Successful Grid-Facing Modernization 10-20 Years from Now

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Successful Grid-Facing Modernization10-20 Years
from Now
January 14th 2013
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Grid Modernization Drivers Start With the
Customer and Work Backwards

• Customer Satisfaction
• Requirements increasing
• Load is Fundamentally Changing
• Wants new ways to do business
• More comfort with data technology
• Innovation enabler

• Reliability and Operation Efficiency
• New Grid Applications and Comms
• Technology and Costs Converging
• Desire for minimum Costs and Losses
• New Generation model
• News ways to Plan and Operate
• Faster, safe and secure renewable connections

• Clean Energy
• Societal awareness
• Period of denial is over
• Policymakers incentives and mandates
• Energy industry position in society is changing
• Renewable connections increasing exponentially

Transformed Grid More Reliable More
Resilient 2-Way Power Flow Enabler 2-way
Comms Value Based Services Quality
Product Customers Know It!
Policies for Utilities to Build to the Future
State in Everything they do!
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Grid Modernization a common language and
vision are essential for alignment
Grid Modernization includes the overlay of
technology that provides advanced information,
automation and control capabilities to help
customers and utilities to distribute, measure
and use energy more efficiently, enable
Renewable's reliably, safely and sustainably
all the way from the point of generation to
consumer appliances
What does it allow you to do?
Modernization Targets

• Improve Reliability and system performance
• Remotely detect, diagnose, predict and correct
  network problems faults
• Redeploying Capacity and Reduce Losses
• Enable Distributed generation/resources

• Automatic switches controls
• Sensors measuring devices
• Decision support tools graphical interfaces
• Enable 2-way Power Flow

Grid

• Enable Customer Choice
• Remote Diagnostics and Configuration
• Adapt with customer and technological changes

• 2-way Communications
• Hybrid model with private industry
• Not one size fits all (Urban vs. Rural)

Comm

• Choice of tariffs e.g. time of use peak
  shifting
• Automatic meter reading
• Enable customer choice and control
• Catalyst and validation of Energy Efficiency
  programs

• Meter that records interval data
• Informative display
• Meter Data Management System

Meter

• Customer choice to balance savings and comfort
• Easy Interface including automation
• Demand response programs
• Improve satisfaction levels

• Customer portal Home Area Network
• Automated thermostats, switches, plugs
  appliances
• Load controllers e.g. PHEV controller

Home
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What will the Customer See
Now to 5 Years
5 to 10 Years
10-25 Years
Transformed Grid
True Two-way Power Flow Transaction-less
Renewables Automated Home and Businesses Multiple
Value Services
Value Based Services Two-way Power Flow
Opportunities Integrated Demand Response
Smart Appliances and Standards New home area
networks Secure Renewables
Two-Way Comms OMS/DMS Real-time Optimization
Integrated Voltage Control
Anticipate outages, Continuous optimization, and
pin point accuracy of system trouble and
restoration
Urban, Suburban Reliability Metrics Pockets of
Performance Develop Value Services
Grid Sensing Next Generation Automation Outage
Management Two-way Comms Converging
Cyber Security Web Services Applications and
Data Energy Efficiency Faster Interconnects
Safe, Secure, Reliable and Resilient System
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Considerations as we move forward

• Starting Points for Utilities - Flexible Policies
  for all to achieve same end-point
• Changing Environment - Adaptability - Customer
  Needs, Technology, Policies
• Poles and Wires will still be required - Grid
  Modernization Policies will still need to address
  basic facility failures
• Prioritization - Key for all Stakeholder - How
  fast and how deep
• Bill Impacts - How fast and what is the profile
• Policies needed to allow innovation and
  communication investments

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Leave you with Grid Modernization Road Map
Worcester Smart Grid Program
Smart Grid Vision
0-5 Years
5 -10 Years
10-25 Years
Energy Storage
High Penetration of Distributed Energy
Distributed Energy Interface
Fault Anticipation
Participatory Network
Fully Electrified Transportation
Line Loss Minimization
Electrical Vehicle to Grid
Adaptive Protection
Microgrid
Clean Energy
Distributed Energy Connection Process
Decentralized Energy and Intelligence
Objective
Bi-directional Power Flow
Enabler
Integrated DMS
Energy Efficiency
Phase Balancing
Two-way Communications
Integrated Demand Offers
Station Automation
Integrated Volt/Var Control
Identity and Access Management
Network Optimization
Smart Homes
Smart Appliances
Real Time Condition Based Maintenance
Network Automation
Real Time Network Simulation
Privacy
Energy Pattern Recognition
Home Area Network
Wide Area Network
Advanced Asset Management
Mobile Workforce
Cyber Security
Conservation and Demand Management
In-home Displays
Feeder Automation
Cyber Security
Asset Management Decision Support
Integrated OMS/DMS
Transformer Monitoring
Self Healing Grid
Advanced Analytics
Web Services
Home Energy and Carbon Management
Smart Meters
Advanced Metering Infrastructure
Smart Sensors
Power Line Monitoring
Vault Monitoring
Reliability and Operations Efficiency
Customer Satisfaction