Overview of the Black Sea Regional Transmission Planning Project

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Overview of the Black Sea Regional Transmission
Planning Project

• A Project of the
• United States Agency for International
  Development
• Black Sea Transmission System Operators
• United States Energy Association

William L. Polen United States Energy
Association Ad-Hoc Working Group of Experts on
Electrical Networks Organization of the Black Sea
Economic Cooperation December 19-20, 2005
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Goals

• Promote Regional Transmission Cooperation among
  Black Sea TSOs
• Identify Priority Investments in Transmission
  Systems Interconnections to Improve System
  Reliability
• From Planning Results, Propose Possibilities of
  Enhanced Regional Trade
• Harmonize Transmission Planning Principles,
  Methods and Perhaps, Methodologies

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Objectives

• Create Expert Transmission Planning Working Group
• Develop Common Platform for Transmission System
  Analysis
• Database, Software, Approaches
• Provide Training in the USE of PSS/E Planning
  Software

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Objectives (Contd)

• Analyze Regional System to Identify Existing
  Potential for Enhanced Trade
• Identify Potential Transmission Projects to
  Expand Trade within Reliability Requirements
• Promote the Results of the Analysis to Audience
  of Policy Regulatory Authorities

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Tasks

• Assess Planning Capability Needs of TSOs
• Purchase Distribute PSS/E Software
• Train TSO Personnel on PSS/E Software
• Develop National Transmission Models
• Integrate National Models into Regional Model
  Assuming Synchronous Operation
• Analyze System
• Prepare Disseminate Report

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Participants

• Black Sea Regional Energy Center
• Georgian State Electrosystem
• Moldelectrica
• National Electric Company of Bulgaria
• Natrional Electric Company Ukrenergo
• System Operator-Central Dispatching Office of the
  Unified Energy System of Russia
• Transelectrica
• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation
• United States Agency for International
  Development
• United States Energy Association

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Governance Operation

• USAID USEA Technical, Financial
  Administrative Support
• Steering Committee
• USAID, TSO Senior Mgrs, IBRD, EBRD, Black Sea
  Regional Energy Center, USEA
• Project Coordinator - Dr. Bogdan Popescu-Vifor,
  Transelectrica
• Regional Working Group - 2 Participants/Country
  
• Model Integrator Electricity Coordination
  Center in Belgrade
• Annual Workplan
• Cost Sharing

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Activities

• Sofia Project Inception Mtg - 2/04
• Predeal - Working Group Mtg 7/04
• Predeal - PSS/E Training 7/04
• Software Distribution 9/04
• Natl Regional Models Developed 9/04 6/05
• Istanbul Working Group Meeting 7/05
• Bucharest Working Group Meeting 10/05
• Bucharest Steering Committee Mtg. 10/05

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Accomplishments

• Project MOU Signed by All Participants
• Regional Transmission Planning Working Group of
  Experts Established
• 14 Regional Transmission Planning Experts Trained
  in the Use of PSS/E Software
• PSS/E Software Procured Delivered to All
  Participating TSOs
• Seven National Transmission Planning Models
  Developed
• Regional Transmission Planning Model Created
• Foster Improved Knowledge of National Systems
  Technical Characteristics Development Plans
• Armenia and Azerbaijan Invited Accepted to Join
  Project

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Next Steps

• Procure Software for Armenia Azerbaijan
• GSE Host Training on PSS/E for Armenia
  Azerbaijan
• Expand Regional Model to Include Armenia
  Azerbaijan
• Analysis of Identified Scenarios