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Distributed Generation – Customer Experience WorkshopUK Power Networks – 3 October 2013
Welcome and introductionsSteve Halsey Distributed Generation Development Manager
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Safety and Housekeeping
• No planned fire alarms
• Toilets
• Mobile phones
• Emergency exits
• Fire assembly point
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Emergency exitsSmile 3 & 4, Ground Floor, Prospero House
There are no planned fire drills today. If the fire alarm is heard please leave the building using the nearest fire exit. Once outside turn left onto Avon Place and assemble on Swan Street.
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Agenda10:00 Welcome, Introductions & feedback SH10:10 Google maps asset data visualisation CP10:40 Setting the scene SB10:45 A) Enquiry and application Connections
B) Design and assessment Asset Management C) Programme delivery Capital Programme
(11:30 Tea and coffee All)
13:15 Lunch All
14:00 D) Strength in numbersE) Interactivity All DirectoratesF) Standards
15:15 Formal close MA15:30 Opportunity for 121 discussions All
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Introductions/who’s here today?Connections
Mark Adolphus Director of ConnectionsSteve Bradley Head of Major ConnectionsSteve Halsey DG Development ManagerSteve Carlow Major Connections Manager SESteve Foster Major Connections Manager LondonJim Vasey Major Connections Manager EastSteve Rogers CiC ManagerWill Bowen Risk and Compliance ManagerKellie Payne DG Business AnalystRichard Austen Project Manager East
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Asset Management
Robert Kemp Head of Network Strategy & PerformanceNuno da Fonseca Infrastructure Planning Manager East Kevin Burt Substation Standards Manager
Capital Programme
Ian Cameron Senior Project Manager East
Strategy & Regulation
Sotiris Georgiopoulos FPP Project Director
Information Systems
Chris Potter Real Time Systems Engineer
Customer Services
Nazrin Mehdiyeva Head of Stakeholder Engagement
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Issues/questions from last workshopIssue Update
Publish applications anonymously via LTDS We have taken this into account for possible inclusion in future updates to the mapping tool
Consistency of people approving designs. Publication of design standards and dedicated design assurance team implemented
Acknowledgement of application would be nice From 1st October an acknowledgement email will be sent from our new gateway email address
On‐going visibility/engagement Our DG surgeries have proven very popular and allow you to meet and discuss your project with our teams.
Staged payments We have introduced staged payments for schemes with a value less than £250K
If you ask for a 10 MVa connection and only 8 MVa is available you should be able to change your request accordingly and keep you place in the queue
Our interactivity framework does not permit this currently but we are considering the introduction of a feasibility study type approach that may allow this to happen
Connections for dummies booklet Significant improvements made to website and DG Q&A mailbox introduced to assist new applicants
Internet – portal service that tracks where application is by distribution line
This will be delivered as part of our Business Transformation Process during 2014
2 – stage application: Key is really to improve the relationship so efforts are efficiently managed
See above
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Feedback from 2013
“the service your department is “the service your department is providing is excellent and totally
refreshing. You and your colleagues have taken the initiative to engage with
generation developers and this approach has de‐mystified grid availability and undoubtedly made the process more clear,
efficient and cost effective. Well done.”
Why is it so hard to get UKPN to agree to a meeting?
Actions from meetings often unaddressed typically because this is another part of UKPN
I would like to say having dealt with other DNOs it really is a breath of fresh air to speak to a DNO who (on the most part) is very willing to communicate with their customers; this week we had a very interesting and useful meeting
Wow Wow ‐ for me this was the best use of 90 minutes this year! Your guys did a fantastic job in reviewing sites with me, their assistance, knowledge and customer friendly approach is much appreciated
What would be really useful would be to know where we are in the "interactive" process i.e. what position we are and when the other applicants' 30 days expire.
Commitment to agreed timescale, how is it shared with UKPN, does anyone actually care about the date we want to connect ?
Very beneficial, Very beneficial, would be keen to come again
Workshops are an excellent innovation
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Growth in Distributed Generation enquiries continues
9*Excludes G83 stage 1 enquiries
UK Power Networks Distributed Generation Enquiries*
Volumes
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Our East of England and South East networks• The total accepted PV generation
YTD is 123 schemes totalling 1,031,273kW. (approx.1000MVA)
• Accounts for £37m of £170m Capital income
• Some areas “at capacity”
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Google Maps Asset Data VisualisationChris Potter
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Previous Meeting
• Presented a Google Earth representation of 11kV point to point routes
• Positioned substations• Due to licensing issues only produced map of Ipswich
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Previous Results – EPN Primary/Grid Sites
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Previous Results – Ipswich Overview
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Feedback from previous session
• Most DG connections were not at 11kV• DG community interested at viewing 33kV and 132kV• Some concerns over fuzzing of cable routes• Desire for the dataset to be online and regularly updated
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What we did next
• Formed a rapid project team from our Information Systems, Asset Management and Connections directorates
• Explored current and alternative dataset options• Obtained a Google Maps for Business API license• Worked with our Enterprise Content Management team
on producing a website with authentication to host the new solution
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Issues During Analysis Phase
• Found that the point to point data for the 33kV and 132kV routes fuzzed the actual route
• Needed to switch data source from our Control System (PowerOn) to our Asset Management system (Ellipse)
• No underground cable data from new data source
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Development of Tool
• Redeveloped tool to use the JavaScript API (Advanced Programming Interface) from Google to use the internet as the presentation layer
• Worked with Asset Management to extract pole and tower data from our asset management database (Ellipse)
• Processed Ellipse data and integrated output into the final design
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Live Presentation of New Tool
• Presentation of new web based mapping tool which, after user registration, is available soon (end Oct) from the UK Power Networks website.
• UK Power networks will email when fully operational
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Future Enhancements
• Displaying circuit load information and additional capacity
• Display basic positions of pending approved connections• Further develop the tool to add in user tools making
applications easier• Work with vectorised data once it becomes available
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Questions & Answers
• Any questions, feedback or suggestions for future enhancements?
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Setting the SceneSteve Bradley Head of Major Connections
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Setting the Scene - Our objectives for today
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• To share with you progress on our Service Improvement Plan
• To gain feedback on what we’ve achieved
• To gather your views for our 2014 Plan• What should we start doing/do more of?• What should we do stop doing/do less of?
Feedback sessions
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Start doing/More of
Stop doing/Less of
Your Feedback
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A) Enquiry and application
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Highlights/good newsEarly engagement/surgeries – 15 held to date, 400+ schemes discussed
Recruitment – additional vacancies in Projects Gateway and Connections team
Staged payments – for projects valued at less than £250K
Website content – significant improvement Link to LTDS Heat mapsDG Q&A mailbox
Standardised witness testing charges – for East of England, London and South East
Simplifying offer documentation – breakdown of charges added
Convertible quotes pilot continues – roll out for DG customer mid 2014
DUoS charges – early notification for EHV projects from 1 August 2013
Gateway automatic acknowledgement email from 1 October 2013
Distribution list to replace newsletter – timely updates to distribution group
Segmentation strategy – projects below 1MVA now handled by HV/LV Projects Teams27
Enquiry Process
Offer
To make application you:
Complete ENA application and send with two maps to:
Post:Projects Gateway, UK Power Networks, Metropolitan House, Darkes Lane, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire. EN6 1AG
Email:[email protected]
Assess point of connection considering impact on plant rating, voltage & fault level
Confirm level of interaction
Produce costing
Produce offer documentation POC drawing & offer letter
Undertake technical & financial reviews
Provision offer letter issued with POC drawing by email or post.
Offer valid for 90 days unless interactive then 30 days (if more than 30 days remain)
Application acknowledgement
letter issued
<1MVA Budget Est 10 Working Days>1MVA Budget Est 20 working Days LV Generation 45 Working Days
HV/EHV Generation 65working Days
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We will publish an ENA form with the minimum information requirements highlighted
Considering use of Letters of Authority
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Looking ahead to 2014
What should we start doing/do more of?What should we stop doing/do less of?
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Tea and Coffee break
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B) Design and assessment
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Highlights/good newsStreamlined the internal approval process
Dedicated staff to generation referrals (patches for Tactical Planners to manage interactivity for an area)
Provide upfront budget estimates where there are known to be significant network constraints
Early engagement – heads‐up regarding project viability
Bi‐monthly DG workshop
An allocated resource to Digsilent generation model
Heat/capacity maps
Public access to network diagrams ‐ DG mapping tool
Trialling radio communication technologies to replace pilot cable for certain inter‐tripping functionality
Flexible Plug & Play
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Looking ahead to 2014
What should we start doing/do more of?What should we stop doing/do less of?
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C) Programme Delivery
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Highlights/good newsRecruitment – Dedicated Connection focussed Delivery Team
Weekly conference calls with Connections/Asset Management
Primavera project planning/ Outage Management meetings
Dedicated Generation Design Team
Kit approach to most Point of Connection solutions
Protection Settings solution
Innovation‐ Intertripping / 33kV Tower connections
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Design Assurance Process
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assurance
10d
Design Package is sent into
Design assurance Mailbox and
copied into Connections PM to
monitor
A Scheme file is created and a
CommentsSheet is
compiled
Civil Engineer
extracts Civil
Drawingsand
reviews submission,
detailing comments Comments sheet is issued to Customer
and Connections
PM,
Approved/Awaiting
clarification
Review
and
Approval
UKPN
Designers
rectify
Comments Electrical Engineer
extracts Electrical
Drawings and reviews
submission, detailing
comments
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Looking ahead to 2014
What should we start doing/do more of?What should we stop doing/do less of?
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Lunch and networking
D) Strength in numbers – forming a consortiumE) InteractivityF) Generation Standards
D) Strength in numbers –forming a consortium
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Generation Landscape in EPN
• Approximately 2.3GW of contracted export in EPN withgas and wind generation representing 77% of the totalportfolio in EPN.
Source LTDS (May 2013)
GasOff Shore WindLandfill GasOn Shore WindCHPOther
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Application for connection in EPN
• Even with a low acceptance rate, there is over 1700MWof generation to be connected to the EPN distributionnetwork in particular:
• Bramford: 461MW
• Walpole: 280MW
• Norwich Main: 174MW
• Eaton Socon: 136MW
• Burwell: 134MW
WalpoleNorwich Main
Bramford
Wymondley
Burwell
Eaton Socon
Pelham
Rayleigh
>200MW
100-200MW
50-100MW
<50MW
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Distribution network constraints
• Further generation connection to the EPN electricity distribution network is restricted:• Thermal Constraints • Fault level Increase
– Synchronous generators contribution of 6 to 7x rated output– Inverter connected generators contribution of 1.2 to 2.6 x rated output
• Operation of Protective Devices– Directional overcurrent limitation on transformers (typical 50%)
• Load Masking• Islanded Networks• Voltage and frequency control Issues • System Automation Issues• Generation Intertripping/Turn Down Schemes
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• Network constraintsare reflected in thegeneration capacitymap;
• Multiple and complexlevels of interactivitybetween generationapplications.
August 2013 EPN Generation Capacity Map
Distribution network constraints
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Overcoming the challenge
• Provision of firm connections to the 11kV or 33kVnetwork in the amber and red areas is limited;
• Most generation applications are being offered 33kVconnection via new 132/33kV Grid substations. Thesecan be costly and time-consuming, therefore lessappealing to smaller generators;
• In the short to medium term such solutions would enablemultiple generators to connect to the network, openingthe possibility for consortium type applications;
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Overcoming the challenge
• UK Power Networks are working in conjunction withNational Grid to understand the impact of acceptedgeneration on the transmission network;
• UK Power Networks are also working with developerslooking for alternative solutions such as:
• Increase efficiency of existing network assets such as overhead lines;• Commercial alternatives such as provision of non-firm connections;• Implementation of new control and network monitoring technologies;• New Telecommunications platform to pave the way for regional active
network managment;
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Overcoming the challenge
• Discuss potential for developers to form a consortium• Feasibility study funding• UKPN need time to identify and obtain resources to carry
out feasibility studies• Could release up to 100MW capacity in selected areas• Likely to be a 132kV multi-million pound solution to
reinforce the existing network• Additional cost for network extension as required• Possible 3-5 year time frame depending on
solution/scale
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E) Interactivity
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Interactivity
Interactivity occurs where UK Power Networks receives two or moreapplications for connection, which could make use of the same part of thedistribution system but where there is insufficient spare capacity or othernetwork constraints on the distribution system that will prevent allapplications being connected.
Interaction can be caused by restrictions at a different level in thedistribution system to the proposed point of connection i.e. a connection at11kV can be interactivity due to an issue at 33kV or even 132kV level.
Position in an interactive queue is determined by the date of the application(subject to the receipt of full and final information).
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Application received
UKPN determine interaction and the order
First applicant offer sent ?
Send Interactive Notice (Revision of Offer) to first applicant to inform them that their offer is now Interactive and unconditional, and to confirm the Quote Valid Date if this is changed (UKPN will reduce the quote validity to 30 days if more than 30 days remain)
Send Interactive Notices to all other applicants to inform them that their offer is now Interactive.
Second and subsequent applicant offers sent as conditional 30 day interactive offers.
Send Interactive Notices to all applicants to inform them that their offer is now Interactive.
First applicant offer sent as unconditional 30 day interactive offer.
Second and subsequent applicant offers sent as conditional 30 day interactive offers.
Yes No
Applicants accept offer by signing and returning Acceptance form and making payment within the validity period detailed in the offer
(or as revised)
First applicant accepts offer?
Yes NoFirst applicant proceeds to delivery. Subsequent applicants have payment repaid in full
Second applicant proceeds to delivery, if accepted. Subsequent applicants have payment repaid in full. And so on if Second applicant has not accepted
High Level Interactive Process
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• What do you think of the interactive process?
• What are the issues you have with the process?
• How do you think we could improve this process?
Interactive Discussion
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F) Generation Standards
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Generation Standards
Progress to date, specifically for generation connections:• EDS 08‐0051 ‐ Guidance on 6.6kV‐ 33kV new demand and
generation connections, plus associated block diagrams. • EDS 07‐0020 – Civil requirements for HV supply and generator
connections, plus associated drawings. Additional standards under development:• Further diagrams to support 33kV standards (distance
protection on looped circuits)• 132kV standards for generation connections
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Generation Standards
Issues we are investigating and seeking to resolve:• Network capacity – what are the limiting factors on maximum
export level (circuit/transformer capacity, protection settings)? How should these be dealt with?
• Alternatives to pilot wire intertripping for islanding and thermal overloads.
As new issues arise we will deal with them as quickly as practicable and where appropriate produce/modify standards to suit.
At the one to one discussions there is the opportunity for you to put your ideas forward.
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Mark AdolphusDirector of Connections
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