EPG Reliability Solutions

Reliability Solutions

Grid-3P

EPG team is led by Carlos Martinez and includes Jim Dyer, Joe Coroas, Jim Terpening, Manu Parashar, Frank Carrera, Simon Mo, Martha Martinez, and Nand Tripathi.

	Experience

●	Work with North American Electric Reliability Council, ISOs and Reliability Coordinators to Develop Reliability Solutions
●	Development of Grid Real-Time Performance Monitoring and Prediction Platform (Grid-3P™) for use by Reliability Coordinators, ISOs, and Control Areas

Projects / Experience

The transition from a vertically integrated to competitive electric markets has resulted in a need to understand how market rules impact reliability and develop new reliability management tools and technologies. To address these challenges, Electric Power Group principals worked with the Department of Energy national labs to establish the Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions (CERTS).

CERTS is a partnership among industry, national laboratories, and universities. It was formed in 1999. CERTS goal is to research, develop and disseminate new tools, and technologies to protect and enhance the reliability of the U.S. electric power system. The members of CERTS include the Electric Power Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the National Science Foundation’s Power Systems Engineering Research Center, and Sandia National Laboratories.

CERTS is working in four areas:

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Real-Time Grid Operations and Reliability Management

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Reliability and Markets

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Distributed Energy Resources Integration

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Reliability Technology Issues and Needs Assessment

EPG team leads the CERTS activities on real-time grid operations and reliability management. Voltage management and grid management tools developed by EPG provide electric system operators a better overview of the health of the grid in real-time and are being utilized by NERC and ISOs. Examples of monitoring tools in use or development include:

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ACE-Frequency Monitoring

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Voltage / VAR Management

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Real Time Dynamics Monitoring System Using Phasors

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Ancillary Services and Suppliers Performance Monitoring

EPG work on Reliability Solutions focuses on:

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Identifying key reliability management problems and issues

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Developing metrics and algorithms to analyze and assess problems

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Developing prototype tools and technologies for use by operators and reliability coordinators to address key reliability management problems.

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Working with ISOs and Reliability Coordinators on Wide Area Reliability Monitoring

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Wide Area Monitoring Applications for system stability, voltage, frequency, ancillary services, and security monitoring using phasor technologies.