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Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14. Challenges Faced by Electrical Utilities. Doug Sward ISACC. Challenges Faced by Electrical Utilities. Smart meter deployment Installation of smart meters Not just passive meters Monitoring of consumption / cost by homeowners
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Global Standards Collaboration (GSC) 14 Challenges Faced by Electrical Utilities Doug Sward ISACC
Challenges Faced by Electrical Utilities • Smart meter deployment • Installation of smart meters • Not just passive meters • Monitoring of consumption / cost by homeowners • Pro-active management of consumption by grid management authority • Alternative methods of power generation • Numerous small generators • Biomass, Wind, Solar (including domestic solar panels) • Bidirectional electrical grid • Real time fault isolation - Greatly increased level of complexity • Grid Security
Management And Control Of The Electrical Grid • All these new requirements translate into the need for • end-to-end monitoring and control of the electrical grid all the way to the periphery of the distribution network • This can be achieved using an all-IP wide area telecommunication network • This network needs to have wide reach and sufficient capacity – including many remote areas where other telecom facilities are not available
The Canadian Solution First Come First Serve Licensing • Relaxed required antenna directivity for the 1800-1830 MHz block • This will allow deployment in star topology (ptmp) • Broadband access technology in TDD mode envisioned • The relaxed parameters apply only to systems for management of electricity • Other fixed ptp systems still able to use the band using existing parameters • New ptmp systems need to protect existing fixed systems http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf09174.html
Next Steps/Actions • New technical standards including these relaxed technical parameters were published June 20, 2009 http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf01268.html • Trials are being set-up by electrical utilities to validate the integration of wireless telecommunication network with the grid management applications