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Principal of Pterra Consulting

Report from the 2011 PSLF Users’ Group Meeting

by Ric Austria If only for this one new feature, the trip to attend the meeting (held April 28-29 in sunny Orlando, Florida) was worth it.  The new feature is … PSLF now allows “continuous” tap solutions for phase angle … Continue reading

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Two Conferences in April and May 2011

In the coming weeks, we are looking forward to participating in two conferences.  Both are related to the power industry albeit in vastly different aspects. The first conference is the 2011 GE-PSLF User’s Conference, April 28-29 in Orlando, FL. General … Continue reading

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Training Schedule

So … we’ve completed our first scheduled course for the year - Distributed Generation (DG) Analysis and Applications Course, and are gearing up for the next 3 months of classes. The DG class, of course, was a first-time course and reflects … Continue reading

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Integrating Solar Photovoltaics and Other Renewables in Distribution Systems

Distributed generation (DG) has become a viable option and is gaining wider acceptance to utilities, customers, and independent power producers. While DG offers many advantages, the interconnecting utility typically requires a system impact study for interconnecting DG to the existing … Continue reading

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Revised Spring 2011 Training Course Schedule

After all the winter storms and events, we have finally gotten around to finalizing the spring course schedule.  The nodal pricing and transmission planning courses are cancelled due to lack of interest.  We shortened the power flow course to 3 days.  Happily, we … Continue reading

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November 2010 Trainings

  Rusty and the UG cablers Closing out the year with a bunch of trainings at the Pterra facility.  Early in November, Rusty Bascom conducted the first Underground Cable course.  The following week, Boris Gisin and Manos Obessis did TARA training.  This … Continue reading

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Distributed Generation: Interconnection Steady State Impact

Jingjia Chen, Ketut Dartawan, Ricardo Austria Distributed generators (DGs) are small generating units that are connected to the distribution network at voltages below 69 kV. DG units usually have capacities of 10MW or less, and are based on different energy … Continue reading

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Incentives for Solar Power Abound

No doubt that solar power is a rising component of the world’s energy supply.  The main incentives for photovoltaic type PV are improving technology, dropping manufacturing prices and continuing government support through tax credits and renewable portfolios.  We’ll keep a close … Continue reading

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Distributed Generation: Things You Don’t Want to Miss!

by K. Dartawan, R. Austria What is Distributed Generation (DG)? Unlike big generation stations connected directly to the utility’s transmission grid, DG is typically smaller, about 10 MW or less connected to the distribution network or customer side. The DG … Continue reading

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A Closer Look at Wind Curtailment

 by Pterra Consulting  Wind farms are unique to power systems in that the construction and development time is much shorter than that of transmission lines and other bulk system facilities.  Wind farms can be placed into service well ahead of … Continue reading

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