DOE OE ARRA Smart Grid Program

DOE OE ARRA Smart Grid ProgramSteve Bossart

Auburn, ALSeptember 24, 2012

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Topics

• Background• OE ARRA Smart Grid Program• OE ARRA Smart Grid Progress • Case Studies• Life After ARRA Smart Grid• ARRA Workforce Development Program (30 min)

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Background

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Value Proposition Cost to Modernize• $338-$476B over 20 years

– $ 82-90B for transmission – $232-$339B for distribution– $24-46B for consumer

• $17-24B per year

Benefit of Modernization• $1294 – 2028 Billion• Overall benefit-to-cost ratio

of 2.8 to 6.0

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EPRI, 2011

Previous StudiesBenefit to Cost Ratio for West Virginia of 5:1Benefit to Cost Ratio for San Diego of 6:1Benefit to Cost Ratio for EPRI (2004) 4:1-5:1

$165B Cost$638 - $802B Benefits

EPRI Report: http://www.smartgridinformation.info/pdf/3272_doc_1.pdf

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Who are the Beneficiaries?Utilities (What’s in it for my shareholders?)• Outage restoration• Billing• Operations and maintenance• Asset utilizationConsumers (What’s in it for me?)• Improved reliability• Manage electric power usage• Energy bill savings (power & transportation)Society (What’s in it for us?)• Reduce emissions• Energy independence

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Five Primary Analytical Focus Areas

Peak Demand and Electricity Consumption

• Advanced metering infrastructure

• Pricing programs & consumer devices

• Direct load control

Operations & Maintenance Savings

from Advanced Metering

• Meter reading• Service changes• Outage management

Distribution System Reliability

• Automated & remote operations

• Feeder switching Monitoring & health sensors

Energy Efficiency in Distribution Systems

• Voltage optimization• Conservation voltage

reduction• Line losses • Operational efficiency

Transmission System Operations & Reliability

• Application of synchrophasor technology for wide area monitoring, visualization, and control

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Lessons Learned

Surveys

RecommendationsCorrective Actions

Root Cause

Preferences

Best PracticesCompliments

Anecdotes

Observations

Complaints

Qualitative Metrics

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Variety of Stakeholders

Electric Service Provider• Decision makers• Operations &

maintenance• Planning • Engineering & design• Customer service• Traders• Purchasing• Regulatory support• Billing

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ARRA Smart Grid Program

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Programs created by statute Energy Infrastructure Security Act 2007:

– Smart Grid Investment Grants (Sec. 1306)– Smart Grid Regional Demonstrations

(Sec.1304)

Recovery Act Directed Programs: – Workforce Training - $100M

– Interconnection-wide Transmission Planning and Resource Analysis - $80M

– Interoperability Standards - $12M

Additional OE initiatives- State & Local Energy Assurance - State Regulatory Assistance

Recovery Act – Grid Modernization

Top 10 States by Total Awarded

State Amt ($M)

NC 434

CA 419

TX 293

NY 276

FL 270

PA 265

MD 233

DC 213

AL 166

OH 146

One-time Appropriation, $4.5B in ARRA funds

$685M for demonstration projects

$3.425B for deployment projects

Investment Grants

Smart Grid Demos

Workforce Training

Resource Assessment &Transmission Planning

Smart Grid Interoperability Standards

Other

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ($4.5B)• Smart Grid Investment Grants (99 projects)

– $3.4 billion Federal; $4.7 billion private sector– > 800 PMUs covering almost 100% of transmission– ~ 8000 distribution automation circuits– > 15 million smart meters

• Smart Grid Demonstration Projects (32 projects)– $685 million Federal; $1 billion private sector– 16 storage projects– 16 regional demonstrations

Smart Grid ARRA Activities

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Additional ARRA Smart Grid Activities

– Interoperability Framework by NIST ($12M)

– Transmission Analysis and Planning ($80M)

– State Electricity Regulator Assistance ($49M)

– State Planning for Smart Grid Resiliency ($52M)

– Workforce Development ($100M)

Smart Grid ARRA Activities (continued)

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SGIG Project Categories

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Technology Deployment

Customer Systems

Customer Systems

Customer Systems

Customer Systems

SGIG/SGDP Areas of Smart Grid Technology Deployment

Customer Systems

Advance Metering

Infrastructure

Electric Distribution

Systems

Electric Transmission

Systems

• Displays• Internet portals• Direct load

controls• Programmable

thermostats• EV Chargers

• Smart meters• Data

management• Back office

integration

• Auto switches• Automated

capacitors • Auto voltage

regulators• Equipment

monitoring• Energy Storage

• Wide area monitoring

• Synchrophasor Technology

• Phasor data concentrators

• Dynamic line rating

• Energy Storage

Customer Systems

EquipmentManufacturing

• Energy devices• Software• Appliances

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Key Program Objectives

Key Stakeholders:

NARUC and PUCsEEI/EPRI

NRECA/CRN

APPA

NASPIConsumer Advocates

Utilities

Three Objectives:

Information Derived from

131 ARRA Smart Grid

Projects

Advancing the Business Case

Sharing Lessons-

Learned and Best Practices

Determining R&D Needs

• System Engineering

• Advanced Analytics

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Schedule for Benefits Analysis

The DOE Metrics and Benefits work is transitioning into the reporting and analysis of impact metrics. See smartgrid.gov

Metrics and Benefits Plan

Build Metric Reporting and Analysis

We are here

Impact Metric Reporting and Analysis

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Consumer Behavior Studies

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SGIG Consumer Behavior Studies:Study Population Statistics

• Total of ~145,000 customers are expected to “participate” as treatment or control customers• Plan to collect key demographic information on all treatment and

control customers (ideally), subject to survey response rates• Assuming 3 years worth of hourly interval usage meter data (1

year pre-treatment and 2 years post-treatment); this represents 3.9 billion data observations

• To put our SGIG analysis and evaluation effort into perspective:• ComEd’s CAP study included ~8,500 participants and ran for 12

months (June 2010 - May 2011)• CA Statewide Pricing Pilot included ~2,500 participants and ran

for 18 months (July 2002 – December 2003)

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SGIG Consumer Behavior Studies: Overview of Research Topics

Given the diversity of studies being undertaken as part of the SGIG program, we have a unique opportunity to evaluate issues in

several topical areas:Research Topical Areas

1. Customer Acceptance: What motivates customers to accept time-based rate programs?2. Customer Retention: What motivates customers to remain on time-based rate programs?3. Customer Response: Will customers respond, and if so by how much will they respond, to time-based rate programs?4. Role of enabling technology and information/education: Will customers respond, and if so by how much will they respond, to control and/or information technology and/or education alone?

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ARRA Smart Grid Progress

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SGIG Deployment Status

Over 800 networked phasor measurement units (nearly

100% US coverage)

15.5 million residential and commercial smart meters

(11% US coverage )

Distribution automation equipment on about 8,000 circuits

(Roughly 5% US coverage)

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Customer Devices in SGIG Projects

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Customers with Smart Meters Enrolled in Pricing Programs in SGIG

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Case Studies

IOU, Coop, Muni, ISO/RTO

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Case StudiesInvestor-Owned Utilities

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M2M Communications Agricultural Demand Response Program Saves Electricity in California

Key Activities• M2M Communications of Boise, Idaho, has developed a two-way,

web-to-wireless controller for irrigation pumps. The controller is part of an irrigation load control system that includes sensors, smart meters, and other monitoring equipment.

• M2M created the Peak Energy Agricultural Rewards (PEAR) program, a demand response program marketed to agricultural customers of California’s investor owned utilities.

Aims and Strategies• As part of the PEAR program, farmers can earn cash incentives

and avoid peak demand charges.• Water consumption and soil moisture can be monitored from a web

portal, enabling farmers to make informed decisions about possible participation in peak demand events.

• Farmers can schedule irrigation pump start up/shut off, saving water, time, and manpower, and improving overall efficiency.

Results and Benefits • DOE ARRA funds greatly contributed to M2M’s final R&D push to

get the controller to market.• PG&E called four peak pricing events in 2011; PEAR program

participation reduced summer peak demand by an average of 18 MW per event.

Reducing Peak Electric Demand and

Increasing Efficiency of Farm Operations

Facts & FiguresTotal project budget:

$4,342,340Federal share:

$2,171,170Devices installed: 300 Total summer peak demand reduction in 2011: 72 MW

An irrigation pump connected to and controlled by M2M’s web-to-wireless controller

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Florida Power and Light (FPL)

Key Activities• 3 million smart meters being installed with pilot programs testing customer

systems and time-based rate programs.• Thousands of substation devices for automating switches, capacitors,

transformers, and regulators and equipment health monitors at substations.• 45 phasor measurement units and supporting transmission line monitors.

Aims and Strategies• Improve reliability by monitoring key transmission and distribution equipment

for preventative maintenance and avoidance of outages.• Make operational efficiency improvements by reducing truck rolls for service

calls by automating meter functions.• Engaging customers through information exchange via web portals and pilot

programs with customer systems and time-based rates

Results and Benefits • In January, 2012, monitor detected an out-of-tolerance high voltage bushing

and customers served by this transformer temporarily switched to another one. Meanwhile, the faulty bushing replaced, preventing an outage that would have affected several thousand customers.

• In September, 2011, an alarm signaled a potential problem with a degraded phase on a capacitance voltage transformer. Field engineers located the damaged transformer, removed the affected transmission line section from service, and replaced the defective device thus preventing an extended outage and that could have affected several thousand customers.

One of SGIG’s largest and most

comprehensive projects

Facts & FiguresTotal Project Budget: $578,000,000Federal Share: $ 200,000,000FPL Facts:4.5 million customers70,000 miles of power lines16 power plants

Smart transformers report on health and status to FPL control

centers

Smart Grid Solutions Strengthen Electric Reliability and Customer Services in Florida

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CenterPoint EnergyTechnologies Improve Operating Efficiency and Reliability

Key Activities Installing 2.2 million smart meters in Houston, Texas and surrounding areas Deploying distribution automation technologies in critical high profile

infrastructure areas

Project Goals Capture significant efficiencies in CenterPoint’s operations through smart

meter capabilities, such as remote meter reading, automated outage detection and notification, and electronic completion of field service orders

Enable customers to better control electricity use through access to detailed consumption data provided by smart meters

Increase reliability for nationally significant critical infrastructure facilities in CenterPoint’s service territory

Benefits Achieved As of January 2012, CenterPoint avoided 2.3 million truck rolls as a result

of electronic off-cycle meter reads, and remote disconnects and reconnects Retail electricity providers offering new products and services to consumers,

including pre-pay billing options, time-of-use rates, and comparative analysis of electricity use

During January 2012, more than 3,900 outage cases were created entirely from automatic meter notifications

Enabling New Consumer Products

Facts & FiguresTotal Project Budget: $639 million

Federal Share: $200 million

Smart Meters: 2.2 million

Distribution Automation:226 distribution circuits and 29 substations to be upgraded

Smart meters provide consumers with vast amounts

of new data.

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Orange and Rockland UtilitiesSubsidiary of ConEdison and sub-recipient on their SGIG Project

Key Activities• Distribution system automation including switches, reclosers, SCADA, voltage

and VAR controls, and communications backbone systems.• Integrated System Model (ISM) processes data from GIS, EMS, OMS, and

Weather Services to assess real-time conditions and sends control signals for Coordination Control and Automated Restoration.

Aims and Strategies• Uses open architecture design to minimize reliance on particular vendors and

enable “plug&play” expansion.• ISM updated daily to validate data and ensure accurate controls for operating

re-closers to reduce frequency and duration of outages and volt/VAR controls, to minimize line losses, optimize voltage levels for conservation voltage reductions, enable phase rebalancing for improved power quality, and improve power factors to reduce reactive power requirements.

Results and Benefits • ISM approach enables lower cost smart grid deployment.• Faster restoration following outages during major storm events can save up

to $175,000/hour in costs for truck rolls and repair crews.• Engineering analysis on 13 circuits shows phase imbalances on certain

circuits were improved from about 59% to about 15%. Power factor on certain transformers were increased from about 93% to about 99%.

A Model-Centric Approach to

Smarter Electric Distribution

Facts & FiguresDistribution Automation:• 5 circuits • 2 substations• Covering 10,000 mostly

residential customersAutomation Equipment:• Re-closers• Voltage control devices• Switched capacitor banks

Re-closer Control Screen

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Oklahoma Gas & ElectricReducing peak demand in Oklahoma

Key Activities• OG&E’s “Positive Energy Smart Grid Project” is installing 750,000

smart meters system-wide and distribution automation equipment on 40% of the circuits serving homes, offices, farms, and factories.

Aims and Strategies• Defer construction of two 165 MW power plants by lowering peak

demand using demand response programs that involve time-based rates and customer enabling technologies.

• Improve service and lower costs by operating automated capacitors and distribution switches.

Results and Benefits • Pilot demand response project of 3,000 customers during the

summer of 2010o 98% of participating customers saved money on their billso Measureable demand reductions from customers participating

in critical peak and variable peak pricing and who use the web portal, programmable communicating thermostats, and in-home displays

• Expect to lower operations and maintenance costs and improve service reliability and power quality.

Customer-Enabling

Technologies Used by OG&E

Facts & FiguresTotal Project Budget: $293,201,332

Federal Share: $130,000,000

Customers Served:766,866

Service Area: 30,000 square miles in Oklahoma and Western Arkansas

Generation Capacity: 6,600 MW

In-Home Display

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Case StudiesElectric Cooperatives

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Sioux Valley Energy (SVE)

Key Activities• System wide deployment of smart meters and associated communications and

meter data management systems• Critical Peak Pricing (CPP) Pilot in the summer of 2011:

• 13 critical peak events called• Day-ahead notice of a four hour event lasting from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.• CPP is 50 cents per kilowatt-hour and less than 7 cents for electricity use

at all other times compared to standard rates which are greater than 9 cents per kilowatt-hour.

Aims and Strategies• Lower peak demands to reduce power supply costs.• Provide tools to help customers manage their costs and bills.• Provide operational efficiencies from using smart meter functions such as

tamper detection, remote connect and disconnect, and outage management.• Collect and store data on customer voltage levels for future analysis and

systems development for voltage optimization and conservation voltage reductions.

Results and Benefits • In the CPP pilot in the summer of 2011 achieved on peak demand reductions

ranging from 5%-25% for residential customers and levels somewhat lower than that for farms and rural residential customers.

• Achieved high level of customer acceptance when 90% said they were likely to continue on the CPP rate and about half of those said they were very likely to continue.

The EmPOWER Project Lowers Peak Demands

and Electric Bills in Minnesota and South

Dakota

Facts & FiguresTotal Project Budget: $8,032,736Federal Share: $ 4,016,368SVE Facts:21,000 customers7 counties

SVE’s web portal has proven to be a valuable tool for customers interested in monitoring their

consumption and searching for ways to lower their bills.

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Talquin Electric Cooperative (TEC)Transforming electricity delivery in Florida

Key Activities• TEC’s “SmartGrid Program” deploys AMI to about 56,000

customers and upgrades 46 of 86 circuits with advanced capacitors for voltage control and outage management.

Aims and Strategies• Solve problems with misreporting of monthly consumption by

replacing a “customer-read” billing system. • Reduce the number of truck rolls per year for addressing non-

payment problems (9,000) and manual service connections (5,500).

• Improve outage management with more precise identification of outage locations and faster restoration of services.

Results and Benefits • Reduced truck rolls in 2011 by 8,800 for non-payment problems

and saved about $350,000 at about $40 per truck roll.• Can save an additional $200,000 per year from reduced truck rolls

for manual service connections.• Expecting to reduce outage durations from more precise

pinpointing of faults and dispatching of repair crews to exact locations without guesswork.

AMI saves money for TEC and their

customers


Federal Share: $ 8,100,000

Customers Served:57,000

Service Area: 2,600 square miles spanning 4 counties in northern Florida

Technician changes out analog meter with a smart meter

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eEnergy VermontA State-Wide Strategy for Smart Grid Development

Key Activities• Smart metering roll-out for outage management and time-based rates for

demand response. • Distribution system automation including switches, reclosers, SCADA, and

communications backbone systems.• Consumer behavior studies by Vermont Electric Cooperative (VEC)and

Central Vermont Public Service to assess customer acceptance, response, and retention.

Aims and Strategies• A collaborative effort involving all of the state’s electric distribution companies

to modernize Vermont’s electric grid and foster economic growth as part of the state’s “eState Initiative” with telecommunications and health care.

Results and Benefits • VEC’s outage management system has improved SAIFI by 50% and CAIDI

by 40% since installed in 2008.• VEC’s smart metering roll-out and outage management system has a 5 year

payback period from operational saving alone.• VEC received POWER Magazine’s first “Smart Grid Award” in August 2011 for

its pioneering efforts in outage management.• Restoration of the grid from Tropical storm Irene occurred quicker and with

greater customer awareness of repair schedules due to smart meters, web portals, and more effective outage management.

Utilities working together to

modernize the grid.

Facts & FiguresTotal Project Budget: $137,857,302Federal Share: $69,928,650Distribution Automation:47 circuits and substationsSmart meters:311,380Time-Based Rates:1,500 customers targeted

Vermont Electric Cooperative’s Smart Grid Operations Center

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Woodruff Electric CooperativeSmart Meter Investments Bring Savings to Customers

Key Activities• “Woodruff Electric Advanced Metering Infrastructure Project” is

installing 14,450 smart meters and supporting communication technologies.

Aims and Strategies• Service disconnects/reconnects and system monitoring can be

done remotely, decreasing the need to dispatch crews to the field.

• Operational efficiencies enable Woodruff to maintain lower rates and redeploy staff to more proactive duties, such as preventive system maintenance.

• Project brings needed capital investment and customer savings to the economically distressed region.

Results and Benefits • 3,000 truck rolls were avoided between March and July of 2011,

saving the utility and customers $600,000.• Efficiencies enabled Woodruff to decrease after-hours

reconnection fee from $115 to $50.• Investment in smart grid technologies is creating new high-paying

engineering and information technology jobs at the utility.• Installation phase of the project was completed in January 2011.

Woodruff was the first SGIG project to complete installation.

BenefitingRural

Economies



Accounts Served:17,000

Smart Meters Installed: 14,450

Installing smart meters

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Case StudiesMunicipal Power

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City of NapervilleEmpowering Consumers in Illinois

Key Activities• Naperville’s “Smart Grid Initiative” completes a decade long efforts

to automate the city’s entire electric distribution grid.• Deploys smart meters city wide to all customers.• Provides consumer education programs to engage public

participation in shaping smart grid policies and programs.

Aims and Strategies• Strengthen reliability and reduce the frequency and duration of

power outages.• Empower consumers to manage their own power consumption

and costs to enhance energy efficiency, reduce peak, and reduce power purchase costs from wholesale suppliers.

Results and Benefits • Distribution automation investments have improved System

Average Interruption Duration Index each years since 1991 by from 15% to 55%.

• O&M costs from dispatching repair crews reduced by about 40%.• Enacted Naperville Smart Grid Consumer Bill of Rights.• Implemented Smart Grid Ambassadors Program

Consumer programs for

smart grid-savvy customers

Facts & FiguresTotal Project Budget: $21,988,220Federal Share: $10,994,110Distribution Automation:Remaining 6 of 117 circuitsSmart meters:57,000Time-based Rates:1,500 customers targeted

Residents provide feedback on Naperville’s smart grid policies

and programs.

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Electric Power Board of ChattanoogaImproved System Restoration

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Key Activities EPB’s Smart Grid Project covers 600 miles throughout 9 counties of

Georgia and Tennessee affecting 170,000 customers.• Installing automated feeder switches, automated circuits, advanced

SCADA, AMI, in-home displays, and communications infrastructure.

Aims and Strategies• Electric Distribution System Automation – installing automated feeder

switches and sensor equipment for distribution circuits that can be used to detect faults and automatically switch to reroute power and restore all other customers.

• Communications Infrastructure – includes fiber optic systems that enable two-way communication between the meters, substations, and control office which provides EPB with expanded capabilities and functionality to optimize energy delivery, system reliability, and customer service options.

Results and Benefits • During the April 2011 storms, three fourths of EPB customers – 129,000

residences and businesses – lost power.o Smart switches avoided thousands of hours of outage time due to

the devices and automation already installedo EPB was able to avoid sending repair crews out 250 times

Integrating Smart Grid Applications



Equipment Deployed:Smart Switches: 1,500 AMI:170,000Direct LC Devices: 5,000HEMS: 5,000Thermostats: 5,000Automated Circuits:164

Smart switches help ensure grid reliability and power quality

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Case StudiesISO/RTO

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Western Electricity Coordinating CouncilAssuring Reliability in the Western Interconnection

Key Activities• WECC’s “Western Interconnection Syncrophasor Program” is

installing more than 300 phasor measurement units (PMUs) and 60 phasor data concentrators (PDCs) across the Western Interconnection.

Aims and Strategies• Provide grid operators with more frequent and time-synchronized

system information.• Better system visibility will help system operators avoid large-

scale regional outages, better utilize existing system capacity, and enable greater utilization of intermittent renewable generation resources.

Results and Benefits • 19 organizations are participating in the project, providing 100%

coverage for the Western Interconnection.• Real-time information and automated controls being deployed will

enable grid operators to allow an additional 100 MW of operational capacity on the California-Oregon Intertie (COI). Similar system benefits are possible in other parts of the system.

Transmission System

Modernization



Project Area:Western Interconnection, 1.8 million square miles

Project Team: 19 utility organizations

Phasor Measurement Unit

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Life After ARRA Smart Grid Program

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Life After ARRA Smart Grid Program

Build and maintain momentum • Make business case• Identify, allocate, and quantify benefits• Identify and quantify costs• Address technical issues• Address regulatory issues• Address customers concerns

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Information ResourcesSmart Grid Information

Clearinghouse Smartgrid.gov

• Smart grid project summaries (with focus on non-ARRA projects), use cases, and business cases for the U.S. and internationally

• >200 & >50 smart grid projects in the U.S. and oversees; >1,000 smart grid-related documents and multimedia (use cases, c/b analyses, business cases, legislation & regulation, standards, and technologies)

• ARRA smart grid project summaries and other Federal program activities

• Reporting of ARRA SGIG & SGDP projects (progress, metrics and benefits, consumer behavior studies) and provision of analysis results to the public

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Workforce Development in US Electric Power SectorSteve Bossart

Southeast Distribution Apparatus SchoolAuburn, AL

September 24, 2012

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Background Aging Workforce Retrain Workers for Smart Grid FunctionsReduction in Replacement Pipeline

• Decline in university programs for power engineering (PE)• Lack of popular interest (among U.S.-born engineers) in PE

careers• Limited funding available for post-doc research• New faculty stream has dried up• Utilities have streamlined training for a fully competitive

marketplaceFederal Support:

• Curriculum development

• Awareness campaign to revitalize undergraduate / graduate pipeline

• Sustained research opportunities

Source: Center for Energy Workforce Development

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ARRA FOA 152: Refilling the Pipeline Workforce Training for Electric Power Sector

Curriculum Development (STEPS)

Training/Education Program Execution (Topics A&B)

Post-Doc Research & Faculty Development

List of Award Recipients for STEPS - Strategic Training & Education in Power Systems

List of Award Recipients for Topics A&B

Train the Trainers

$$$ $$$ $$$ $$$

Outreach/Awareness

Outreach and Recruitment Scope

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Education Pipeline

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Ameren Services Company

St. Louis, MO

Austin Community College

Austin, TX

Bismarck State College

Bismarck, ND

Centralia Community College

Centralia, WA

Clemson University Electric PowerClemson, SC

Community College of Rhode Island

Warwick, RI

Consolidated Edison Company

New York, NY

Council for Adult and

Experiential Learning

Chicago, IL

Critical Intelligence IncIdaho Falls, ID

Cuyahoga Community

CollegeCleveland, OH

Duke Energy Business Services

LLCCharlotte, NC

Florida Power & Light Company

Miami, FL General Electric Company

Atlanta, GA

Georgia Tech Res.

CorporationAtlanta, GA

Glendale Community

CollegeGlendale, CA

Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, IL

Incremental Systems

CorporationIssaquah, WA

Iowa Valley Community

College DistrictMarshalltown, IA

Ivy TechIndianapolis,

IN

Key Training CorporationMeridian, ID

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PAMichigan Department of Energy, Labor, & Economic

GrowthLansing, MI

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community

Perkinston, MS

Navajo Tribal Utility AuthorityFort Defiance, AZ

National Electrical Manufacturers

AssociationArlington, VA

National Grid USA Service Company Inc.

Waltham, MA

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

Green Bay, WI

Northern Michigan University

Marquette, MI

Ohio State University Research

FoundationColumbus, OH

Oncor Electric Delivery

Company LLCDallas, TX

Oregon Institute of Technology

Klamath Falls, OR

Pacific Center for Advanced Technology

TrainingHonolulu, HI

Pennsylvania State

UniversityUniversity Park, PA

Pepco Holdings Inc.Washington,

DC

Pratt Community

CollegePratt, KS

Princeton Energy Resources

International LLCRockville, MD

Regents of the University of

MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN

Saint Paul CollegeSaint Paul, MN

Salt Lake Community College (2)

Salt Lake City, UT

Savannah Technical College

Savannah, GA

St. Louis Community

CollegeSt. Louis, MO

Syracuse UniversitySyracuse,

NY

University of Houston College

of TechnologyHouston, TX

University of Colorado-Boulder

Boulder, CO

University of Hawaii-Manoa

Honolulu, HI

University of Kentucky Research

FoundationLexington, KY

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Chattanooga, TN

University Enterprises Inc.Sacramento, CA

Washington State University

Pullman, WA

Workforce Development Institute Inc.Albany, NY

Workforce Development Training Projects

Community CollegesIndustry/UtilitiesOther ProgramsUniversities

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Distribution of Awards

Community CollegesIndustry/UtilitiesOther ProgramsUniversities

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Workforce Training for Electric Power Sector

Q3FY10 Q4FY10 Q1FY11 Q2FY11 Q3FY11 Q4FY11 Q1FY12 Q2FY12 Q3FY12 Q4FY12 Q1FY13 Q2FY13 Q3FY13 Q4FY13 Q1FY14 Q2FY14 Q3FY14 Q4FY14$0

$40,000,000

$80,000,000

$120,000,000

$160,000,000

$200,000,000

Current and Projected Expenditures

98% of projects end by Q4FY13

Curriculum development and deployment for technicians, linemen, engineers and managers across the electric power sector workforce.

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CUMULATIVE GRADUATES THROUGH Q3 FY2012

1%6% 12%

51%

8%

22% 0%

Distribution of Graduates

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Training Content Training Methods Type of Student/Graduate

Electrical safety Classroom LineworkersRenewables, e-storage, EVs, buildings, smart appliances, DG

Modeling, simulation, & visualization

Technicians

GIS, AMI, communications

Hands-on Operators

Power electronics, reclosers, switches, capacitors, …

Laboratory Engineers

Cyber security, SCADA

On-line Planners

Policy Remote (e.g., webinar) K-12Economics Vocational schoolApplications such as DR, automation, remote operations

Undergraduate & graduate university/college

Energy audits, EE Community college

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University of Kentucky: Power and Energy Education Institute

Launched PEIK through UK College of Engineering Advisory board from industry - Toyota, East Kentucky Power Coop, IEEE PES, Gray Construction, Energy and Environmental Cabinet of State of Kentucky Goal is to educate 950 undergraduate & 670 graduates within 10 years

Power4VetsTM: Retraining Veterans for Smart Grid Operations

Incremental Systems Inc. Trained on PowerSimulatorTM

Simulations include smart grid applications and outage scenariosLeads to NERC-certified system operators

19 have received NERC certificationTraining more than 300 students25 graduates have been hired in electric utility industry

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Council for Adult & Experiential Learning (CAEL)

High School Students from Academy of Engineering and Green Technology, Hartford, CT“Light Up Your Future” ProgramFour-week internship at Northeast Utilities

Pacific Northwest Center of Excellence for Clean Energy

Focus on displaced workers

Centralia College consortium with industry, labor, and educationPartner with Avista Utilities and Spokane Community CollegeDegree & certificate programs throughClassroom, online, & ITV broadcast

127 trainees found employment Hiring goal is 234Twenty-one high school seniors at Hartford Public Schools’

Academy of Engineering and Green Technology earned high school credits with two 15-week courses: “The Mathematics of Electricity” and “Renewable Energy and the Smart Grid.” Each student then participated in the “Light Up Your Future” paid internship program at Northeast Utilities and its subsidiaries, Yankee Gas and Connecticut Light & Power. The program create awareness of careers in energy and Smart Grid technology and prepares students for entrance into the industry.

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Contact Information

Steve Bossart

U.S. Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory

(304) [email protected]

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