Performance Monitoring is Essential for Harmonizing Reliability and Markets

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Performance Monitoring is Essential for
Harmonizing Reliability and Markets
Customers
State Regulated
FERC Regulated
Competitive
Demand Management

• Utility Owned
• ISO Controlled
• State Sited

Micro-Grids
Congestion FTRs ISO Charges
Distributed Generation
Storage
Dynamic Voltage Support, Remedial Action
Schemes, Flow Control Devices

• Information Management Requirements
• Integration Across Multiple Business Systems,
  Companies Control Areas
• Information Security, Timeliness, Accuracy,
  Accessibility

Real Time Performance Monitoring
Ancillary Services Generation, Storage, Demand
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Wide Area Reliability Monitoring Must Be
Integrated with Real Time Control Data

• 10 NERC Reliability Regions
• 18 Reliability Coordinators
• 8 ISOs/RTOs/ IMO Operating Additional Planned
• 135 Control Areas

Reliability Coordinators Wide Area Reliability
Monitoring
ISOs/RTOs/IMO Grid Operations and Management
Transmission Companies
Distribution Utilities
Generation Companies
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Grid-3P ACE-Frequency Application for Wide Area
Monitoring

• ACE-Frequency Data Collection
• Data Validation
• Data Processing

A
123 CONTROL AREAS SEND 1-MINUTE DATA THROUGH
SECURE NERC-NET
NERC Database Server
Automatic Early Abnormal Frequency Notification
and Alarms

• Abnormal Frequency
• Notification
• Frequency Alarms

B
NERC Secure Ethernet (Princeton)
ACE-AIE KEY DATA BROADCAST OVER WEB TO
RELIABILITY COORDINATORS EVERY MINUTE
NERC Web Server

• Real-Time Monitoring
• and Tracking by Control Area or Region
• Root Cause Identification for Dispatchers

C
Wide-Area, Multi-View, Geo-Graphic Control Area
Dispatchers For Real-Time Monitoring of Abnormal
Interconnection Frequency and For Root Cause
Identification
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Grid-3P Wide Area Security Constrained Dispatch
Performance Monitoring
Design Parameters
Visualization Solution