Distribution System Analysis and Planning

DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEM ANALYSIS
AND PLANNING
OUR SOLUTIONS
EN Consulting offers a suite of comprehensive
distribution system analysis and planning services
that analyze, identify, explain, and solve complex
technical issues. Our team of industry experts
offers decades of direct utility analysis and
consulting experience spanning a wide range
of services from downtown secondary networks
to grid modernization and the emergence of
alternative energy resources such as DER, EV,
BESS, and microgrids. Whether it is traditional
capacity planning in dense load centers,
electrification, or alternative approaches using
dispersed resources, EN Consulting partners with
our clients from solution conception to project
completion.
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DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS
Our range of capabilities includes:
• Utility distribution capacity and reliability
planning assessments and power system
model development using CYME, PSS/E,
Synergi, ETAP, SKM, Aspen, EMTP /
PSCAD™ or other required modeling/analysis
software
• Distributed Energy Resource (DER)
interconnection process support and system
impact studies:
» Renewables including solar (PV), wind turbines,
Battery Energy Storage (BESS), fuel cells, and
hybrids
» Combined Heat and Power (CHP), simple cycle
gas turbines, and other thermal generation
» Application screening support, system impact
studies and system upgrade identification and
support
• Distribution capacity and energy forecasting,
GIS analytics, and assessments of alternative
energy:
» DER hosting capability maps
» Electric Vehicles (EV)
» Electrification (heat pumps, electrical appliances,
or other new building load sources)
• Utility-scale microgrid analysis and design for
net-zero/carbon-neutral/carbon-free initiatives,
off-grid operation, and backup resiliency
• Secondary network grid analysis, planning,
and reinforcements for urban metropolitan city
load centers
• Grid modernization analysis and settings for
smart grid, distribution automation/FLISR/selfhealing schemes:
» Scheme logic design and operational location
optimization
» Protective device coordination and settings for
automatic switching devices (reclosers, switches,
and fuses)
» Volt-Var Optimization (VVO) studies defining
control parameters
• Protection coordination studies and relay
settings of distribution substation bus circuit
breaker relays and step-down transformation
• System disturbance, event, or power quality
root cause analysis
DISTRIBUTION PLANNING
Our capabilities include:
• 5/10 year capital plans, programs or electric
master plans to evaluate improvement
program alternatives with project ranking to
establish final capital forecast and schedule
• Assess reliability and operational analytics to
improve reliability metrics and address ‘worst
performing’ areas of the system
• Evaluate system-wide asset programs focused
on aging assets and/or systemic equipment
issues
• Voltage conversions, replacements, rebuilds,
substation retirements/conversions, and safety
programs targeting high-risk operational
equipment
• Assess the viability of modern approaches
as an alternative to asset replacements or
conversions
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