Okmulgee area project

With a constant eye on monitoring the electrical delivery system to customers, PSO identifies several projects throughout the year, based on data analytics, which can improve the reliability and resiliency of the grid. The customer focus for each project is to provide a higher level of service through implementation of new technology, system upgrades, and innovations to the power grid.

Communities Benefiting from Project:

Okmulgee area — 7,000 PSO customers

Project Benefit

PSO customers should see the number of outages decrease due to circuit faults and restoration times shortened when those outages do occur. Overall reliability and resilience of the power grid strength will be enhanced. Project Description: Installation of automation equipment and devices on PSO's electrical distribution grid and associated upgrades required to facilitate the transfer of electrical loading during outage situations. This project will benefit approximately 7,000 customers in the southeastern portion of PSO's service territory.

Scope

The project scope includes the installation of line switches, control equipment, communication equipment, and substation components on seven circuits sourced from PSO's Okmulgee City Substation, as well as associated power line upgrades necessary to automate the grid in this area. These components form a circuit reconfiguration scheme that monitors the flow of electrical current and automatically re-routes the flow of power to portions of the grid that are unaffected by the cause of a power outage and de-energizes the damaged portions of the grid. The process of automatically reconfiguring the distribution grid, known as "self-healing", creates substantial reliability and safety benefits for customers in the area.