Western Electricity Coordinating Council
Western Interconnection Synchrophasor Program
Abstract
Peak Reliability (Peak) and eight of its member transmission organizations deployed synchrophasor technology throughout the U.S. portion of the Western Interconnection. The project installed or upgraded 584 phasor measurement units (PMUs) (393 using WISP program funding), 77 phasor data concentrators (PDCs) (57 using WISP program funding), a wide-area communications network to support PMU data transfer, information technology infrastructure, and advanced transmission software. Together, these systems increase grid operators’ visibility into bulk power system conditions in near-real time, enable earlier detection of problems that threaten grid stability or cause cascading outages, and facilitate sharing of information with neighboring control areas.Contact Information
Jeanne Bullion
Project Director
Peak Reliability
jbullion@peakrc.com
Recipient team project website: https://www.peakrc.com/whatwedo/Pages/default.aspx
At-A-Glance
Recipient:
Peak Reliability
HQ State:
Utah
NERC Region:
WECC
Total Budget: $107,780,000
Federal Share: $53,890,000
Funding Program:
- Investment Grant Program
Project Type:
- Distribution System
- Synchrophasor
- Transmission System
Equipment:
Targeted Benefits: