APIC Power & Energy Consortium

SCADA, Communication,

and Outage Management

System

Jon Zawada

Brian Vigna

Nov. 6/2013

Fortis Control Centre (FCC)

• Distribution Wire Owner (25KV and below)

• Mix of rural and urban service territory

• 508,000 customers

• 113,150 km distribution network

• 1100 employees

• 52 Service Points

• 2.3 Customers per sq. km

Who We Are

Outage Management System (OMS)

OMS Principles and Integration Requirements

• GIS (G Electric) is the source of our OMS Network Model

• CIS (SAP) provides the customer information

• OMS Trouble Analysis predicts tripped device by analyzing network model and incoming data (SCADA/ CIS/IVR)

• Dispatch to Crews using IMobile - Switch #/ Cust Count/ Phase(s)

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Network Management

• Ability to use model as real time dynamic reflection of operational network

• Restoration switching

• Schematics

• Open/close switching tie points

• Place jumpers and cut conductors

• Graphically display tie points to other feeders

• SCADA interface

Interactive Graphical Display

• High performance interactive graphics

• Display outages, abnormal devices, tags, vehicles on map base

• Based upon GIS (G/Electric) presentation

• Tracing from a device up to feeder breaker, circuit down, or by individual phase

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Interactive Graphical Display

Dynamic Map colored by

• De-Energized

• Predicted/Confirmed

• Parallel

• Feeder based presentation

OMS - Predictive Analysis

Data Input Devices status/SCADA

Customer phone calls

Mobile worker input

Automated metering

Outage Analysis Trouble Analysis Engine predicts

probable device of failure.

Revises automatically based upon latest information.

Accumulates calls to single event, avoiding duplication.

OMS

Crew/Vehicle

AVL

Predicted Outage

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SSL

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Architecture Based upon ICCP protocol

SCADA integration

InService

I/SCADA Interface

ICCP

Interface

SCADA

Master

RTU

RTU

RTU

• Communications – Data transportation

• Devices – Data source (i.e. field devices)

• Displays – Data presentation

• Commissioning – Data validation

Scada

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• Challenge: – Distribution Only Utility = no Substations

• No communication towers

• No private network for backhauling data

Communication

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• Technology used – Mesh Radios (i.e. Ethernet Radios)

• Distribution Automation data backhauled via VPN tunnel within our corporate network

– Cell Modems (i.e. TELUS Mobility)

• Rural Reclosers/switches data backhauled via TELUS MPLS

– Fiber channels

• Data connection between FortisAlberta & AltaLink

Communication

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• Long range plan: Find alternative to Public Cell Carrier – Monthly data plans will add up as device count

increases

• Create own communication network?

• Create own territory wide UHF radio network?

Communication

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• Field devices or Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) – Overhead & underground switches

– Overhead reclosers (OCR)

– Underground molded vacuum interrupters (MVI)

• List of available data to pick from – Current, voltage, watts, open/closed, etc.

Field devices or IEDs

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• Custom data map to minimize data usage

Field devices or IEDs

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DNP

Index

IED

Index Name Description

0 6 DEVICE_NAME_RELAY Relay Status

1 7 DEVICE_NAME_TRIP Protection Trip Annunciator

2 8 DEVICE_NAME_AC_FAIL AC Failure Annunciator

3 9 DEVICE_NAME_BATT_ALM Battery Alarm Annunciator

4 10 DEVICE_NAME_X_OVERCURRENT X Phase Overcurrent Fault Annunciator

5 11 DEVICE_NAME_Y_OVERCURRENT Y Phase Overcurrent Fault Annunciator

6 12 DEVICE_NAME_Z_OVERCURRENT Z Phase Overcurrent Fault Annunciator

7 13 DEVICE_NAME_GND_OVERCURRENT Ground Overcurrent Fault Annunciator

8 22 DEVICE_NAME_LOCKOUT Recloser Lockout Annunciator

9 148 DEVICE_NAME Device Status

10 288 DEVICE_NAME_GND_TRIP Ground Trip Protection Status

11 289 DEVICE_NAME_RECLOSING Automatic Reclosing Status

12 290 DEVICE_NAME_SUPERVISORY Remote or Local Operation Mode

13 291 DEVICE_NAME_ALT1_SETTINGS Alternate Protection Settings #1 Annunciator

DNP

Index

IED

Index Name Description

0 1 DEVICE_NAME_OPS_COUNTER Operation Counter

Displays – Main Screen

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Displays - Navigation

• Launch any single line diagram (Substation, Auto-Transfer, Distribution Automation scheme or MVI)

• Launch any summary (Station, Analog, Status, Operational Counters, Remote and Connections)

• Launch System Displays (Alarms, Events, Trending, Calculation Engine Control)

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Displays – Main Screen

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Displays - Search

• Launch Reclosers

– Recloser faceplates can be launched by typing the recloser name. With each new character the list auto filters to a more manageable list

• Launch Sub SLDs

– Sub SLD can be launched by typing in any part of the substation number or name and the list filters down

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Display – Recloser Faceplate

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Schweitzer Engineering Labs 651R Controller

Faceplate

• Showing frequently referenced information

• Quick access to device alarm summary

• Quick access to device event summary

• Modeled after physical controller faceplate

Displays – Substation SLD

• Visibility of AltaLink Substation SLDs via ICCP connection

• Display feeder loading

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Displays – Substation SLD

• Trending of substation loading

• Can track peak loads per feeder per substation

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Displays – Main Screen

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Displays – Central Region Map

• From the map

– Launch Substation SLDs

– DA SLDs

– Auto Transfer SLDs

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Displays – Airdrie DA SLD

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Displays – DA Switch Faceplate

• S&C PMH-11 switching cubicle faceplate

– Modeled after the physical controller faceplate

– Future addition of event and alarm summary access pertaining to just this device

– Trying to minimize number of mouse clicks to access information

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• Data validation – Point to point field checks are completed for each device

• Each device during commissioning is isolated from grid

– Each device takes approximately 1 hour to commission

– Every command and its feedback points are verified from both field and Scada ends

– Faults are simulated when tester available

– Anomalies are noted and the respective group is notified of our findings

Commissioning

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Questions?

Questions?

Confidential - not for distribution

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