Metodologia para reconfiguração de conjuntos de consumidores de acordo com a contiguidade de áreas

This article proposes a methodology for reconfiguration of sets consumer units considering the contiguity areas. The first part consists collecting historical data on occurrences that caused interruption electricity groups consumers, identifying average times and frequency with which they occurred throughout analyzed period. objective present study is to identify possible adjustments in configuration consumers order obtain as result reduction values collective indicators Equivalent Interruption Duration per Consumer (EID) Frequency (EIF), impacts amounts compensation (penalties) paid by concessionaire not meeting limits stipulated performance sets. To validate proposed methodology, from an distributor located Rio Grande do Sul were used, results show (EID EIF) was achieved through union two substations distributing total new set their respective individual indicators.