Monitoring Load Control at the Feeder Level Using High Speed Monitoring Equipment

Traditional techniques for monitoring load control often have proven ineffective or costly. This paper describes the use of a high speed data acquisition system (50 samples a second) to monitor load control. The system has proven extremely effective in evaluating the impact of load control. A methodology for detecting appliance starts within the high speed data is described and given a preliminary test. This high speed monitoring technology gives promise of being relatively inexpensive, of being highly reliable, and of providing real time information which can be used by power system operators to make decisions about load control actions.