Title :
Substation bus reliability improvements at PG&E
Author :
Randolph, John D. ; Farmer, Brian K.
Author_Institution :
Pacific Gas & Electr., Oakland, CA, USA
Abstract :
Utilities can experience challenges in addressing reliability improvements of existing substation bus schemes. Pacific Gas & Electric implemented creative bus modification designs for several air insulated transmission facilities. This provided for conversion to higher-reliability designs, either as stand-alone projects or coupled with other equipment replacements, and supported a longer-term program for replacement/improvement.
Keywords :
power transmission reliability; substations; PG&E; Pacific Gas and Electric; air insulated transmission facilities; bus modification designs; equipment replacements; substation bus reliability improvements; Gas insulation; Maintenance engineering; Planning; Reliability engineering; Standards; Substations; Asset strategy; bus scheme; conversion; reliability;
Conference_Titel :
Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PES), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
DOI :
10.1109/PESMG.2013.6672575
