RIVERSIDE INITIATES SUBSTATION AUTOMATION, PLANS SCADA AND DATA WAREHOUSE

摘要

Information is the driving force behind a substation automation project now underway at Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) in California. RPU wants information extracted from its substations in greater volumes, at faster rates and with superior enterprise-wide access than is now possible. The automation will be complemented by a new Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system with a Web-accessible Data Warehouse for enhanced information integration and exchange. RPU is a municipally owned utility serving 100,000 electric and water customers in Riverside, Calif., with a peak winter load of 500 MW. The electric network consists of 13 substations, 85 miles of 69 kV transmission lines, and 1,100 miles of overhead and underground 12 kV and 4 kV distribution lines. Although it considered buying a combined SCADA, the utility maintains separate systems for its water and electric services.