About the session
The Electricity North West Smart Street project is a four-year £11 million project to trial active optimisation of the low voltage (LV) network. To achieve this, the company has installed a range of devices to provide visibility and control at this level. The devices are controlled by a centralised system using a distribution system state estimator coupled with a volt-var control algorithm to determine the optimal running conditions every half hour, and then automatically reconfigure the network as required. Following a four-week consultation to determine whether the rollout of this technology across a distribution network would have an adverse impact on the customers connected to the system, the IET hosted a workshop to discuss the trials and conclusions from the consultation.
