VFT Interconnection Study Process with ISOs/RTOs and Grid Managers/Operators

This paper reports on experience to date in studying and designing interconnections to existing power systems for the VFT application at Linden, New Jersey between the New York ISO and PJM control areas. Since the VFT is by definition a transmission connection device, it will have two connections to existing systems which are often located in areas controlled by different grid operators. Included in this paper are summaries of technical and procedural aspects of the interconnection application and study process for each connection, modeling of the VFT facility for power flow, short circuit, and dynamics studies, and assumptions used for configuring the actual connections on either side of the facility.