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Evolving Our Grid: System Planning and Grid Modernization GRC - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Evolving Our Grid: System Planning and Grid Modernization GRC Overview October 24, 2016 Objective and Agenda Todays objective is to provide information and answer questions about our plan for evolving the grid as articulated in our GRC.
Objective and Agenda
- Setting the stage: distribution system overview
- The evolving grid: drivers
- Grid modernization and reinforcement Programs
- Evaluating DER as cost effective alternatives
- GRC details: Grid modernization and reinforcement programs
– Distribution Automation – Substation Automation – Communications – IT Software – Grid Reinforcement and 4kV Programs
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Today’s objective is to provide information and answer questions about our plan for evolving the grid as articulated in our GRC.
Setting the Stage: Distribution System Overview
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Substations consist of multiple circuits feeding a large area. This substation is comprised of 14 circuits, feeding over 13,500 customers. A circuit is fed from a single circuit breaker at a substation and feeds multiple transformers This circuit feeds over 1500 customers utilizing
- ver 150 service
transformers. Multiple meters could be fed by a single transformer This transformer serves 8 customers The service meter is the interconnection point between the utility and the customer This feeds a single customer
Anatomy of a Distribution System
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In a conventional distribution circuit, power flows in one direction from the substation to the customers’ load.
Overhead Distribution Circuits
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Open Switch
Switch to another circuit
Closed switch Circuit Breaker Capacitor Bank Transformer Fuse
T
- day’s Distribution System
- Radial distribution design is reconfigurable
- Traditional operations are largely manual,
based on predictable one-way flow of energy
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While the system may seem straight forward when we zoom in, in reality, there are many possible configurations and operational complexity.
Transmission Networks
The transmission system is designed as a network to support reliability relying on multi-directional power flow.
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SCE’s Electric Power System Components
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SCE’s Current Reliability
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The industry is seeing reliability improvement year-over-year in both the duration and frequency of outages while SCE’s reliability is flat to declining.
Today, SCE makes “traditional” grid investments to maintain reliability, not improve reliability
- Replacement of aging
infrastructure (4kV, cable and conductor, substation equipment)
- Basic automation to
facilitate restoration with substation level visibility and control of grid equipment
*WOP is “With Out Plan” or repair outages http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/td/dist/sd/doc/Benchmarking-Results-2015.pdf
2016 WOP* SAIDI
Existing Grid Operations are Based on Limited Visibility
Operational Requirements Current Level of Visibility Supporting Equipment Power flow visibility and estimation Three phase circuit and transformer loading at substation SCADA (various technologies), RTUs, outage, distribution, and energy management systems Fault location General fault location upon inspection, customer call, some smart meter analytics “Manual” fault indicators, smart meter Voltage monitoring and status 1- phase distribution voltage 1-phase from capacitor banks or remote control switches, smart meter indication
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Fault Indicators
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Distribution System Limitations
- Distribution communication system will reach full saturation beginning
in 2018
– Additional automation after full saturation could lead to inaccuracies and slow the system down – Technology developed 20 years ago
- Need granular visibility to advance our planning and operating
capabilities
– Current operations (voltage regulation), fault location based on estimation methods
- Safety and reliability exposure
– E.g., overstressed circuit breakers – Increased complexity to operate and switch distribution system circuits due to variable and intermittent power flows
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The grid was not designed to meet the demands of today and the future.
The Evolving Grid: Drivers
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Key Drivers to Evolve the Grid
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State Energy and Environmental Policy Customer Choice and Reliability Increasingly complex grid Grid modernization supports state policy objectives to increase energy from renewables and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Customers have more choices and are increasingly adopting DERs and have higher expectations for reliability for their electronic-dependent lives. As distributed resources are added to the grid,
- perating characteristics of the grid are changing
leading to increased complexity.
“This traditional system was not designed to meet many emerging trends, such as greater adoption of relatively low inertia generation sources, growing penetration of distributed generation resources, and the need for greater resilience. As described in several recent studies, a modern grid must be more flexible, robust, and agile. ” -- DOE Quadrennial Technology Review, 2015
Key Driver: Increasingly Complex Grid
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Circuit Peak
As distributed energy resources are added to the grid, operating characteristics of the grid are changing, leading to increased complexity.
- Peak Time for Distribution Circuits Load and
PV do not typically coincide
- The grid needs to accommodate this available
power for the benefit of the customer and the grid
- Shaded areas show 3-phase reverse
powerflow and intermittent output from PV from an actual circuit, this appears as
- ne-way flow to operators
- Operators need visibility to power flow
magnitude and direction
Key Driver: State Energy and Environmental Policy
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2050
- Reduce GHG
emissions to 40% below 1990 levels
- 50% of electricity
sales from renewables
- Reduce GHG
emissions to 80% below 1990 levels
- Reduce GHG
emissions to 1990 levels
- 33% of
electricity sales from renewables
- 1,325 MW of procured
energy storage capacity by 2025
- Once through cooling
- New residential construction
zero net energy
- New commercial
construction zero net energy
- Double statewide
energy efficiency savings
2030 2020 Today
- 1.5 million
electrical vehicles
2025
- Due to the size of SCE’s system, deploying the required technology will take
10 years to cover 60% of SCE’s total distribution circuits (urban circuits)
- SCE’s Grid Modernization Program can help meet the stated goals and
- bjectives in the DRP within 10 years
Achieving our expansive energy and environmental policy goals will require taking foundational steps to evolve the grid.
Key Driver: Customer Choice and Reliability
- Electric Vehicles: 70,000 in SCE territory
today; expect over 300,000 by 2020
- NEM Applications: In 2008, averaged
250 per month; in 2015, averaged 4,000-5,000 per month
- Federal tax credit increases customer
incentives for DERs
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Customers Are Adopting DER Customers Need Reliable Service
- Modern society is increasingly more
dependent on electricity
- 42% of customers in the West would
not accept a two-day power outage, even if they were paid as much as $1,000 for it
- 64% of customers responded that
power outages cause “really significant problems” for their households
- 71% of customers with income less than
$40,000, said outages cause “really significant problems”
*Source: T&D World Magazine, Reliability Demand Survey Finds Many Americans Have Low Tolerance for Power Outages (May2012), available at: http://tdworld.com/smart-energy-consumer/reliability-demand- survey-finds-many-americans-have-low-tolerance-power-outage
Grid Modernization and Reinforcement Programs
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Grid Modernization Investments Work T
- gether to
Provide Multiple Benefit Streams Concurrently
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Enable DER integration and adoption Realize DER benefits Enhance safety and reliability Support customer technology and service choices Enable opportunities to obtain value from DERs through wholesale and distribution grid services (e.g., distribution deferral) Improve system reliability and outage restoration while supporting increasing levels of DERs and two- way flow of energy
We have taken a holistic approach to evolve our distribution design philosophy to most efficiently address changing expectations of the grid.
Grid Modernization Benefit: Enhanced Safety & Reliability
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63% 37% 18% 65% 39% 21% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% (0, 0) (1, 1) (2, 2)
Number of existing mid and tie switches (Mid, Tie)
% SAIDI Improvement % SAIFI Improvement Image source: U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, (Nov 2014), Fault Location, Isolation, and Service Restoration Technologies Reduce outage Impact and Duration, Retrieved from https://www.smartgrid.gov/document/fault_location_isolation_and_service_restorat ion_technologies_reduce_outage_impact_and.html
The changing operating conditions of the grid requires increased automation, communication, and analytic capabilities.
Expected reliability improvements realized through adding three mid-point and three tie switches to distribution circuits. FLISR reduced the number of customers interrupted by up to 45%, and reduced the customer minutes of interruption by up to 51% for an outage event.
Results from SCE 2016 Study
Grid Modernization Benefits: Enable DER Integration and Adoption
- Proactively remove forecasted
constraints due to voltage, thermal, and protection limitations
- Timely information updates to
reflect grid changes
- Leverages collected field data
to improve models to maximize integration capacity
10 20 30 40 50 60 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 MW Installed Number of Residential Installations Number of Installations MW Installed 19
Transparent, actionable information on available capacity and benefits in specific locations enables customers and developers to better forecast costs and can help to fast-track interconnection.
Monthly Installations and MW Installed in SCE (installations less than 1 MW)
Grid Modernization Benefits: Realize DER Benefits
Image source: http://www.solarcity.com/company/distributed-energy-resources
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New capabilities are needed to create opportunities for DERs to increase efficiencies, defer traditional infrastructure investments, and facilitate DER ability to achieve wholesale value.
Traditional capital upgrades result in additional operating margin Leveraging DERs as solutions will require granular monitoring and control due to reduced operating margin
Grid Modernization Enables Capabilities in Three Categories Needed to Realize Benefits
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Leverage increased amounts of field data to analyze past, current and future network models to make accurate decisions about future infrastructure needs and incorporate the effects and expectations of DERs. Enhance operational capabilities to assess, monitor, analyze, and manage grid resources including DERs to enable quick responses to outages and optimize DER for customer and grid benefit. Help transfer field data and connect substations and grid resources to enable analysis and support decision-making in the needed timeframes.
Foundational capabilities are enabled by the collection of grid modernization elements working together.
Communications Planning Operations
Operations Capabilities
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Operations enhancement will provide more granular visibility to system conditions, and the ability for system operators to reconfigure the distribution grid and dispatch resources.
Communications Capabilities
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Communication systems must be secure, require larger bandwidth and low latency to support needed data transfer for timely, quality decisions.
Field Area Network Wide Area Network DER Provider Network Secure Gateway
Planning Capabilities
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Planning tools will enable forecasting, analysis, and sharing.
Load Growth Need Hosting Capacity Need Reliability & Operational Need
Identify Optimal Locations System Analysis External Communication Optimal Grid Solutions Grid Analytics Capacity Analysis Voltage Analytics Determine optimal solutions Load and DER Forecasting
Long Term Planning Tools DRP External Portal Grid Interconnection Processing Tool
Historical Load Profiles Substation/Circuit Time Series Profile Forecasts Outage Analytics
System Modeling Tool
Streamlined Interconnection Present Information Online Load & DER Growth Develop Wires Solutions
Long Term Planning Tools Grid Analytics Applications
- Integrated
- DER growth
- Base growth
Grid Modernization and Reinforcement Elements
- Automation: Adding distribution and substation technology to gather data,
monitor, and manage grid resources in real time
- Communications: Upgrading communication networks, such as expanding the
fiber optic and field area networks to support timely data transport
- Technology Platforms: Developing improved analytics platforms for planning,
- perations, outage management, interconnection, and transparency for customers
- Grid Reinforcement, 4kV Systems: Updating infrastructure to address capacity,
reliability, and equipment obsolescence
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Grid Reinforcement; Remove 4kV
1 1 2 3 4 4 3 2
Evaluating DER as Cost Effective Alternatives Traditional Infrastructure Deferral Pilots
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Grid Modernization Benefits: Deferral Pilot
SCE proposes a pilot to evaluate the potential deferral of eight load growth projects by using DERs in concert with a modern distribution system
- Analyze deferral opportunities across a range of characteristics including climate zone,
customer and geographic diversity, and DER performance in concert with grid modernization
- Results will inform how DERs can be integrated into SCE’s planning criteria in a safe,
reliable, and effective manner
- Potentially refund to customers the revenue requirement associated with the
approximately $40 million capital request in this GRC
Test whether DERs can have a measurable impact on transformer life.
- Determine loading characteristics and portfolio of DERs that would be required to extend
the life of a transformer
- Results of this pilot will help show whether DERs can provide life extension benefits to
transformers
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The capabilities realized through grid modernization will help enable opportunities for DERs including the opportunity to defer traditional infrastructure projects.
Grid Modernization and Reinforcement GRC Details
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4a Grid Reinforcement 4b 4kV Systems 1a Distribution Automation 1b Substation Automation 2 Communications 3 IT T
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Grid Modernization and Grid Reinforcement Programs
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$21 $117 $392 $408 $417
$8 $23 $60 $128 $147 $10 $37 $70 $78 $59
$152 $197 $275 $292 $233 $0 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1,000 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Nominal ($M) Automation Communications IT Tools Grid Reinforcement and 4kV
Increasing situational awareness with more near real-time telemetry data points throughout the circuits that help identify issues quickly and accurately Facilitating remote isolation and restoration, decreasing outage duration and area of impact Increasing
- perational flexibility
with appropriately- sized line sections for circuit switching, which will minimize de-energized sections during planned and unplanned outages
- 1a. Distribution Automation
- 1a. Distribution Automation
Definition Definition 4a 4a 1b 1b 3 2 4b 4b SCE’s Distribution Automation effort improves on the historical circuit automation program by installing automatic switches, sensors and circuit connections:
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1 2 3
A fault occurs downstream of the mid-point RCS. Half the customers (Group A and B) will experience a momentary
- utage.
Half the customers (Group C and D) will experience a sustained
- utage.
The same fault occurs downstream of the mid-point
- RCS. Group A customers do not
experience any interruption because RIS a is able to immediately detect, isolate, and interrupt the fault. Half of the customers will be restored momentarily. Power will be restored to Group B through Sub A and to Group D through Sub B. Group C will experience a sustained outage.
Configura Configuratio ion Scenario n Scenario 4a 4a 3 2 4b 4b
Open Switch Closed Switch Fault
RCS Remote
Controlled Switch Circuit Breaker Substation Energized Line (Arrow Shows General Direction
- f Flow)
Not Energized Line
RIS
Remote Intelligent Switch
No Outage Momentary Outage (< 5 mins) Outage
Grid Mo Mode dernization Di rnization Distr stributio bution A Automation ( tomation (after er sw switch ching) ing)
Historical Distribution Au Historical Distribution Automation (af tomation (after switching) er switching)
- 1a. Distribution Automation
- 1a. Distribution Automation
1b 1b
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4a 4a 3 Necessity Necessity
Substation
Load: Load: Generation:
Perceived Load:
? ? Challenges:
Inability to monitor equipment loading throughout the circuit. Impaired ability to switch/transfer loads between circuits. Erosion of current reliability from impaired ability to restore power following faults.
Challenges:
Opportunity for improved reliability from ability to transfer smaller loads off of faulted circuits. Opportunity for greater for DER utilization.
2 4b 4b
Substation A
Load: Load: Load:
Substation B
Load:
1a Distribution 1a Distribution Automation Automation 1b 1b
Masked Load Transfer Load
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Scope & Deployment Scope & Deployment 4a 4a 3 2 4b 4b 1a Distribution 1a Distribution Automation Automation 1b 1b
- New circuit design consists of 3 mid-point switches, 3 circuit ties
– Allows for manageable load blocks for reconfiguration (~100A) – Minimizes customer impacts due to outages – Provides necessary data to inform current state power flow
- Remote fault indicators are strategically deployed along circuits at tap lines
and branches to optimize fault location (~10 per circuit)
- Augmenting 200 WCR circuits with automation each year 2018-2020
- Full automation of 88 DER-directed circuits each year 2018-2020; locations
selected to:
– Facilitate capital deferral pilots – Mitigate high penetration of DERs (4 or more circuits with reverse power flow from same sub) – Realize potential DER benefits (high asset utilization)
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Cost Cost 4a 4a 3 2 4b 4b
Methodology: Cost forecasts were calculated by multiplying the number of Non-WCR Circuits Receiving Full DER Enabling Automation and WCR Circuits Receiving Augmented Automation against their respective unit costs:
- Non-WCR: Full DER Enabling Automation Unit Cost x Number of Non-WCR Circuits
- WCR: (Full DER Enabling Automation Unit Cost – WCR Non-Augmented Automation
Unit Cost) * Number of WCR Circuits
1a Distribution 1a Distribution Automation Automation 1b 1b
Distribution Automation Full Deployment
Year WCR Circuits Receiving Augmented Automation Unit Cost (Nominal, $000s) Non-WCR Circuits Receiving Full DER Enabling Automation Unit Cost (Nominal, $000s) Total Forecast Spend (Nominal, $000s) 2018 200 $ 907.3 88 $ 1,087.6 $ 277,168 2019 200 $ 935.8 88 $ 1,121.7 $ 285,863 2020 200 $ 965.5 87 $ 1,157.4 $ 293,795
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Benefits Benefits 4a 4a 1a Distribution 1a Distribution Automation Automation 1b 1b 3 2 4b 4b
- Enables improved system reliability and outage restoration while supporting
increasing levels of DERs and two-way flows of energy:
– Reliability improvement is measured by customer minutes of interruption (CMI) and the customer’s cost per CMI:
- Reduction of 23 million CMI and 167,000 customer interruptions (CI) in 2019 on WCR circuits
- Reduction of 1.3 million CMI and 15,000 CI in 2019 on focused circuits.
From the customers’ perspective, the resulting reduction of 24 million CMI at a value of $2.321 per averted CMI in effect pays for the grid modernization investment in less than 5 years
- Enables increasing DER adoption by addressing otherwise limiting factors for hosting
capacity caused by masked gross load and supply resources (e.g., DG & energy storage).
- Enables optimal use of DER resources by customers and for CAISO and distribution
grid services by managing constraints through circuit reconfigurations – which is the most effective & efficient means to manage distribution constraints.
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1 Based on “Southern California Edison Customer Interruption Cost Analysis” performed by Nexant
4a 4a 1a 1a
1b Substat 1b Substation Automat
- n Automation &
- n & Common
Common Substation Platform Substation Platform (CSP) (CSP)
3 2 4b 4b Definition Definition SA-3: Control system for substations which will enable remote control of and data acquisition from substation equipment. CSP: Computing platform (hardware and software) which will serve as the communication and control hub between the operations center and the substation equipment and distribution circuit equipment and sensors.
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4a 4a 3 2 4b 4b Necessity Necessity 1a 1a 1b Substation Automation & 1b Substation Automation & CSP CSP SA-3:
Existing RTUs and SAS-1 systems are aging and approaching end of life, unsupported by manufacturers, cyber-insecure, limited remote control capabilities, and cannot support remote resetting of circuit breaker trips.
CSP:
Distribution Automation enablement:
- DA switches and telemetry will require a cyber-secure communication link to the
- perations control center.
- Optimal performance of grid and DER devices will require distributed intelligence.
SA-3 enablement:
- SA-3 will require a cyber-secure communication link back to the operations
control center.
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4a 4a 3 2 4b 4b Scope & Deployment Scope & Deployment
396 substations will be upgraded over the next ten years based on locations where multiple circuits will be automated. Of these:
- 320 currently have only SAS-1 or RTU levels of
automation and will receive both SA-3 and CSP .
- 76 currently have SAS-2 level of automation
and will only receive the CSP component to enable cybersecurity functionality. Deployment of the Substation Automation plan will occur in two phases: 1) a small scale deployment in 2017, to validate system capabilities, and 2) full deployment from 2018-2020 of approximately 30 SA-3 systems per year on average. A prioritization process will target those substations where both capacity constraints exist and DERs can provide grid benefits.
1a 1a 1b Substation Automation & 1b Substation Automation & CSP CSP
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4a 4a 3 2 4b 4b Benefits Benefits 1a 1a 1b Substation Automation & 1b Substation Automation & CSP CSP
- The CSP will provide the communication link from DA switches and
telemetry necessary to ensure future DERs do not erode current level of reliability.
- The CSP will provide distributed intelligence necessary to realize improved
reliability from enhanced DA switching capabilities.
- The CSP will provide modern cybersecurity.
- SA-3 will improve safety by enabling prompt adjustment of relay trip
settings following circuit realignments.
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4a 4a 1a 1a 3 4b 4b 1b 1b 2 Communication 2 Communication Definition Definition
FAN: Modern radio system allowing distribution automation switches and sensors to communicate with
- ne another and the
substation. WAN: Expansion of existing fiber optic cable system between
- perations control
centers and substations.
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4a 4a 1a 1a 3 4b 4b 1b 1b 2 Communication 2 Communication Necessity and Benefits Necessity and Benefits
NetComm Utilization
- Existing NetComm radio system
(now 20 years old) currently has a typical command cycle time of two minutes.
- The NetComm system will be
impacted due to inadequate speed and capacity.
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FAN:
- Will enable the connection of over 250,000 distribution devices, with a device-to-device
latency of less than 100 milliseconds and an overall latency of less than 15 seconds. WAN
- Data transmission speed and volume demands expected with future DERs, DA, SA-3,
and CSPs, need to be supported with fiber optic communication between substations.
4a 4a 1a 1a 3 4b 4b 1b 1b 2 Communication 2 Communication Scope & Development Scope & Development FAN Deployment Plan
A failure-resistant “mesh” network
- nly works with other radios nearby.
This “mesh” requirement mandates deployment by geographical area.
WAN Deployment Plan
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These 531 miles of fiber will connect 42
- substations. Connecting all substations
requiring fiber will require an additional 252 miles beyond this GRC cycle.
* Fiber terminal upgrades are needed because the existing fiber terminals, designed for lower speed SCADA and protective relaying circuits, will not support the high speed requirements of SA-3 and FAN.
3 IT T 3 IT T
- ols –
- ols – SMT / DRP
MT / DRP EP EP 4a 4a 1a 1a 4b 4b 1b 1b 2
The Syst System Mode Modeling Tools (SMT) Tools (SMT) leverages power system modeling for engineering analysis of the distribution grid. Distribution R tribution Resource Pl source Plan Externa ternal Po Portal (DR rtal (DRPEP) EP) is an interactive web portal that publishes analyses results.
- Enables batch power flow, short
circuit duty, transients, protection coordination, harmonics, capacity optimization
- Public has immediate web
access to information/data regarding circuit interconnection capacities.
- Provides DER ICA on every line
section and node
- DER owners or operators can
upload DER data
- Publishes LNBA results
What ? What ?
Current software tools used for analyzing capacity require significant manual efforts that rely upon conservative assumptions which limit precision.
- Customers face long delays in
- btaining responses and results
for feasibility requests to connect DERs
- Engineering analyses employs
conservative assumptions,
- Forecasted growth in application
submittals increases time required for interconnection review
- SCE system information
published in DERiM is updated
- nly monthly. Dated
information can misinform customers’ interconnection decisions
Necessity Necessity
DER adoption is encouraged by improving SCE processes that calculate and publish system planning and interconnection data such as ICA
- Accurate assessment of DER
siting opportunities is improved through granular understanding
- f load and available capacity
throughout the grid
- Enables web based, interactive
tools to support data interrogation, analysis, and download
- Interconnection process
unhindered by conservative modeling assumptions and with minimal delay.
- Greater precision is streamlined
to perform power system analyses on SCE electrical system
Benefits Benefits
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3 IT T 3 IT T
- ols –
- ols – SMT / DRP
MT / DRP EP EP 4a 4a 1a 1a 4b 4b 1b 1b 2
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System Modeling Tool Scope & Development Scope & Development DRP External Portal
3 IT T 3 IT T
- ols –
- ols – GMS
MS 4a 4a 1a 1a 4b 4b 1b 1b 2
SCE’s Gri Grid Manage Manageme ment Syste System (GMS) (GMS) is an advanced software tool that will receive and analyze real- time information on customer energy usage, power flows,
- utages, faults and micro-grid
status.
- Interface between operators in the
control centers and grid assets to facilitate operations in response to
- r in preparation for grid events
- Enhanced reliability, optimization,
- perational, DER, and
infrastructure management applications that include a heightened level of intelligence and control necessary to effectively manage an increasingly complex distributed grid.
What ? What ?
With DERs being connected to the grid, operators have been given a fourth responsibility – optimize the benefits of DERs.
- Limited information available to
the operator about distribution circuitry and limited level of control an operator has over the circuit.
- Increased adoption of DERs
increases grid management inadequacies that will not allow:
- a. Power flow optimization
including DERs
- b. Distribution system situational
awareness
- c. Protection re-config with
dynamic settings
- d. Integrated switching
management
Necessity Necessity
The GMS will provide safety and reliability benefits and support the realization of DER Potential
- Limits the extent and duration of
unplanned outages
- Enables effective switching
management
- Provides distribution system
situational awareness
- Provides actionable information
and recommendations to system
- perators
- Enables reconfigurable protection
to support public and worker safety and avoid equipment damage
- Optimizes system power flow and
leverages DERs
Benefits Benefits
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MS 4a 4a 1a 1a 4b 4b 1b 1b 2 Scope and Development Scope and Development
Phase 1:
- Integrate existing DMS and OMS
functions and enhance with required GMS functions that include the following: real-time situational awareness and analysis, operational planning, DER management, and infrastructure management functions. Target completion in 2019.
Phase 2:
- Build upon previous phase in
introducing complex grid management functions to manage and optimize DERs to utilization and enhance grid reliability. This phase includes functions such as power flow
- ptimization, reconfigurable
protection, micro-grid management, and a comprehensive training simulator to support organization readiness of the new grid management functions. Target completion in 2020.
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Grid Reinforcement Programs
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- Distribution Circuit Upgrades
– Covers short term upgrades needed to solve distribution needs that arise due to increased demand
- Mitigation of overloads
- Facilitate load balancing
- Proportional to the amount of system wide annual load growth
– Work types covered
- Installing new switches
- Upgrading sections of cable or conductor
- Installing to conductor to create circuit ties
– Additional drivers
- DER-driven upgrades
- DER IEPR forecast at the circuit level identified overloads on specific circuits
- Assumes smart inverters can self-regulate and correct voltage problems
- Assumes even distribution of DERs (not clustered)
- Substation Equipment Replacement SERP covering overstressed circuit
breakers
- 4kV Upgrades
– Cutovers and eliminations
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- SCE’s current forecasts require additional grid upgrades to integrate DERs
forecast for 2020*
– Over 80 miles of reconductor needed (voltage, thermal, or protection limits exceeded) – Over 50 circuit breakers will need replacement for safety reasons (fault current exceeds breaker rating) – Over 11 additional 4kV substations estimated to experience reverse power flow which inhibit the adequate operation of these substation
- The identified grid upgrades will insure that DERs can continue to be
connected to the distribution system while maintaining system safety and reliability
- The required additional scope was identified by taking into account
existing system conditions (system ratings and DER) and DER projection to 2020*
* Based on preliminary analysis of updated DER growth scenarios
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- 4kV Programs include cutovers (since 2006 GRC), and eliminations (since
2015 GRC)
- Program Drivers
– Aging infrastructure – Operational flexibility constraints – Operation and maintenance constraints – Need for expansion and space constraints – Insufficient capacity – Forecasted reverse power flow
- Alternatives
– Run to failure – Manual load curtailment – Rebuild existing substation – Partial cutovers
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4kV Elimination Program
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- Approximately 20% of SCE’s circuits are 4kV, serving mostly older residential
neighborhoods
– Approximately 26% of SCE’s customers are in disadvantaged communities – Approximately 44% of customers in disadvantaged communities are on 4kV circuits
- Greater than 50% were installed over 50 years ago
- 4kV Cutovers are intended to mitigate significant overloads
– Thermal – Unbalance and ground protection
- 4kV elimination removes aging substations and circuits and converts to
available 12 and 16kV facilities
- 4kV circuits have lower load and DER capacity
- Approximately 20% of SCE’s 4 kV substations are completely “islanded”
– There is no ability to pick up load during planned or unplanned outages
- The overall cost of providing energy at 4 kV is higher than either 12 kV or 16
kV due to higher losses at the lower voltage 3 4a 4a 1a 1a 1b 1b 2 4b 4kV Systems 4b 4kV Systems
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Many 4 kV substations are in space constrained areas, limiting the possibility of expansion
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Wrap-up
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Grid Modernization is Essential to Evolve the Grid to Support Our Customers and Achieve State Goals
- The grid has and continues to change as technologies evolve and
customers utilize the grid in expanding ways
- Different operational conditions are emerging that require
capabilities the current grid and utilities need to evolve and develop
- The ability for customer-owned DERs to provide distribution and
transmission grid operations requires tight coordination between the DER operator, the utility, and the ISO to ensure reliability and confirm DER performance for compensation
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SCE looks forward to additional opportunities to discuss and clarify
- ur grid modernization and reinforcement plans.
Thank you
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