STEG FLISR
STEG FLISR
STEG FLISR
ORCHESTRATION SOFTWARE
Unlocking the power of data-driven
decision making
30% 3%
Restoration After an
scripted automation
programs
Greater Network
Efficiency 60s Outage
Distribution Optimization
Automatic Schematics Generation
Why FLISR?
Improve Your Utility’s Resilience
• Empowers utilities to save time and
satisfy customers, quickly restoring
interruptions with a data-driven,
automated approach
• Locates outage and recommends
remediation or automatically sends
switching sequence to isolate fault and
restore power
• Being DER-aware, GE’s FLISR fully models
and understands net load vs. native load
and recognizes and acts upon hidden load
FLISR – Fault Location, Isolation & Service Restoration
Normal Fault Isolate & Restore
Breaker
Fault
Sectionalizing Switch
De-energized Line
A A A
• Fault location using:
• SCADA (short circuit current and fault indicators)
• Calls + AMI/Smart Meter information
• Reduces effort to pinpoint fault, and restore customers
Distribution Optimization
Integrated Volt-Var Optimization (IVVO)
Why IVVO?
Reduce peak demand to deliver energy
savings
• Empowers orchestration and control of
distribution grid assets to target voltage and load
reduction
• Provides recommendations to improve voltage
quality, manage demand and provide reactive
support to the surrounding distribution system,
and fully considers new voltage profiles that
distributed generation and DERs can generate
• Harnesses reactive power resources for improved
voltage profiles, demand reduction and loss
minimization
Distribution Optimization
Distribution Operations Training Simulator (DOTS)
Why DOTS?
Train on a Mirror System of the ADMS
• Empowers utilities to train operators and
dispatchers in both routine and emergency
operations in an environment that accurately
represents behavior and responses of actual
system
• Allows utilities to simulate and test new
business processes and challenges, including
impact of DERs, on grid operations
DIGITAL TWIN
DEFINITION:
Creating a virtual representation or model of a physical object, system, or process. This digital representation is
synchronized with its real-world counterpart, enabling real-time monitoring, Control analysis, and simulation.
THE CHALLENGES
- Multiple, disparate systems (operations, maintenance, planning, mobile, etc.) , Siloed data sources
- Uncoordinated decision-making across the enterprise
- Un- or under-utilized data sources
- Limited insight into the real state of the system
OUTCOMES
- Improved Performance & Reduced Costs
- Predictive Maintenance
- Enhanced Decision-Making
- Optimized Design and Development
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Digital S/S Substation Bay Controllers Protection Relays Measuring, Monitoring
• Bay computer & PMU & Recording IEDs
• Control logics
• Event recorder
• Embedded control
functions
Conventional
Hardwired/
Hybrid option
Digital:
IEC 61850
Process Bus
Redundancy, Ethernet
Digital Instrument Merging Units & Switches
Transformers Switchgear Controllers
Grid OT Data
Generation Transmission Distribution Edge
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Break up Data Silos & Bridge Data from different Domains
DESCRIPTION
• Customer: PPL
• Location: Pennsylvania, USA
• 1.4 million customers in 29 counties
CHALLENGE
• To improve grid resiliency
SOLUTION “FLISR has resulted
• Centralized Fault Location, Isolation & Service in a quarter of a
Restoration (FLISR) million avoided
customer outages in
RESULTS the last 400
• Enhanced customer restoration using automatic
centralized (DMS-based) FLISR restoration events.”
- Chris Menges,
• Reduce outage duration Average of 2 mins
ADMS Project
for restoration, with 90 sec wait time for Business Lead, PPL
recloser/breaker lockout
• Looking at using the feeder based solution to
solve complete sub outages, including
intentional ones or transmission outages
• Reduce SAIFI
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Distribution Optimization
Fault Location Isolation and Service Restoration (FLISR
DESCRIPTION
• Customer: UK Power Networks
• Location: UK, South East England, the East of England and
London
• 8.3 million customers over 29.250 km2
• 188,000 km of network, 120,000 DX sub-stations
CHALLENGE
• New U.K. regulations
• All electricity utilities re-evaluated How to solve an
• New metrics & targets incl. # of customer power interruptions & outage in under
CMIs 60 seconds
SOLUTION
• Fault occurs on the network Telemetered fault “GE’s APRS technology
detection/location devices locate network section containing positions us to meet the
fault U.K.’s new power
• Faulted and neighboring circuits analyzed to determine size of
the outage and spare capacity on potential donor circuits
regulations and equips us
• APRS then isolates faulted section and restores power supply with the capabilities we
upstream and downstream of the isolated section need to be better
• With APRS, restorations typically occur within a minute or less prepared if a power cut
of a fault being detected—depending on the utility’s occurs.”
communication infrastructure - Steve White, Head of
RESULTS Network Operations and
• From Jan 1, 2018 – March 9, 2019: Control, UK Power
• 2405 automatic power restoration runs Networks, UK
• Average restoration time = 55 seconds
• Up to 25% SAIFI improvement
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