European Distribution System Operators
Key DSO business drivers and operating metrics
IMR number:11-1501Pagination: pagesPublication date:March 2009Price:1.900,00 €
Description
The international market report provides a deep look at business issues DSOs facing today. For nine European countries the report gives a fact-based description of the
- country specific operating environment, the “DSO eco-system” and
- basic economic figures for each national power distribution market
Content of the international market report
| 1 | DSO Economics | 6 |
| 1.1 | Introduction | 6 |
| 1.2 | DSO ecosystem | 6 |
| 1.3 | Distribution charging and distribution revenues | 8 |
| 1.4 | DSO expenditures | 8 |
| 2 | MV-Networks | 11 |
| 2.1 | Network Configurations | 16 |
| 2.2 | Radial Systems | 17 |
| 2.3 | Looped Systems | 19 |
| 2.3.1 | Ring Main Units | 20 |
| 2.3.2 | Loop-primary system - radial secondary system | 22 |
| 2.3.3 | Primary selective system - secondary radial | 22 |
| 2.3.4 | Two source primary - secondary selective system | 22 |
| 2.4 | European electricity distribution grids | 24 |
| 3 | Operational Planning and Optimization | 27 |
| 3.1 | Network Utilisation and Constrained-based Network Operations | 30 |
| 3.2 | Load Flow Monitoring and Assessment of Load Capability | 34 |
| 3.3 | State Estimation | 35 |
| 3.4 | Corrective Actions and Network Reconfiguration | 36 |
| 3.5 | Streamlining design and operation principles | 38 |
| 3.6 | Overall Capacity Planning | 42 |
| 4 | Countries | 47 |
| 4.1 | France | 47 |
| 4.1.1 | Network in general | 47 |
| 4.1.2 | Economics | 50 |
| 4.1.3 | Assets | 51 |
| 4.1.4 | Management of operations | 52 |
| 4.2 | Germany | 54 |
| 4.2.1 | Network in general | 54 |
| 4.2.2 | Economics | 55 |
| 4.2.3 | Network price per customer | 57 |
| 4.2.4 | Assets | 57 |
| 4.3 | Italy | 57 |
| 4.3.1 | Network in general | 57 |
| 4.3.2 | Economics | 59 |
| 4.3.3 | Network price per customer | 60 |
| 4.3.4 | Assets | 61 |
| 4.4 | Spain | 61 |
| 4.4.1 | Network in General | 61 |
| 4.4.2 | Economics | 63 |
| 4.4.3 | Network price per customer | 65 |
| 4.5 | UK | 65 |
| 4.5.1 | Network in general | 65 |
| 4.5.2 | Economics | 67 |
| 4.5.3 | Network price per customer | 70 |
| 4.5.4 | Assets | 71 |
