Advanced feeder automation is here

Distributed intelligence, as applied to distribution feeder circuits, makes it possible to consider application of automation to solve tactical problems, such as the large retailer that requires better-than-available power reliability, is presented in this paper. The utility planner can use this new technology to not only address such tactical problems but to eliminate or reduce the need for costly system upgrades, thus providing optimal asset management. Many companies have made good use of advanced feeder automation to gain a strategic leverage in serving their customers and meeting increasingly difficult expectations on the part of the users of electric power.