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Omaha Public Power District “Substation Automation Project” Gregory W. Anderson, PE OPPD Substation Engineering Omaha, Nebraska phone: (402) 636-2561 gwanderson@oppd.com. Publicly-owned ... 110+ subs (69, 161, 345 kV) OPPD Builds “Smart Substations”
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Omaha Public Power District “Substation Automation Project” Gregory W. Anderson, PE OPPD Substation Engineering Omaha, Nebraska phone: (402) 636-2561 gwanderson@oppd.com
Publicly-owned ... 110+ subs (69, 161, 345 kV) • OPPD Builds “Smart Substations” -- Presently ... Modbus, IEDs to SEL-2020 to RTU • DistribuTech, February 2000 • Developed Internal 5-member Team (good mix) 1. Substation Engineering 2. System Protection 3. Operations/Dispatch 4. EMS/SCADA 5. Internal Liaison to DA • “Integration” vs. “Automation” • External Consultant -- KEMA Consulting • EPRI TC Project … UCA
OPPD SA PROJECT 4-Step Process 1. “SA Plan” -- Internal 8-hr Seminar, 60 Individuals Attended -- Internal Department Interviews, 3 Days -- Develop Plan Document (completed Sept) 2. RFI (out to vendors in mid-Oct) 3. Specification / RFP ... Procure Equipment (Dec) 4. FAT / Install / SAT / Training (Spring 2001) … “teach us to fish” (technology transfer)
Two Pilot Substations (two new stations) -- Sub 912 (69kV) -- energize Summer 2001 -- Sub 1345 (161kV) -- energize Spring 2002 • SA Lab (in crew’s offices, w/training focus) • Why Just Two Stations? • EMS Replacement -- spec in 2001 • Presently … -- Reviewing RFI Document -- IED Data List -- surveying internally -- Procuring IEDs (control/relay, monitoring, etc)