Investment planning

David van KesterenSystem Design

2

Who are we?

– Private company, owned by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company

– Distribution Network Operator (DNO)

– Own operate and maintain networks– Yorkshire Electricity– Northern Electric

– No electricity supply business– Monopoly, regulated business

3

Customer relations

– Three main areas of customer contact– Planned outages– Network faults– Connections

– Load– Generation– Dedicated customer connections centre

Point of Connection

1000MW

500MW

100MW

50MW

1MW

4kW

NGET

DNO

Indicativeprice

Firmquote

Acceptance& build

Typical Connections Process

4

Planning

10-yr investment plan– Large asset portfolio– Generic investment

levels– Work programmes– Specific projects

Tools for planners– Long Term Development

Statement– Planning policies– Primary network– Network limitations– Network diagrams– Authorised major schemes– Connections activity

– Sharing and explaining local investment plans

– Indicative connection enquiries

Source: EU SmartGrids