Interview: Director of the National Dispatch Centre, Dr Branko Stojković, for the Weekend Newspaper
Network faultsžand, who's the bestčeShe's a witchand cause the disappearance of electricityčNot energy, they used to register by landline phone.žI'm a dispatch managerča reception which would then send teams out into the field and solvešAnyway, the problem. Today Montenegro has a modern National Dispatch Centre.čA network problem is immediately registered in the Network Data Centre (NDC).žand removes the fault most quicklyžI canćand
Director of the National DispatchCherryof centrea, Branko Stojkovć, Speaking to the Weekend newspaper about poočecima, new projects and the path that NDC has takenšFrom fault reports via landline to evidentiAddress the problem the moment it arises.
VN: When he wasčThe first National Dispatch, with workčski centre and šThat has changed to this day.?
SticksćIn Montenegro in the 1950s, perčThe first dispatcher to finish workčski centre which was locatedš...in the Administration Building of the Montenegrin Transmission System, where our backup NDC is located today. We moved into the new building in 1992.. years. Unlike todayšhis, In the past, faults could only be reported by telephone. DispatchčHe had what is known as 'blind'. što him čHe knew where every transformer substation and power line was, but everything was done by telephone. Nand so ončand so onu We didn't even have remote measurement, and today we have practical...čno complete supervision at the level čIt's time, doctoržAvenue
VN: Can you do it straight away?žHere's how to report a fault on the network.žand/or substations?
SticksćWe have information at that very moment because we have complete 24-hour surveillance. čSo, therefore, It is worked continuously, and 11 disp...čera, how many of them working at the NDC take care of everything. If untilđand to the mesh outbreakžand dispatcherčThey react immediately in order to šthe sooner the betterčStarted the system while the engine was running. DispatchčThey also have insight into the regional system, as well as into the real-time functioning of operators in Europe, where at any given moment možeof to see what the load is likećAnd the situation with them.
I must emphasise that it is a rarity for us, for example, to have a single option.šTina is left without an electricity supplyčwith energy. We havemof other roads, that is, for almost every opšWe have a double-sided one or čand a three-phase power supply. This year, the voltage-free pause for reduction and možI'm proud to say that it is now at a minor level.
VN: With čthat namečbut is managed by the National Dispatchčski centre?
SticksćWe are indebtedženi for the transmission system. For the 400, 220 and 110 kilovolt networkžu. We have 27 substations of that voltage level, as well as transmission lines. So, we own and operate that transmission system which consists of certain...đa large number of substations and power lines. That is in ouršWe manage the domain and its time. From the NDC, we vršand monitoring of the entire system, and that's enough čWe are also closely connected to 11 power lines from the district.ženja, that is, with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia and Albania. We hope that ćand they go alongće or perčto be launched in 2019šthen plug the power cable into the socket, then ćThey will also be connected with Italy. Then ćIt will have a very wide range of transmission operators.sTheme.
ŠThat's specifically about you managing.čWell, it is necessary to transmit all the information from those substations and from the long-distance lines.owater. We must know the exactčThe current in all power lines, loadćWe need to be informed of the status, load, and configuration, and to receive timely, 24-hour updates on the system's condition. šthat youšand data from all substations, and therefore also from the transmission linesoYes, and control.šthe EMO and energy facilities of Elektroprivreda, i.e. hydroelectric power plantskthe railway and the thermal power station, and soon the wind farm on Krnova.
VN: You recently started a project to create a new SKADA/EMS system.. MumžCould you clarify that for us? čIt's a word to himč?
The SCADA system represents direct monitoring and data collection. We have one SCADA system već twožand the time period that we have developed to sayžI'm in it toošOh dearćand, i.e. in Montenegro and put into operation. I'm mainly the one inčHe was involved in its creation and it still functions now.six. MeđHowever, time čto improve its ownđThings are changing, and needs are growing. That's why we are inšto the project for the development of a new SKADA and EMS (advanced applications that dispatchčthey use for što succeedšnot rightćThe energy of workstopic) system.
There are two projects in question. The first involves preparing the facilities for remote monitoring and management and it has been started.Thursday 2015. years The contract was in October 2015. signed with the company Eminent from Podgorica. The value of the works is around two million euros. In order to form two completely independent configurations of the existing and new SCADA/EMS systems, CGES, in the first phase of the new SCADA/EMS system implementation project, prepared all facilities for their connection to the new system.We have installed microprocessor counters in almost all substations, as well as local SCADA systems, which we did not have in many of them. We now have complete monitoring and control at a local level as well. I must emphasise that we have connected the substations via a single račUnar's uređaja who collects local information and communicates two-wayjerno with the SKADA system in the dispčThey are transmitting to the emergency centre.ćand all essential information as soon as it happens. That's how dispatchčenr has a complexeAn insight into the current situation.
VN: What is the value of the project to procure a new SKADA/EMS system and what are the objectives??
SticksćCGES undertook the implementation of a new SCADA/EMS system and, in June 2016, signed a contract with the Mihailo Pupin Institute of Belgrade for an amount of €2,368,158. The aim of the project is to improveStrengthening and improving the monitoring and management capabilities, as well as the performance, of the existing NDC.Sođe, through this project, the backup dispatcherčTechnical Ski Centrečand so on ćto be fully equipped like this one. We must porTo have a main and a backup dispatcher.čski centre which is located at another location, in the case ofčdue to certain extraordinary circumstances, adverse weather and the likečNo.
DispatchčThey are alsočor to familiarise themselves with the new SKADA system. I must rećand that ćand the old SKADA system will work in parallel with the new one and so on. ćI will also have a bigger one.ćin safety.
Ready for the European Union
VN:Is it possible tošWhich EU standards are they referring to?
SticksćWe are ča member of the ENTSO-E association (European networkof transmission system operatorsWe are ready for the European Union, so there you go.šWe mourn all the standards. We are signatories to everything and we are equal. members European networkof transmission system operators.