Reliability Technology Issues & Needs Assessment (RTINA)

Reliability Technology Issues and Needs Assessment (RTINA) monitors and identifies technology trends and emerging gaps in electricity system reliability research and development (R&D) to anticipate and scope new R&D efforts needed to enable the grid of the future.

Initiatives

Fault-Induced Delayed Voltage Recovery (FIDVR) CERTS is coordinating technical support for industry-led efforts to better understand the risks that fault-induced delayed voltage recovery (FIDVR) pose to the reliability of the bulk power system.
Frequency Response Initiative (FRI) Frequency response refers to the collective ability of generators (primarily, but loads can also participate) to arrest and reverse sharp declines in interconnection frequency immediately following the unplanned loss of generation.
DOE Electricity Studies CERTS researchers have participated in the development of every major DOE study of electricity since 1999, including investigations of major blackouts, assessment of the national transmission grid, and, more recently, triennial national studies of electricity transmission congestion.
Electricity Reliability Trends and Analysis This area of research is focused on the analysis and assessment of trends in electric power system reliability, including contributions to the development and use of reliability performance metrics and the cost of power interruptions to customers.
Transmission Planning Electricity delivery infrastructure is critical for ensuring reliable electricity service to homes and businesses. Planning and operating this infrastructure is complicated by a variety of technical and institutional factors. This topic of research is focused on the review and analysis of topical issues affecting transmission planning, such as congestion cost measurement practices, transmission benefits that are not or are difficult to capture in traditional cost-benefit analysis, and assessments of the benefits of ISO/RTO formation.

Projects

Computational Needs for the Next Generation Electric Grid PI: Eto, Joe PI: Thomas, Robert J. The April 2011 DOE workshop Computational Needs for the Next Generation Electric Grid was the culmination of a year‐long process to bring together some of the Nation’s leading researchers and experts to identify computational challenges...
Real-Time Reliability Tools for Situational Awareness Real-time reliability tools provide grid operators with accurate information on current operating conditions in order to inform timely corrective actions when they are needed to maintain or restore reliable operations. In 2005, Lawrence Berkeley...
National Interest Transmission Bottlenecks PI: Eto, Joe DOE's 2002 National Transmission Grid Study recommended that DOE undertake designation of national interest transmission bottlenecks (NITB). This project supported DOE in that process by assessing and addressing gaps in current methods, approaches,...
CERTS Grid of the Future PI: Eto, Joe In 1999, the Department of Energy tasked CERTS to prepare a series of white papers on federal RD&D needs to maintain or enhance the reliability of the U.S. electric power system under the emerging competitive electricity market structure.
Interconnection Frequency Response PI: Eto, Joe Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is pleased to announce the release of a new report: Frequency Control Requirements for Reliable...

Related Publications

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Report PDF (624.63 KB)

Undrill, John. Primary Frequency Response and Control of Power System Frequency. 2018. LBNL-2001105.

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Roberts, Ciaran. Review of International Grid Codes. 2018. LBNL-2001104.

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Eto, Joseph H, John Undrill, Peter Mackin, and Jeffrey Ellis. Frequency Control Requirements for Reliable Interconnection Frequency Response. 2018. LBNL-2001103.

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Report PDF (2.83 MB)

Executive Summary PDF (573.51 KB)

2017

Eto, Joseph H, and Giulia Gallo. Regional Transmission Planning: A Review of Practices Following FERC Order Nos. 890 and 1000. 2017. LBNL-2001079.

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Appendices PDF (3.08 MB)

Report PDF (1.19 MB)

2016

Tenza, Nicholas W, and Scott Ghiocel. An Analysis of the Sensitivity of WECC Grid Planning Models to Assumptions Regarding the Composition of Loads. Final Report. Produced by Mitsubishi Electric Power Products (MEPPI) for the Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions (CERTS), 2016.

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Eto, Joseph H. Building Electric Transmission Lines: A Review of Recent Regional Transmission Plans. 2016. LBNL-1006331.

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Eto, Joseph H. Building Electric Transmission Lines: A Review of Recent Transmission Projects. 2016. LBNL-1006330.

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Elizondo, Marcelo A, and Harold Kirkham. Economics of High Voltage dc Networks. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2016.

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Schellenberg, Josh A, Barney Speckman, and Joseph H Eto. "Integrating customer interruption costs into outage management systems." IEEE Transmission and Distribution Conference. IEEE, 2016. LBNL-1006116.

2015

National Electric Transmission Congestion Study (2015). U.S. Department of Energy, 2015.

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Analysis of the US Power Quality Equipment Market. 2015. LBNL-1003990.

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Report PDF (1.02 MB)

Eto, Joseph H, Emma M Stewart, Travis Smith, Mark Buckner, Harold Kirkham, Francis Tuffner, and David Schoenwald. Scoping Study on Research and Priorities for Distribution-System Phasor Measurement Units. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2015. LBNL-1003915.

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Kosterev, Dmitry. "Development and Implementation of Composite Load Model in WECC." 2015.

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Kosterev, Dmitry, Jun Wen, Richard J Bravo, Shuai Lu, Steve Yang, H. Hindi, S. Wang, John Undrill, William Price, John D Kueck, Bernard C Lesieutre, D. Davies, David Chassin, and Joseph H Eto. "Development and Implementation of Composite Load Model in WECC." CIGRE 2015 Grid of the Future Symposium. Philadelphia, PA: CIGRE, 2015.

"Current State of Load Modeling: Composite Load Model Development and Implementation.". 2015 Workshop on Fault-Induced Delayed Voltage Recovery (FIDVR) & Dynamic Load Modeling 2015.

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Current State of Load Modeling (Kosterev) PDF (2.49 MB)

"Reliability Focus.". 2015 Workshop on Fault-Induced Delayed Voltage Recovery (FIDVR) & Dynamic Load Modeling 2015.

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Load Modeling and FIDVR (Cummings) PDF (583.34 KB)

"Composite Load Modeling & System Studies.". 2015 Workshop on Fault-Induced Delayed Voltage Recovery (FIDVR) & Dynamic Load Modeling 2015.

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SCE FIDVR Study Experience PDF (526.36 KB)

BPA System Impact Studies (Kosterev) PDF (11.88 MB)

AEP Experience with CMLD (O'Keefe) PDF (621.11 KB)

National Grid Experience with Composite Load Model (LaTulipe) PDF (1.01 MB)

Composite Load Model Sensitivity Study (Ghiocel) PDF (1.42 MB)

"Field Measurements.". 2015 Workshop on Fault-Induced Delayed Voltage Recovery (FIDVR) & Dynamic Load Modeling 2015.

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Distribution Data for FIDVR & Load Modeling (Thomas) PDF (640.11 KB)

SCE Distribution FIDVR Monitoring (Bravo) PDF (839.57 KB)

Voltage Dip Recordings (Undrill) PDF (839.57 KB)

Centerpoint Data Plots (Undrill) PDF (1.53 MB)

"Load Model Data.". 2015 Workshop on Fault-Induced Delayed Voltage Recovery (FIDVR) & Dynamic Load Modeling 2015.

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Composite Load Model Data (Quint) PDF (1.32 MB)

Motor Control and Protection (Kueck) PDF (311.07 KB)

Load Model Data Management (Davies) PDF (586.25 KB)

Load Loss (Kosterev) PDF (975.83 KB)

"Manufacturing Perspective, Future Trends & Technologies.". 2015 Workshop on Fault-Induced Delayed Voltage Recovery (FIDVR) & Dynamic Load Modeling 2015.

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Plug-in Electric Vehicle Charging (Halliwell) PDF (1.13 MB)

Smart Inverters and FIDVR (Berdner) PDF (1.11 MB)

"Fundamentals, Testing and Modeling of Air Conditioners.". 2015 Workshop on Fault-Induced Delayed Voltage Recovery (FIDVR) & Dynamic Load Modeling 2015.

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Transient Behavior of Loads (Undrill) PDF (2.54 MB)

End-Use Testing at BPA (Kosterev) PDF (857.42 KB)

SCE AC Testing (Robles) PDF (1.06 MB)

Simulation Models for Single-Phase AC (Lesieutre) PDF (625.07 KB)

Chassin, David, Y. Zhang, Pavel V Etingov, D. James, DI Hatley, Harold Kirkham, John D Kueck, X. Li, Y. Huang, and C. Chen. ARRA Interconnection Planning - Load Modeling Activities. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2015.

Larsen, Peter H, Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, Joseph H Eto, and James L Sweeney. Assessing Changes in the Reliability of the U.S. Electric Power System. 2015. LBNL-188741.

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