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Control Room Solutions Task Team

Contacts

Michael Nugent

Affiliation
NextEra Energy
Position
Co-Lead

Kliff Hopson

Affiliation
Bonneville Power Administration
Position
Co-Lead

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Mission

The Control Room Solutions Task Team's (CRSTT's) mission is to work collectively with other NASPI task teams to advance the use of real-time synchronized measurements for the purpose of improving control room operations and grid reliability. This team will utilize its experience and regional diversity to provide advice, direction, support and guidance to NASPI stakeholders and other organizations involved in the development and implementation of real-time synchronized measurement applications. 

Videos

NASPI Oscillation Detection and Voltage Stability Workshop, Houston, TX, October 22, 2014; NASPI's YouTube Channel.

List of PMU versus SCADA Video Events Summary Videos (Updated April 2018, rev6).

Documents

EA001 - Using Synchrophasor Data to Analyze Fault Event Causes

Release Date
Document Subject Area
Control Room
Event Analysis
CRSTT Use Case
Description
A transmission fault was cleared properly by the appropriate line protection equipment. When reviewing the synchrophasor voltage data for the fault from a nearby station (see Figure 1 below) it became obvious that the initiating event for the transmission system fault was most likely on the...
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Use Case: GEN-03 – Automatic Voltage Regulator (AVR) Malfunction

Release Date
Description
NYISO System Operators observed transient voltage oscillations in Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) data. The oscillations lasted for three minutes and appeared on many of the western New York 345 kV busses.
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Use Case: GEN-05 – Nuclear Plant Voltage Oscillations

Release Date
Document Subject Area
CRSTT Use Case
Description
In 2011, the Dominion System Operator requested a nuclear power plant to reduce its terminal voltage by 3 kV during light load conditions.
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CRSTT: Using Synchrophasor Data for Phase Angle Monitoring

Release Date
ERICA Number
NASPI-2016-TR-003
Document Subject Area
Key Phasor Technology Resources
Phase Angle Monitoring
Description
This paper addresses how synchrophasor technology can be used for phase angle monitoring and describes the various synchrophasor-based applications being used by electric utilities and grid operators presently. Uses for phase angle monitoring include: • Wide-area situational awareness and...
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CRSTT: Using Synchrophasor Data for Voltage Stability Assessment

Release Date
ERICA Number
NASPI-2015-TR-016
Document Subject Area
Key Phasor Technology Resources
Using Synchrophasor Data for Voltage Stability Assessment
Description
This paper describes certain functional entity roles and responsibilities related to voltage stability monitoring, considers how synchrophasor technology may be used to identify actual or potential voltage stability issues, and describes some of the related commercial applications that are currently...
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