Invensys implementing InFusion-based SCADA system for Santee Cooper electrical distribution

Invensys implementing InFusion-based SCADA system for Santee Cooper electrical distribution

New system will monitor and control 56 substations and automation points, integrating a range of systems and applications

Invensys Process Systems has been chosen by Santee Cooper to implement an InFusion-based SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system. The new system will monitor and control 56 substations and automation points located along the company’s Myrtle Beach and Moncks Corner electrical distribution network in eastern South Carolina.

By utilizing highly intuitive object-based concepts in the InFusion Integrated Engineering Environment and InFusion View smart symbol library, the Invensys implementation enables Santee Cooper to smoothly and rapidly deploy the database model and graphics for the new system. Employing the InFusion Application Environment, monitoring and control applications in the new system will include Power Factor Control by switching capacitor banks, to maximize the efficiency of power distribution, driving direct cost savings. The new system will also provide an Enhanced Operator Tagging Support application, for personnel safety at substations that are off-line for maintenance. The InFusion based system will also support traditional SCADA requirements.

“We are very excited about the ease of use of the InFusion Application Environment, and the other InFusion enabling technologies, as we upgrade our distribution SCADA system,” said Diane Bell, manager of Santee Cooper Distribution Planning and Technical Services. “The object-based implementation offers us the opportunity to make system operations improvements we would be unable to do with a more traditional SCADA platform implementation.”

InFusion Access will provide the communication interfaces to a wide variety of system and subsystem platforms, using Modbus, GE/Harris 5000, DNP3, and Conitel protocols. The system will integrate interfaces to the existing substation Remote Terminal Units; this will help Santee Cooper better manage and potentially avoid outages and consolidate information for future asset and distribution planning. InFusion Access will also facilitate an uplink of transmission data to Santee Cooper’s corporate headquarters Energy Management System (EMS), and send data to a large network mapboard in the distribution control room. By utilizing InFusion, Santee Cooper will be able to continue using these legacy systems and applications, avoiding capital expenditure for replacements.

The new SCADA project will include four operator HMI stations running InTouch for InFusion; redundant application servers; an InFusion Historian system; an engineering station for configuration, and a SuiteVoyager for InFusion web portal for convenient and secure information delivery to authorized managers.

The new InFusion SCADA implementation builds on nearly twenty years of Santee Cooper experience with Invensys Process Systems. In the power generation segment of its business, Santee Cooper is an extensive Foxboro automation user, with I/A Series distributed control systems (DCS) installed at 10 generating units throughout Santee Cooper’s service areas.
The project is planned for installation in May 2007.

About Santee Cooper

Santee Cooper is South Carolina's state-owned electric and water utility and serves more than 155,000 residential and commercial customers in Berkeley, Georgetown and Horry counties. The utility also generates the power distributed by the state's 20 electric cooperatives to more than 665,000 customers in all 46 counties. With headquarters in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, Santee Cooper is the largest provider of electricity to South Carolinians. More than two million South Carolinians receive their power directly or indirectly from Santee Cooper. For more information, visit www.santeecooper.com

About the InFusion Enterprise Control System

The InFusion enterprise control system combines industry-leading capabilities from across Invensys with advanced enterprise information and integration technologies from both Microsoft and SAP to dramatically reduce integration costs. With InFusion technology, most existing automation and enterprise systems can now be cost-effectively integrated into a common system. In conjunction with a suite of new performance services, Invensys’ InFusion is helping industrial enterprises more effectively align operations and maintenance departments with the business to optimize overall asset performance management.

For more information on the InFusion enterprise control system, or to arrange a personal demonstration, readers should contact their local Invensys representatives, call 1-866-746-6477 (+1 508-549-2424 outside the US and Canada), or visit www.InFusionECS.com.