Economics of distribution efficiency projects

The economic evaluation of distribution-efficiency projects for six circuits was conducted with a goal to find the most cost-effective planning techniques to improve overall energy efficiency. For each circuit, voltage reduction was modeled along with several efficiency-improvement options such as phase balancing. In many cases, options helped reduce losses while flattening voltage profiles. With flatter voltage profiles, voltage reduction becomes more effective. The costs and economic benefits of each option were calculated so that economically optimal efficiency options could be selected.