Analysis of the service restoration operations of a large rural utility company

Author

Douligeris, C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Miami Univ., Coral Gables, FL

fYear

1995

fDate

30 Apr-2 May 1995

Abstract

A methodological analysis of the service restoration operations of a large rural electric utility company is presented. The analysis proceeds through a database cleanup, a demand analysis, a supply analysis and a performance analysis. Efficient use of statistical techniques reveal substantial differences in performance characteristics that lead to the need to redesign of the service districts and the dispatching operations, to allow for minimization of the service restoration time, equalization of workload and efficient utilization of company resources. The proposed methodology and subsequent recommended actions are generic enough to be applied to other utilities

Keywords

database management systems; electricity supply industry; load dispatching; maintenance engineering; power system analysis computing; power system restoration; statistical analysis; company resources utilisation; database cleanup; demand analysis; dispatch time; dispatching operations; emergency repair operations; performance analysis; repair time; rural utility company; service districts redesign; service restoration operations; service restoration time; statistical techniques; supply analysis; travel time; workload equalisation; Control systems; Databases; Dispatching; Electric variables measurement; Laboratories; Layout; Performance analysis; Power generation economics; Power systems; Quality of service;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Rural Electric Power Conference, 1995. Papers Presented at the 39th Annual Conference

Conference_Location

Nashville, TN

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2043-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/REPCON.1995.470938

Filename

470938