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CompositePoles:LongServiceLife,LowMaintenance
CompositePoleProperties Composite PoleCharacheristics Non conductive saferforlivelineinstallations reducedprobabilityoftouchorsteppotentials increaseinsystembasicinsulationlevel Lightweight
CompositePoles:LongServiceLife,LowMaintenance
CompositePoleProperties Selfextinguishing Composite PoleCharacheristics passesCalifornia Dept. ofForestryandFirefastmovingbrushfiretest Highfracturetoughness Canabsorbconsiderableelasticstrainenergycomparedtoothermaterials Highestspecificstrengthofanypoletype
CompositePoles:LongServiceLife,LowMaintenance
CompositePoleProperties Usecommerciallyavailablestandardhardware Composite PoleCharacheristics Wellreceived byconsumers (aesthetics) Environmentallyresponsibleinfrastructuresolution Preservativesarenotrequiredtoextendtheservicelife Noleachingofpotentiallyharmfulchemicals Nosoilremediation Nodisposalcosts Engineeredforreliabilityandrepeatableperformance Lowcoefficientofvariance(COV) 5%lowerexclusionlimit(LEL) CompatiblewithPowerLineSystems(PLS)software
CompositePoles:LongServiceLife,LowMaintenance
CompositePoleProperties LongServiceLife Corrosion,RotandPestResistant Composite PoleCharacheristics Hydrophobic surface Resistanttoairborneandroadsidesaltandchemicals Excellentcoastalandwetareaperformance Impervioustotermites, termites woodpeckersandotherpests Temperaturerangeof76F[60C]to+167F[+75C] IntegratedaliphaticUVprotection 80yearexpectedservicelife
CompositePoles:LongServiceLife,LowMaintenance
CompositePoleCharacheristics
CompositePoles:LongServiceLife,LowMaintenance
TheNetBenefitsofCompositePoles
CompositePoleCharacheristics
CompositePoles:LongServiceLife,LowMaintenance
ExpectedUtilityPolePerformance
CompositePoleCharacheristics
MartinRollins,P.E. TheHardeningofUtilityLines ImplicationsforUtilityPole DesignandUse NorthAmericanWoodPoleCouncil,2007 Ingeneral,thesystemperformedasexpectedandpotential actionstohardenthesystem y couldbevery yexpensive p andthe potentialbenefitsareunquantifiable.
CompositePoles:LongServiceLife,LowMaintenance
CompositePoleCharacheristics
1. ImpactontheNetPresentValue(NPV)of thegrid 2. ImpactonInternalRateofReturn(IRR)of thegrid quantifypaybackperiod 3 Quantify 3. Q tif annualized li dcost tsavings i
CompositePoles:LongServiceLife,LowMaintenance
CompositePoles:LongServiceLife,LowMaintenance
Pole P l expensesareacash houtflow, tfl th therefore f thi this presentvaluesumissubtractedfromtheNPVofthe grid.Whenthesecostsarereduced,thenetchange isnegative,andthereisapositiveimpactonthe NPVof fthegrid g
CompositePoles:LongServiceLife,LowMaintenance
CompositePoleCharacheristics
DTSis i acash hinflow, i fl therefore th f this thi present tvalue l sum isaddedtotheNPVofthegrid.Whencapital expensesincrease,thenetchangeispositive,and thereisapositiveimpactontheNPVofthegrid
CompositePoles:LongServiceLife,LowMaintenance
CompositePoleCharacheristics
Theimpact Th i tonthe th IRRof fthe th grid idresulting lti from f a singlecompositeutilitypolecanbeevaluatedby subtractingtheoldNPVfromthenewNPV(withp=1), andsettingtheresultequaltozero.
CompositePoles:LongServiceLife,LowMaintenance
CompositePoleCharacheristics
CompositePoles:LongServiceLife,LowMaintenance
CompositePoleCharacheristics
WoodPoleBaseCase Poleservicelife(l) ): Averagediscountrate(d): Averagerateofinflation(i): Poleacquisitioncost(A0): P l removal Pole lcost t(R0): ) Annualpolemaintenancecost(M0):