Electricity Asset Management Plan 2019-2029
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Current state & stage in application lifecycle The system landscape is dominated by Siemens Power TG as the SCADA system and the Vector DERMS platform which gives increased visibility of the DERs on the network. A further central server enables access to the data from the Power Quality meters deployed (see Section 4.7.3) for post fault and incident investigations, and customer enquiries. Some legacy systems like SCADA, Historian and HV Spec are nearing at the end of life or will need significant changes to meet the evolving needs of our customers or the network. The rising importance of the LV network due to increasing numbers of DER’s and the electrification of the transport network requires a step change in system sophistication and capability. We are focusing our efforts in the outage management space, following the severe April 2018 storm, to make use of new options available to enable us to improve the customer’s experience during emergencies. Our key focus is to create capabilities that allow us to pivot and adjust to the changing environment we are operating in. If there is a sudden update or advancement of PV, battery or EV technology, we need to react quickly to integrate and manage the change to meet customer expectations to avoid having to invest heavily in traditional assets as a potentially short-term solution.
The graphic below shows the layers of sophistication in the network operations and network planning environment which need to be met.
Figure 4-42 Levels of Sophistications in the Network Operations stream
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