17 th UPDEA CONGRESS IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURES FOR A BETTER PERFORMANCE OF AFRICAN POWER UTILITIES By Mr. Cheikh KA (SENELEC, SENEGAL)

INTRODUCTION We add, to the objective of drawing up the optimal master plan at various steps in the planning of electricity grids, In order to anchor the planning tool in the daily management of the power company, with an approach open to the great ideas developed in the "Smart Grid” roadmap. This permits to improve infrastructure management and to better the performance of African power companies. In order to anchor the planning tool in the daily management of the power company, with an approach open to the great ideas developed in the "Smart Grid” roadmap. This permits to improve infrastructure management and to better the performance of African power companies. the attempt to link real-time conduct and the computerized accounting and financial management of electricity grid operations;

GENERAL OBJECTIVE Integrate the different information systems in the power company, in the form of a software platform. With the aim of having an actual hold on physical flows on infrastructures expressed in electrical and monetary unit. For real-time operational planning in the short and medium term. Resulting in a continuous improvement in management through the direct and immediate means to justify the impact of new investments. With the aim of having an actual hold on physical flows on infrastructures expressed in electrical and monetary unit. For real-time operational planning in the short and medium term. Resulting in a continuous improvement in management through the direct and immediate means to justify the impact of new investments. Enable simulations with the most recent variables and pre-established roadmaps for all planning criteria.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: CUSTOMERS

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: MV/LV SUBSTATIONS

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: DISTRIBUTION NETWORK

MOTIVATIONS Improvement in overall network performance Reduction in technical losses Smart electric meter operation Anticipation on « Smart Grid » Fight against fraud In Senelec’s 2008 management, a one (1) per cent improvement in the gross global performance was recorded; this corresponds, at the same year’s average price, to an income of FCFA 2,688,421,120.

CONTEXT The exhaustible nature of power production fossil resources (oil, gas and coal).  The intermittent nature of renewable energy which gives cause for hope of alternative (sunlight, wind).  The need for cultivable area for bio energy.  The exorbitant cost of investment and the level of nuclear danger. The concept of a smart meter capable of providing energy billing by the hour and so allow consumers to choose the best rate, but also to modulate consumption hours, thus enabling a better use of the power grid and its sources. The development of new information and communication technologies for the sustainable management of the resource.

CONTEXT Power grids are a form of natural monopoly. Deregulation has not altered the technical foundation of power grid management; in particular, it does not significantly alter the physical flows of electricity in interconnected grids, which remain determined by the geographical location of the generation facilities and consumption areas, and by Kirchhoff's laws. (Flow Diagram) Deregulation processes require a separation of power generation activities deemed competitive from transmission activities, even distribution, deemed monopolistic; They can also facilitate or delay access to the market.

SOFTWARE PLATEFORM (Architecture and data)Architecturedata

CONCLUSION

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