State estimation in distribution system considering effects of AMI data

State Estimation (SE), being a key component of Energy Management Systems (EMS), plays an essential role in operating power distribution systems. The Weighted Least Squares (WLS) based methods, among many others, have been most widely used in conventional distribution system state estimation. The increasing deployment of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), which provides more frequent measurements from more points, enables improvement for the WLS state estimators. This paper aims at quantifying the impacts of AMI data on a typical WLS state estimator, through simulation on a 16-bus overhead radial system under various conditions. Beyond demonstrating the improvement in estimation accuracy, our evaluations quantitatively characterize the behavior of WLS estimator leveraged with AMI data.