This document discusses estimating the average failure rate of distribution feeder sections for different locations of future electric vehicle charging stations. It analyzes the IEEE 33 test bus system. The key points are:
1. As EV charging loads increase, currents passing through feeder lines increase, raising resistive losses and temperatures. This moderates the average failure rate and reliability of different feeder sections.
2. The document calculates average failure rates of all feeder sections for four possible EV charging station locations, based on the voltage sensitivity factor of buses.
3. It uses load flow analysis and Holt's exponential smoothing model to forecast future EV loads and apply them to the test system to evaluate changes in failure rates for each