Distribution Automation at Progress Energy Carolinas

Author

Lampley, Glenn C.

Author_Institution

Progress Energy Carolinas, Raleigh, NC, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

25-29 July 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper summarizes the history of Distribution Automation (DA) at Progress Energy Carolinas (PEC). PEC´s first introduction into DA occurred in 1997 with the installation of a DSCADA and Feeder Monitoring System. In addition to these systems, PEC also implemented a capacitor control program for distribution feeder capacitor banks. Currently PEC is implementing a Distribution System Demand Response (DSDR) Program as part of their Smart Grid Strategy to gain control of distribution feeder devices such that operational efficiency gains can be realized along with the ability to achieve significant demand reduction during peak load periods by controlling distribution voltage.

Keywords

demand side management; electricity supply industry; power distribution control; smart power grids; substation automation; voltage control; DSCADA installation; capacitor control program; demand reduction; distribution automation; distribution feeder capacitor banks; distribution feeder devices control; distribution system demand response program; distribution voltage control; feeder monitoring system; progress energy carolinas; smart grid strategy; DSCADA; distribution automation; feeder automation; substation automation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6549-1

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2010.5588152

Filename

5588152