Consulting Success Stories

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Consulting Success Stories

• ABB Power Systems
• Consulting

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Power Quality Improvement, El Salvador - EEO

• Customers need
• Big problems with load growth
• High Reliability and power Quality penalties
• Mid-term investments tightened by external
  factors
• ABBs response
• Assessment of network operation and planning.
• Definition of Emergency Investment plan (1 year)
  and Mid Term (2000-2005) Investment
• Customers benefits
• Power Quality indexes improved
• System operation optimized over a five year
  horizon

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Operation Benchmarking, Spain Confidential

• Customers need
• Utility under high pressure to solve power
  quality supply issues
• Multi-faceted problem (technical, political, ..)
  forced top managers to be involved
• ABBs response
• Independent audit of asset management practices
  (planning, engineering, maintenance, operation).
• Definition of action plan to increase real and
  perceived quality service from the utility
• Customers benefits
• Ranking network investment and in-service
  planning optimization
• Criteria and procedure modifications
• Enhancement and trend recommendations

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Cost reductions, Germany - PFALZWERKE

• Customers need
• Cost pressures of recently liberalized European
  market
• Customers lost to competitors due to own high
  tariffs from high maintenance costs
• Loss of technical know-how due to early
  retirement of most experienced employees
• ABBs response
• Audit Asset maintenance practices and assist with
  decreasing costs through optimisation
• Customers benefits
• Systematically reduced costs and enhanced
  reliability

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Network Reliablity, USA ComED

• Customers need
• Long widespread outages on July 29, 1999
• Improve customer confidence
• ABBs response
• Long-term Planning Performance Improvement
  Alliance implemented including onsite planning
  and training
• Recommendation of system optimization and
  retrofit of five urban substations
• Shared risk
• Customers benefits
• Improved reliability provided on schedule
• Customer confidence improved

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Series Capacitor Upgrades, US PGE

• Customers need
• Unreliable, aging 500 kV series capacitors
• Increased transfers demand higher rating
• Reduce net procurement costs
• ABBs response
• Joint study on performance, schedule, and
  cost/benefit analysis for overall replacement
  needs
• Willingness for shared risk / reward
• Customers benefits
• System optimised for lowest cost and increased
  transfers
• Enhanced system reliability

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Brazil-Argentina II, Brasil CIEN/Endesa

• Customers need
• Provide 1100 MW power to Brazil
• Developer CIEN/Endesa must have power available
  and secured rights with obligation to deliver
  within 17 months
• ABBs response
• Complete ABB undertaking from consulting studies
  to EPC contract
• AC Lines, substations in Argentina and Brazil,
  1100 MW HVDC Back-to-Back Station
• Customers benefits
• Enabled energy trading transmitting surplus power
  from Argentina to Brazil

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