Analytically driven capacitor control for voltage spread reduction

While distribution system analysis has been utilized for capacitor placement problems, this panel discusses some adaptations that can be made for capacitor control. First, several constraints are experienced during capacitor operations which are often not explicitly formulated. Second, balance between speed of computation and availability and organization of data is an issue. Finally, this summary discusses a centralized algorithm based on system analysis tools for capacitor control for conservation voltage reduction; however, we will discuss ways to distribute analysis and control. Results on several field circuits will be presented.