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Impacts of Performance Based Regulation on Distribution Network Automations

Modarresi, Mohammad Sadegh | 2011

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  1. Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
  2. Language: Farsi
  3. Document No: 41599 (05)
  4. University: Sharif University of Technology
  5. Department: Electrical Engineering
  6. Advisor(s): Fotuhi-Firuzabad, Mahmud
  7. Abstract:
  8. In spite of the fact that failures in distribution systems constitute a high percentage of customer’s interruptions, they have received less attention than generation and transmission systems at least in the amount of academic and industrial publications in the past decades. However as the business turns its attention to customers from consumers, focuses are moving toward power distribution systems in recent years. Its main problem that makes this high percentage of contribution in customer’s interruption is their widespread applications through all the places that there is a civilization. Contribution of many components in the system leads to high failure rate and because they spread every corner of cities and rural areas, performing a remedial action requires time and plenty of crews. Therefore, automating this process drives a lot of attention in recent decades. But the thing that makes Distribution Automation (DA) a compelling story in recent years is its usages in smart grid. Because On the one hand, nowadays, smart grid applications are the most fashionable topic among the power system researchers and many countries are investing on it. On the other hand, Distribution Automation (DA) is the initial and indispensible part of a smart grid, due to the fact that it provides quick restoration of the customers through different strategies. There are several types and levels of DA with different aims; but the truth is, implementing a distribution automation strategy is an expensive procedure. Therefore, the Electric Distribution Utility (EDU) must have reasonable incentives to use them. Due to the fact that there is a natural monopoly in distribution systems, it endangers the quality of service. To compensate this lack of competition, EDUs should be regulated by system regulator through some incentives. These incentives are given to the EDUs, through some regulation policies developed by a regulator.In this thesis, the effect of Reward-Penalty Schemes on the response of distribution companies in using different automation strategies for the purpose of enhancing the reliability indices were investigated. In fact, the distribution company must evaluate the worth of using the automation in presence of designed Reward-Penalty Schemes.


  9. Keywords:
  10. Performance Based Regulations ; Distribution Automation ; Reward-Penalty Scheme

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