Blue Ridge Electric’s Reliability Improvement PlanTxm Grounding Re-Grounding Txm Complete...
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Blue Ridge Electric’s Reliability Improvement Plan
74,000 Members 7,800 Miles Distribution 280 Miles Transmission
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SAIDI History
2025 Vision Distribution 60 min Transmission 15 min
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Distribution Transmission
What Members Want
High Reliability
Good Customer Service Low Rates
ACSI - 90 TSE - 9.4 First Call Resolution - 90% SAIDI - 75 CAIDI - 75 Member Engagement - 75
Member Accidents - 0 Accidents Electric - 0 Accidents Energies - 0 Top RESAP Scores - 3.0 or Higher
Rate Design WorkSmart
Subsidiary Benefits - 50% of Margins Rotation of Capital - 3%
Business Model Decision
Asset Management Distributed Generation
Micro Grid Opportunities
Blue Ridge Electric - 2025 Vision
Superior Member Experience “Nothing Less Than Our Very Best”
Top Member Service
Utility Of The Future
Fair Member
Rates
Top Safety
Performance
Guiding Purpose:
To Make Life Better
Vision:
Nothing Less Than Our Very Best
MEMBER PROSPERITY
Energy Options Community Opportunities
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY PREFERRED EMPLOYER
Top Talent/Succession Management Processes
Focus on Diversity
Competitive Pay/Benefits
Honesty and Integrity
Respect & Appreciation for Employees Excellent Reputation
Commitment to Safety & Environmental Stewardship
Commitment to Community & Cooperative Principles
Exceptional Member Service
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Strategy Map 2015 - 2017
Top TSE Scores Top ACSI Scores
Member Engagement Excellence in SAIDI/CAIDI
CREATE MEMBER VALUE THROUGH LOW BILLS, RELIABILITY AND GREAT SERVICE!
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Member Equity
Improved Efficiencies - WorkSmart Top Safety Performance
SUBSIDIARY BENEFITS WHOLESALE POWER METER GROWTH
Achieve 40% Equity Economic
Development Expense Transfer
Net Income Manage Duke FRA/Rates
OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Improve Member Experience
Utility of the Future
BLUE RIDGE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION
2015 Key Strategic Initiatives
On Target Action Needed Major Issues
Member Perspective Progress Excellence in SAIDI – Small Animal guards Excellence in SAIDI – Enhance Vegetation Management Excellence in SAIDI – Reduce Momentary outages Reduce Payment Transaction Costs Member Engagement – Targeted Member Communication Financial Perspective Progress WorkSmart Initiative Improve Budgeting Process Economic Development – Enhance ED in Region Manage Duke FRA – DR Test program – Wifi Thermostat Internal Processes Progress Quest for Zero Energy Options – Revise NM rate Energy Options – Revise NB rate Community Opportunities – Enhance Youth Leadership Community Opportunities – Enhance Foundation Effectiveness Talent and Technology Progress Continuous Review of Employee Costs Ethics and Compliance Establish and Train Critical Communications Board Microwave Update Mobile Data Utility of the Future Other Progress Caldwell Facilities Update
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System Average Interruption Duration Index - SAIDI 2014 SAIDI
Kiazen Continuous Process Improvement
• Good processes = Good results
• Understand the current situation
• Speak with data - Manage by facts
• Find the root cause
• Plan – Do – Check - Act
Problem Statement
Decision Analysis
Solution
People
Standby
Line Training Apprtnti~ Program Formoliztd
Sub Training Sub Training Manual Completed
Txm Training Annual Txm Molntenon~ Closs
Hours Worked Crew Availability
Trouble Shooting Loss of Experience Intern Program Established
Relays Relay Test program established
Txm Gro unding Re-Grounding Txm
Complete Grounding
Sectionalizing Need more remote Recio.er control points Dist Structures
Dist. line BIL
Lack of High Tech Relaying
DTF relaying
Fault Locators Add Remote locators
Equipment
Copper Pion ($500k per yeor)
Lack of Txm Vehicles
Purd1osed 2-Tl<m buckets & !-Derrick
Processes
ROW Cycle Line Design
Stondordized
Planned Otgs
6-yr Right of woy schedule
Pole Treating 9-yeor Pole Treating
Inspections
Def ined Procedure Annual 3Ph inspections 8-yeor URD inspections
Maintenance Programs
Operating Procedures Defined Pro~dures Switching Procedures
Defined Procedure
Call out Procedures Defined Pro~dure
Lightning
Txm Light ing Arrestors
Add Txm Arrestors Ice
Animals
Snow
Reduce SAIDI
Vehicle Accidents
Stnall Anitnal Mitigation Plan
Environment
Terrain (Wind, Mountains)
Add Txm Motor Operated S\vit ches
Environmental Sensitivity
Ishikawa Diagram 2014 Update
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Consumer Minutes by Outage Cause
Distribution Standards: “Grow-ins” 1 per 100 miles/yr. “Fall-ins” 8 per 100 miles/yr.
2005: 12+ years 2014: 6 years 3-yr mid-cycle 6-yr Herbicide
Right of Way Cycle
Vegetation Management
Distribution Grow-ins 46
Fall-ins 366 (284 live, 82 dead)
Transmission Grow-ins 0
Fall-ins 0
Goal: < 50 Goal: < 400
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Distribution Standards: “Grow-ins” 1 per 100 miles/yr. “Fall-ins” 8 per 100 miles/yr. 2014 Data
Circuit Outages SAIDI Impact = 14 minutes
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Sub Ckt Members Outages SAIDI Baldwin 483 1,167 16 299 Obids 461 1,360 58 278 Ellis 502 1,145 52 253 Creston 472 340 22 252 Hound Ears 262 406 20 224
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Reducing Circuit Outages
Expand rights of way to first protective device
Sectionalizing - Additional protection
- Split circuits
- Equalize circuit size
Small Animal guards
Call out procedures (2nd crew on circuit outages)
Education (DOT, other utility contractors, etc.)
Reducing Circuit Outages Fused Cutouts
• 5,000 Fused Cutouts installed
• CSP Transformers
• Main Line Taps
Reducing Circuit Outages Down-line Remote Control Reclosers
• 35 Triple-Single Reclosers installed
• Connected to SCADA
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Total Number of Outages
Total Number of Outages
Year Outages
2009 4,060
2010 3,150
2011 3,546
2012 3,023
2013 3,234
2014 2,476
Goal: < 2,400
Small Animal Outages (Circuits with Squirrel guards installed)
SAIDI Impact = 2.6 minutes 241
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Planned Outages Year Outages
2006 1,491
2007 1,122
2008 663
2009 599
2010 678
2011 668
2012 647
2013 515
2014 446
Change in Operational Procedure
SAIDI Impact = 4.3 minutes
Outages > 3 Hours Year > 3 Hours 2007 155 2008 133 2009 93 2010 99 2011 84 2012 107 2013 89 2014 101
Goal: < 100
New Procedure: Districts must explain any outage exceeding 3 hours.
Monthly Outage Report
Exception Report (Outages over 3 hours)
Maintenance Programs
Program Cycle
Relay testing 1-3-10 yrs.
Breakers 3-10 yrs.
Regulators 10 yrs.
Reclosers 5 yrs.
Pole Inspection 8 yrs.
Right of Way 6 yrs.
Pole Treating Year Reject Rate
2006 7.3%
2007 5.8%
2008 3.1%
2009 2.7%
2010 2.3%
2011 2.5%
2012 1.5%
2013 1.1%
2014 1.2% Goal: < 1.5%
Photo Credit: Osmose Utilities
Major Events
Year Qty “Storm CAIDI” 2008 4 252 2009 7 654 (Ice Storm)
2010 8 205 2011 1 167 2012 4 122 2013 6 163 2014 2 99 Storm CAIDI
Goal: < 300
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Transmission SAIDI
Goal: <15 minutes
Transmission Training
Annual Training • Classroom - Outage Scenarios
• Field Training
• Substation Training
230 kV TL Single Contingency Protocol
• Weather Forecast
• W inds <25 mph
• No major weather (T-storms, etc)
• Loading
• Load < 150 MW
• Line Condit ion
• Recent Pat rol < 2 weeks
• System Condit ions (in service)
• No 230 kV lines out of service
• No Horse Gap or W. Jefferson 100 kV lines out of service
Momentary Transmission Outages
Year Events 2009 11 2010 5 2011 14 2012 15 2013 3 2014 6
Goal: < 9
Standard: 3 momentary outages per 100 miles/yr.
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Key Strategic Initiatives
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Strategic Objective
Strategic Initiative
Vision Impact SAIDI < 75 Minutes
StratEx $440,000 (Capex) ($400,000 arresters & $40,000 reground1ng)
Benefit Reduce transmission operations to less than 9 per year
Accountability Direct:
Job Family Impact Direct:
Init iative Action Items
Action Step
Research 8ppropriale arrester installation ,v • ~ ,r. arrangement t
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Order 1 OOkV arresters for Deep Gap Line
Order 44kV arresters tor Elk Cteelc Line
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Install 100kV arresters on Deep Gap Line
Install 44kV arresters oo Bk Creek Line
Accountability
Mike High
Mike High
Mike High
Hoss Prestwood I Steve Woodring
Hoss Prestwood I Jeff Benfield
Indirect:
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•• Completed Date
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Priority Scan?:
Comments
(Quantity per structure)
Financial Considerations
“What do you mean you don’t know when my power will be back on?”
Estimated Time of Restoral (ETRs)
Outages > 3 Hours
Year > 3 Hours 2006 165 2007 65 2008 133 2009 93 2010 99 2011 84 2012 107 2013 89
Goal: < 100
New Procedure: Districts must explain any outage exceeding 3 hours.
5-Year Outage History
2001-2005 181 Minutes
2010-2014 83 Minutes
2013 NRECA Distribution Reliability Study
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We are Here
14.6 Minimum 71.4 1st Quartile 105.2 2nd Quartile 138.1 3rd Quartile 412.0 Maximum
Individual SAIDI Scores 86 Respondents
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Lee Layton, PE Chief Operating Officer Blue Ridge EMC 1216 Blowing Rock Blvd Lenoir, NC 28645
[email protected] 828.759.8939