- CEC/CERTS Project in 2001 with CAISO, PG&E, LBNL
- Detailed PG&E & Bay Area System analysis of June 14, 2000 impending system collapse & emergency rotating blackout of 140+ MW;
- WSCC system June 14, 2000 model and dataset, partitioned to address designated PG&E Bay Area System, loaded onto GRIDfast software;
- Identified no-blackout solution using only available controls (no new generation);
- Key finding: poor system distribution of Q + P contributed substantially to impending voltage collapse under June 14 loads;
- Grid optimized re-controls resulted in significant reductions in system P & Q losses, improved P & Q power flows, voltage stability, voltage profile, and power quality throughout Bay Area System;
- Optimized, re-controlled network supported additional 130.4 MW test loading;
- Ranked top 20 potential load sheds for optimized network performance improvement.
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