用资产管理系统促进智能电网的投资

Electrify Smart Grid Investment with Asset Management
用资产管理系统促进智能电网的投资

Keywords
Smart Grid, Asset Management, Predictive Maintenance, Power Equipment, Substation Automation, Transmission & Distribution, Transformers, Restoration, Cable Faults, Circuit Breakers, Regulators

关键字
智能电网，资产管理，预见性维护，电力设备，变电站自动化，输配电，变压器，恢复，电缆故障，断路器，调节器

Overview
Everyone agrees that the Smart Grid can enable consumers to conserve and reduce energy costs.  However, this also goes against the incentives (earnings per share) of every independent energy supplier.  Conceivably, utilities can lose additional revenue with every smart meter installed.  Without a compelling business case for electric power transmission and distribution (T&D) companies,
the smart electric grid will not be sustainable.  The benefits of predictive asset management, which can reduce outages, restoration time, and maintenance costs for distributed assets, provide compelling value that can help mitigate the high cost of smart grid automation and spur adoption of the Obama Smart Grid initiative. 
 
概述
每个人都同意智能电网可以让消费者减少能源消耗，但对于以提高每股盈利为目的的能源供应商来说，他们反对这项计划。因为非常显然，每安装一台智能电表，能源企业就会损失一些收入。如果不能给电力电网企业一个有说服力的商业利益，智能电网计划是难以持久的。预见性资产管理系统可以帮助电力电网企业降低储运损耗，缩短恢复周期，以及降低分散资产的维护成本。这就为这些企业提供了一项非常现实的商业利益，帮助他们降低实行电网自动化的成本，从而更加容易接受奥巴马智能电网计划。

Electric Power T&D Needs to Get Involved 
Despite huge automation investments in the power generation industry, T&D has yet to deploy substation automation in a significant way.  The little automation deployed typically uses proprietary SCADA systems.  These systems may talk with ISOs, but can't easily talk with each other, inhibiting communication between different T&D companies and creating islands of automation.  Without integrated open automation systems and the associated infrastructure, T&D cannot enjoy access to information to improve productivity and reduce cost. The T&D industry needs to collaborate with automation and equipment suppliers and understand how to benefit from automation and infrastructure investments to meet future demand.

应该将电力输配电系统包括在内
尽管发电行业有巨大的自动化投资，但输配电还没有为变电站部署较完善的自动化系统。这些非常基本的自动化系统都采用专用的SCADA系统，它们可以采用ISO规范通信，但比较难以实现相互间的通信，抑制了不同的输配电公司之间的系统通信，从而成为不同的自动化孤岛。如果不能采用开放式的自动化系统和彼此关联的基础设施，输配电系统就不能获取信息以提高生产率和降低成本。在输配电产业需要与自动化和设备供应商合作，了解如何从自动化系统和基础设施的投资中受益，并满足未来的需求。

For more than two decades, there has been too little in the way of T&D investment, resulting in a decaying infrastructure driven to its limits;  an infrastructure that is prone to fail at the slightest hint of increasing peak electrical demands. This, combined with an inexperienced workforce, unreliable power equipment, environmental impact, increasing information needs, and the recent availability of government funds for smart grid development, means that T&D companies should be investing now. However, response has been mixed.

二十多年来，对输配电的投资实在是太少了，导致陈旧的基础设施运转到了极限。电力高峰时段的轻微变化就容易导致电力基础设施的崩溃。。此外，缺乏经验的工作人员、可靠性不高的电力设备、环境影响、越来越多的信息需求，以及最近政府推出用于智能电网发展的专项资金，都表明应该对输配电企业投资了，然而，业内对此反响不一。

The Smart Grid by itself does not necessarily provide long-term financial benefits for power T&D companies.  On the other hand, commercial and industrial customers that are willing to take the time to learn how to exploit the technology can benefit by reducing electric consumption and lowering their monthly bills.  However, more incentives are clearly needed to drive electric power T&D investment.     

智能电网的本身并不一定能为输配电企业提供长期的财务收益，商业和工业用户很愿意花时间学习如何利用这项技术减少电力消耗，从而减少每月账单。显然需要更多的激励来推动输配电设施的投资。

Hidden Value of Asset Management Provide Incentives   
Electric power T&D utilities companies should evaluate smart grid investments in conjunction with T&D automation and control and asset management.  Combining these elements in a single initiative makes the smart grid a more compelling investment opportunity for T&D utilities.

资产管理的隐藏价值带来激励
电力输配公用事业公司应评估智能电网投资，连同输配电自动化控制和资产管理。将这些因素结合到一个单一的计划使智能电网成为输配电企业的一个更令人信服的投资机会。