Hydro One’s

Distribution Management System

Presentation Outline

 Brief Hydro One overview

 DX Modernization Project

 Overview of DMS Highlights & Features

 DMS Demo of Real Time Outage Response

 Review of DERM Application

Hydro One Service Area
•124,998 km of Dx line
• 1024 Stations
• 1.6 million poles
Zone 7 • 1.3 million retail customers
Thunderbay

Zone 6
• 112 large industry
Sudbury
• 20 remote communities
• 9.0 km per customer
Customer MW
Zone • 44kV Sub-Transmission System
Count (daily avg)

1 184,680 550
2 118,218 355
Zone 4
3A 173,801 520 Perth

3B 178,129 530
Zone 5 Zone 3B
4 180,619 540 Barrie Tweed

5 168,044 505
OGCC Zone 3A
6 131,066 390 Peterborough

7 54,634 165 Zone 1

Beachville Toronto
Total 1,189,191 3,555 Zone 2
Dundas
LDC(s) 3,300,000 9,500

© Hydro One Inc.

 Hydro Ones Distribution Challenges
Very Long Rural / Radial Feeders
 Feeder Protections (increased R/X =
low fault amps) + DG contribution
 Patrol times are significant.
 Feeder transferability – limited by
voltage support.
 True Load on System with DG
Contribution.
Reactive DX Operating
 No Realtime DX operating diagrams
 Smart Meter data not leveraged
 No integration with field tablets and
OMS. Change Control issues arise.
 Hydro One Installed Distributed Generation

Total Installed Capacity= 5447 MW

Total Sites Installed = 15855

© Hydro One Inc. Enhancing the Customer Outage Experience 5

 DX Modernization Project

Business Objectives:
1. Distributed Generators (DGs) Integration and Control
2. Distribution Reliability / Operations Improvement
3. Outage Restoration Optimization
4. Distribution Network Asset Planning and Tools
 Foundations of DX Modernization

DXM
• Reliability Improvements
• Distribution Automation
• Faster Outage Restoration
• Conservation Voltage Reduction
• DG Integration & Dispatch

DX Field Devices

DMS
• FCI’s
Telecom
•4G
• Smart Meters
•LTE
• RCS/ RVS
 What is a
Distribution Management System?

DISTRIBUTION A decision support system to assist the

MANAGEMENT OGCC and field staff with the monitoring
SYSTEM and control of Hydro Ones Distribution
(DMS) System.

Essentially, it is the brain of our Smart Grid Solution

DMS Integration with Hydro One Systems

Visibility & Control of

Distribution Assets

NMS DMS OMS

Common GIS Based

Network Model

Operates Operates Outage

Transmission Distribution Management
System System System
Geographical Information System (GIS)
The Backbone of DMS

 GIS is the backbone

of the DMS Display.

 Contains all ratings,

sizes & information
of assets.

 Contains all
customers
connected to Hydro
One Distribution
System.
 IT Systems

Integration of enterprise data systems is critical to modernizing

the Distribution System. All information contained within the
DMS is extracted from the corporate enterprise systems.
DMS – CIM Model

TODS

TS Connectivity

TODS Model Exporter PSDB PCMIS

Asset Device
Information Settings

TS Connectivity Model
&
TS Signals
Model Fragments
(incl. Signals)
CIM-Gen & DMS
Delta Update
Notifications
DS & Feeder
Connectivity Model

Customer
Information

ArcFM Network DS & Feeder

Adapter Signals
CODS

DS & Feeder
Connectivity

SCD
GIS
DMS State Estimation
Load Profiles: The load profiles are created from the
Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and MV90 data
that has been collected from HONI smart meters and
Primary Metering Equipment (PME). This data was then
averaged and normalized to create a 24 hour daily load
profile.
Unplanned Feeder Outage
How does the DMS get the lights back on?
 DMS Operator #1- Feeder Trip Alarm

M23 Feeder Breaker

Alarm
DMS is activated
Operator clicks on
DMS DMS Operator
Operator confirms
FCI that
alarm title
Acknowledges
M23 to locate
the
BreakerAlarm
has
the activated
trippedFCI
The M23FCI3 indicates it
has detected a R-B phase
fault downstream
 DMS Operator #2- Fault Location

Fault Location will use the

Faultapplication
DMS Fault Location Data (amps) and the FCI’s to
predicts
User can fault determine
to be withinthe
open Detailed thelocation of the fault
Runs Faultsection
highlighted
Fault Location Report to
Location
view detailed results

Activated FCI

DMS Operator Opens

Fault Location
Application in DMS
 DMS Operator #3- Field Crew Coordination

Hit the Road!

The user can access the predicted fault location in a
geographic view by clicking on the “find” icon in the
report or clicking on the line section.
 DMS Operator #4- Proactive Restoration Planning

Inputs Switch Plan in

SOM (drag & drop)
Runs System Validation
OPENS SOM

The System Validation

warning indicates low
voltage
 DMS Operator #5- Low Voltage Inquiry

DMS Operator opens the DMS 108 V

“Simulation Mode” and

DMS Operator
applies opens
proposed “Relative
switching
Voltage”
plan viewapplication.
from SOM in topology
analyzer to see impacted area.

SIMULATION MODE
DMS Operator #6- Adaptive Relay Protection

Within the Same Validation Form, the

user can now run “Adaptive Relay
Protection” to verify current AND
alternate protection settings.
Relay Protection Validation Button

Not Acceptable

Acceptable
Distribution Engineer #7- Protection Scheme Analysis
Field Crew / DMS Operator #8 - Field Confirmation

Field Crew finds the actual

location of the fault and
relays this information
back to the DMS Operator.
 DMS Operator #9 - Protection Settings Change

Voltage Protections Switch Plan

DMS Operator remotely changes

protections settings for field crew.
Field Crew #10 - Repairs & Restores

The Field Crew will now

restore power to the
unaffected sections and begin
repairing the faulted area.
DMS Model Expansion – Where are we today?
 55% of Distribution Network
Modeled. 35% in use by
Control Centre

 DMS model of entire

Province by Dec 2017
Sector 1 & 2 DMS Model Area
 Load Transfers with DG

The DMS can easily find the true load of the system when a
feeder has a large amount of DG connected. This is
important for:
- DG Curtailment when
no Transfer Trip is
present (based on TIR
rules)

- Real Time Load

Transfer Restoration
when DG’s have been
removed on Transfer
Trip
Current DMS (3.2) DG Management Application
Future DMS (3.7) DERM Application

Distributed Energy Resources Management application

(DERM) provides real-time monitoring, near-term forecast
and user friendly control of DERs.
The main goal of the DERM is to enhance the capability of
the existing grid to absorb large amounts of distributed
energy assets for meeting regulatory technical constrains.

It does this by:

- Receiving input values (V,P,Q) from Measurements or
- Receives a load profile (P,Q) from historical data

DERM can be viewed at system level, by station, and by

feeder.
DER Device Modelling

ADMS will provide modelling of the following DERs:

- Distributed Generators (Synchronous, PV etc)

- Energy storages
- Electrical vehicle charging stations
- “behind-the-meter” generation units
- Electrical vehicle chargers.
DERM Dashboards
DERM – Calculated Load and Generation
With DERM always calculating the generation on the
system, the true load can also easily be calculated and
displayed, per feeder, for the Operator.

This true load point can also be trended to assist in

restoration and DG Curtailment assessments.
Questions?