2014 Storm Preparedness Jeff Brewer – Manager of Engineering Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Florida’s Cooperative Family Sub headline
System Statistics Sub headline • Serve 3 counties (Jefferson, Madison, Taylor) • 17, 714 connected meters • 2, 988 miles of distribution facilities • 13. 84 miles of transmission facilities • 5. 9 meters for every mile of distribution line
System Comparisons Sub headline Electric Utility Comparisons (2010 EIA data) Investor Owned Publicly Owned 34 48 7. 4 5. 5 Revenue per mile of line $75, 500 $113, 000 $15, 000 $12, 045 Distribution plant per Customer $2, 798 $2, 740* $3, 290 $4, 736 Customers per mile of line (density) *Publicly Owned data is not available; these are estimates based on past growth Cooperatives Tri-County
Reliable Design Sub headline • All designs meet RUS – Rural Utility Service and NESC – National Electric Safety Code specifications • Proactive Monthly Reliability Meetings • System Design Improvements through cooperative collaboration via conferences and NRECA and FECA cooperative listservs. • Substations designed to pick up load for adjacent substations. • Annual Pre-storm exercise and iterative update of Emergency Restoration Plan
• World map – 7 Continents Transmission Reliability
Technology Advantage Sub headline • Performed a complete system inventory and GIS mapping of all facilities 2009 & 2010 • Fully deployed Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) 2010 • Full visibility to each meter using integrated Outage Management System • Ability to prioritize resources based on most critical loads
Redesigned Dispatch Center Sub headline
On Going Asset Management Sub headline • Maintenance / Inspection Program • Pole by pole inspection of all attachments • Patrol every circuit annually, worst performing circuits patrolled multiple times a year • Substation inspections performed monthly • Vegetation Management • 5 year trim cycle, 2 nd rotation • Spray the following year • Dedicated in house right of way crew • Service tickets created for danger trees • Pole Inspections • 8 year inspection cycle, 1 st rotation completed in 2015
Community Connections Sub headline • Key staff assigned to County EOC • Storm Preparation Guides • Bi-Monthly Newsletter • Civic Presentations • Web site / Social Media • Local Media
Cooperative Network Advantage Sub headline • We build to the same RUS specifications and use the same materials • Cooperative construction is the same based on RUS specifications, so the cooperative workforce is abundant • Cooperative suppliers (Gresco, CEE-US, TEMA) have a huge material footprint and work hand in hand to meet the needs of the cooperative utilities
• World map – 7 Continents Cooperatives Helping Cooperatives In 2004, after Hurricane Charley, over 600 people from 47 different cooperatives came to help a sister Co-Op (Peace River Electric Cooperative) restore power back to the affected area.
Jeff Brewer Manager of Engineering Tri-County Electric Cooperative, Inc. 850 -973 -8023 jbrewer@tcec. com
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