Phase 2: Using regional & system seasonal load data from SMUD sources including SCADA & GIS, provide optimized cases of:
- Ranked lists of individual additions of reactive capacity (capacitors)
- Reductions in onsite load (demand response resources)
- Real or real + reactive capacity (distributed generation)
- Alternating real + reactive resources (storage) for the projected system for each case, along with loss and voltage impact results and full power flow results for selected cases.
Phase 1:
- Identified bus-specific SMUD Zone DG and capacitor additions for reliability-related Transmission system improvements.
- Used GE PSLF models loaded onto GRIDfast software to run Sacramento Area High Load and Low Load Power Factor cases containing complete WECC system; 13 Critical Contingencies (N-1, N-2), 2 RASs.
- Optimized placement of renewable DG and capacitance significantly increased system load-serving (+4-8%) and import capability (+3-17%).
- Please note that AEMPFAST now is branded “GRIDfast”, and is owned and developed by GRIDiant Corporation.
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