Article | REF: D4600 V1

Medium-voltage substations

Authors: Georges VALENTIN, René FONDEUR, Bernard JOYEUX‐BOUILLON, Jean‐Claude TURPAIN

Publication date: September 10, 1996

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3. Economic aspects

Substations play a major role in the design of a network, whether public or private. The reliability of the network depends to a large extent on their suitability and operation. It is on substations that network maintenance costs and charges will often be concentrated, so they must be taken into account during design and construction.

3.1 Public networks

The distributor's aim is to improve the quality of electricity supply to customers, at the lowest possible cost.

  • Technical and economic studies are carried out at national level, to define the main orientations in terms of network design (structures, new equipment to be developed, etc.). In this context, the development of equipment purchased in large quantities...

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