BC Hydro perspective on distribution islanding for customer reliability improvement

Author

Peralta, J. ; Iosfin, H. ; Tang, X.

Author_Institution

BC Hydro, ON, Canada

fYear

2009

fDate

29-31 July 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

BC Hydro, one of the largest electrical utilities in Canada, has experienced a substantial growth in distributed generating sources that are connected to its Distribution System (12 kV, 25 kV and 34.5 kV). These Power Generators (PGs) are mostly run-of-river hydraulic generating plants with capacities ranging from 1.0 to 15.0 MW. This increment in the number of independent power producers (IPPs) is the result of an aggressive energy acquisition plan to meet provincial renewable energy targets.

Keywords

power distribution reliability; power generation reliability; BC Hydro perspective; aggressive energy acquisition plan; customer reliability improvement; distributed generating sources; distribution islanding; independent power producers; Distributed power generation; Guidelines; Load flow; Power generation; Power quality; Power system interconnection; Power system reliability; Protection; Substations; Voltage control; Distributed Generation; Distribution System; Interconnection Requirements; Islanding; Power Generator; Reliability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Integration of Wide-Scale Renewable Resources Into the Power Delivery System, 2009 CIGRE/IEEE PES Joint Symposium

Conference_Location

Calgary, AB

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4860-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-2-85873-080-3

Type

conf

Filename

5211220