Preliminary statistical study of low voltage distribution feeders under a representative HV network in Western Australia

This paper presents a preliminary clustering analysis study on a set of LV feeders connected to a selected prototypical HV feeder that represents the light suburban residential class in Western Australian. The study led to the identification of several subsets of LV feeders where each represents specific types of users. The intended use of the LV feeder cluster data is to develop representative test case LV feeders. These can be applied in the impact assessment of technology change including Smart Grid deployments or load changes due to solar panel, air conditioning or electric vehicle uptake. The work will be expanded to include LV feeder cluster analysis for networks supplied from other HV feeder types.