reliability & innovation Cost-Effective Avian Protection Plans Using Mobile Data Collection IEEE Rural Electric Power Conference Westminster, Colorado May 15-18, 2016 Rick Harness| Duncan Eccleston| Mason Baker|

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BACKGROUND

PROBLEMS: CONTACTING - OUTAGES

PERCENT OUTAGE DURATION BY ANIMAL GROUPING ( ) 1.7% 1.6% 2.3% 1.8% 1.3% 1.5% 1.4% 1.5% 1.3% 1.1% 0.2% 0.3% 0.2% 4.1% 3.6% 3.5% 3.7% 4.5% 0.0% 1.5% 3.0% 4.5% Outage Duration Birds Mammals Reptiles Unknown Animal Outages N=45 Utilities Plus an Additional 9.5% of All Outages are Unknown! Source: EPRI 2001 PROBLEMS: CONTACTING - OUTAGES

PROBLEMS: CONTACTING – DAMAGED EQUIPMENT Photo: Southern Engineering

Avian Mortality, Outages, Restricted Access PROBLEMS: NESTING

PROBLEMS: CONTACTING – FIRES Photo: John Ledger 88 kV Kite Structure – Transvaal – South Africa

Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) – Protect >1000 native, non-game species – Take: pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, possess, etc. – No provisions for “incidental” take Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA) – Protect iconic bird from hunting, encroachment – Take ALSO includes “molest or disturb” – Violators acting with “wanton disregard” PROBLEMS: LEGAL LIABILITY

July 10, 2009 PacifiCorp – one of the largest electric utilities in the West – pleaded guilty today in Federal court in Casper, Wyoming, to unlawfully killing golden eagles and other migratory birds in the State. The company, which does business in Wyoming as Rocky Mountain Power, was ordered to pay over $10.5 million for killing eagles and other protected birds. PROBLEMS: LEGAL LIABILITY Migratory Birds Protected by Law: 1. Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) 2. Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act BGEPA)

AVIAN PROTECTION PLANS

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Avian Power Line Interaction Committee (APLIC) published Final APP guidelines April 2005 Avian Protection Plans Electrocutions and Collisions

 Corporate Policy  Permit/Regulatory Compliance  Management Guidelines o Nesting o Mortality o Injured Wildlife  Mortality Reduction Measures  Reporting and Record Keeping  Quality Control  Training  Public Awareness  Avian Enhancement  Key Resources Avian Protection Plans Electrocutions and Collisions

 Standards o Retrofitting o New Construction  Risk Assessment o Bird Use Areas o Specific Retrofitting o Prioritization o Approved Material List Avian Protection Plans Electrocutions and Collisions

COLORADO RURAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION (CREA) APPS

Collaborative route to individualized product – 21 CREA Co-operatives – 2 municipal utilities – 1 military base – 1 mine – PSCO(Xcel Energy) Manage costs Maximize efficiencies Near state-wide coverage FIRST “TAILORED” APP

Identify risk pole (field) Data Collection (field) – Location (map) – Image (digital) – Pole attributes (paper form) – Retrofit recs (paper form) – Risk level (paper form) DATA COLLECTION RISK DRIVERS CREA: PAPER BASED

UTAH ASSOCIATED MUNICIPAL POWER SYSTEMS (UAMPS) APPS

19 Participants UT, ID, NV, CA Many with <1K meters Must be economical Must include APLIC/USFWS content (Defensible) SECOND “TAILORED” APPS

Runs on laptop/tablet/handheld Data entry: keypad, stylus, touch screen GIS integrated GPS enabled Highly customizable forms Project-specific interface DATA COLLECTION UAMPS: CARTOPAC MOBILE

Bald Eagle DATA COLLECTION UAMPS: CARTOPAC MOBILE

DATA COLLECTION

DATA COLLECTION: FORM UAMPS: CARTOPAC MOBILE

DATA COLLECTION: FORM UAMPS: CARTOPAC MOBILE

How to assign risk? Moon Lake Electric AssociationRangely Oil Field Survey Problem Statement

E LECTROCUTION M ODELING ModelsKΔAICcWeight v1 + v2 + v4 + v5 + v6 + v7 + v8 + v v1 + v2 + v6 + v7 + v8 + v v1 + v2 + v3 + v4 + v5 + v6 + v7 + v8 + v v1 + v2 + v3 + v6 + v7 + v8 + v v1 + v2 + v5 + v6 + v7 + v8 + v v1 + v2 + v3 + v5 + v6 + v7 + v8 + v v1 + v2 + v4 + v5 + v6 + v7 + v v1 + v2 + v4 + v5 + v6 + v8 + v v1 + v2 + v4 + v6 + v7 + v8 + v v1 + v2 + v6 + v7 + v v1 + v2 + v4 + v5 + v6 + v7 + v8 + v9 + v v1 + v2 + v3 + v4 + v6 + v7 + v8 + v v1 + v2 + v5 + v6 + v7 + v v1 + v2 + v6 + v8 + v v1 + v2 + v6 + v7 + v8 + v9 + v v1 + v2 + v3 + v6 + v7 + v8 + v9 + v v1 + v2 + v3 + v4 + v5 + v6 + v7 + v8 + v9 + v v1 + v2 + v5 + v6 + v8 + v v1 + v2 + v3 + v4 + v5 + v6 + v7 + v v2 + v3 + v6 + v7 + v8 + v v1 + v2 + v3 + v4 + v5 + v6 + v8 + v v1 + v2 + v3 + v6 + v8 + v v1 + v2 + v5 + v6 + v7 + v8 + v9 + v v1 + v2 + v3 + v5 + v6 + v7 + v models Top 24 shown: v1: jumpers v2: phases v3: canopies v4: deadend v5: phases up v6: grounding v7: view v8: habitat v9: public V10: prey/use

RISK FORMULA (Dwyer et al. 2013) Y = – ( x habitat) + ( x number of primary conductors) + ( x number of jumpers) + ( x grounding) Formula variable definitions: 1.Habitat: The presence of high quality habitat (value = 0) or low quality habitat (value = 1) as the dominant land cover within ¼ mile of the pole, where habitat quality reflects habitat use by the species of concern. 2.Number of Primary Conductors: The number of energized phase wires on a pole. Primary conductors are the wires spanning between poles across a landscape. 3.Number of Jumpers: The total number of non- insulated energized jumpers on a pole. Jumpers are the short wires connecting primary conductors to one another or to pole mounted equipment. 4.Grounding: The presence (value = 1) or absence (value = 0) of a path to ground present above the lowest energized primary conductor or jumper. 1.Habitat 2.Conductors 3.Jumpers 4.Grounding Data Collection

CONCLUSIONS - PUBLICATIONS

RESULTS

GIS files include all pole data and retrofit recs Google Earth KMZ file also includes photo Organized by Priority -Map Color Coded DATA DELIVERABLES UAMPS: …PLUS, ENHANCED DIGITAL FORMATS

Risk LevelPriority Level NoneOk as-is Low Priority 4 Medium Priority 3 High (raptors) Priority 2 Highest (Golden Eagles) Priority 1 Results > 1,000 structures evaluated and prioritized into bins Materials list developed +- R ISKR ISKR ISKR ISK LOCAL MODEL

 Volume 1 (shared) – Issue background – Regulatory framework – Permitting – Mitigation strategies  Volume 2 (unique) – Species of concern – Agency Contacts – Corp. Commitments – Response protocols – ARA methods/results DOCUMENT DELIVERABLES ISOLATED UNIQUE CONTENT

TAILORED APP CONCLUSIONS

 Tailored APPs use a mix of shared and unique content to control costs  During CREA and UAMPS projects, EDM used an efficient system that makes a defensible APP accessible to all utilities ($14K)  Risk Assessment using mobile data collection and risk model provides consistent results across service territories. RECAP

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Particular thanks and recognition to the following organizations and individuals who made the project a success and this presentation possible: Duncan Eccleston James Dwyer, EDM Melissa Landon, EDM Paul Petersen, EDM Daryl Austin, EDM Mason Baker, UAMPS Heather Bringard, UAMPS Colorado Rural Electric Assoc. Utah Assoc. of Municipal Power Systems CartoPac Mobile Software

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