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Case Study: San Diego Gas & Electric improves real-time grid operations with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) Synchrowave Operations
A Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) Case Study
San Diego Gas & Electric boosts grid visibility across 4,100 square miles with SEL
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) faced the challenge of monitoring its power grid with traditional SCADA systems that provided data too slowly to capture fast-moving disturbances caused by integrating renewable energy sources. To comprehensively monitor these system dynamics and improve reliability, the utility partnered with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) to develop a next-generation wide-area situational awareness (WASA) software solution.
SEL developed and implemented Synchrowave Operations, a NERC CIP-compliant software that leverages high-speed synchrophasor data streamed from field devices. The solution provides grid operators with real-time, actionable insights and automated alerts for changing system conditions. The implementation has improved grid monitoring, enabled more proactive operations to reduce power disruptions, and unexpectedly provided value to SDG&E's construction and maintenance teams, increasing their efficiency.
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