DocumentCode
3367616
Title
The benefits of distribution automation to a rural electric cooperative
Author
Smallwood, Cameron L. ; Wennermark, Jared
Author_Institution
United Cooperative Services Inc., Cleburne, TX
fYear
2009
fDate
26-29 April 2009
Abstract
United cooperative services began implementation of several levels of distribution automation approximately 10 years ago. Since that time, the cooperative has seen many successes and has learned valuable lessons from the system implementation. Automating a distribution system outside of the substation can bring substantial benefits to the end-consumers by improving system reliability, planning, design, and response to outage and power quality issues.
Keywords
power distribution control; substations; United Cooperative Services; distribution automation; power quality; rural electric cooperative; substation; system design; system planning; system reliability; Automation; Distribution Automation; SCADA; smart grid; system availability; system reliability;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Rural Electric Power Conference, 2009. REPC '09. IEEE
Conference_Location
Fort Collins, CO
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-3420-6
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-4301-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/REPCON.2009.4919423
Filename
4919423
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