T HE COMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON LARGE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ( CIGRE ) S.K. Soonee Chairman CIGRE-India Study Committee C.2

S C C 2 SYSTEM OPERATION AND CONTROL 2

S TUDY C OMMITTEE C2: S YSTEM OPERATION & C ONTROL Composition Chairman- Michael Armstrong Secretary- Ben Li 24 National members, 12 National Observers Europe-20, Asia/Oceania -8, Africa 3 3 Advisory Groups set up in 2007 for focus areas C2.1- Real-time System Operation and Control C2.1- System Operational Planning & Performance Analysis C2.3- Control centre infrastructure and human resources for System Operation 3

8 WORKING GROUPS (WG) IN SC-2 No.Title ConvenerCrea ted Disban ded C2.11 System control in light of recent developments in Substation control (IEC standards). M. Power (EI) C2.13 Voltage and VAR support in System Operation T. Papazoglou (GR) C2.22 Application of resilience engineering to safety management principles in Control Centers, ensuring and enhancing power system reliability T. Carolin (ZA) C2.31 Joint and coordinated development of operators in control center from different companies and nationalities Udo Spanel (DE) C2.32 Emergency organisation in control centres crisis management in system operation Fontaine (BE) C2.33 Control Centre Operator Requirements, Selection, Training and Certification N. Cukalevski (RS) C2.34 Capabilities and requirements of a control centre in the 21st century - Functional and Human resources view Udo Spanel (DE) C2/ C5.05 Developments and changes in the Business of System Operators O. Gjerde (NO)

C2.11 S YSTEM CONTROL IN LIGHT OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN S UBSTATION CONTROL (IEC STANDARDS ) Scope Identify the advances in Substation Control which may influence system operation Analyse their impact on system operation Survey and catalogue best practices for embedding SCs in system control Identify the potential improvements in system operations Propose Recommendations / guidelines for using SCs integration in system control 5

C2.13 V OLTAGE AND V AR SUPPORT IN S YSTEM O PERATION Scope Reactive Devices at the disposal of system operator Techniques for Reactive power and voltage control EMS Modelling, Control techniques, local and centralized Finding systematic weak points for Voltage/var control in the power system Voltage/Var during normal and emergency conditions Implementation of Reactive Power Management Reactive Power Management and De-Regulation 6

C2.33 C ONTROL C ENTRE O PERATOR R EQUIREMENTS, S ELECTION, T RAINING AND C ERTIFICATION Scope Overview of CC operators’ requirements regarding knowledge and skills. Operators work performance. Overview of methods and practices to select power system CC operator candidates. Critically review the methods and practices for CC operator training program design, development and utilization. Review of the existing OTS/DTS architectures and functionality, and other training tools as well. Collection and description of experiences in training program and tools practical use. Results achieved, problems identified. Training program accreditation and operator certification. Organization and justification of power system CC operator training 7

C2.34 C APABILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF A CONTROL CENTRE IN THE 21 ST CENTURY - F UNCTIONAL AND H UMAN RESOURCES VIEW Scope Capabilities and requirements of control centres Information exchange, interpretation and presentation Risk awareness and determination Human resources, Requirements on human abilities Operator training Deliverables- Control centres Capabilities and Requirements, Information exchange Information interpretation and presentation Operational Challenges Deliverables- Risk management Risk - awareness, determination, management Deliverables- Human aspects Resources, Required abilities, Operator training 8

P ROPOSED WG_C2.12 Title “Applications of Synchronized Phasor Measurement in Power Systems Scope Survey the use of wide area monitoring devices in power systems Identify the most used WAM applications in system operation and Analyse the trend for near future Location of PMUs to strengthen system operation by increasing observability and robustness Analyse new control possibilities,such as HVDC, using WAM signals 9

P ROPOSED WG_C2.15 Title Common Information Model and its prospective use in power system operations Scope Catalogue Current Use of CIM in Power systems Operation Analyse the requirements applications and possible improvements Establish best practices as seen in industry with used cases Requirements of update on the standard from System operation perspective. Possible cooperation with CIM user group or other Operational Associations 10

O THER PROPOSED WORKING GROUPS C2.14 Requirement on design and implementation of Restoration Tools and Procedures C2.21 Lessons learnt from recent Emergencies and Blackout Incidents 11

P ROPOSED R OADMAP FOR FOLD Shadow working groups of CIGRE / VLPGO Identify Working Groups where FOLD would like to be associated with Identify resource persons from SLDC/RLDC/NLDC Consolidate the views of LDCs in India on various issues under discussion at International fora Constitute FOLD- Steering Committee Constitute 8 Working Group of FOLD Work on focus areas identified in the FOLD Charter Develop -Terms of Reference, Deliverables Have a time schedule Identify Convener & members (volunteers) 12

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P RESENTATION OUTLINE About CIGRE Mission & members Governing structure Activities Membership benefits CIGRE Study Committees Indian Representatives in Study Committees CIGRE SC-2 working groups TOR of C2.33, C2.34, C2.12, C2.13, C2.15 Proposed roadmap for FOLD 14

G OVERNING STRUCTURE General Assembly Administrative Council Steering Committee Technical Committee Composition of Technical Committee Comprises the Chairman of the Technical Committee 16 Study Committee Chairmen 2 representatives of the Council and the Secretary General of CIGRE 15

16 S TUDY COMMITTEES A1: Rotating Electrical Machines A2: Transformers A3: High Voltage Equipment B1: Insulated Cables B2: Overhead Lines B3: Substations B4: HVDC and Power Electronics B5: Protection and Automation C1: System Development and Economics C2: System Operation and Control C3: System Environmental Performance C4: System Technical Performance C5: Electricity Markets and Regulation C6: Distribution Systems and Dispersed Generation D1: Materials and Emerging Test Techniques D2: Information System and Telecommunication 16

I NDIAN REPRESENTATIVES IN CIGRE Chairman of CIGRE-India- CMD, POWERGRID Study Committee members A1: Sh. A.K. Gupta, GM-NTPC A2: Sh. M. Vijaykumaran, Sr. Tech Expert-AREVA A3: Sh. N.N. Misra, ED-NTPC B1: Sh. Deepal Shah, Country Manager-Brugg Cables B2: Sh. Rajesh Kumar, GM-POWERGRID B3: Sh. D. Raina, GM-Tata Power B4: Sh. R.P. Sasmal, ED-POWERGRID B5: Sh. S.G. Patki, GM-Tata Power C1: Sh. Y.K. Sehgal, ED-POWERGRID C2: Sh. S.K. Soonee, ED-POWERGRID C3: Sh. M. Krishnakumar, GM-POWERGRID C4: Sh. Nain Singh, ED-NHPC C5: Sh. Ravinder, CE-CEA C6: Sh. K.V.S. Baba, GM-POWERGRID D1: Sh. H.S. Jain, GM-BHEL D2: Sh. N.S. Sodha, GM-POWERGRID 17

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