |
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This is the story of a major northeastern U.S. utility’s efficient and cost-effective path to automating its entire distribution and service restoration system. The project ultimately involved the addition of hundreds of breaker reclosers and other devices and integrating all that equipment into the distribution system. |
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Advanced sensor technology could change the way in which the power delivery grid is operated by moving from a deterministic approach to a probabilistic approach based on sensor information. Utilities may be able to extend the life of existing power generation and delivery assets via improved knowledge of their condition. |
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A six-page guide to 20 reports NARUC considers of special value to utility commissions. Divided into Basics; Supply Resources; Technologies; End-Use Technologies; Rates; Cybersecurity; and Demonstrations. All the reports described in this bibliography are also available for immediate download on SmartGridCentral.com. |
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A 31-page presentation by a leading grid researcher to the Utah Public Utilities Commission. Explains the Smart Grid with emphasis on its contribution to climate change and carbon reductions. Also includes valuable discussion of making the business case and creating as many value streams as possible from each asset. Also delves into distribution automation topics such as Volt-VAR control (conservation voltage reduction) and real-time feeder reconfiguration. Intended for an industry audience. |
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