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Substation Design in the Third Dimension
Modern design tools streamline substation work processes.
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Wired for Success
KCP&L is retrotting Midtown Substation with updated communications
protocols as part of a DOE smart grid demonstration project.
By Ed Hedges, Kansas City Power & Light Co., and Matthew Olson,
Burns & McDonnell
LiDAR to the Rescue
A severe ice storm in Russia leads to re-evaluation of ROW status and
vegetation management practices.
By Boris Mekhanoshin, JSC IDGC Holding
Raising the Standard for Customer Engagement
Glendale Water & Power invests in customer outreach, gaining early and
continuous support for its smart grid project.
By Glenn O. Steiger, Glendale Water & Power rr
Bus Bar Innovation
Transpower New Zealand designs, tests and commissions a new
under-hung substation bus bar system.
By Andrew Renton, Transpower New Zealand Ltd
NV Energy Signals Demand Reductions
A decade of demand-response growth has generated benets and
created new challenges.
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Smart India. Rick Bush travels to Mumbai to learn about Indias strong
commitment to a robust energy future.
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BUSINESSDevelopments
M Duke Energy and Progress Energy File Market Power Mitigation Plan
MM EnerNOC Expands Upon AutoDR Success in New Zealand with Move
to South Island
SMARTGrid
MM Team Announced for Consumers Energys 1.8 Million Smart Meter
Deployment
M City of Medicine Hat Chooses MeterSense for Meter Data Management
TECHNOLOGYUpdates
MM NEMA Encourages Action to Expand Meter Socket Lifespan and
Inspections
M Western Electricity Coordinating Council Contracts with Siemens PTI
for Data Collection Tool
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PEVs Move into the Fast Lane. Edison Electric Institute is educating
utilities about the benets of plug-in electric vehicles and working
to build and strengthen the market for them.
By Rick Tempshin, Edison Electric Institute
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in his role as co-chairman of the board of directors for the International
Linemans Rodeo Association.
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SMARTGrid
Vermont Utility V
Advances Smart Grid
Project with Siemens
Burlington Electric Department
(BED) has selected Siemens for the
sale and implementation of the eMeter
EnergyIP meter data management plat-
form. BED and other Vermont utilities
worked together with the state of Ver-
mont to secure Smart Grid Investment
Grant funding through the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
BED is a municipally owned electric
utility that serves about 16,000 residen-
tial customers and more than 3,600 com-
mercial customers. The utility was look-
ing for a meter data management system
that could support its current needs for
billing consumers from data collected
from the smart meters, yet at the same
time be fexible enough to adjust to the
statewide functionality desired by state
of Vermont regulators.
BEDs smart grid project, like most
utilities, has taken a phased approach.
The frst phase kicked off in mid-2011
with requirements-gathering workshops
to help frame the integration work. The
second phase will include meter-to-cash
functionality, advanced billing function-
ality and the ability to improve opera-
tional effciencies through reduced truck
rolls and better outage management.
Visit www.burlingtonelectric.com.
Team Announced for Consumers Energys T
1.8 Million Smart Meter Deployment
SmartSynch has announced the team that will help provide the advanced meter-
ing system that will form the foundation of a grid and meter modernization pro-
gram for Consumers Energys 1.8 million electric customers in Michigan.
Members of the team include GE Energy, which will provide the meter hardware,
and Grid Net, which will provide the networking and metering software used by the
utility. Qualcomm will provide the mobile broadband chipsets that enable cellular
connectivity, and Verizon Wireless will provide the communications network, which
Consumers will use to remotely retrieve the energy-usage data collected by the smart
meters.
Consumers Energys selection of a cellular-based solution concluded a compre-
hensive process by the utility to fnd the best advanced metering solution for its
customers. The companys decision to use existing cellular networks for large-scale,
high-performance smart grid communications, in lieu of building and maintaining
a private network, comes after extensive research and testing of available industry
solutions. It makes Consumers Energy, which serves more than two-thirds of Michi- i- hi ic
gan across a 32,000-sq-mile (82,880-sq-km) service territory, the largest U.S. utility y ty lity
to choose a cellular-based communications system for the smart meter deployment t
phase of its grid-modernization program.
Meter installation is scheduled to begin in Muskegon County in August 2012 with
installation phases continuing through 2019 across the utilitys service territory.
For more information, visit www.smartsynch.com.
City of Medicine Hat Chooses MeterSense C
for Meter Data Management
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The city of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, has selected MeterSense, a division
of Harris Utilities, to provide meter data management (MDM) for its electric-deliv-
ery services. From billing data to outage and restoration events, from performance
monitoring to revenue protection, MeterSense collects, manages, stores and delivers
smart grid information intelligently.
The utility company a wholly owned entity of the city of Medicine Hat will
implement MeterSense as part of a larger advanced metering infrastructure (AMI)
smart meter project. MeterSenses AMI and MDM capabilities will help the utility
improve the way it serves the Medicine Hat population of 61,000.
MeterSense will enable the city of Medicine Hat to meet several specifc needs:
M Automate meter reading and eliminate the need for regular access to custom-
ers properties for meter checks
M Deliver timely and accurate bills that are based on customers exact usage data
rather than estimates
M Develop future conservation initiatives that are targeted precisely to the gas,
water and electricity use habits of community residents
M Provide customers with comprehensive analyses of their consumption patterns.
MeterSense is supported by automated validation routines to ensure AMI data
meets high-quality standards. The solution also monitors AMI system operations to
identify and correct problems quickly. As a result, MeterSense will enable Medicine
Hat to optimize performance on its electricity grid, and serve customers faster and
with more accurate and comprehensive data than ever before.
Thanks in part to MeterSense, the city of Medicine Hat expects that its smart-
meter program will pay for itself in approximately seven years.
For more information, visit www.medicinehat.ca and www.metersense.com.
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for having electric and water smart me-
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The fee for opting-out is assessed
because the smart meters will be read
manually by a meter reader instead of
wirelessly through Glendale Water &
Powers system. The utility stresses the
importance of having digital meters
with radios turned off as opposed to
analog meters in order to have access to
interval data to meet energy objectives.
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in Glendale have requested to opt-out.
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SUBSTATIONDesign
single-line analyzer function. The soft-
ware is used for designing IEC 61850-
based substations. These can be complex
schemes with each intelligent electronic
device (IED) communicating with other
IEDs and the supervisory control and
data acquisition (SCADA) system. The
engineer scans a one-line diagram into
the program, and in the simplest terms,
the program recognizes the devices, as-
sists the engineer with connections and
lays out the communications system. This
program replaces all the vendor tools pre-
viously required to link IEDs and SCADA,
simplifying the process and removing
all the iterations previously required be-
tween sessions with the separate vendor
tools.
Digital Accelerators
Sophisticated software, laser scanning,
3-D digital models of substations, GPS surveying techniques,
links to business management systems and databases require
processing power, bandwidth and storage. Todays substation
engineer can have instant access to any substation project doc-
umentation from an iPad.
A digitally enhanced optimized engineering scheme gives
automated designs, which generate the bill of materials linked
to the procurement system. Requests for quotes are created
automatically from the BOM and purchase orders are pro-
duced from the response. Project inventory is managed from
receipt to issuing to installation without data being reentered.
And that is only the beginning of 21
st
century technology
t
streamlining the process. If it follows other transitions, it will
only get better.
Acknowledgment
The author wishes to thank PNMs Gathen Garcia and John
Evaskovich for the graphics they provided for this article.
Companies mentioned:
AutoCAD | usa.autodesk.com/autocad
Bentley | www.bentley.com
Black & Veatch | www.bv.com
Burns & McDonnell | www.burnsmcd.com
CYME | www.cyme.com
Dassault Systmes | www.3ds.com
EMTP-RV | www.emtp.com
ETAP | www.etap.com
Intergraph www.intergraph.com
Merrick & Co. | www.merrick.com
Oracle | www.oracle.com
POWER Engineers | www.powereng.com
Power Line Systems | www.powline.com
SBI Energy | www.sbireports.com
Schneider Electric | www.schneider-electric.com
making accurate measurements and identifying clearance is-
sues that may exist. The model also can be imported into any
of the major CAD programs available today. There, they are
rendered into a complete set of detailed as-built drawings for
the substation in only a few weeks. And if anything was missed,
the engineer can revisit it by going back to the computer and
quickly crunching some additional data points. No windshield
time is necessary; it is all in the LiDAR data cloud.
Game-Changing Technologies
Another area in which technology is changing substation
design is surveying. GPS gives unprecedented accuracy and
speed to the procedure. One utility requested a bid for the sur-
veying of a substation expansion. A traditional surveying com-
pany included fve days of expenses for a crew of three in its
proposal. An engineering company using GPS surveying meth-
ods did the work in three hours with one person, and its base
price was half the cost of the traditional surveying company.
Every component in the substation comes with documen-
tation, which becomes a huge issue for storage and retrieval.
Years ago, manufacturers made the switch to digital fles, but
the issue of retrieval across the enterprise is still a problem
with utilities. Merrick & Co. has an interesting approach. It
combines the 3-D LiDAR model with a panoramic visual data-
base and links to equipment databases.
In a nutshell, anyone in the enterprise with access to a com-
puter can view the 3-D LiDAR model. The panoramic photo-
graphs taken by the LiDAR technician at the time of the laser
survey can be viewed any time. If more information is needed,
the viewer can click on links to the equipment database and
see outline drawings, nameplates or instruction manuals.
Paper books, drawings and maps are limiting and no longer
needed with the digital technologies available.
Schneider Electric has developed labor-saving smart soft-
ware called System Engineering Tools, which includes a
A 3-D LiDAR isometric model of a substation. Courtesy of Merrick & Co.
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SM SMAR ARTTGr Grid id
Wired for ucc ss
KCP&L is retrottingg Midtown Substaattioonn P&L is retrotting Midtown S Substationn Substation
with updated communications protoccoollss
as partt off a DDOOEE smartt griidd ddemonstrattiioonn project.
By Ed Hedges, Kansas City Power & Light Co., and Matt the heww Ol Olso son, Burns & McDonnell
T
he smart grid may seem like a high-tech concept of
the distant future to some, but Kansas City Power
& Light is bringing it into the present with its smart
grid demonstration project. The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) awarded a US$24 million grant to Kansas City
Power & Light (KCP&L), to be matched by the utility and its
vendor partners. The DOE demonstration project will help
the utility gain knowledge about customer needs and usage the utility gain knowledge about customer needs and usage
patterns while improving service reliability and power delivery,
resulting in more effcient energy delivery and consumption
for an entire demonstration area within the citys urban core.
End-to-End Demonstration
Like many other smart grid initiatives nationwide, KCP&Ls
DOE award originated with the American Recovery and Rein-
vestment Act of 2009. The two largest elements of this fund-
ing are the Smart Grid Investment Grant program and the
Smart Grid Demonstration Program. The latter focuses on
32 projects demonstrating new, more cost-effective smart grid
technologies, tools, techniques and system confgurations. Of
these, half are energy-storage demonstrations; the other half,
including Kansas Citys project, are regional smart grid dem-
onstrations to verify smart grid viability, quantify smart grid
costs and benefts, and validate new smart grid business mod-
els at scales that can be readily replicated across the country,
according to a DOE statement.
Demonstration grants are designed to test cutting-edge
technologies or new customer pricing concepts, and the
KCP&L initiative stands out nationally as a fast-tracked,
end-to-end, fully integrated effort. KCP&Ls demonstration
includes nearly all elements commonly considered part of
the smart grid, with a heavy focus on implementing emerg the smart grid, with a heavy focus on implementing emerg-
ing standards and security measures. The utility conceived
the distribution component of its smart grid demonstration
project around an upgraded smart substation that features a
local distributed control system based on International Elec-
trotechnical Commission (IEC) 61850 protocols and control
processors. Created as a framework for the design of electrical
substation automation, IEC 61850 addresses the requirements
for interoperability of intelligent electronic devices.
Green Impact Zone
KCP&Ls demonstration project focuses on disadvantaged
neighborhoods in the Midtown section of Kansas Citys urban
core known as the Green Impact Zone. This 150-block area
has experienced economic decline and some abandonment.
As a national model for place-based investment, the Green
Impact Zone strategy aims to concentrate resources through
Mark Adams of KCP&L, a protection and control engineer 1, programs
a protective relay.
Dan Bayouth, Burns & McDonnell engineer, testing network perfor-
mance in the Smart Grid Lab.
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SMARTGrid
public and private partnerships to transform homes and
businesses into a thriving, sustainable community. In addition
to housing renovations and property maintenance, efforts
include services, job training and placement, and health and
wellness programs. The smart grid serves an essential func-
tion in this transformation.
Deploying IEC 61850
One of the most signifcant developments for the smart
grid now is the application of information technology to help
optimize grid performance. Ideally, what this provides is more
reliable power on a grid that could evolve to be self-healing.
Soon, the grid will be intelligent enough to recognize a fault
and restore it automatically without customers having to wait
for a technician to service each individual failure. In many
ways, the smart grid is a new frontier in power challenging
and full of opportunities for perpetual learning.
To achieve its objectives of improving service reliability,
KCP&L identifed four IEC 61850-based substation automa-
tion schemes to implement at its Midtown Substation in the
Green Impact Zone:
M Automatic load transfer upon transformer lockout
M Faster clearing of the bus upon feeder breaker failure
M Backup overcurrent protection in the bus differential relay
M Cross triggering of all devices for distribution system
events.
These schemes leverage IEC 61850s object-oriented com-
munications-centric design technologies that originated in the
information technology industry and are now being applied to
power delivery. KCP&L partnered with Burns & McDonnell
Smart meter
Web portal
Rooftop
solar panel
In-home display
Digital
thermostat
Time-of-use
pricing
Electric
vehicle
Smart substation
Home area network
Smart end use
Public
charging
station
Commercial
building
Building energy
management system
Time-of-use
pricing
Rooftop
solar panel
Distributed energy
resources
School
Ofce
building
Smart building
Smart
distribution
Grid
management
Back ofce
Voltage/VAR
management
Biofuel
Solar
Smart generation
Electric
storage
Demand
response
Technologies demonstrated in KCP&Ls Smart Grid Demonstration Project.
Ethernet Communications Simplies Substation Control
Using a converged Ethernet network for all substation communications leverages Ethernets high-throughput, low-latency
and peer-to-peer communications to support multiple conversations using different protocols simultaneously on the same wire.
This simplies substation control by allowing the network to serve as an open, standards-based communications platform to
build upon. It supports SCADA via the widely used Distributed Network Protocol 3.0 (DNP 3.0) while, at the same time, serves as a
platform for emerging peer-to-peer protocols like IEC 61850, engineering remote access and timing.
Adding switching to Ethernet made it deterministic, which was required for its use in industrial control. The switch changed the
physical layout of the network from a shared physical bus to a point-to-point star conguration. This allows for full duplex opera-
tion and the ability to queue packets in the switch. Queuing provides Quality of Service (QoS) by giving priority to time-depen-
dent applications like protection and control. Other modications include standards based ber interfaces and ability to support
redundant interfaces on a device at a cost-effective price point (due to its near-universal implementation in other industries).
These technology advancements at a cost-effective price point are increasing its usage in substations.
The benets of Ethernet-based communications outweigh the training and compliance costs associated with using Ethernet
instead of serial communications. Securing Ethernet can be done more cost-effectively than securing serial communications and
provides security and not just compliance.
SMARTGrid
to assist in implementing these automation applications. As a
result, KCP&L will be able to implement schemes that restore
service automatically, reduce equipment stress and provide
information about protection events that previously were not
economically justifable or widely deployed.
Load Transfer
The load-transfer scheme restores service to customers
by automatically closing the tie breaker upon lockout of the
transformer. The Midtown Substation design consists of two
four-position buses fed from a dual-wound distribution trans-
former. Tie buses are used for maintenance and emergency
backup of station operations when the transformer is removed
from operation. The combined load of the two buses can be
above the two-hour power rating for the transformer on many
of the buses.
In the past, a dedicated programmable logic controller
(PLC) was used at these locations to calculate the optimal
feeder confguration to transfer to the tie bus before the tie
breaker was closed. As part of the upgrade, KCP&L wanted
this logic to be moved into the relay logic, eliminating the
need for the PLC and additional wiring. This objective was
achieved through the use of automation logic in a SEL-451
relay, with the real-time event notifcation capabilities of
IEC 61850 generic object-oriented substation event (GOOSE)
messaging for inter-relay communications.
Project objectives were achieved by programming the feed-
er relays (SEL-751) to publish the individual feeder loads and
the total tie-bus transformer load (SEL-487) using IEC 61850
GOOSE messages. The main relay (SEL-451) subscribes to
these analog values along with status messages for bus lockout,
which triggers the scheme. The main breaker relay continu-
ally computes and publishes the optimal feeder confguration
to transfer if a fault occurs, based on each feeders load and
available capacity.
When each feeder relay sees the scheme-enabled GOOSE
message sent, it opens if it is to be shed before the bus tie
breaker is closed. This scheme uses the two-hour overload
power rating for the tie bus transformer, which gives the distri-
bution operator two hours to reconfgure distribution feeders,
thereby relieving the overload condition while continuing to
provide service to customers on the affected bus.
Faster Overcurrent Tripping
Implementing a communications-based breaker failure
scheme instead of relying on time overcurrent values resulted
in the faster overcurrent tripping of main and tie breakers
upon feeder breaker failure. When a feeder breaker trips, it
sends a GOOSE message to the main and tie breakers indi-
cating an operation where a stuck breaker timer is initiated.
SEL-751A tie SEL-451 main
SEL-487E
transformer
SEL-487B bus SEL-751A
feeders
Publishing Subscribing
Load transfer
Cross
triggering
Faster
overcurrent
tripping
Backup
overcurrent
tripping
GOOSE message ow diagram for Midtown Substation.
SMARTGrid
If a follow-up breaker-open message is not received within
this time, the main and tie breakers trip, thereby clearing the
fault. This faster overcurrent tripping scheme and subsequent
schemes reduce wear on equipment, decreasing the likelihood
of equipment failure and improving customer reliability.
Backup Overcurrent Tripping Scheme
Backup overcurrent protection in the bus differential re-
lay provides redundancy to the logic, sensors and wiring in
the feeder relays, allowing them to trip a feeder with a reclos-
ing function if the feeder relay fails to detect or clear a fault.
Intra-ringtie
Primary
system
Backup
system
RuggedCom
RSG 2100
Substation
rewall
Bus 6
relays
XFMR
relays
DMS HMI
Siemens SICAM
PAS
Cisco
CGS 2520
Switchgear enclosure Switchgear enclosure
Switchgear enclosure Switchgear enclosure
Control enclosure
Bus 5
relays
Bus 7
relays
Bus 8
relays
Bus 4
relays
Bus 3
relays
Bus 1
relays
Bus 2
relays
RuggedCom
RSG 2100
Cisco
CGS 2520
RuggedCom
RSG 2100
root
Cisco
CGS 2520
RuggedCom
RSG 2100
Cisco
CGS 2520
RuggedCom
RSG 2100
Cisco
CGS 2520
The Midtown Substation communications network.
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The bus differential relay uses its current circuit and sensor to
monitor the feeder, and it is programmed to send a GOOSE-
based trip message to the feeder relay, clearing the fault if the
feeder relay has not already done so.
This scheme and the previous scheme could have been
implemented using pre-IEC 61850 protection and control
designs and techniques, but they were not cost effective to im-
plement. Using the common communications bus reduces the
cost of implementing these additional schemes to program-
ming and testing. Once the schemes are initially developed
as part of this pilot, they can be used for future projects at a
marginal cost.
Cross Triggering
Cross triggering of all devices for every distribution system
event and at a specifc time each day provides the engineering
department with detailed oscillography and event informa-
tion. This information explains how the protection and con-
trol functions worked under fault conditions. Previously, event
information was only available from fault recorders, which
were not cost-effective for distribution substations.
KCP&Ls design leverages the power of relays for recording
waveforms and IEC 61850 GOOSE messages to cross trigger
devices, enabling station-wide awarenesss that had been im-
possible in the past. Analyzing this information allows schemes
and settings to be optimized, providing customers with more
reliable service.
Robust Ethernet Communications
Reliable communication is required for IEC 61850 opera-
tion. As part of the pilot, the Midtown Substation was retroft-
ted with a redundant Ethernet communications network with
hardware from two switch vendors (RuggedCom and Cisco)
for protection operation. Using two vendors allowed KCP&L to
evaluate the products simultaneously to determine which was
best suited for substation protection and control networks.
Each vendors equipment was used to build a ring in the
substation, and each relay has an interface connected to both
rings. The rings are interconnected at two points for redun-
dancy. The core ring was built using gigabit fber connections.
The relays each have two 100-Mbps Ethernet interfaces used
in a hot standby confguration. Each vendor has its own pro-
prietary protocol for blocking loops from forming in the Eth-
ernet network while recovering from a link failure in less than
50 msec. In between the rings, rapid spanning tree protocol
was used to provide failover in less than 250 msec.
In addition to a protection local area network (LAN)
within the substation, a frewall was used to isolate a separate
LAN for substation automation equipment. A third LAN was
used to create a secure enclave for communication outside the
fence to an Ethernet-based wireless mesh for feld device com-
munications. KCP&L was able to follow the National Institute
for Standards Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7628 standards
for smart grid security by segmenting the substation LANs.
This design also provided an operational beneft by grouping
devices by operational priority, allowing more changes to be
made to the automation LAN without consideration for sched-
uling an outage on the protection LAN.
All relays except the transformer protection relays were in-
stalled on the doors of switchgear cubicles. The fber jumpers
Primary
system
Main Aux 1 Aux 2 Feeder 1 Feeder 2 Feeder 3 Feeder 4 Bus tie
SEL-751A
bus tie
SEL-751A
feeder
SEL-751A
feeder
SEL-751A
feeder
SEL-751A
feeder
SEL-487A
bus
SEL-451A-5
main
P1A P1B
Primary
Ethernet
switch
RuggedCom
RSG 2100
To
control
enclosure
Fiber
distribution
panel
Backup
system
P1A P1B P1A P1B P1A P1B P1A P1B P1A P1B P1A P1B
To
adjacent
bus
Typical switchgear physical arrangement.
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running between the cubicles from relay to switch are subject
to more fatigue than normal designs for jumpers. As a result,
a crush-resistant jacket from the Optical Cable Corp. was
specifed to cover the jumper. Coloring the jackets red or blue
simplifes identifcation of the two separate rings. The same
jacket was used on a 12-fber multimode jumper with mechani-
cal transfer push-on/off (MTP) connectors used for cabling
between the various breaker lineups and the station control
house.
To fan out the MTP connector into little connectors, a pre-
terminated cartridge was used to provide 12 little connectors
on the front and a MTP connection on the back. Two 12-fber
jumpers were run to each switchgear, pro-
viding redundant connectivity. Using a
hardened pre-terminated fber system re-
duces outage duration by eliminating any
feld terminations and special training
for the electricians performing the relay
replacement. The hardened cable elimi-
nates the need for inner ducts to identify
and protect the fber cables, allowing
them to be installed in the cable trays and
trenches with other control cables.
Primary operator monitoring and con-
trol of the substation will be through a cen-
tralized distribution management system
(DMS) and a local SICAM PAS controller
from Siemens in the station. The SICAM
will communicate with the relays using
the IEC 61850 manufacturing messaging
specifcation (MMS). During the pilot, se-
rial communications will be maintained
to each relay from the substation remote
terminal unit to support dual communi-
cations with the relays from the existing
energy management system (EMS).
This second channel will provide
backup capabilities for substation control
based on a proven technology from the
existing utility operation systems. This
will allow fexibility with the manage-
ment of the DMS during the pilot. Such
an approach also simplifes the security
measures required to maintain secure
communications with the EMS, which is a
North American Electric Reliability Corp.
(NERC) critical infrastructure protection
critical asset.
Local clocks in each switchgear lineup
will provide time coordination to the
relays. Once precision time protocol is
supported in relays, a single network-
connected clock could be used to provide
time coordination through the redun-
dant fber Ethernet connections, elimi-
nating additional wiring.
Ready for IEC 61850?
Deploying IEC 61850 requires coordination and cross-
training from at least four areas of the organization: protec-
tion and control, information technology, security and com-
pliance, and maintenance. By forming a cross-functional team
that leverages each organizations expertise, the collective can
work effciently and effectively, and make decisions about what
technology to deploy.
Establishing a combined lab where equipment can be
staged and tested is key to educating all affected departments
on the new technology. It also can be used to validate both the
equipment and the design in a controlled environment before
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it is installed in the feld. Burns & McDonnells Smart Grid
Lab was used to test communications and relay settings during
design while KCP&L was developing its own lab.
Beyond the Fence
In addition to using IEC 61850 for communications within
the substation, KCP&L plans to implement the MMS protocol
outside the substation for supervisory control and data acquisi-
tion (SCADA) communication between the feld devices and
substation-based distribution automation controller and the
DMS. Initially, feld devices will be deployed using distributed
network protocols, which will be converted to MMS protocols
as it becomes available in feld device controls.
Using an IP mesh network in the feld reclosers, capaci-
tors and fault indicators provides a low latency wideband
communications path for beyond-the-fence communication.
This capability paves the way for future improvements, such
as high-speed bus transfer schemes using GOOSE messages in
the feld area network. These messages could be used to iso-
late faults and close tie switches, transferring the load in real
time and, thereby, eliminating momentary outages, which are
becoming a bigger concern for customers.
A Smart Grid Future
IEC 61850 is often considered for new substation construc-
tion, but this project showed that it brings the same benefts to
an existing substation. Using IEC 61850 in a retroft applica-
tion allowed KCP&L to retain its existing wired controls and
test the standard while retaining the existing protection and
control design. Once the fnal bus is complete in 2012, KCP&L
will beneft from the values of the increased information pro-
cessing in the station.
KCP&Ls demonstration project is modernizing power de-
livery in its demonstration area by leveraging the knowledge
and capabilities of information processing to restore service
and protect equipment from failure. Deploying new technolo-
gy, especially in a traditional utility environment, is flled with
challenging growth opportunities that require innovation,
teamwork and vigilance.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge Dave Rucker and
Tim Hinken of KCP&L, and Chad Stilwell and Meghan Lyons
of Burns & McDonnell for contributing to this article.
Ed Hedges (ed.hedges@kcpl.com) is manager of smart grid
technology planning at Kansas City Power & Light. He is respon-
sible for developing near- and long-term technology plans to
guide the development of KCP&Ls vision for the future energy
distribution network or smart grid. He is the lead technology
planner for KCP&Ls Department of Energy-funded regional
smart grid demonstration project. Hedges earned a BSEE
degree from the University of Illinois. He is a registered profes-
sional engineer in Wisconsin.
Matthew Olson (molson@burnsmcd.com)
is an associate project manager in the
T&D division at Burns & McDonnell. He
has worked to deploy IEC 61850 and pack-
et-based utility networks supporting the
smart grid, and has 10 years of experience
designing and managing the deployment
of private communications networks.
Olson earned BSEE and MSEE degrees
from the University of Tulsa and is a reg-
istered professional engineer engineer in
Kansas and New Jersey.
Companies mentioned:
Burns & McDonnell
www.burnsmcd.com
Cisco | www.cisco.com
Kansas City Powel & Light
www.kcpl.com
North American Electric Reliability Corp.
www.nerc.com
Optical Cable | www.occber.com
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VEGETATIONManagement
LiDAR to the Rescue
A severe ice storm in Russia leads to re-evaluation of
ROW status and vegetation management practices.
By Boris Mekhanoshin, JSC IDGC Holding
F
rom Dec. 25, 2010, to Jan. 10, 2011, several regions of
Russian, including the city of Moscow and the sur-
rounding district, were affected by an unusual mete-
orological event. Freezing rain resulted in a coating
of glazed ice on overhead line conductors and towers as well as
the crowns of trees located close to the rights-of-way (ROW)
through forests. The ice glaze accumulated to a thickness of
25 mm to 30 mm (1 inch to 1.2 inches) in some parts; in the
Ulyanovsk and Samara regions, the thickness was 35 mm to
40 mm (1.4 inches to 1.6 inches), exceeding, by a factor of four
to seven, the estimated rate of ice accretion for that of previ-
ous events.
Under the enormous weight of the ice, tree branches
clashed with overhead line conductors, causing ground faults,
broken conductors and damaged towers, which led to wide-
spread power outages in the three regions. The aftermath
of the freezing rain that damaged thousands of kilometers
of power lines and hundreds of towers left some 500,000
residents in the Moscow district without electricity for a long
period of time.
Widespread Network Damage
The overall picture of disturbances from this event oc-
curred in the Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Smolensk, Tver and
Pskov regions. There were three separate occasions, each last-
ing three hours, when the outages occurred at 133 master sub-
stations on the 35-kV and 110-kV networks and 10,330 outages
at 10/6-kV transformer substations.
The JSC MOESK distribution utility identifed 273,000
fallen and dangerous trees, of which 232,000 were adjacent to
the 35-kV to 220-kV overhead lines and 41,000 were adjacent
to the 6-kV to 10-kV overhead lines. In total, 38 master substa-
tions on the 35-kV and 110-kV network and more than 3,500
10/6-kV transformer substations were temporarily shut down
in the Nizhny Novgorod, Smolensk, Tver and Pskov regions. It
should be noted the technical breakdowns were restricted to
the 110-kV to 6-kV distribution networks.
Russias United Electric System transmission systems, sub-
stations, relay protection and automation systems remained
undisturbed throughout this period. According to published
data, 470,000 people were without electricity for two to three
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days while some localities, with se-
verely damaged overhead line feed-
ers, were without power for nearly
two weeks. The three peak distur-
bances and breakdowns occurred
during the period when the freez-
ing rain was at maximum intensity.
Breakdown Cause
The main causes of the wide-
spread power outages in the Moscow
region were trees falling on power
lines and their crowns touching the
conducting parts of transmission
lines because of the weight of accu-
mulated ice. Ice accretion is caused
by anomalous meteorological con-
ditions: sudden warming, long-term
super-cooled liquid precipitation
(freezing rain), and intensive icing
on trees and along overhead lines, conductors and towers.
Based on research conducted in the United States, the average
time of freezing rain is 2 hours to 4 hours for humid regions,
whereas the Russian weather data for freezing rainfall in the
Moscow region for this event lasted for 14 hours, exceeding
the monthly average rate of adverse weather by four to seven
times.
The primary cause of the massive loss of electricity sup-
ply was insuffcient ROW clearance for power lines routed
through forests that belong to a special category of protected
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forestry in the Moscow region. Long-term discussions about
forest usage rules and the requirements of the electrical instal-
lation rules had prevented utilities from adequately maintain-
ing the ROW. In August 2011, new legislation was approved
that allows adequate ROW to be created and maintained for
each voltage class.
To assess the extent of the technical breaches caused by
freezing rain, results based on a special analysis of sample data
of overhead line outages for the period from 2008 to April
2011, provided by the Eastern Electricity Grid department of
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MOESK, were examined. The data confrmed the total num-
ber of overhead line outages in 2008 and 2009 were similar,
whereas the number of outages in 2010 increased by a factor
of three. This was caused by falling trees as a result of peat and
forest fres in the Moscow district in July 2010 to August 2010,
plus the faults due to ice accretion in December 2010.
The former rules for ROW specifed 29 m (95.1 ft) for
35-kV to 110-kV overhead lines and 37 m (121.4 ft) for 220-kV
overhead lines, but the average height of the trees bordering
ROW was at least 25 m (82 ft). When these trees fall, they can
damage conductors, ground wires and sometimes even the
The typical result of ice accretion on trees too close to lines is a predict-
able meeting of vegetation and line.
supporting towers. With insuffcient width of ROW, it was dif-
fcult to undertake vegetation management, whereas regional
offcials of the Federal Agency for Forestry Affairs had been
raising objections and assessing penalties for the clearance of
dangerous trees in the ROW. Now, with the new rules in place
for ROW, utilities can maintain adequate clearances.
Since the emergency situation in December 2010 and Janu-
ary 2011, utilities have continued to remove trees, cutting
crowns and branches in close proximity to overhead line con-
ductors. They have already removed more than 40,000 trees
from the overhead line corridors. To further improve the reli-
ability of supply, there is a planned expansion of the use of
insulated conductors for the 1-kV to 35 kV overhead lines.
LiDAR Surveys
Airborne laser survey (ALS) of overhead lines is now widely
used by utilities for updating the as-constructed documenta-
tion and monitoring the in-service condition of all overhead
line components. This includes conductors, ground wires,
towers, line insulation and the various buildings and struc-
tures located near the ROW.
JSC IDGC Holding regularly requests its 13 regional utili-
ties to employ ALS for infrastructure surveying. Vegetation
management is one of the main subjects of these surveys in
regions where large areas are covered with forests or other veg-
etation. For example, some territories in the southern regions
of Russia are covered with reeds and cane 3 m to 4 m (9.8
ft to 13.1 ft) tall that can disturb overhead line works during
drought and fre-danger periods.
The results of ALS are successfully used to verify the
technical condition of overhead lines and vegetation density
within power line corridors, as well as to determine the nature
of the crop, height and location to within accuracy of 0.01 m
JSC IDGC Holding
JSC IDGC Holding, a company operating in the electricity sector of the Russian Federation, comprises interregional dis-
tribution grid utilities (IDGCs /RDGCs) in addition to a large number of other companies. In total, there are 97 subsidiaries of
IDGCs/ RDGCs in 69 constituent entities.
The 13 JSC regions of the holding operations operate the distribution grid that comprises overhead lines at 10 voltage levels
from 0.4 kV to 220 kV. The key distribution grid statistics for 2010 indicate an installed substation capacity of more than 401,000
MVA and overhead distribution lines totaling 1,920,584 km (1,194,072 miles), of which 1,508,015 km (937,080 miles) operate in the
0.4-kV to 20-kV voltage range. Hence, IDGC Holding ranks among the worlds largest electricity utilities in terms of the length of
network and the total population (127.46 million) served in an area of 7.8 million sq km (3.0 million sq miles).
JSC MOESK is the second-smallest JSC region. It supplies the population of 17.143 million living in the city of Moscow and
the Moscow region through distribution lines that extend some 148,640 km (92,365 miles).
ROW Width for Overhead Lines with Bare Conductors
Nominal voltage (kV) ROW width in meters (feet)
to 1 2 (6.6)
1 to 20 10 (32.8)
35 15 (49.2)
110 20 (65.6)
150, 220 25 (82.0)
300, 500 30 (98.4)
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VEGETATIONManagement
ance. Information on the area and type of trees and shrubs to
be cleared enables maintenance costs to be estimated.
Some of these surveys come back showing the ROW re-
quired a large volume of work because between 41% and 75%
of the territory was occupied with trees and bushes between
1 m to 10 m (3.38 ft to 32.8 ft) tall, while the specifed conduc-
tor ground clearance should not be less than 6 m (19.7 ft).
This is the reason why vegetation causes phase-to-earth shut-
downs especially in summer, when the air temperature rises to
40qC (104qF) and above, and the clearance between conductor
and earth or vegetation decreases by between 0.5 m to 0.8 m
(1.64 ft to 2.62 ft).
(0.4 inches). Alternative methods of overhead line patrolling
do not determine the clearances between the conductors and
vegetation with such accuracy. Vegetation identifed by the
ALS in ROW must be removed in accordance with recently
approved legislation.
Detecting Damaged Conductors
Tall trees that fall on overhead line conductors in many
cases cause short circuits and damage conductors internally
and externally. Defects of the outer conductor strands can be
easily noted during conventional inspections. To detect inter-
nal damaged strands, a nondestructive testing (NDT) device
has to be used.
The magnetic head is applied to detect any damage to the
steel wire core strands. The eddy current head also is used
to determine broken aluminum strands and any decrease in
the conductor cross-section. An ongoing program to test the
conductors on all spans where trees fell during the winter of
2010/2011 is currently in progress.
Estimating Vegetation Management
The results of ALS to determine vegetation management re-
quirements is used by utilities to determine the type of trees or
shrubs to be cleared and the area of the ROW requiring clear-
Result of ALS processing, the yellow denotes vegetation that needs to be cleared from the ROW (left). A span of double-circuit overhead line
where each tree is taller than the phase conductors (right).
The NDT device inspecting damaged conductors.
Maximum Permissible Current for 110-kV Overhead Lines TPP 21 Novobratcevo in Different Weather Conditions
Conductor:
150 kcmil ACSR
Admissible continuous current, Amperes
at an ambient air temperature, C
Wind speed, m/s -5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
0.0 370 340 260 230 190 140 60 0 0 0
0.5 490 460 390 350 310 270 210 140 0 0
1.0 570 540 470 430 380 330 270 200 50 0
2.0 680 640 570 520 470 410 340 260 130 0
5.0 880 830 750 690 630 550 470 370 230 0
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Ground Clearance
Another result of the JSC IDGC Holding overhead line
ALS showed a signifcant number of violations for line specif-
cation parameters. The extent of the violations in terms of the
conductor to ground clearances on some 110-kV overhead line
spans showed 5.5 m (18 ft) of clearance, which was less than
the required value of 7 m (23 ft). The excessive conductor sag
was caused by creep, which is typical for aluminum conductor
steel-reinforced conductors exposed to the mechanical over-
loading of the freezing rain that caused abnormal conductor
elongation.
Companies mentioned:
JSC IDGC Holding
www.holding-mrsk.ru
OPTEN Ltd.
www.optensolutions.com
A Satisfactory Condition
Central Russia experienced a sequence of abnormal weath-
er conditions that started with an anticyclone in the summer
2010 that caused numerous forest and peat fres. In turn, this
weakened tree roots, causing instability. This contributed
to the aftermath of the freezing rain in December 2010 and
again in January 2011, which resulted in serious damage to
the overhead line networks in Russian regions, including the
Moscow district.
The situational analysis subsequently undertaken con-
frmed the main contributing cause of the disturbances was
the unsatisfactory condition of the over-
head line ROW. ALS proved to be a
highly effective means for planning veg-
etation management, offering fast and
high-accuracy detection of the ROW
requiring clearance. Furthermore, the
survey database offers the opportunity
for distribution utilities to make an
economic appraisal of the measures to
restore the ROW for overhead lines to a
satisfactory condition.
Acknowledgement
The author would like to acknowl-
edge the technical assistance and sup-
port received during the preparation of
this article by Vladimir Shkaptsov and
Konstantin Konchenko at OPTEN Ltd.
Boris Mekhanoshin (Mekhanoshin-Bl@
holding-mrsk.ru) started his career in
ber-optic communications at the Mos-
cow Power Engineering Institute. He then
worked for the chair of Radio Transmis-
sion Devices and has been involved with
ber-optic technology until he joined
ORGRES, where he established the rst
ber-optic systems laboratory for the
Russian electric power industry. In 1992,
he was appointed deputy general direc-
tor of ORGRES. He was then president
and CEO of OPTEN Ltd., a company
specializing in design and construction of
communication networks and overhead
lines. Mekhanoshin joined JSC IDGC
Holding in 2010, where he was appointed
technical director and deputy general
director. He also is an individual member
of CIGR.
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n 2011, Glendale Water & Power (GWP) completed instal-
lation of more than 120,000 smart electric and water me-
ters, one of the utilitys largest projects, which started in
2009. The municipal utility in Glendale was one of the
frst U.S. utilities to connect and integrate all of its electric and
water customers using smart grid technology.
Some of the other frsts included being the frst city in the Some of the other frsts included being the frst city in the
nation to sign a Department of Energy (DOE) grant for US$20
million that helped accelerate the installation of the smart
meters and also being one of the highest-ranking utilities by
the smart grid maturity model. GWP scored 5s for breaking
new ground by having an industry-leading innovation strategy
and organizational structure in its smart grid project. These
are two of the most important domains to ensure a successful
project as measured by the California Energy Commissions
Energy Research division.
But, back in 2008, when GWP frst introduced its smart
grid business plan to the city council, the entire project was
expected to take approximately fve years. In 2009, the util-
ity applied for and won the DOE grant. Then, in 2010, GWP
completed its proof-of-concept phase, testing out 1,000 elec-
tric and 500 water meters. Smart meter installation started in
P expects late 2010 and was completed by September 2011. GWP
e meters, to be fully functional in all aspects pertaining to the
ther than including meter data maanagement, in two years rat
fve years.
Keeping Customers Enngaged
Customer engagement is an extremely important aspect of aspect of Customer engagemennt is an extremely important
any smart grid project. Keeping information fowing to cus-
tomers, along with engaging and involving them as much as
possible, is key to a successfully adopted project. Customer
engagement and outreach were a top priority for GWP on its
smart meter project. To get customers to be early and continu-
ous supporters of the project, GWP had to educate and inform
them of the benefts of the technology and how they, specif-
cally, would beneft from it.
Explaining complicated subject matter such as the smart
grid is not an easy thing to do. Customers wondered why GWP
needed to modernize the infrastructure; in their minds, every-
thing was working just fne. GWPs frst task was to let custom-
ers know and understand how the utility had not kept pace
with the electric and water industry, and that keeping up with
the times was crucial. GWPs aging infrastructure had not
One of the key elements of the smart grid is this smart meter.
Coffee in the Park is one of the GWP customer outreach events
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changed much in the last 100 years.
It was time to implement change
and start showing the benefts.
Having learned from the mis-
communication mistakes of inves-
tor-owned utilities, GWP did not
want to make those same mistakes;
it wanted customers on board from
the get-go. From the beginning,
GWP reached out to customers
through town hall meetings and
direct-mail pieces. The local media
also were engaged to cover the proj-
ect so as to inform and educate cus-
tomers of what was coming and how
the smart meters and smart grid
would beneft them.
Every project milestone was pub-
licized. Prior to installations, cus-
tomers received a letter about the
coming installation and why it was necessary. They received
brochures and bill inserts on frequently asked questions. GWP
gave the city council and commission frequent project status up-
dates. The utility also created a stakeholder advisory committee
made up of city residents and business owners who met with the
utility on a monthly basis and shared their insight and informa-
tion on the project, and provided input on outreach materials.
All customer outreach, including the utilitys external news-
letters, website and social media sites, had a special section
devoted to this project with progress constantly being high-
lighted. GWP also attended every community event sponsored
by the city, distributing smart grid educational materials and
Smart meter installation is a process step that is preceded by considerable customer outreach
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answering questions. The utility hosted Coffee in the Park
events on Saturdays and Sundays for six months and invited
customers to come and discuss the project and its benefts.
The purpose was to go to the customers to engage and edu-
cate them on the new technology.
Smart Grid Maturity Model
Glendale Water & Powers (GWPs) smart grid meter project received the highest customer score of all smaller utilities and
among the highest customer scores of all 93 utilities that responded to the Smart Grid Maturity Model (SGMM) survey. The survey
was facilitated by the California Energy Commissions Public Interest Energy Research division, through a project called Dening
the Pathway to Californias 2020 Smart Grid for Publicly Owned Utilities.
According to the surveys ndings, Glendale achieved the highest maturity level of all utilities surveyed in the areas of strategy,
management and regulatory, and organization and structure. GWPs smart grid maturity level is more advanced than most other
utilities, and it is a pioneer in developing a corporate-level smart grid strategy. The utilitys overall strategy focuses strongly on its
customers. These results stem from GWP having laid down a strong foundation for the smart grid project.
The SGMM is a management tool that helps utilities plan smart grid implementation, prioritize options and measure progress.
Developed by utilities for utilities, the model is hosted by the Software Engineering Institute as a resource for industry transforma-
tion with the support of the U.S. Department of Energy and input from a broad array of stakeholders.
The SGMM measures utilities in eight domains from strategy implementation to societal and environmental responsibility.
GWP scored the highest maturity level of 5 for breaking new ground and having an industry-leading innovation in the strategy
and organizational structure of its smart grid project two of the most important domains that will ensure a successful project
down the line.
As utilities are underway to modernize their electric grids, they have to strike an appropriate balance between all the hype and
the real progress they are making. Findings from the SGMM and Software Engineering Institute can help utilities to determine
their progress and where to focus their efforts to achieve their goals.
Extensive outreach is a defnite must for any utility pursu-
ing a smart grid project, because keeping customers in the
know, along with giving them information and progress up-
dates, will help them eventually adopt and adapt to the new
technology, and the many changes it will bring them.
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A Frame Up
With all of the smart meters now installed and functioning
properly, and the data making its way in, customers need to
be given the options about how to see their usage. Plus, they
need to know how to use the information their new smart me-
ters are providing to help them make wiser energy and water
choices.
Glendale is entering the second phase of its smart grid proj-
ect, which consists of customer-facing programs.
The utility is looking into expanding its thermal
storage program through a partnership with Ice
Energy, future pricing plans, in-home devices and
demand-response programs. Giving this power to
customers is one of the most benefcial parts of a
smart grid system.
Interestingly, an important part of this proj-
ect came together by chance for GWP when a
company approached the utility. At a 2009 con-
ference, CEIVA, a digital-frame producer whose
CEO lived in Glendale and worked in Burbank, a
neighboring city, asked if its digital frame could
work with the smart meters to display usage in-
formation inside the home. This was not just any
regular digital frame. The frame stores pictures
in a cloud and people upload pictures to the
frame through a pin number or the Internet. The
frame displays the stored pictures.
GWP and CEIVA worked together on installing a ZigBee
chip in the frame. GWP is currently piloting the frame with
about 50 customers. The frame connects to the smart meter
using the ZigBee chip and displays the customers electric and
water usage in near real time. GWP owns fve channels out
of the 40 on the frame. The fve different channels display
energy and water usage, information on GWP programs and
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DISTRIBUTIONManagement
NV Energy Signals
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A decade of demand-response growth has
generated benets and created new challenges.
By Victor Garman, NV Energy
L
as Vegas, Nevada, has a well-deserved reputation
as the embodiment of excess consumption, from its
myriad buffets to its lavish pool parties. Las Vegas
also is gaining a reputation for shaping how and when
energy is consumed through its innovative use of demand
response (DR). The large-scale deployment of DR has brought
operational challenges to NV Energy, the investor-owned
utility that serves the Las Vegas valley. NV Energy has met
these challenges with practical, repeatable solutions.
Thanks to DR, NV Energy has the ability to reliably reduce
more than 140 MW of residential and small commercial air
conditioner load. There are more than 70,000 air conditioners
in the Las Vegas valley at more than 50,000 homes of custom-
ers who are currently participating in a voluntary DR program.
When the outdoor temperature rises to between 104F and
108F (40C and 42.2C), a pager signal can be sent to some or
all of the 70,000 air conditioners. Once signaled, the air con-
ditioners increase their setback by 4F (2.2C), causing them
to ramp down consumption, thus dropping the system load by
more than 140 MW. When called upon, these DR curtailments
produce measurable, consistent reductions in demand on the
distribution system.
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NV Energy did not grow to 140 MW of DR overnight.
NV Energy has been growing its base of participants in its air
conditioning load-management program for nearly 10 years.
As a consequence, the utility manages a portfolio of DR con-
trol devices from a cross-selection of vendors (for example,
Carrier, Honeywell and so forth). Each vendor has its own pro-
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center or on the cloud and communicates to the DR device
using the manufacturer-specifc language of the device.
Keeping the data in each software headend updated is a
challenge. For example, when a customer leaves a DR program,
it is critical to update the software headend to stop sending
dispatch signals to curtail consumption to the customers DR
device. The data can be updated manually through a graphi-
cal user interface within the software
headend, or it can be updated automati-
cally using a software interface. However,
updating the data manually is costly from
a labor perspective and error-prone.
A second challenge to maintaining a
portfolio of DR devices is managing the
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home displays (IHDs), are controlled over
the Internet. There are plans to commu-
nicate with IHDs using the meter network
later in 2012. All of these communications
systems experience a diversity of issues that must be monitored
and managed for the dispatch signal to be sent out and, more
importantly, received whenever needed.
A third challenge related to DR device portfolio manage-
ment is losing communication between devices in the HAN.
Obviously, this challenge is unique to DR control through
a HAN and is not relevant to the stand-alone thermostat or
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DISTRIBUTIONManagement
load-control switch. For example, a meter can stop commu-
nicating with an IHD, thus causing the IHD to stop function-
ing correctly. The IHD also can lose connectivity with other
HAN devices, such as a thermostat or lighting control. When
this happens, the functionality of the device can be reduced in
some way. For example, when disconnected from the IHD, the
thermostat may lose the ability to change program set points.
This challenge is important to manage from a customers per-
spective. Consequently, the connectivity between devices in
the HAN must be actively monitored and managed.
A fourth and fnal challenge related to DR device portfolio
management is reporting. NV Energy has signifcant report-
ing requirements both to manage the operations of DR pro-
grams as well as program oversight. For example, NV Energy
is required to periodically report data to the Public Utilities
Commission of Nevada regarding the cost-effectiveness and
effcacy of its DR programs. To show that building DR capacity
is more cost-effective than building a peaker plant, data must
be assembled and processed from many disparate systems. Ag-
gregating and providing operational and regulatory reports
from many different systems is a challenge.
Operator Condence
A DR resource does not have value if it cannot be reliably
dispatched. To be dispatched as a reliable resource, DR must
meet the challenge of developing confdence in system or grid
operators. Operators must have confdence the DR resource
will behave as forecasted. To create and maintain operator
confdence, an accurate forecast must be available each day for
every dispatch algorithm so the operator knows exactly how
the DR resource will impact the system load.
A dispatch algorithm might be, for example, to dispatch all
air conditioners at 4 p.m. and bring them all back to normal at
6 p.m. An alternative dispatch algorithm would be to dispatch
a subset of the air conditioners at 3:30 p.m., another subset at
4 p.m. and so on. These different dispatch algorithms produce
different load shapes on the system grid and each algorithm
has a different cost per megawatt-hour.
An in-home display shows energy consumption from an AMI meter, An in home display shows energy consumption from an AMI meter
which is updated several times per minute, and also displays the current
of electricity per hour and indoor/outdoor temperature (left). The pro-
grammable thermostat (right) communicates wirelessly to the in-home
display using ZigBee HAN.
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DISTRIBUTIONManagement
A second element of providing operator confdence is a real-
time feedback loop that a DR resource is reducing demand as
expected. Unfortunately, most metering systems transmit data
too slowly to be used to provide near-real-time feedback. This
feedback can be provided using supervisory control and data
acquisition (SCADA) because this is collected fast enough; the
data updates every 1 sec to 60 sec, providing near-real-time
feedback.
The Customer Side
DR programs also introduce customer service and feld ser-
vice challenges. NV Energy customer service representatives
(CSRs) are trained to enroll a customer in a DR program or
to assist with other DR customer service inquiries. Customers
may call CSRs regarding the operation of their devices, DR
program rules or the dispatch of feld services staff for repairs.
Tracking notes for each customer interaction is a challenge, as
is managing customer service request queues, such as schedul-
ing a repair service request with a customer.
Once a customer enrolls in a DR program, a feld services
vendor, managed by NV Energy, installs an IHD and a pro-
grammable communicating thermostat (PCT) at the custom-
er premise, confgures the IHD and PCT based on customer
preferences and demonstrates basic device usage. Assigning
and tracking feld work, or work orders, is a signifcant chal-
lenge further complicated by the fact NV Energy uses multiple
feld services companies. One such complication is that NV
Energy must have processes in place to assign feld services
work to the least-cost, highest-quality company that has avail-
ability matching the customers availability.
The Solution
The solution to many of these operational challenges can
be provided by change management and appropriate software.
After a careful review of existing in-house systems, NV Energy
published a request for proposal in late 2009 to purchase soft-
ware that would meet these requirements. There were no solu-
tions on the market that met the requirements out of the box.
However, UISOL, now part of Alstom, had a software prod-
uct developed for the wholesale energy market (usually inde-
pendent system operators and other power pool entities) that
had similar features needed by NV Energy. So, NV Energy
partnered with UISOL to implement a commercial product
for the retail utility market. That product is called the De-
mand Response Management System (DRMS) by NV Energy
and branded as DRBizNet by UISOL. The product was imple-
mented using funds from a smart grid investment grant that
was part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009.
The DRMS reduces the impact of the challenges previously
described. Specifcally, the DRMS integrates with software
headends to keep data synchronized between systems, monitor
DR communications and provide reports. It provides forecasts
and near-real-time displays to system operators. The DRMS
also manages the activities of the DR CSRs and feld service
contractors using service request queues and work orders.
The frst production release of the DRMS was in October
2011. Being a prudent utility, NV Energy frst released the
DRMS to a limited audience of employees. The limited release
is now about to be expanded to include a few hundred custom-
ers. If that goes as expected, plans are to install up to 3,000
new devices per month throughout the rest of 2012.
An Exciting Time
NV Energys leadership in the DR market will continue to
push the frontiers of what is feasible. In 2011, NV Energy was
able to reduce its system operating reserve requirements be-
cause of DR. Going forward, the utility expects to improve the
value of DR by optimizing dispatch algorithms, paying market-
based incentives and expanding the footprint of devices that
can participate in DR curtailments to include pool pumps,
variable-speed motors, batteries, lighting controls, smart ap-
pliances and the like.
Many other utilities are now interested in DR because of
the infux of smart grid projects. It is an exciting time to be in
the DR feld.
Victor Tor Garman (vgarman@nvenergy.com) is a project
manager at NV Energy with a focus in demand response and
distributed energy. He has worked in the utility industry for
seven years and is a certied energy manager. Garman received
a bachelors degree in mathematics and computer science from
Vanderbilt Universitys school of engineering in 1996.
Editors note: This material is based upon work supported
by the Department of Energy under Award Number DE-
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NV Energy | www.nvenergy.com
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LIFELine
M Born in Sidney, Nebraska.
M Married to Tina for 15 years and has a 13-year-old son, Sam.
M Enjoys golng, shing, doing outside activities and spending
time with his family.
M His favorite boss is his current supervisor, Dave Clark at Xcel
Energy in Boulder, Colorado. Dave was a lineman at one time,
and as long as he does his job, he treats him like gold.
M Cant live without his rubber gloves, hard hat, safety glasses
and hot sticks.
M Describes himself as hard working, very safe and outgoing.
His coworkers call him The Governor, because he likes people
and knows just about everyone.
Early Years
When I was a little kid, I saw linemen climbing poles, and
I decided that I wanted to pursue line work for a living. In
1973, I had the opportunity to work as a ground apprentice for
Highland Electric Cooperative in Sterling, Colorado. In this
position, I framed and set poles, performed overhead work
and did a lot of climbing.
After three years, I went to work for Intermountain Rural
Electric in Sedalia, Colorado. I worked for the company for
six years before making journeyman in 1979. In 1983, I began
working for Longmont Power and Communications in Long-
mont, Colorado. I served as a lineman until 1994, and then
I was promoted to foreman and eventually to crew leader. I
worked for that company for 26 years before I retired.
My wife told me that I couldnt retire before her, so I then
went to work for Xcel Energy in 2008 as a journeyman line-
man, and Ive been with the company ever since.
Day in the Life
My work day starts at 7 a.m. at the Boulder service center.
During an informational meeting, my three-man crew gets
orders to do service upgrades, pole changes or underground
splicing for cable repairs. During our workday, we serve the
mountains, hills and plains within Xcels service territory.
One of my favorite things about working as a lineman for
Xcel Energy is that every day is different. For example, right
now, we are replacing some 1950s-era wood poles that were
broken in 80-mph to 90-mph winds.
While Ive done a lot of interesting projects for Xcel over
the last few years, one of my most memorable jobs was back in
2010. My crew built a double-circuit 795 wire and dedicated
feeder circuit for the University of Colorado in Boulder. It
was a lot of hard work, but because it was team effort, it went
together really well. We were on the project for three or four
months, and we reframed the poles, strung large wires and
energized a circuit.
Safety Lesson
When I worked for the Rural Electric Association, we had
a tailboard before starting our work for the day. During this
meeting, we were instructed to stay out of the primary. Un-
fortunately, one of our coworkers got into the primary, was
burned, and then fell off the 40-ft pole and on to a chain link
fence. We performed CPR and he survived, but he had to go
through a lot of rehabilitation due to a brain injury.
After that accident, I learned the importance of never tak-
ing shortcuts. You always have tomorrow to do the job. Also,
when youre a lineman, you cant bring any of your troubles
from home to the job site. You need to keep your mind on the
job, and if something doesnt feel right, then you just shouldnt
do it. Theres no looking back if you have an accident.
Memorable Storm
A storm that Ill never forget was a tornado in Windsor, Col-
orado. All the crews came in from Denver, Colorado. When
we arrived, we would see one house standing and another one
down on the ground. It was incredible that there werent any
fatalities. There were a lot of distribution lines down, and it
took a team effort to get everything back up in the air. We were
there for 10 days.
Challenges and Rewards
I think the biggest reward of being a lineman is working
with great coworkers and trying to learn something new every
day. In my opinion, the most challenging aspect of this job is
working in 80-mph winds. Its tough to get our customers back
on when we have the large feeder poles down.
Plans for the Future
If I had a choice, I would defnitely go into the power indus-
try all over again. I wouldnt change a thing about my career
choice. Its rewarding to get peoples lights back on. As long
as I stay healthy, I want to retire at 65, stay in touch with the
trade, and then maybe work for an inspection company for
utilities.
Randy Zalesky
Xcel Energy
Xcel Energys Randy Zalesky replaces a pole that was broken
during a recent storm.
briefng. Through advanced planning, we can keep our crews
safe in the feld by preventing any unnecessary incidents or
injuries.
3. Wear rubber gloves and ground lines. Not too long ago, the
right thing to do was to de-energize a 12-kV or 4-kV line, then
work it as dead with no rubber gloves or grounds. It was a frm
shade of gray, and many distribution line workers chose this
path. Instead, linemen should take care to wear their personal
protective equipment at all times.
4. Report near-misses. When working storms, most utilities
schedule morning briefng sessions with their crews before
they go out into the feld. They discuss the number of outages,
their goals for the day and near-misses. And, in storm work, ev-
eryone shares, because hazards are extreme and no one wants
anyone to get injured. But when the storm is over, our line
workers will return to their routine. Oftentimes, the linemen
are reluctant to share the near-misses.
Field superintendents and crew leaders should make every
morning like a storm report. Take fve minutes to pull crews
together to review the day, discuss any changing conditions,
identify goals for the day and ask for near-miss reports.
Remember, there is a difference between safety is the right
thing to do and simply doing the right thing. In our business,
it can mean the difference between life and serious injury or
death. To keep you and your crews safe, try to always do the
right thing, follow the rules, wear rubber gloves and ground
lines, plan your work and report near-misses. While productiv-
ity is important, safety should always come frst.
SAFETYTalk
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By Matt Forck, SafeStrat
Matt Forck (matt@safestrat.com), a certied safety profession-
al, worked as a meter reader and journeyman lineman, and was
a member of his utilitys safety staff. Today, as the president of
SafeStrat, short for Safety Strategies, he speaks and consults
on utility safety. Learn more at www.safestrat.com.
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any utility leaders have adopted the slogan:
Safety is the right thing to do. I believed frmly
in this slogan until a serious incident made me
reconsider this approach.
A three-person line crew was working to change out a cross-
arm on a three-phase 12-kV circuit. One of the linemen got
too high and put his shoulder in the middle phase as he was
moving the neutral. Unfortunately, he wasnt wearing rubber
gloves, and the middle phase wasnt adequately covered. His
injuries were serious and signifcant, but lucky for him and his
family, he survived.
If you asked his crew members, they would tell you that they
were absolutely doing the right thing. On this job, the work
needed to be done quickly because the crew was working over-
time to restore power to customers. They cut major corners
by failing to follow even the most basic of rules, but they were
trying to do the right thing by working rapidly.
After this event, I drew a new conclusion: I discovered that
safety is not simply the right thing to do, but rather, safety is
doing the right thing. In transmission and distribution work,
this is usually cut and dry. Its measured by rules, planning,
actions, hazard evaluations, energy source controls and more.
Below are four areas where safety is doing the right thing.
1. Follow all rules. In the spring of 2003, I was doing a safety
audit on a seven-person line crew. I noticed that the linemen
were taking some risks, so I stopped the job. I called everyone
together and told the crew they needed to change the way
they were performing a certain task. I was told that they didnt
need to change because they were doing the work the way
they had always done it. We then pulled out the safety manual,
and I referenced the section, which clearly told them to do it
another way. They acted astonished and asked how long that
this particular rule had been in the manual. I replied that it
had been in the last safety manual revision, which dated back
to 1983.
Over time, linemen may grow complacent because theyre
used to doing things their way. To keep them safe, conduct
regular inspections of the job site and make them accountable
for not following the rules outlined in the safety manual.
2. Plan your work and work your plan. Within the OSHA stan-
dard for electrical line work, OSHA specifcally requires job
planning and tells us what to discuss, including hazards as-
sociated with the job, the safety rules that well need to fol-
low and any special precautions. We also need to cover energy
source controls and personal protective equipment. Finally, if
the job or conditions change, we need to schedule another job
Safety is Doing the Right Thing
Jason Selix, a lineman with Stearns Electric Association,
dead-ends wire in Richmond, Minnesota.
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Searching for Product Innovation
KT Power never stops exploring ideas that help the feld
professionals achieve their work in a safe and effective man-
ner. Those types of fresh ideas are almost a necessity in an
industry that increasingly encounters new demands. But while
ideas themselves are plentiful, utility companies often lack the
means and expertise to properly execute them.
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to fruition, KT Power turned to Diversifed. Working primarily
in the power line utility niche, Diversifed specializes in taking
a companys initial idea and bringing it to a higher level of
function and design. In most cases, the frm will also manu-
facture the fnished unit.
For example, Diversifed supplied KT Power with two in-
sulated work platform (IWP) units, one mounted on a boom
truck and one designed for a track carrier derrick. Each IWP
is rated to 765 kV, which is the highest allowable voltage in the
United States.
As the countrys energy grid is enhanced and expanded,
the electrical industry is expected to move toward more ef-
fcient and more economical 765-kV transmission systems.
The cost to construct a typical 765-kV line is roughly a third
of whats required to build the multiple 500-kV or 345-kV lines
capable of carrying the same amount of power. Utility compa-
nies, in turn, will need the proper equipment to adapt.
The higher voltage rating on the Diversifed IWP will be
critical to the companys future projects. KT Power, however,
has already noticed several advantages for the platforms out-
side of voltage capacity. For example, the platforms have an
extensive reach. Operators can get 165-ft working height out
of the IWP where they only get 100 ft with a bucket truck. As a
result, the IWP makes many tasks easier and safer.
Since the IWP essentially acts as a crane and as a bucket
truck, it frequently enables KT Powers crews to bring in one
piece of equipment rather than two. This has been an advan-
tage on jobs involving mountainous terrain. In these projects,
equipment access can become a logistical challenge.
The IWP also offers certain design advantages. For exam-
ple, it has a clean boom with no wiring, no fber optics and no
hydraulics. Because its one sealed piece of fberglass, it doesnt
require any maintenance. However, a bucket truck has about
fve or six different components that can require attention.
In conjunction with the two IWP units, KT Power also uses
three Diversifed man baskets, including one single-man bas-
ket, a 4-ft-wide two-person basket and a 6-ft-wide two-person
basket. Diversifed also supplies the radio control systems for
operation of each IWP.
Most power companies are still using platforms with fber-
optic controls, but KT Power has found that the radio con-
trols work more smoothly. In fact, the company is considering
switching over some older bucket trucks to radio controls to
eliminate past problems.
Lifting Phases
Another innovation brought to life through the collabora-
tion between KT Power and Diversifed is a 500-kV-rated phase
lifter that was developed specifcally for a job performed for
National Grid USA. The project, which originally began in
early 2007, entailed the changing of 139 single-circuit steel lat-
tice towers into two- or three-pole deadends, all of which was
to be done while National Grid USAs 345-kV line remained
energized.
The equipment allowed the workers to come in from un-
derneath and hold the conductor, as opposed to coming over
the top with sticks hanging from a crane. The lifter provided
a signifcant advantage in areas where there wasnt enough
Specializing in live-line work, KT Power goes beyond typical pre-
cautions to seek new ways to enhance safety and efciency.
Rated to 765 kV (the highest allowable voltage in the United
States), Diversieds insulated work platform has enabled
KT Power to improve equipment utilization.
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Altec Industries | www.altec.com
Carhartt | www.carhartt.com
Diversied Product Development
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Hoffman Boots | www.hoffmanboots.com
Hubbell Power Systems | www.hubbellpowersystems.com
International Truck and Engine Corp.
www.internationaltrucks.com
KT Power Inc. | www.ktpower.com
National Grid | www1.nationalgridus.com
Oshkosh Corp. | www.oshkoshcorporation.com
Pennsylvania Power and Light | www.pplweb.com
Prinoth | www.prinoth.com
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Tyndale | www.tyndaleusa.com
The Von Corp. | www.voncorp.com
overhead clearance to get outside and above the conductor
areas where the only access was from underneath. Addition-
ally, the lifter could hold the conductor and move it out of the
way while a feld crew tore a tower down. The tool has been
extremely versatile.
The phase lifter also simplifed the setup process. The feld
crews were able to hold and move the conductor out of the way
with existing trucks in their feet. As such, it was much easier
than bringing in a large crane and having to rig a lot of sticks
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The phase lifter provided the effciency boost KT Power
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which has gone to great lengths over the years to uphold its
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but for performing such jobs all over the county and even
overseas.
Jeff Tiernan (jptiernan@ktpower.com) is the vice president
of KT Power. He has been in the industry for 30 years and been
with KT Power since 2005. Before that time, he worked as a
journeyman lineman for contractors and utilities. He graduated
in 1986 from his apprenticeship program and is now a eld
supervisor.
William Tiernan (ktpower504@verizon.net) is president of
KT Power, which was founded in 1998. After starting his career
with 15 years at the New York Power Authority, Tiernan became
project superintendent for construction of a 765-kV line that
ran from New York into Canada. He then moved to the Western
United States in 1977 to attend every live-line school he could.
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inemen who maintain transmission and distribution
lines and towers often work in a fberglass bucket or
boom that stretches from 45 ft to 150 ft in the air. As
such, safety is paramount. Any serious, undetected de-
fects in aerial personnel devices, commonly known as bucket
trucks, could have catastrophic results.
Acoustic emission (AE) inspection is part of a comprehen-
sive preventative maintenance program for utility feets to
extend the life and reliability of their equipment. AE testing
is designed to discover degradation of the insulated portions
as well as detect defects in the metal components caused by
fatigue or overloading, said Frank Petrasek, principal engineer
of Georgia Power Co. AE can alert inspectors to the location
of defects that are diffcult or impossible to visually inspect,
explains Keith McPherson, a North Carolina-based engineer
with Altec Industries.
The concept of using the science of AE testing to evaluate
the condition of fberglass-reinforced plastic (FRP) has been
around since the 1970s, but employing it to check the in-ser-
vice condition of bucket trucks in the utility industry began in
the 1980s.
AE inspection is based on the fact that materials under
stress emit sound waves. When captured by the proper equip-
ment, sound waves can be evaluated based on their strength,
or amplitude, and their location within the bucket truck. Al-
though additional methods can be used to assess the safety
and soundness of other components
of a bucket truck, AE is the only cost-
effective, non-destructive method for
checking FRP components.
Simulating Field Conditions
During an AE test, load, pressure
and other stressors are applied to
simulate the way a device or structure
is used in the feld. Inspectors stress
the device slightly beyond a user-des-
ignated rating that is always less than
the designed maximum capability
engineered by the manufacturer but
above what the device experiences
in the feld. Since the inspectors test
load is always below the manufactur-
ers designed maximum load, theres
no danger that the acoustic test will
compromise the components of the
device being tested.
If inspectors fnd evidence of any
damage or defect that might be in-
creasing, they evaluate the amount of
emissions and/or their rate of growth
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based on requirements in published test standards, and de-
cide whether the device or structure should remain in service,
be repaired or be replaced.
Improving Vehicles Reliability
Linemen appreciate the additional visual and acoustic in-
spections because it adds another set of eyes on the vehicles
they depend on. As a result, they have more confdence in
their vehicles and their own safety. The utilities that partici-
pate in this program inspect their vehicles on a regular basis.
They often use load testing, which is monitored by AE under
controlled conditions, along with thorough visual and other
non-destructive inspections.
Once linemen understand the importance of the acoustic
testing process for vehicle safety, they often are interested in
what was found. Many times, they will give the inspectors clues
about areas that need to be further investigated.
At the same time, the inspections help the feet managers
in their decisions on life extension of the vehicles and the at-
tached aerial booms. In many cases, maintenance schedules
of the vehicles beneft because problems may be discovered
early. In addition, repairs can be scheduled at regular mainte-
nance intervals, eliminating excessive downtime for the crews.
Inspections are usually performed during off hours or sched-
uled downtime hours to eliminate disruption for the crews.
AE inspections are usually performed during evenings and
weekends when the crews are not scheduled. In areas where
feet mechanics are scheduled in shifts, most problems iden-
tifed by the acoustic inspections can be handled before the
vehicles are needed the next day.
Revising Standards
The frst test standard for feld use of AE inspection of
aerial personnel devices was F914, Test Standard for Acoustic
Emission of Insulated Aerial Personnel Devices without Sup-
plemental Load Handling Attachments, published in 1985. It
was developed by Subcommittee 18.55 of ASTM Committee
F18 on Electrical Protective Equipment for Workers, which in-
cludes representatives of the utility industry, safety consultants,
manufacturers of aerial devices and AE testing organizations.
ASTM Contemplates Certication Program for Aerial Device Inspectors
In order to assist owners and users of aerial devices in developing individuals procient in the ASTM test standards relating to
aerial devices, ASTM is considering developing a certication program that focuses on its three existing aerial lift standards. Heres
what you need to know about the standards and proposed testing program.
1. The applicable standards. The three standards are: F914/F914M-10 Standard Test Method for Acoustic Emission for Aerial
Personnel Devices without Supplemental Load Handling Attachments; F1430/F1430M-10 Standard Test Method for Acoustic Emission
Testing of Insulated and Non-Insulated Aerial Personnel Devices with Supplemental Load Handling Attachments; and F1797-09e1
Standard Test Method for Acoustic Emission Testing of Insulated and Non-Insulated Digger Derricks. These standards are under the
jurisdiction ASTM subcommittee F18.55 on Inspection and Non-Destructive Test Methods for Aerial Devices.
2. The difference between certied versus qualied employees. Generally, utility eet, utility contractor groups and inspection
service agencies have the ability to hire and maintain personnel certied for acoustic emission inspection. The American Society for
Non-destructive Testing (ASNT) has a personnel certication program developed for employer-based certication in the recognized
non-destructive examination (NDE) classications for Level 1 and 2. This program, known in the industry as ASNT TC-1-A, contains
minimum recommended requirements for each level of certication and a certicate of completion, furnished when all requirements
are met. The actual certication level is administered through the employer as part of their quality assurance program. However, a
certied individual using this process may not necessarily be a qualied individual. Verication that employees are qualied for
specic NDE inspections still rests with the employer.
3. The need for objective testing. Acoustic emission (AE) has always been recognized as an inspection discipline that is extremely
operator dependent, especially as it relates to aerial lift inspection. Because of the inherent design of an aerial device, which includes
internal cables, sheaves, pulleys, hoses, pins, hydraulics, and a host of noise-inducing equipment, it is difcult for the inspector to lter
out non-relevant acoustic signals and focus only on relevant ones. Also, baseline acoustic signatures of one manufacturers device
compared to another may be different. These factors cause aerial device AE inspection to be more subjective and dependent on an
operators experience as he interprets the test data more so than in other types of AE inspection.
4. Review of current training. The ASNT personnel certication process in TC-1-A for AE touches on all of the possible AE
inspection methods. These methods include inspecting pressure vessels, underground piping, tank cars, and above ground storage
tanks, etc. Because classroom instruction hours and length of examinations must be limited, this certication process lacks specic
focus and detail on any one method. An individual is given an overview of how AE can be used, knowledge of the basic principles and
theories, and it touches on data interpretation for various methods. The current certication process does not necessarily qualify an
individual to inspect aerial lifts or interpret the type of test data received from such inspections. Developing qualied inspectors still
remains an employer responsibility.
5. The proposed program structure. If users and inspection agencies agree that a limited certication program would assist their
efforts to develop qualied individuals in aerial lift inspection and would be interested in having their personnel attend ASTM training
programs, the association could then move forward to create a program specic to the ASTM aerial lift standards. This will not replace
the basic ASNT AE certication. In fact, the ASNT AE certication would be a prerequisite for attendance in the proposed training.
ASTM would provide both classroom and hands-on eld training, with both general and specic examinations. In addition, utilities
could give the graduates a certicate of successful completion, which could be used through their quality-assurance procedure to
create a limited certication in aerial device inspection.
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The frst standard was followed in 1992 by
F1430, covering material-handling insulated
aerial devices; and in 1997 by F1797, concern-
ing insulated digger derricks that bore holes
and set posts. In subsequent years, each test
standard has been reviewed and revised sev-
eral times. In fact, AE data interpretation
techniques, test equipment and feld experi-
ence have evolved to the point where the word
insulated has been removed from the stan-
dards, since AE is now used to evaluate the
metal components of devices as well as insu-
lating components. Additionally, ASTM Sub-
committee F18.55 has developed acceptance/
rejection criteria, which are now included in
the latest revisions of test standards.
Discovering Defects
In accordance with ASTM standards for
AE inspection, utilities and testing organiza-
tions have found cracks in the FRP booms of
aerial personnel devices, damaged material-
handling jibs, or winches on bucket trucks, and problems with
hydraulic holding valves. Theyve also uncovered inadequate
lubrication of pins and bushing and epoxy de-bonding at met-
al to FRP interfaces, resulting in repaired or replaced equip-
ment and enhanced safety for workers.
Additionally, AE inspection has been used to inspect aerial
devices after suspected damage. For example, if a bucket truck
experiences an overload caused by using the winch to pick up
an object beyond its rated load, AE testing can determine if
any signifcant damage has been done, McPherson said.
Inspection results are commonly grouped by the severity
and location of the acoustic activity, and are defned in three
ways:
M Being an acoustic activity or a visual sighting severe
enough to remove the truck from service and requires further
investigation and repair
M Being an acoustic activity or a visual sighting usually
caused by a known problem such as internal cables out of ad-
justment and can be scheduled for attention at a later time
MBeing no activity requiring attention.
To ensure a thorough inspection, ASTM standards also
dictate the use of other non-destructive test methods that
should be used in conjunction with AE, notes Jerry Tanner
from Diversifed Inspections/ITL. These include ultrasonic
inspection, magnetic particle inspection, liquid penetrant and
dielectric testing where high ac or dc voltage is used to ensure
that the FRP section does not conduct electricity.
Recognizing the Benets of Testing
Since the frst ASTM standard was published, AE testing
has uncovered defects that might have cost lives or injuries if
gone undetected. It also has saved money by detecting defects
that, going unnoticed, would have cost more to repair later.
In addition, having testing standards ensures consistency in
testing and data collection, allowing any consultant or test-
ing agency to get similar results, said Tanner of Diversifed
Inspections/ITL.
But regardless of the inspection method used, inspectors
should be certifed and have years of experience testing and
interpreting data for specifc devices or structures. In fact,
inspectors using ASTM standards are required to be certi-
fed under The American Society for Non-destructive Test-
ing (ASNT) guide to employer-based personnel certifcation
(ASNT TC-1A). ASTM International is also considering a pro-
gram for personnel certifcation specifc to its published test-
ing standards for aerial devices.
AE testing has made great strides in its ability to locate
and evaluate defects in both FRP and metal components of
aerial devices for the utility industry. AE testing is now also
used to detect leaks and other defects in underground piping,
railroad tank cars, pressure vessels and aboveground storage
tanks. In the hands of trained, competent personnel, it is an
invaluable tool for maintaining the increasing complex inven-
tory of equipment in utility feets, the pulp and paper industry,
power generating plants and many other industries.
William C. Veal (wcveal@gmail.com) is a retired eet test
coordinator from Georgia Power Co. and has been working with
acoustic emission since 1987. He is the chairman of ASTM F18.55
subcommittee, which developed the ASTM standards for aerial
lift inspection using acoustic emission. He has been with ASTM
since 1990.
Companies mentioned:
Altec Industries | www.altec.com
ATSM International | www.atsm.org
Diversied Inspections/ITL | L www.diusa.com
Georgia Power Co. | www.georgiapower.com
Acoustic emission test on a small bucket is sometimes referred to in the utility in-
dustry as a trouble truck.
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Fall Protection
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harness that keep the body belt in place.
The Model 619891 harness and ErgoBelt combination
includes an H style harness and a 4200 Buck ErgoBelt. The
harness is connected permanently to the Buck ErgoBelt
upper section through tunnels built into the belt. The harness
is not sandwiched between the user and the belt, providing
greater freedom of movement.
The harness features a sateen liner on belt and shoulder
pads, grommet leg straps, adjustable chest strap with quick-
connect buckle, and rescue loop and dorsal attachment that
can be used for pole-top rescue.
The ErgoBelt features a stabilizing strap, removable
lumbar pad, plus buckles to connect to the lower seat section
providing an extra set of dee rings if desired.
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The Tettex 2293 from Hipotronics incorporates a fast and
highly advanced procedure to measure winding resistance.
A simple one-time-connection system, together with the
simultaneous winding magnetization method, drastically
reduces measuring time.
The simultaneous winding magnetization method
guarantees fast and reliable measurements, even on
large power transformers with delta windings on the low-
voltage side, where stable measurements can be seldom
reached, using traditional winding resistance measurement
instruments. In addition, the new demagnetization function
eliminates the magnetic remanence in the core after the
application of a dc voltage. The full graphical interface with
a 7-inch touchscreen guides the operator through the test
procedure. The unit visualizes each test cycle and displays
the results graphically or in list format.
Hipotronics | www.hipotronics.com
Transformers
Standex Electronics Current Sense Transformer (CST)
allows utilities to monitor time-of-use and invoice those
customers who are driving the need for increased capacity
with higher rates, thereby altering demand.
Standex CST transformers are applied on circuits with
current that is too high for direct monitoring. Current in
the monitored circuit produces a reduced but proportional
current in the Standex CST, which is then monitored by
measuring instrumentation. This serves to isolate the
measuring instrumentation from the monitored circuit.
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Energys 1.1 million electrical customers from Jan. 18 to 23, 2012. This storm
inicted severe damage to the utilitys infrastructure by bringing down power
lines and poles. When the snow and ice melted, it caused a landslide, which
damaged three homes.
To restore power as quickly as possible, Puget Sound Energy called
upon several companies from the Western United States and Canada. In
this photo, a crew from Valley Power Lines Contracting out of Surrey, British
Columbia, works together to transport a wood pole on Jan. 22. The team was
working on a project to restore lines in Renton, Washington.
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Center. The March 2012 issue of T&D World pro- d
vided extensive coverage of what attendees can expect to see
and learn at the upcoming conference, who will be exhibit-
ing and where they will be located on the show foor, as well
as what products will be demonstrated. Here are some last-
minute updates of this show, the biggest event in T&D in 2012.
Women and Minorities in Engineering Panels
The Women in Energy panel provides an opportunity to
meet other professionals and compare experiences in the en-
ergy market. The panelists include women who are a part of
utilities, developers, engineering frms and universities who
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their career paths, lessons learned and challenges faced.
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Marija D. Ili, professor of electrical and computer engi-
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professor for control of future electricity network operations,
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Noel Schulz, IEEE Power & Energy Society president,
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Actionable information to manage compliance
with regulatory agencies
Unifying mobile work force solutions that connect
the office with the field
Web based reporting systems that lead to increased
reliability while lowering costs and minimizing risk
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Monday, May 7
8 a.m. 5 p.m. International Visitors Center Open
8 a.m. 5 p.m. Tutorials (purchased ticket required)
8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Technical Tours
6:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m. Opening Reception, Rosen Shingle Creek
Hotel (badge required)
Tuesday, May 8
7 a.m. 5 p.m. International Visitors Center Open
8 a.m. 10 a.m. Opening Session
10 a.m. 5 p.m. Exposition Open
12:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Technical Tours
12:30 p.m. 5 p.m. Ethics/Florida Laws and Rules
1 p.m. 5 p.m. Technical Sessions
Wednesday, May 9
7 a.m. 5 p.m. International Visitors Center Open
8 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Ethics/Florida Laws and Rules
8 a.m. 5 p.m. Technical Sessions
8 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Smart Grid Day at T&D
8:30 a.m. 4 p.m. Technical Tours
Schedule of Events
9 a.m. 11 a.m. Student Job Fair
9:30 a.m. 5 p.m. Info Sessions
10 a.m. 12 p.m. Super Session I
10 a.m. 6 p.m. Exposition Open
10 a.m. 6 p.m. Collegiate/GOLD/Industry Luncheon
(ticket required)
11:30 a.m. 1 p.m. Student Job Fair
1 p.m. 3 p.m. Super Session II
1:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Student Job Fair
4:30 p.m. 6 p.m. Networking Reception in Exhibit Halls
5 p.m. 7 p.m. Poster Session Reception
(conference registration required)
Thursday, May 10
7 a.m. 2 p.m. International Visitors Center Open
7:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Technical Tours
8 a.m. 3:30 p.m. Technical Sessions
9:30 a.m. 2 p.m. Info Sessions
10 a.m. 12 p.m. Super Session III
10 a.m. 3 p.m. Exposition Open
2:30 p.m. 4 p.m. Closing Reception
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Paslay professor of electrical and computer engineering, Kan-
sas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.
The Minorities in Engineering panel will discuss the roles
and importance of women and minorities in the power indus-
try. The session will explore the following topics: the aging
workforce, the importance of diversity in the power industry,
and women and minorities in the power industry. The panel
will be held May 8 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Chris LaRussa (FRCC)
and Kristy Baksh (PEF) will be moderating.
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Building Our Energy Future One Person at a Time,
Wanda Reder, vice president of power systems services, S&C
Electric Co.
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Diversity and Inclusion Powers Innovation, DeWanda
Smith-Soeder, senior diversity and inclusion consultant, Prog-
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Women in the Power Industry, Beth Young, director of
energy control center, Tampa Electric
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Minorities in the Power Industry, Andre Uribe, senior
vice president of business development and co-founder, Power
Grid Engineering Inc.
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Alcan Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4455
Aluminum Fastener Supply Co. Inc. . . . . . . . 4442
Brockhaus Messtechnik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . k 1895
Classic Connectors Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4342
Dalian Ceramic Technic Co. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . 1713
Dalian Insulator Group Co. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 1709
Desma USA Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4349
DILO Co. Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4444
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Electrical Consultants Inc. (ECI) . . . . . . . . . . . 4446
Electricas BC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Forward Engine (Beijing) Machinery Equipment
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Global Choice International, LLC. . . . . . . . . . 3393
GMI Composites Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4566
Graybar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . r 4489
HEDRICH Group Wilhelm Hedrich
Vakuumanlagen GmbH & Co. KG . . . . . . 3581
Helicopter Services Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Henan Pinki Electric Power Equipment Group
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High Voltage Partial Discharge Ltd. (HVPD) . 4344
InStep Software, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4356
Intelligent Access Systems of NC, LLC . . . . . 4449
IPEC Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4353
IPS-ENERGY USA Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593
Longsper Insulation Technology (TIANJIN)
Co. Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4493
MADI, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4456
Matco Services Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4352
Midsun Group Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4454
Milbank Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4571
MWH Global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4465
Parts Super Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . r 4482
Ponovo Power Co. Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4354
Power Consulting Associates, LLC . . . . . . . . 4562
Rubadue Wire Co. Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4346
Shanghai Airic Cable Accessories Co. Ltd.. . .1711
Skipper Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4445
Smart Wire Grid Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4345
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Energy Assoc Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4443
Tollgrade Communications Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . 4347
Tri-Data Solutions Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4452
Volani Metais Industria E Comercio Ltda.. . . 2967
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Answers for infrastructure and cities.
Siemens has a tradition of setting highest standards in
the field of energy automation. With ENEAS (Efficient
Network and Energy Automation Systems) solutions for
distribution automation, the flexible adaptation of sup-
ply systems to future needs becomes possible.
Distribution automation is the interface between the
medium-voltage and low-voltage systems. It provides
the option to completely monitor and automate all con-
trollable devices, such as reclosers, breakers, and switch-
es. Siemens ENEAS solutions for distribution automation
are field-tested and based on proven Siemens devices.
Siemens can design the best solution by analyzing the
grid in the early planning phase and, together with the
customer, pave the way to implement a tailored solution
up to a self-healing grid. This allows making the right
decisions for monitoring or automation configurations.
ENEAS solutions for distribution automation enable flexi-
bility in design for comprehensive control of the entire
distribution network. Siemens ENEAS solutions imple-
ment new business models in the framework of Smart
Grids.
Precise fault location creates the basis for automated
switching and highly efficient workforce management.
Design, development, configuration changes, and up-
dates of automation equipment are made easier. Asset
data enable the reduction of maintenance times.
Siemens ENEAS solutions for distribution automation
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Dow Electrical & Telecommunications will have experts on hand to talk about the
companys offerings:
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installation and more robust quality processing
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number of licensees around the globe
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Investments in asset optimization to ensure continuing product quality and
commitment to the power industry.
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Booth 4042
Transformers, Substations and Breakers
Visit Siemens to explore products and solutions, and speak directly with product
experts to learn more about the companys innovations and the future of energy.
Siemens will have many products to explore at the show:
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Gas-insulated substation
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362-kV dead-tank circuit breaker
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Voltage regulators.
Siemens | www.usa.siemens.com/power-transmission
Booth 2747
Time Domain Reectometer
The AEMC Fault Mapper Pro is a hand-held graphical TDR
(time domain reectometer) designed for identifying and locating
faults on power cables, given access to one end only.
The Fault Mapper Pro measures cable length and indicates
the length and distance to cable faults to a range of 9 ft (3 m) to
19,000 ft (6,000 m) on virtually any type of cable. It injects a series
of pulses into the cable under test. The velocity at which the
pulses travel is determined by the type of cable, which is known as
the velocity of propagation (Vp) of the cable. The Vp is adjustable
between 1% and 99% enabling accurate calibration to the cable
under test.
The Vp value, expressed as a percentage of the speed of
light, will vary according to the type of cable under test. The Fault
Mapper Pro can accept user-selectable values between 1% and 99% (or the equivalent
value in feet or meters per microsecond).
Based on the selected Vp and the time taken for the pulses to travel through the
cable, a reection prole of the cable under test is displayed. An adjustable cursor
assists in locating faults and termination.
The Fault Mapper Pro incorporates an oscillating tone tracer, which is detectable
with a standard tone tracer, for use in the tracing and identication of cable pairs.
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LumaSense Technologies Inc. has introduced a new category of
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effectively reduce outages caused by faulty load tap changers (LTCs)
and transformers. At a cost signicantly less expensive than comparable
DGA monitors and a unique hardware design that drastically cuts
down installation time, the LumaSense SmartDGA platform can help
utilities achieve widespread condition monitoring across generation,
transmission and distribution assets.
Whereas other systems take days to install, a SmartDGA monitor can
be installed in a matter of hours. Additionally, SmartDGA monitors will
cost up to 50% less than other monitors. The rst monitor in the new
line, the SmartDGA Gauge, will be the industrys rst dedicated online
gas monitor for LTCs.
SmartDGA Gauge is the newest addition to LumaSenses line of
solutions designed to provide utilities more information about how
their transformers are functioning. LumaSense also provides a range of ber-optic
temperature sensors used to monitor winding hot spots and continuous thermal
imaging systems that remotely monitor substations.
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superconductor fault-current-limiting device in the U.S. electricity grid. The device
presently resides in the distribution network of Southern California Edison.
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announced the availability of its Yukon
IED Manager Suite (IMS) release 5.0. The
release includes the Password Manager
module providing the capability to
remotely manage intelligent electronic
device (IED) passwords.
Through a web-based management
interface with granular access control,
IMS allows the viewing, changing and up-
dating of passwords for devices such as
the Cooper Power Systems SMP Gateway
and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
relays. Generated passwords can meet
all NERC CIP complexity requirements
and are securely stored in an encrypted
database providing fail-safe operation
against password loss.
The IMS release 5.0 protects a
utilitys critical assets through role-based
access control where groups of users
can be granted permissions to perform
operations to groups of IEDs. The IMS
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to view only the passwords of the IEDs
to which they have access; moreover,
users can only perform operations they
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advanced metering infrastructure and
distribution automation solutions with
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collaboration will enable the delivery of
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utility customers.
The Harris utility applications now
available to Sensus customers offer an
integrated suite of software solutions for
meter data management, asset manage-
ment and consumer engagement. The
modular and scalable suite is designed
for quick deployment and priced to suit
the needs of small and mid-sized utilities.
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Henan Machinery & Electric I&E Co.
is a supplier of transformer bushings
that meet ANSI/DIN/AS standards.
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bushings for fuse cutouts, arresters,
capacitors and circuit breakers.
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PROTECTION ENGINEER
Hoosier Energy REC, Inc.
Hoosier Energy, the rural electric generation
and transmission cooperative in southern
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its Headquarters location in Bloomington, IN.
Primary responsibilities include providing and
coordinating an overall protection philosophy for
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the design and application of optimum system
protection for all transmission equipment and
generation units; the development of designs
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hour meters and any other energy measurement
systems or devices; and assure compliance
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Bachelors of Science degree in electrical
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GE has announced the availability of the SGM1100, a PRIME (Power Line Intelligent
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utilities with a cost-effective and exible solution to meet the requirements of an
advanced metering infrastructure, laying the foundation for increasing efciency and
better managing energy costs.
The SGM1100 is a single-phase meter designed to support residential and small
commercial energy consumers. In alignment with local standards, the SGM1100 meets
IEC requirements and provides PLC AMI communications with the PRIME and the
DLMS/COSEM protocols.
Designed for ease of use, GEs SGM1100 enables utilities to accelerate installations,
automate provisioning and reduce the amount of required post-installation support,
which results in faster and more cost-efcient deployments. Additional benets
include increased security features and a dual pole relay for increased safety during
installation and service; remote upgradeable rmware via the PLC communications
to reduce on-site visits for maintenance; local communications enabling site-specic
conguration, rmware updates and on-demand diagnostics; and an integrated
PRIME PLC modem providing reliable and interoperable communications with PRIME
compliant data concentrators.
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Three-Phase Reclosers
G&W Electric
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phase reclosers
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single design
specically
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rated through
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interrupting current. Trade-named the
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Schweitzers SEL-651R recloser control.
The unit offers a variety of overhead
and substation mounting frames, a
single 32-pin interface control cable,
phase-spacing options to accommodate
up to four oil or solid dielectric PTs and
complete site-ready congurations.
The Viper-LT incorporates integral
current and voltage sensors, permitting
ease of automation either now or for
future requirements. Dead-line operation
is also available. A trip/lockout handle
and mechanical block feature prohibits
remote close from the control or other
remote source adding to operator safety.
The Viper-LT and the SEL-651R are tested
together as a system prior to shipment.
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A. Eberle GMBH & Co. KG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 www.a-eberie.de
AFL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80I www.aglobal.com
Alcan Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 www.cable.alcan.com
American Electrical Testing Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80E www.99aetco.com
Baur Pruf-und Messtechnik GMBH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 www.baur.at
Black & Veatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 www.bv.com
Bronto Skylift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80o www.bronto.
Burndy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 www.burndy.com
Burns & McDonnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IBC www.burnsmcd.com
CG Power Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20A www.cgglobal.us
CG Power Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20B www.cgglobal.com
Crux Subsurface Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 www.cruxsub.com
Diversied Product Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80W www.diversiedproduct.com
Doble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 www.doble.com
Doubletree Systems/JSHP Transformer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 www.jshp.com
Dow Electrical & Telecommunications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 www.dowinside.com
DuPont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 www.countondupont.com
EDM International Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 www.edmlink.com
EEI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 www.eei.org/2012
Efacec Power Transformers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 www.efaceusa.com.
ERLPhase Power Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 www.erlphase.com
ET&D Strategic Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 www.powerlinesafety.org
Fluke Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 www.uke.com
FWT Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 www.fwtinc.com
G&W Electric Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 www.gwelec.com
GE Digital Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 www.gedigitalenergy.com
Geodigital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 www.geodigital.com
Greenlee Textron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80M www.greenleeutility.com
Grid One Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80U www.gridonesolutions.com
Grid Power Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 www.gridpowerproducts.com
High Voltage Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 www.hvinc.com
Hubbell Power Systems Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Belly band www.hubbellpowersystems.com
Hubbell Power Systems Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFC www.hubbellpowersystems.com
Hubbell Power Systems Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80G www.hubbellpowersystems.com
Hubbell Power Systems Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 www.hubbellpowersystems.com
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 www.hyundai-elec.com
Hyundai Ideal Electric Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 www.hyundai-elec.com
IEEE/PES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 www.ieeet-d.org
Krenz & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-39 www.krenzvent.com
Lug-All Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Q www.lug-all.com
Michels Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 www.michels.us
Nesco Sales & Rentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 www.nescosales.com
NLMCC/NECA-IBEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 www.thequalityconnection.org
Nordic Fiberglass Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 www.nordicberglass.com
Novatech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 www.novatechweb.com
Oldcastle Precast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 www.oldcastleprecast.com
Omicron Electronics Corp. USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 www.omicronusa.com
Phenix Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 www.phenixtech.com
Pike Energy Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 www.pike.com
Power Engineers Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 www.powereng.com
PowerSense A/S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 www.sensethepower.com
Preformed Line Products Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 www.preformed.com
Quanta Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 www.quantaservices.com
Remote Solutions LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 www.safe-t-rack.com
S&C Electric Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 www.sandc.com
Sabre Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 www.sabretubularstructures.com
Schweitzer Engineering Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 www.selinc.com
Schweitzer Engineering Labs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 www.selinc.com
Scott Powerline & Utility Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 www.scottpowerline.com
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StraightTALK
Electronic Devices for HVDC
Ram Adapa (radapa@epri.com) is a technical leader in the
transmission and substations area of the power delivery and
utilization sector of EPRI. He is a member of CIGR, a registered
professional engineer and an IEEE fellow.
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igh-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission proj-
ects started more than 50 years ago in the electric
power industry. Initially, HVDC schemes used mer-
cury arc valves for switching, then the thyristor became pre-
dominant. Today, insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs)
are used in voltage source converter technology.
Presently, semiconductor devices (thyristors and IGBTs) for
HVDC applications use silicon material. Silicon has remained
as the industry workhorse for power electronics applications
for more than fve decades. However, silicon-based converters
have limitations:
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Limited maximum blocking voltage, which requires se-
ries connection of many devices and multi-level converters
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Limited maximum switching frequency, which requires
large passive elements for fltering
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Limited operating temperature, which requires signif-
cant cooling.
A new set of materials known as wide bandgap semicon-
ductors are being developed to address the above limitations.
These wide bandgap materials include silicon carbide (SiC),
gallium nitride (GaN), aluminum nitride (AlN) and diamond,
though the most promising ones in the near future are SiC
and GaN. Wide bandgap materials have several advantages:
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Wide bandgap and high thermal conductivity allow high-
temperature operation with reduced cooling
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High saturation current velocity gives high current density
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High breakdown electric feld increases maximum block-
ing voltage of devices
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High breakdown electric feld and electron mobility give
lower specifc resistance for a given blocking voltage.
Research is ongoing to develop high-voltage, high-current
and higher switching frequency power electronic devices us-
ing wide bandgap materials. This wide bandgap development
is at different stages depending on the material. SiC-based
high-power devices have the potential to demonstrate a much
higher level of effciency than silicon devices because of their
much higher breakdown felds (more than 10 times) and ther-
mal conductivity (more than double). However, SiC is still lim-
ited somewhat by the associated control electronics. It can op-
erate up to and above 400C (752F), but the associated gate
dielectrics still decompose at ~200C (392F), and packaging
also has yet to match the high operating temperatures of SiC.
GaN has been used in a wide range of production LEDs
and semiconductor lasers, in part because of their direct
bandgap. GaN also has electrical and thermal properties that
match closely those of SiC. However, bulk GaN substrates have
not been successfully developed at a production scale like SiC.
A key component of modern high-effciency, high-power de-
vices could be realized by the marriage of SiC base structures,
with epitaxially grown GaN gates for high-power, optically
controlled devices.
EPRI has conducted an industrywide survey to assess the
future technological developments in the materials for power
electronics applications. The fgure shows the future voltage-
rating projections for different devices based on different ma-
terials from now through 2030. The maximum operating volt-
age of a silicon-based device may be around 10 kV until some
new breakthroughs in technology occur. Though SiC-based
devices can go up to 100 kV (10 times the silicon-based devic-
es) theoretically, for practical manufacturing limitations SiC
devices are projected to reach 60-kV levels by 2030. Though
GaN devices have more potential to reach higher voltages in
the long run, they are expected to reach 20-kV levels by 2030.
Similarly, the current ratings of wide bandgap materials will
also reach in the several kilo-amperes range in the future.
It is fair to say that wide bandgap materials can be oper-
ated at higher voltages, higher currents and higher tempera-
tures with lower switching losses compared to silicon, though
it has a long way to apply wide bandgap materials for HVDC
applications.
Projected voltage ratings of different power electronic devices based
on the different materials.
By B Ram Adapa, Electric Power Research Institute
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GTO Gate turn-off thyristor
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GCT Gate-commutated thyristor
IGBT Insulated gate bipolar transistor
FET Field effect transistor
SiC Silicon carbide
GaN Gallium nitride
Silicon thyristor
Silicon IGBT
SiC IGBT
Silicon GTO
SiC thyristor/GTO
GaN FET
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