RE Magazine - March 2014 - (Page 24) Key industry insights and information from NRECA's Cooperative Research Network Technology Showcase ■ Technology Showcase ■ Technology Showcase By Courtney Barry TechCurve Also in this Technology Showcase: ACHIEVING BALANCE Solutions..........................28 Exploring the "why" of voltage optimization Front Lines.......................32 Utility Marketplace.......34 ome electric co-op engineers see it as a real catch-22: maintaining a system that can support or allow a reduction in voltage while ensuring that adequate voltage is received by every consumer, all the way to the end of the line. But with the right tools and some forethought, achieving that balance doesn't have to be an insurmountable challenge, says Jim Weikert, automation consultant for Power System Engineering (powersystem.org) in Madison, Wis. "Every co-op can benefit from optimiz- report written for Cooperative Research Network (CRN), NRECA's technology research arm, explores what Weikert says are five key factors that drive utilities to analyze their volt/VAR (volt-ampere reactive) control and conservation voltage reduction (CVR) programs: power factor penalties, line losses, lost capacity, voltage drop, and preparation for voltage reduction. Weikert cautions that it's important to pay attention to the fine print in terminology. The term "voltage optimization," as MARK SHAVER S ing their specific voltage profile," Weikert says. Voltage optimization (VO) is a systematic, controlled reduction in the voltages received by an energy consumer to reduce energy use, power demand, and reactive power demand. "Combining distribution efficiency and conservation voltage reduction, which is essentially what VO is, can be relatively inexpensive and produce tangible results." 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