Implementation of load shedding apparatus for energy management in Pakistan

Abstract

Uninterrupted power supply is one of the key problems faced by the citizens of Pakistan. The growing residential and commercial sector has further taken a serious toll on the economy and progress of the country. The power generation & distribution utilities currently heading the charge of supplying electricity to Pakistan have had many struggles with the crippling infrastructure of this sector. Until such time that line losses are substantially reduced and new power units come online to cater for the increasing demand there needs to be devised a method for planning and maintaining a scheduled Load Shedding policy across the country to provide some relief to the citizens and facilitate industrial and commercial growth. For this purpose Pakistan's power companies are implementing a state of the art Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition (SCADA) system for carrying out the activities of the Load Dispatch Centre. The scope of this design is to incorporate the "Load Shedding Apparatus" in conjunction with the existing Load Shedding policy of the country and develop a miniature system that provides a holistic observation of an entire power company's grid system and real time values of load generation and utilization. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.