Rocky Mountain Smart Grid Initiative

Framework for Large-scale, Synergistic,

Smart Grid Demonstration Projects
 Overview

1. What is the Smart Grid?

2. What’s next for Smart Grids?
3. Types of Smart Grid Projects
4. Regional Strategy from Project Synergies
5. Rocky Mountain Smart Grid Initiative Concept
6. Discussion

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Today’s Electric
Power System

• Centralized
• One-way power flow
• Regulated Monopoly
• Generation
• Transmission
• Distribution
• Retail
 Industrial
 Commercial
 Residential
 Inflexible demand
• Aging Infrastructure
• Manual operations
• Increasing renewables
• Lacks interoperability
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What is a Smart Grid?
Common infrastructure for grid mgmt and services

END USE ENERGY SERVICES DISTRIBUTION TRANSMISSION

SMART APPLIANCE ENERGY MGMT ASSET MGMT ASSET MGMT

DEMAND MGMT AGGREGATION OUTAGE MGMT SCHEDULING
GENERATION RENEWABLES METERING/BILLING PWR TRANSFER

NETWORK ADAPTERS

SMART GRID

BASELOAD BALANCING REGULATIONS COMMODITY

RESERVES MARKETS MONITORING ANCILLARY
RENEWABLES SYS PLANNING COMPLIANCE RECs

GENERATION ISO/RTO REGULATORY MARKETS

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 Smart Grid: Integrating Devices,
Controls, Contracts, and Operations
Key
Supply Side Demand Side
Coordination
Energy Flow
Wholesale
Customer
Smart Grid Control Traders
ESP
Smart Grid Operations RTO/ISO Retailco RE

Load

RE/DG Transco Disco

Smart
EMS
Bridge

Smart Grid Technologies are applied all along Smart

Appliances
the power system value chain, from device
and system control to customer interactions
DR
and buy/sell transactions.
 Smart Grid R&D Landscape

FEDERAL STATE INDUSTRY OTHER

Policy and
FERC/NERC EEI
Regulation
EISA-2007 GridWise European
Vision, Alliance
GridWise Architecture Smart Grids
Standards, Technology
Council Galvin
Biz Model Platform
Initiative
DOE SGTF
Sys Integ and
Modern Grid DOE RDSI Utilities
Demo
Projects GridWise
CEC PIER IEEE
Program EPRI
Research and
National Labs NYSERDA Universities
Development

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Next Phase of Smart Grid Development

• Title XIII of the Energy Independence and

Security Act (EISA) of 2007 established a
national framework for Smart Grid adoption
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 authorized funds ($4.5B) for
implementation of Smart Grid programs
• Regions, Utilities, and other electric power
system stakeholders are accelerating plans to
deploy smart grid programs
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 Types of Smart Grid Projects

Smart Grid projects can be broadly classified into:

• Reliability and Security Projects
• DG and Renewables Integration Projects
• AMI, Demand response, and Customer Service Projs
Smart Grids can be designed to serve:
• Utility Operations and Energy Consumers
• Energy Management for Customer Owned Systems
• Zero Energy Districts
• Infrastructure Security (Rapid Islanding, self-healing)
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 Who Needs Smart Grids?

Utilities

Campuses

Individual
Smart Consumers
Grid

Project
Appliances, Equipment,
Developers
and System Vendors
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 What are Smart Grids for?

Power System
Reliability

Infrastructure
Security Renewable and
Distributed Power
Smart Integration
Grid

Carbon
Management System Operations

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 How do Smart Grids Scale?

Multiple
Utilities

Transmission System
Operations
Micro-grids or managed
energy systems
Smart
Grid

Market
Operations Transportation/
Electric Vehicles
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 Strategic Value of Smart Grids

Smart Grids are strategically situated at the intersection of:

• Energy Independence,
• Infrastructure Security, and
• Carbon Mitigation
To date, most Smart Grid projects have been Utility-centric
and heavily focused on AMI and Demand Management
There is a pressing need to demonstrate the broad-
based value of Smart Grids in all three areas
Our region is well positioned to lead this charge and
develop a comprehensive model for the nation
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Multi-Utility, Multi-Objective,
Smart Grid Projects
FE Warren AFB

Ft. Collins ZED

PV REA

Xcel Smart Grid City

CO Springs Util

Petersen AFB
Fort Carson

Black Hills Energy

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 Rocky Mountain Smart Grid Initiative - Concept

Transmission Pacificorp Xcel PRPA TriState Xcel CS UtilitiesBlack Hills

Inter-Utility Smart Grid Communication Network

Cheyenne PVREA FC Utilities Xcel CS Utilities

Distribution L&P

1 2 3 4

Smart Grid Air Force

FEW AFB FortZED SmartGridCity
Projects Academy

Transportation 5 TransGrid

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 Call to Action

Develop a coupled set of Smart Grid Projects to demonstrate:

•Utility and Consumer Benefits
•Zero Energy Districts
•Large-scale renewables integration
•Defense applications
•Bottom-up Infrastructure and Cyber Security
Demonstrate how Smart Grids contribute towards Energy
Independence, Infrastructure Security, and Carbon Mitigation
Demonstrate scalability and replicability for the project to
serve as a model for the nation 15
 Next Steps

• Identify complementary projects and teams

• Leverage existing projects
• Identify synergies and corresponding design criteria
• Build project collaboration model
• Gain local, State, and Federal support for the project
• Build detailed project plans and funding strategy
• Become the first region in the Country to demonstrate a
fully integrated, multi-utility, multi-objective smart grid in
action!
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Participants
(To be finalized)

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 Q&A

Thank you

Dr. Ronald Sega Dr. Sunil Cherian

Ron.Sega@colostate.edu sunil@spirae.com
970.491.7067 970.484.8259

Woodward Chair of Spirae, Inc.

Systems Engineering 255 Linden St., Suite 201
Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80524
Fort Collins, CO 80523 www.spirae.com
www.colostate.edu www.integridlab.com