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DESCRIPTION:Swedish Neutral has pioneered what is arguably one of the most 
 effective technologies for mitigating the risk of wildfires caused by powe
 rlines: the Ground Fault Neutralizer (GFN).\n\nSome of the most devastatin
 g wildfires of the 21st century can be attributed to distribution powerlin
 es.\n\nA practical approach to mitigate the ignition risk would involve tr
 ansforming exposed conductors into insulated cables and placing powerlines
  underground. However\, the associated expense of approximately $3M per mi
 le of conductor — an economic burden too substantial for electric utilit
 y providers to bear.\n\nAn alternative strategy involves substituting expo
 sed overhead wires with covered conductors. Given the considerable cost of
  approximately $1-1.5M per mile\, this solution does not offer a consisten
 tly reliable outcome.\n\nCosting just a fraction of the expense incurred b
 y approaches above\, the Ground Fault Neutralizer (GFN) system delivers ro
 bust results. As affirmed in the Functional Performance Report and Cost-Be
 nefit Analysis published in 2020 by Victoria&#39;s Energy Safety Regulator (ES
 V)\, the comprehensive evaluation confirms that the operational performanc
 e of the deployed GFN systems aligns with expectations concerning bushfire
  risk mitigation. In certain cases\, these installed GFNs have even surpas
 sed expectations by effectively addressing more intricate faults and there
 by diminishing the risk of bushfires.\n\nIn addition to wildfire risk miti
 gation advantages\, the GFN significantly increases reliability - obviates
  the necessity for Public Safety Power Shutoffs\; and public safety (risk 
 of electrocution) of energy distribution assets.\n\nSpeaker(s): Viacheslav
  Levashov\, \, \n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/409260
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/409260
ORGANIZER:walmukdad@gmail.com
SEQUENCE:16
SUMMARY:The Ground Fault Neutralizer - Protection System Delivering Robust 
 Results in Utility-Triggered Wildfire Risk Mitigation
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/409260
X-ALT-DESC:Description: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family
 : &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\; mso-ansi-language: #1000\;&quot;&gt;Swedish Neutral&lt;/span&gt;
 &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\;&quot;&gt; has&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;f
 ont-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\; mso-ansi-language: #1000\;&quot;&gt; pioneered w
 hat is arguably one of the most effective technologies for mitigating the 
 risk of wildfires caused by powerlines: the Ground Fault Neutralizer (GFN)
 .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\; mso-ansi-language:
  #1000\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-famil
 y: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\; mso-ansi-language: #1000\;&quot;&gt;Some of the most deva
 stating wildfires of the 21st century can be attributed to distribution po
 werlines. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Apt
 os&#39;\,sans-serif\; mso-ansi-language: #1000\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;f
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 approach &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;to mitiga
 te the ignition risk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\;
  mso-ansi-language: #1000\;&quot;&gt; would involve transforming exposed conductor
 s into insulated cables and placing powerlines underground. However\, the 
 associated expense &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\;&quot;
 &gt;of approximately $3M per mile of conductor &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-famil
 y: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\; mso-ansi-language: #1000\;&quot;&gt;&amp;mdash\; an economic 
 burden too substantial for electric utility providers to bear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\
 n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\; mso-
 ansi-language: #1000\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,s
 ans-serif\; mso-ansi-language: #1000\;&quot;&gt;An alternative strategy involves s
 ubstituting exposed overhead wires with covered conductors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span sty
 le=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:
  &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\; mso-ansi-language: #1000\;&quot;&gt;Given the considerable 
 cost of approximately &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif
 \;&quot;&gt;$1-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\; mso-ansi-lan
 guage: #1000\;&quot;&gt;1.5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\;&quot;
 &gt;M &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\; mso-ansi-languag
 e: #1000\;&quot;&gt;per &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;mi
 le&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\; mso-ansi-language
 : #1000\;&quot;&gt;\, this solution does not offer a consistently reliable outcome
 . &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,san
 s-serif\; mso-ansi-language: #1000\;&quot;&gt;Costing just a fraction of the expen
 se incurred by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\;&quot;&gt;app
 roaches above&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\; mso-an
 si-language: #1000\;&quot;&gt;\, the Ground Fault Neutralizer (GFN) system deliver
 s robust results. As affirmed in the Functional Performance Report and Cos
 t-Benefit Analysis published in 2020 by Victoria&#39;s Energy Safety Regulator
  (ESV)\, the comprehensive evaluation confirms that the operational perfor
 mance of the deployed GFN systems aligns with expectations concerning bush
 fire risk mitigation. In certain cases\, these installed GFNs have even su
 rpassed expectations by effectively addressing more intricate faults and t
 hereby diminishing the risk of bushfires.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;
 &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\; mso-ansi-language: #1000\
 ;&quot;&gt;In addition to wildfire risk mitigation advantages\, the GFN significan
 tly increases reliability - obviates the necessity for Public Safety Power
  Shutoffs\; and public safety (risk of electrocution) of energy distributi
 on assets.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Aptos&#39;\,sans-serif\; mso-ansi-
 language: #1000\;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;
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