GP&L System Planning Tool

The Vendor is required to provide to gather information on available system planning tools, implementation approaches, and budgetary pricing to support GP&L’s planning efforts and future procurement strategy.
- Functional capabilities
•    Load flow and voltage drop analyses
•    Load allocation and capacity planning analyses
•    Der interconnection analyses
•    Protection and fault analyses
•    System configuration and optimization
•    Reliability and contingency analyses
•    Time-series analyses
- Modeling capabilities
•    Substations and associated equipment
•    Primary and secondary distribution networks
•    DERs
- Integration capabilities
•    ESRI ArcGIS utility network to allow accurate extraction and repeatable synchronization of the distribution system model with the utility network data while maintaining alignment with utility network’s data structures and workflows. 
•    Customer information system (cis infinity) to extract and utilize customer and load data required to support planning analyses 
•    Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system to pull and use AMI data for load modeling and time-series analysis 
•    SCADA systems to pull and use feeder peak load data required to support planning analyses 
•    Existing system planning tool to enable data migration (if required)
- Implementation approach
•    Typical implementation methodology
•    Estimated timelines for solution implementation for similar utilities
•    Key risks and mitigation strategies
•    Phased implementation options.