Broadband over Power Line: Meeting Utility AMR/DA Needs

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Broadband over Power Line Meeting Utility
AMR/DA Needs

• Matt Oja
• Vice President General Manager, BPL Deployment
• Presented at IEEE ISPLC April 2005

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IDACOMM
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The opportunity

• BPL is an IP-based network
• Connection into the network is based on standards
• BPL is unique
• Capable of monitoring/controlling the lines used
  as its transmission medium
• The need for a smarter grid is has never been
  more important
• Reliability
• Customer satisfaction
• Regulatory incentives
• Examples from utilities that have done utility
  applications via BPL

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Progress Energy - Raleigh

• RTU interface via serial port
• programmed for DNP protocol
• Remote access to work orders and intranet
• Via Wi-Fi adapters on laptops
• AMR with mesh network
• Elsters Rex system
• Modeled underground cable fault detection
• Water tree effect

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Hawaiian Electric - Honolulu

• Substation equipment monitoring (deployed)
• Transformer and temperature measurements
• Power quality monitoring
• Current and voltage readings
• At-the-Premises
• Advanced metering (load profile, remote data
  collection)
• Time of use at collection server
• Theft detection
• Direct load control (W/H, A/C)
• On-the-Grid
• Outage location identification
• Distribution automation (open switches and
  breakers)
• Relay monitoring
• Distributed generation (DG) monitoring and
  control
• Security monitoring

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ConEdison New York City

• Focus on utility applications of BPL
• Attractive understanding of the PLC opportunities
  for utility applications
• Particular focus related to on-grid
  applications
• Utility applications are key to the BPL business
  case
• Existing Remote Monitoring System (RMS) links us
  to 24,000 underground vaults utilizes PLC (using
  an older, slower technology)
• Partners Ambient and EarthLink, expect
  additional partnerships to evolve
• Existing pilots
• Overhead, Underground, In-building, Substation
• Vision for Smart Grid pilot demonstration

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Duke Energy on the grid

• ITRON ERT meter collector
• Leveraging existing infrastructure
• Connects to Ethernet port on MV backbone repeater
• Form 9 polyphase transformer-rated IP meter
• Replacement for exception route meter
• Dedicated LV repeater
• Switched capacitor bank control model
• Existing utility equipment
• Connected to dedicated LV repeater
• Security camera at substation
• New utility application
• Connected to dedicated LV repeater
• All had dedicated IP address(s)

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Duke Energy in the home

• Utility Applications
• Meter Reading (electric and water)
• Remote connect/disconnect
• Remote thermostat control