11 - peter kerr...~102,000 km circuit wire 254,920 km2 the swin ~861,000 poles & towers 17,047...
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Peter Kerr
Executive Manager- Growth6 June, 2018
EDM# XXXXXXXX
~102,000km circuit wire
254,920 km2
The
SWIN
~861,000poles & towers
17,047GWhelectricity transported
About Western Power
• Build, maintain & operate transmissionand distribution assets: South WestInterconnected Network (SWIN)
• 1.1+ million customers
• ~264,000 street lights
• ~228,000 solar PV installations*
• ~465 battery systems*
* As at 1/2/182
We’re Sorry
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And we’ve changed…
Engineer
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19th/20th Century Intelligent Asset Equation
Intelligent Asset
=
Customer
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21st Century Intelligent Asset Equation
Intelligent Asset=
People Data
+ +
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Unlocking available power
• Looking at links to West Kal Terminal
• Piccadilly
• Parkeston
• Boulder
• Mungari
• Black Flag
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Finding solutions
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Virtual Power Plants
• Decentralised energy is playing an expanding role
• VPP technology is still in its infancy
• State Government has announced a study and Western Power is keen to test its application
• Potential application in the Goldfields for:
• deferral of expensive augmentation
• voltage management, improved supply
• peak demand support, freeing capacity for industry loads
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Evolving our physical assets• Changing customer needs, evolving technologies
• Addressing reliability challenges
• Introducing more innovation to improve reliability & control costs
• Developing services,products to meetcustomer needs