Electricity Today Magazine January/February 2007 Vol. 19
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ET - Jan Feb Issue 1 2/19/07 2:26 PM Page 1 January / February 2007 Volume 19, No. 1 REBUILDING A SUBSTATION NETWORK WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK PAGE 35 Are you signed up for Enercom 2007? DEVELOPING A UTILITY/CUSTOMER Floor plan PARTNERSHIP TO IMPROVE POWER on page 23 QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE PAGE 24 PUBLICATION MAIL AGREEMENT # 40051146 Electrical Buyer’s Guides, Forums, On-Line Magazines, Industry News, Job Postings, www.electricityforum.com Electrical Store, Industry Links ET - Jan Feb Issue 1 2/19/07 2:26 PM Page 2 Your Winning Combination for CONNECTING... PROTECTING 50+ Years of Proven 30+ Years of Proven ® Cutout Technology Polymer Technology ® ® ® 15kV AND 27kV TYPE C-POLYMER CUTOUTS Type C-Polymer Cutouts comprise proven technology, over 50 years in Chance cutouts and over 30 years in Ohio Brass polymer insulators. Now together, they give you a winning combination for system protection. Made with ESP™ silicone-alloy rubber insulators, these 15kV and 27kV cutouts include standard, linkbreak, loadbreak with arc chute interrupter, electronic sectionalizer and cutout-arrester combinations. Fully interchangeable with Chance porcelain cutouts, Type C-Polymer Cutouts use 100 and 200-amp fuse tubes and 300-amp disconnect blades in a common mounting assembly rated at 300 amps continuous. • Passes standard for boiling water/steep wave test • Light in weight • Easy-to-handle shape • Synthetic arc-quenching fuse tubes • Interchangeable with porcelain 870 Brock Road South • Pickering, ON L1W 1Z8 • Phone (905) 839-1138 • Fax: (905) 831-6353 • www.HubbellPowerSystems.ca POWER SYSTEMS ET - Jan Feb Issue 1 2/19/07 2:27 PM Page 3 in this issue Publisher/Executive Editor EDITORIAL Randolph W. Hurst [email protected] 6 Sometimes Utilities have to be More than Just Legally Correct Associate Publisher/Advertising Sales TRANSFORMERS Carol Gardner [email protected] 8 Getting Value from Transformer SFRA Editor Don Horne BREAKERS [email protected] 12 Avoid Generator System Damage due to a Slow Synchronizing Breaker - Part II Web Site Advertising Sales Barbara John POWER QUALITY [email protected] 24 Developing a Utility/Customer Partnership to Improve Circulation Manager 19, No. 1 January/February Volume 2007 Colleen Flaherty Power Quality and Performance [email protected] YOU SAID IT Production Manager Alla Krutous 31 Our readers have their say [email protected] Layout/Design SYSTEM SECURITY Ann Dunbar 32 Control System Security: Dynamic Threat Response [email protected] Visit our Web Site: SUBSTATION www.electricityforum.com E-mail: [email protected] 35 Rebuilding a Substation Network Without Breaking the Bank Subscribe on-line: TESTING www.electricityforum.com/et/subscribe.htm 42 Regular Field Testing Extends Equipment Life Telephone: 905 686 1040 RELAYS 44 Dealing with Problems in Output Relays Used in Microprocessor-Based Electricity Today Magazine is published 9 times per year by The Electricity Forum [a division of The Hurst Protection Devices - Part I Communications Group Inc.], the conference manage- ment and publishing company for North America’s elec- tric power and engineering industry. Distribution: free of charge to North American electri- 53,54 PRODUCTS AND SERVICES SHOWCASE cal industry personnel who fall within our BPA request circulation parameters. Paid subscriptions are available to all others. Subscription Enquiries: all requests for subscriptions or changes to free subscriptions (i.e. address changes) 54 ADVERTISERS INDEX must be made in writing to: Subscription Manager, Electricity Today 215-1885 Clements Road, Pickering, Ontario, L1W 3V4 or on-line at www.electricityforum.com. Canada Post - Canadian Publications Mail Product Sales Agreement 40051146 ISSN 0843-7343 Printed in Canada. All rights reserved. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in whole or in part without prior permission from the publisher. Member of: 3 ET - Jan Feb Issue 1 2/19/07 2:27 PM Page 4 editorial board BRUCE CAMPBELL, LL.B., Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) Mr. Campbell holds the position of Vice-President, Corporate Relations & Market Development. In that capacity he is responsible for the evolution of the IESO-administered markets; regulatory affairs; external relations and communications; and stakeholder engagement. He has extensive background within the electricity industry, having acted as legal counsel in planning, facility approval and rate proceedings throughout his 26-year career in private practice. He joined the IESO in June 2000 and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Northeast Power Coordinating Council. He has contributed as a member of several Boards, and was Vice-Chair of the Interim Waste Authority Ltd. He is a graduate BRUCE CAMPBELL of the University of Waterloo and Osgoode Hall Law School. BOB FESMIRE, ABB Bob Fesmire is a communications manager in ABB's Power Technologies division. He writes regularly on a range of power industry JOHN McDONALD topics including T&D, IT systems, and policy issues. He is based in Santa Clara, California. CHARLIE MACALUSO, Electricity Distributor's Association Mr. Macaluso has more than 20 years experience in the electricity industry. As the CEO of the EDA, Mr. Macaluso spearheaded the reform of the EDA to meet the emerging competitive electricity marketplace, and positioned the EDA as the voice of Ontario's local electricity distributors, the publicly and privately owned companies that safely and reliably deliv- er electricity to over four million Ontario homes, businesses, and public institutions. SCOTT ROUSE, Managing Partner, Energy @ Work BOB FESMIRE Scott Rouse is a strong advocate for proactive energy solutions. He has achieved North American recognition for developing an energy effi- ciency program that won Canadian and US EPA Climate Protection Awards through practical and proven solutions. As a published author, CHARLIE MACALUSO Scott has been called to be a keynote speaker across the continent for numerous organizations including the ACEEE, IEEE, EPRI, and Combustion Canada. Scott is a founding chair of Canada’s Energy Manager network and is a professional engineer, holds an M.B.A. and is also a Certified Energy Manager. DAVID W. MONCUR, P.ENG., David Moncur Engineering David W. Moncur has 29 years of electrical maintenance experience ranging from high voltage installations to CNC computer applications, and has conducted an analysis of more than 60,000 various electrical fail- ures involving all types and manner of equipment. Mr. Moncur has chaired a Canadian Standards Association committee and the EASA Ontario Chapter CSA Liaison Committee, and is a Past President of the Windsor Construction Association. DAVID W. MONCUR JOHN McDONALD, IEEE President Mr. McDonald, P.E., is VP, Automation for Power System Automation for KEMA, Inc. He is President of the IEEE PES, IEEE Division VII Director- SCOTT ROUSE Elect, Immediate Past Chair of the IEEE PES Substations Committee, and an IEEE Fellow. 4 Electricity Today ET - Jan Feb Issue 1 2/19/07 2:27 PM Page 5 Transformer problems? This is where your Calisto should have been. Don’t be left picking up the pieces. Catastrophic transformer failures can easily be prevented with the Calisto on-line, dissolved hydrogen and water monitor. Calisto monitors hydrogen production and detects transformer faults at their earliest stages thereby reducing the number of unforeseen outages and preventing catastrophic failures. • Designed to withstand the harshest environments • Precise monitor readings are as reliable as lab results • Increases the life expectancy of your transformer by monitoring the moisture content in the transformer oil • Download specifications and software at www.morganschaffer.com Calisto prevents catastrophic failures – one transformer at a time. 83005110 Saint-Patrick,de Courtrai Avenue Suite 150 Tel.:Tel: +514.739.1967 +514.739.1967 La Salle, QC Fax: +514.739.0434 Montreal, Quebec Fax: +514.739.0434 H8N 2H1 E-mail: [email protected] Canada H3W 1A7 E-mail: [email protected] Transformers - The Inside View VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT: www.morganschaffer.com ET - Jan Feb Issue 1 2/19/07 2:51 PM Page 6 EDITORIAL SOMETIMES UTILITIES HAVE TO BE MORE THAN JUST LEGALLY CORRECT Don Horne Let me be perfectly clear – Progress of the utility, with little or no input from rating the exiting Progress Energy grid Energy Corporation did everything by residents allowed any real voice. from a new one for Winter Park. the book. Normally, policies developed by Dommerich Hills, a decades-old commu- Unfortunately for the residents of Progress Energy and approved by state nity straddling Orange and Seminole Dommerich Hills, going by the book regulators avoid customer notification counties, also was split by the move. meant decimating old oak trees so giant unless the utility’s actions will affect Now old power lines running power poles could sprout up in their place. service. through the backyards in the community Here is their story. Indeed, at the December hearing, a serve Winter Park, and the new lines Residents of this Florida com- serve Dommerich Hills. munity were stunned when Progress Requests by Dommerich Hills’ Energy Corp. subcontractors came Three such revisions were requested residents to put the lines under- into their neighborhood and began before the PSC panel: ground were met with an extra cost putting up 50-foot power poles in estimated to be $43,000; a cost that their front yards. All without even a Winter Park officials refused to hint of what was to come. • Under rules governing customer foot. Adding fuel to the fire, work- rights, the language be modified More galling to Dommerich ers chopped away at many of the so that utilities would be required to Hills’ residents, Progress Energy old growth oaks to clear space for have an informational hearing elected to take the rights of way in the new lines. whenever a neighborhood’s Seminole County (never attempt- Did I mention the new poles ing to acquire rights of way in were in addition to poles already “character, safety or property Winter Park), as it was the easier located in their backyards? values” would be affected by a route to take.