Volt-VAR Optimization on American Electric Power Feeders in Northeast Columbus

Conference · Thu May 10 00:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/TDC.2012.6281586· OSTI ID:1178918

Schneider, Kevin P.; Weaver, T. F.

In 2007 American Electric Power launched the gridSMART® initiative with the goals of increasing efficiency of the electricity delivery system and improving service to the end-use customers. As part of the initiative, a coordinated Volt-VAR system was deployed on eleven distribution feeders at five substations in the Northeast Columbus Ohio Area. The goal of the coordinated Volt-VAR system was to decrease the amount of energy necessary to provide end-use customers with the same quality of service. The evaluation of the Volt-VAR system performance was conducted in two stages. The first stage was composed of simulation, analysis, and estimation, while the second stage was composed of analyzing collected field data. This panel paper will examine the analysis conducted in both stages and present the estimated improvements in system efficiency.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1178918
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-83490
• Resource Relation: Conference: IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D 2012), May 7-10, 2012, Orlando, Florida, 1-8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English