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Electric Transmission and Distribution Future R&D Needs

Electric Transmission and Distribution Future R&D Needs. Bob Hebner University of Texas - Austin. Federal Perspective. Energy Policy Act requires a strategic research plan. Anticipated components: New architecture for grid Advanced materials and systems

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Electric Transmission and Distribution Future R&D Needs

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  1. Electric Transmission and DistributionFuture R&D Needs Bob Hebner University of Texas - Austin

  2. Federal Perspective • Energy Policy Act requires a strategic research plan. Anticipated components: • New architecture for grid • Advanced materials and systems • Stronger framework for regional regulation • State cooperation in grid modernization and load reduction • Need concise plan with measurable goals Innovation is key to all of this

  3. Challenge • Need • Deliver a kWhr from anywhere to anyone at anytime • Constraints • New large-scale generation is likely to be remote from urban load growth • Aging legacy system • Deregulation changes system planning • Need for Federal program • U.S. safety, security, and economy rest on reliable electric power • Core technology is common among all utilities and no one can afford to develop it for the good of all. • Asia and to a lesser extent Europe are well poised to capture the emerging world market forcing U.S. T&D organizations to buy the technology abroad

  4. Recommendation 1 – Increase capacity of existing rights of way by 20% by 2012 • DOE • Develop new or improved materials • Insulators – Improved mechanical, thermal and atmospheric performance • Conductors – Thermal-mechanical; superconducting • Switching – Si, SiC, diamond • Nanomaterials in macro applications • Industry • Model effects of power electronics & additional dc to establish improved performance and cost targets

  5. Recommendation 2 – Develop technology to reduce control decision time to >5 s by 2015 • DOE • Develop modeling and simulation capability for rapid reconfiguration and restoration, with emphasis on both algorithms and data (both T&D) • Evaluate risk and benefit of shift from computer-assisted operator control to operator-supervised computer control • Industry • Develop modeling, simulation and visualization packages that can be used to improve operation • Evaluate advantages of some level of cross area control vs. defined rigid interfaces

  6. Recommendation 3 – Develop, by 2012, storage technology that can reduce need for new transmission by 10% • DOE • Develop three technology options capable of a turnaround efficiency of 80% for 12 hours of storage at the 1 MWhr level. • Industry • Model and evaluate in different applications system benefits of storage to provide economic targets for technology providers • Invest in cost reduction programs

  7. Recommendation 4 – Establish the infrastructure needed to use advanced metering for customer demand management and achieve 15% penetration by 2010. • DOE • Standards development (meter as broader interface?) • Revenue metering infrastructure • Industry • Data management software • Billing software • Smart building controllers • Control infrastructure

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