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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/REPCON.2009.4919423
