Skip to main content

D13: Power System Automatically Triggers FACTS Devices using Phasor Data to Maintain System Stability

March 31, 2009

Southern California Edison

Kevin Clampitt

PDF


This use case describes how the coordinated use of phasor measurement data and Flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) devices could enable SCE to maintain system stability following a destabilizing event such as the loss of a transmission line or substation transformer.

The Department of Energy's Office of Electricity (OE) recognizes that our nation's sustained economic prosperity, quality of life, and global competitiveness depends on an abundance of secure, reliable, and affordable energy resources. OE leads the Department of Energy's efforts to ensure a resilient, and flexible electricity system in the United States. Learn more about OE >>

None:prod None build None