6. Producer monitoring tools

The issues involved in monitoring the performance of voltage regulation can be grouped into the following main themes:

• contractual issues, knowledge by the operator of the unit's performance in relation to its commitments to RTE;

• anticipation of penalties or allowances ;

• optimized maintenance checks and remote access to targeted tests;

• analysis of specific events ;

• control of equipment load (alternator, transformer).

Since voltage regulation is, as we have seen, contracted with RTE as part of System Services, it is monitored and controlled by the latter using tools for remote monitoring of the performance of each unit. These tools use measurements at the delivery substation,...