A method and its application to evaluate automated distribution control

Increased capital and generation costs coupled with the expense of distribution system losses are providing motivation to distribution engineers to improve their knowledge of the distribution system and apply that knowledge to improve its operation. A straightforward method is developed which is capable of examining the effects of continuous system reconfiguration of switches and capacitors with automated distribution control (ADC) on a portion of the Pennsylvania Power and Light Company (PPL and the use of an advanced integrated distribution system modeling and analysis package. The results show that the application of ADC techniques provide potential distribution system loss reductions which could not otherwise be achieved. >