Patent ID: 8639389

Claim:
A method for controlling voltage on a distribution feeder, the distribution feeder including a plurality of capacitor banks associated with the distribution feeder, the plurality of capacitor banks including a first capacitor bank and a second capacitor bank, the first capacitor bank being configured to connect to the distribution feeder when a first voltage is below a first lower threshold value and to disconnect from the distribution feeder when the first voltage is above a first upper threshold value, the first upper threshold value and first lower threshold value being determined based on an operational set point of the first capacitor bank, the method comprising: determining at a computing device the operational state of the first and second capacitor banks; measuring the first voltage with a voltage sensor associated with the first capacitor bank; determining whether the first capacitor bank should be connected to or disconnected from the distribution feeder; and sending a first instruction to the first capacitor bank, the first instruction causing the first capacitor bank to vary its operational set point.