UNIONDALE, N.Y., June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- PSEG Long Island is
prepared for hurricane season and to meet peak demand during
extreme heat situations this summer. The company's ongoing system
improvements and enhancements to the grid help provide electric
reliability to Long Island and the
Rockaways throughout the year.
Since last August, PSEG Long Island has incorporated numerous
enhancements and upgrades to the electric grid, its systems and its
storm processes, including its contingency procedures. PSEG Long
Island's systems have undergone upgrades, performance tuning and
numerous tests.
"We are prepared and ready to respond," said Daniel Eichhorn, president and chief operating
officer, PSEG Long Island. "PSEG Long Island is committed to
continually improving system reliability and enhancing the
experience our customers have when they connect with us, and we
have been working nonstop to fulfill that commitment. PSEG Long
Island continues to make strategic investments to serve our
customers today and in the future."
IT Systems Enhancements and Testing Success
PSEG Long
Island has continued to make enhancements to its IT systems and has
conducted robust testing of the outage management and telephony
systems. Last week, PSEG Long Island completed a successful
end-to-end test of the version 5.5 outage management and telephony
systems in an extreme weather scenario. This end-to-end test is in
addition to other successful tests, which included one simulating
up to 90% of the customer base reporting outages over a 24-hour
period.
Business Continuity and Emergency Procedures
PSEG
Long Island updated its business continuity and emergency
procedures to reflect changes and updates to address PSEG Long
Island's response in the event of a failure of critical systems.
Since last August, PSEG Long Island has conducted three drills of
these procedures with its dedicated workforce.
Electric Infrastructure Improvements
Across
Long Island and the Rockaways,
PSEG Long Island has prepared the electric infrastructure by
focusing on substation, and transmission and distribution
improvements, as well as circuit and equipment inspections using
drones, helicopters and infrared technology.
PSEG Long Island's recent infrastructure improvements
include:
- New transformers installed in Elmont, Uniondale, Culloden Point, Roslyn, Far
Rockaway and Flowerfield substations to provide additional
capacity during peak demand
- 4 new distribution feeder lines installed in Elmont, Uniondale, Roslyn and Flowerfield areas to accommodate
load growth
- 6 distribution circuits upgraded in Kings Point, North
Hills, Massapequa, Mitchel
Gardens, Lake Success and
Rockaway Beach to improve circuit
reliability
- 37 transmission system circuit breakers added or replaced for
enhanced system reliability
- A new transmission circuit installed between the Riverhead and Canal substation
- A transmission circuit upgraded between the Wildwood and
Riverhead substations
Storm Hardening Programs Completed
Since the
implementation of the FEMA-funded storm-hardening program funded in
2014, PSEG Long Island has completed storm hardening and
reliability work on more than 450 miles of distribution mainline
circuits. Storm-hardened circuits have seen a significant reduction
in storm damage and 42% fewer outages.
PSEG Long Island is proud to continue its storm hardening work
with Power On, an initiative started in the spring of 2020 that
will continue to improve reliability by strengthening distribution
lines, targeting the most vulnerable circuits across Long Island and the Rockaways. Since the
launch, an additional 59 miles of distribution mainline circuits
have been storm hardened with stronger poles, thicker wire and
other modern equipment. Work on the first circuits began in
April 2020 and will continue over the
next five years.
To further protect against storm damage to the energy grid,
arborists from PSEG Long Island's Tree Trimming program work
throughout the year to identify and trim tree limbs in rights of
way and along easements that could potentially cause outages during
or after a storm. In 2020, PSEG Long Island removed more than 8,000
hazardous trees and/or large limbs along the distribution and
transmission system and trimmed 2,400 miles of distribution and
transmission line clearance in accordance with the industry best
practice clearance standard. This standard preserves the health of
the tree and directs future growth away from power lines. In
addition, a new vine mitigation program identified, cut and treated
more than 4,000 vine locations across Long Island and the Rockaways.
PSEG Long Island also prepares its dedicated workforce for
summer by conducting annual hurricane and tropical storm drills and
employee training; by developing emergency summer operating plans;
and by performing summer-peak reliability analyses to ensure there
is sufficient capacity to meet electric demand on high-heat
days.
PSEG Long Island
PSEG Long Island operates
the Long Island Power Authority's transmission and distribution
system under a long-term contract. PSEG Long Island is a
subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PSEG)
(NYSE:PEG), a publicly traded diversified energy company.
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