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I. INTRODUCTION
Bob Saint is with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and
is the current Chair of the IEEE P1547.7 Working Group and was the Chair of
the IEEE P1547.2 Working Group when that standard was completed.
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This standard does not address planning, designing,
operating, or maintaining the Area EPS.
This standard does not apply to automatic transfer
schemes in which load is transferred between the DR
and the EPS in a momentary make-before-break
operation provided the duration of paralleling
D. Status
This is the Standard that defines the terms and provides
the technical requirements for the interconnection of
distributed resources to the utility distribution system (Area
EPS). This Standard was originally completed in 2003 and
reaffirmed in 2008 without any changes. According to
IEEE procedures, this Standard will be in effect for five
years, or until 2013. This document is relatively small, just
16 pages including the informative Annex A Bibliography,
with the actual technical requirements taking only five
pages. Therefore, additional guidance is necessary to apply
these technical requirements to the Electrical Power System
(EPS).
III. IEEE 1547.1 STANDARD CONFORMANCE TEST
PROCEDURES FOR EQUIPMENT INTERCONNECTING
DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES WITH ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS
A. Scope
This standard specifies the type, production, and
commissioning tests that shall be performed to demonstrate
that the interconnection functions and equipment of the
distributed resources (DR) conform to IEEE Std 1547.
B. Purpose
Interconnection equipment that connects DR to an electric
power system (EPS) must meet the requirements specified in
IEEE Std 1547. Standardized test procedures are necessary to
establish and verify compliance with those requirements.
These test procedures must provide both repeatable results,
independent of test location, and flexibility to accommodate
the variety of DR technologies.
C. Limitations and Application
This standard does not cover testing for safety. Although
this standard does not define a certification process, these tests
may be used as part of such a process.
D. Status
This standard covers the testing procedures to determine if
the interconnection meets the requirements of IEEE 1547.
Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 1741 - Standard for Safety
Inverters, Converters, Controllers and Interconnection System
Equipment for Use With Distributed Energy Resources
describes the process that Underwriters Laboratories uses to
certify DR Interconnection systems.. UL 1741 is consistent
with IEEE 1547.1 and therefore, UL1741 certified systems are
IEEE 1547 compliant. This Standard was completed in 2005.
It is currently being balloted for reaffirmation. The status of
the ballot is unknown at this time.
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Interconnection - The NRECA Guide to IEEE 1547. The
content was updated and expanded by the IEEE working
group and published as an IEEE Application Guide in
December, 2008.
V. IEEE 1547.3 - GUIDE FOR MONITORING, INFORMATION
EXCHANGE AND CONTROL OF DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES
INTERCONNECTED WITH ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS
A. Scope
This document provides guidelines for monitoring,
information exchange, and control of distributed resources
(DR) interconnected with electric power systems (EPSs).
B. Purpose
This document provides guidelines to facilitate the
interoperability of one or more DR interconnected with EPSs.
It describes functionality, parameters, and methodologies for
MIC of DR interconnected with or associated with EPSs. DR
technologies include fuel cells, photovoltaics, wind turbines,
microturbines, and other distributed generators as well as
distributed energy storage systems.
This guide documents alternatives for sound practice based
on current practice and includes both legacy and new MIC
systems.
C. Limitations and Application
This guide is primarily concerned with MIC between DR
units and the outside world. It is not intended for MIC within
a device or among the components that make up a DR unit.
The data exchanges between the distributed resource
controller and equipment or entities internal to the local
electric power system are not addressed in this guide. Refer to
1.7 for clarification. The many potential paths of data
exchanges among individual stakeholders are also beyond the
focus of this document. This guide does not establish
requirements for interconnection, protection, safety, or local
and area EPS operation functions.
D. Status
Many of the information identified in this guide for data
exchange has been included in IEC 61850. This guide was
completed in 2007. It comes due for reaffirmation in 2012.
VI. IEEE 1547.4 GUIDE FOR DESIGN, OPERATION, AND
INTEGRATION OF DISTRIBUTED RESOURCE ISLAND SYSTEMS
WITH ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS
A. Scope
T his document provides alternative approaches and good
practices for the design, operation, and integration of
distributed resource (DR) island systems with electric power
systems (EPS). This includes the ability to separate from and
reconnect to part of the area EPS while providing power to the
islanded EPSs. This guide includes the distributed resources,
interconnection systems, and participating electric power
systems.
B. Purpose
This guide is intended to be used by EPS designers,
operators, system integrators, and equipment manufacturers.
The document is intended to provide an introduction overview
and address engineering concerns of DR island systems. It is
relevant to the design, operation, and integration of DR Island
Systems. Implementation of this guide will expand the
benefits of using DR by targeting improved reliability and
build upon the interconnection requirements of IEEE Std
1547.
C. Limitations and Application
This document applies only to situations in which the area
EPS operator has agreed to participate in intentional island
operation. The criteria and requirements are applicable to the
DR and the portion of the area EPS that are to be incorporated
into a planned island. Planned area EPS islands use portions
of radial distribution systems, both primary and secondary.
This guide does not establish DR reserve levels for a
specific planned island.
The aggregate generating capacity within the DR
island system is not restricted by this document.
Each individual point of common coupling (PCC) is
limited to 10 MVA (per IEEE Std 1547).
This guide does not presume that an area EPS operator
desires to establish planned islands on any portion of
the area EPS that is normally connected to the
balance of the area EPS.
This guide does not presume that all DR located within
an area EPS operators planned island wish to or
must participate.
This guide does not provide operational procedures for
establishing and operating a planned island.
This guide does not cover all possible contingencies
(e.g., loss of control communications back to the area
EPS) that may result in the cessation of planned
island operations.
This guide does not cover contractual or regulatory
considerations.
D. Status
This guide was completed and approved in June, 2011.
VII. IEEE 1547.5 - TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR
INTERCONNECTION OF ELECTRIC POWER SOURCES GREATER
THAN 10 MVA TO THE POWER TRANSMISSION GRID
A. Scope
This document provides guidelines regarding the technical
requirements, including design construction, commissioning
acceptance
testing
and
maintenance/performance
requirements, for interconnecting dispatchable electric power
sources with a capacity of more than 10 MVA to a bulk power
transmission grid.
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B. Purpose
The purpose of this project is to provide technical
information and guidance to all parties involved in the
interconnection of dispatchable electric power sources to a
transmission grid about the various considerations needed to
be evaluated for establishing acceptable parameters such that
the interconnection is technically correct.
C. Status
The Project Authorization Request (PAR) for this guide
was issued in 2004 and has been extended until December 31,
2011. There has been little work on the guide accomplished
so far. If there is no work completed by the time the PAR
extension expires, then the working group assigned to this
project will probably be disbanded.
Because of the
increasingly importance of filling this gap in the standards,
hopefully a new PAR will then be established and a new,
more active, working group formed.
VIII. IEEE 1547.6 - RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR
INTERCONNECTING DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES WITH ELECTRIC
POWER SYSTEMS DISTRIBUTION SECONDARY NETWORKS
A. Scope
This standard builds upon IEEE Standard 1547 for the
interconnection of distributed resources (DR) to distribution
secondary network systems. This standard establishes
recommended criteria, requirements and tests, and provides
guidance for interconnection of distribution secondary
network system types of area electric power systems (Area
EPS) with distributed resources (DR) providing electric power
generation in local electric power systems (Local EPS).
B. Purpose
This standard focuses on the technical issues associated
with the interconnection of Area EPS distribution secondary
networks with a Local EPS having DR generation. The
standard provides recommendations relevant to the
performance, operation, testing, safety considerations, and
maintenance of the interconnection. In this standard
consideration is given to the needs of the Local EPS to be able
to provide enhanced service to the DR owner loads as well as
to other loads served by the network. Equally, the standard
addresses the technical concerns and issues of the Area EPS.
Further, this standard identifies communication and control
recommendations and provides guidance on considerations
that will have to be addressed for such DR interconnections.
C. Status
This guide is currently in the balloting process. A task
force has addressed all the comments and as of this writing,
a recirculation of the ballot is forthcoming that addresses
the comments received. The balloting pool will have a
chance to change their vote and/or make comments based
on the changes made to the guide. It is projected that this
guide be approved and published by IEEE before the end of
2011.
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B. Purpose
XIII. BIOGRAPHY