A Newton-Evans survey of 53 Distribution Electric Utilities shows that the overwhelming majority of respondents are notified of a feeder main fault via SCADA/DMS.
How are you notified of a feeder main fault event? (Check all that apply)
Ninety-four percent of respondents reported that they are notified of a feeder main fault event via SCADA/DMS. Forty-two percent said OMS is the source of this notification, and 25% indicated their DA system provides notification of a feeder main fault event. Many respondents indicated that more than one system – sometimes as many as four – all provide feeder main fault event notification.
Five utilities mentioned they also receive fault notification via AMI, email, IVR, and customer calls.
More than 30 additional topics are covered in the 2018-2020 Newton-Evans DA report. Fifty-three major and mid-size utilities were surveyed and interviewed to gather the information for the new report. This group provides a sample accounting for 10% of served North American electricity customers while operating more than 50,000 primary MV distribution feeders across North America.
A supplemental nine-page North American DA market outlook synopsis for the years 2018 through 2024 is included in this report. The supplement provides DA market outlook information and rationale for each of five DA components including field equipment, substation resident software, control systems-resident software, telecommunications services and automation device controllers.
This 2018 DA Market Study is sold individually and also as part of a report bundle on DA that includes: 1) the “Overview of the 2017-2020 U.S. Transmission and Distribution Equipment Market: Distribution Automation Series (Complete Set of 9 top-line reports)” and 2) a Power Point slide deck developed by Chuck Newton titled, “The Role of Advanced DMS/SCADA Software and Systems in Building a Resilient and Reliable Power Distribution Grid.”
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