METER PLACEMENT FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING OF DISTRIBUTION FEEDERS

This paper identifies the data requirements for real-time monitoring a nd control of distribution systems. It points out that in addition to having supervisory control and data acquisition on switches and contro l equipment, methods are needed to obtain an accurate estimation of da ta needed for feeder automation functions. A meter placement method is proposed for this purpose It is shown that the measurements from such a metering scheme can be used with a state estimator to provide the r eal-time data needed for real-time monitoring of distribution system.