Recipient information | Input |
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Total number of customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 364,907 |
Total number of residential customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 328,553 |
Total number of commercial customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 36,306 |
Total number of industrial customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 48 |
Total number of distribution circuits within utility service territory | 250 |
Total number of distribution substations | 79 |
Portion of distribution system with SCADA prior to SGIG/SGD program | 0 |
Portion of distribution system with distribution automation (DA) prior to SGIG/SGD program | 0 |
Electric distribution system | % | Description |
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Portion of distribution system with SCADA due to SGIG/SGD program | 1.00% | This project consists of 8 distribution feeders, which all have SCADA . This project represents a very small percentage of EPE's distribution system. |
Portion of distribution system with DA due to SGIG/SGD program | 2.60% | This project automated all feeders within this project and will are the only DA feeders in EPE's distribution system. The Santa Teresa Automation has been in service and the Van Horn Automation was installed in Q3 2012. |
DA devices installed and operational | Quantity* | Description | Cost |
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Automated feeder switches | 13 | 100% of the Santa Teresa and Van Horn DA devices are in place and in service. DA devices include Cooper Reclosers, SEL/G&W Reclosers, SATEC meters and SEL 351s relays. | $206,136 |
Automated capacitors | 0 | $0 | |
Automated regulators | 0 | $0 | |
Feeder monitors | 6 | $74,789 | |
Remote fault indicators | 8 | $0 | |
Transformer monitors (line) | 0 | $16,523 | |
Smart relays | 8 | ||
Fault current limiter | 0 | $0 | |
Other devices | 8 | $151,429 |
SCADA and DA communications network | Cost |
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Communications equipment and SCADA | $241,157 |
Distribution management systems integration | Integrated | Description |
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AMI | No | |
Outage management system | No | |
Distributed energy resource interface | No | |
Other | No |
Distribution automation features / functionality | Function enabled | Description |
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Fault location, isolation and service restoration (FLISR) | Yes | The distribution automation system will include a Fault Detection, Isolation, and Restoration (FDIR) system. The FDIR portion of the System was activated in the first quarter of 2013. |
Voltage optimization | Yes | For voltage optimization, new reverse power flow capable voltage regulators were installed at Alamo and Sierra Blanca Substations and one platform on the ALM-21 feeder. (The platform with mounted voltage regulators are referenced above.) |
Feeder peak load management | Yes | The DA system manages the automated feeder loads by monitoring over load conditions and notifying system controllers if any is detected. The Santa Teresa and Van Horn automation system uses feeder monitors to create restoration plans. |
Microgrids | No | |
Other functions | No |
* In some circumstances, costs are incurred before devices are installed resulting in a reported cost where the quantity is zero.
* All dollar figures are the total cost, which is the sum of the federal investment and cost share of the recipient (the recipient cost share must be at least 50% of the total overall project cost).
** In some cases the number of entities reporting is greater than the total number of projects funded by the Recovery Act because some projects have multiple sub-projects that report data. View list of sub-projects.