1. 1 Flexible Networks for a Low Carbon Future Approaching one year in...so far so good LCNF Conference 26 th October 2012

2. Data Management System Integration Business Justification Resources The Challenge Management of Uncertainty

3. The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts Enhanced Network Monitoring Data Analysis Network Automation Dynamic Ratings Energy Efficiency Voltage Optimisation Voltage Regulators Sharing the learning When will it turn up? What will it cost? Will we be ready for it? What will the future be? How fast will it deploy?

4. Fit for Purpose Project Partners Customer engagement & energy usage analysis Data Analysis & Tool Development Data backbone, interfaces & volume optimisation Experimental Design & Future Analysis

5. Capacity Headroom Load Duration Curve

6. What and Where we are doing it... Dynamic rating Energy Efficiency Flexible Control Integrated Voltage Regulation St Andrews Wrexham Whitchurch

7. Network Monitoring – Our Approach Before After This is not another monitoring project – collecting the data is a means to informing the other elements of the project

8. Our journey so far.. Installations Requirements Identification Site Surveys Test case site Specification & Tendering

9. What’s next? Complete installation of monitoring equipment Establish “iHost” database mining & reporting tools Commencement of early data analysis Trial installations of DTR to 33kV OHL and Primary transformers Trial installations of flexible network automation What is the future of network monitoring? Plug-n-play functionality? Transformer load only? Smart MDI’s? Local processing of data? Data optimisation?

10. Flexible Networks for a Low Carbon Future Enhanced Network Monitoring Network Automation Data Analysis Dynamic Ratings Energy Efficiency Voltage Optimisation Voltage Regulators Sharing the learning