BC Hydro's experience on Voltage VAR Optimization in distribution system

BC Hydro is one of the leaders in the North America in the implementation of Voltage VAR Optimization (VVO) in distribution systems. Several VVO projects have been commissioned during the past 12 years resulting in improved voltage regulation, losses reduction and energy savings. BC Hydro's fie...

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Published inIEEE PES T&D 2010 pp. 1 - 7
Main Authors Dabic, Valentina, Cheong Siew, Peralta, Jamie, Acebedo, Dennis
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.04.2010
Subjects
Automation
Capacitors
Distribution Management System (DMS)
distribution system
Energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Load management
Power system management
Reactive power
Smart Grid
Smart grids
Smart Metering & Infrastructure (SMI)
Substations
Voltage control
Voltage VAR optimization (VVO)
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Summary:BC Hydro is one of the leaders in the North America in the implementation of Voltage VAR Optimization (VVO) in distribution systems. Several VVO projects have been commissioned during the past 12 years resulting in improved voltage regulation, losses reduction and energy savings. BC Hydro's field experience with perspective for this advanced VVO Smart Grid application along its perspective on the integration of VVO with emerging technologies such as Distribution Management System (DMS) and Smart Metering & Infrastructure (SMI) is presented in this paper. VVO provides significant potential to optimize voltage and VAR resources as well as to meet energy efficiency and conservation targets of the power delivery systems.
ISBN:9781424465460
142446546X
ISSN:2160-8555
2160-8563
DOI:10.1109/TDC.2010.5484276