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This paper presents a methodology for switching optimization in the distribution network on the occasion of a fault, or to proceed a scheduled outage to make a preventive maintenance service. Additionally, a correspondent software (called CEMOP) has been developed for reconfiguration purposes due to forced or scheduled outages on distribution networks, considering parallel interconnection with other feeders. This project has been developed in partnership with CEMAR, an electric utility located at the northeast of Brazil which supplies approximately 1.8 million customers (approximately 6.6 million inhabitants), in the state of Maranhão, in Brazil.

This paper presents a methodology that characterizes the load profile of each electricity consumer (residential, industrial, commercial, rural, etc.), according to its daily load curves for each period (dawn, morning, afternoon and night), and has been based on field assessments of consumer habits and ownership of consumers´ equipment / appliances. The work is the outcome of a research and development project, carried out by Daimon Engineering in partnership with CELPE, a utility company located in northeastern Brazil and supplies over 3 million consumers (approximately 8.8 million inhabitants).