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Alternative Technology Regulation Pilot Program – v2gNE Presentation

Alternative Technology Regulation Pilot Program – v2gNE Presentation. Jessica Millar, President v2gNE jessica@v2gne.com 21 August 2009. The Technology: EV/PHEV Batteries.

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Alternative Technology Regulation Pilot Program – v2gNE Presentation

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  1. Alternative Technology Regulation Pilot Program – v2gNE Presentation Jessica Millar, President v2gNE jessica@v2gne.com 21 August 2009

  2. The Technology: EV/PHEV Batteries • Initial vehicles will be totally electric (EV), and capable of returning electricity back to the grid when plugged in (v2g). • AC Propulsion eBoxes • Ford E-F250 conversions • In time, v2gNE is open to the inclusion of vehicles that do not return electricity, but only vary their charging rate (v1g). This includes plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) as well as EVs.

  3. The Technology: v2g features/liabilities • 30 kW range (-15 kW to +15 kW) vs. 3 kW range • Discharging wears down the battery • Distributed energy storage (likely necessary for high penetration of renewable energy) • Distributed energy storage (more difficult to integrate into current grid than 1-way charging)

  4. v2gNE Milestones • June 2010 • First 30 fast charging, bidirectional electric vehicles online • First two turbines at New Hope up for use in wind balancing tests • At least 3 months of performance testing on various load balancing and power stabilization services (goal: 400 EVs produced in 2010) • Year 2( 2011) • Vehicle usage studied • Wide-scale deployment of charging stations throughout RI • EV production at 500 units a month • Micro grid demo of Scalable Energy Platform • Year 3( 2012) • Commercialize first production-scale vehicles • Launch manufacturing plant for smart EVs and associated products

  5. EV/PHEVs as Energy Resources • Necessary piece of puzzle for 80% carbon reduction • Short-term Profit Mechanisms: • Regulation (ISO/RTO as primary actor, relatively high return, minimal impact on driving behavior) • Time of Use charging (utility) • Wind Balancing (same entity owns wind & batteries) • Micro grid load balancing and energy stabilization

  6. Micro Grid demo: New Hope/eCo Park • 650 acres carbon neutral community; 24 -30 MW wind in phased development with 3-5 MW in first phase. • Micro grid managed by Scalable Energy Platform • Goal is to export electricity, load balancing, stability • Solve the local stability problem with storage instead of large inertial loads • Primary market a 5 minute, real-time double blind market • Potential to scale up and down, including some modification for “virtual” settings

  7. Business Strategy • Profit mechanisms can bring the lifecycle cost of a totally electric, fast charging v2g vehicle below the lifecycle cost of a comparable Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle • v2gNE is positioned to take advantage of regulation, wind balancing and micro grid stabilization • eCo Park provides facilities, supply chain and worker infrastructure for regional manufacturing model • Window of opportunity exists given the relatively long production cycle for most OEMs • Plan B (v2g is not yet profitable/feasible): vehicle energy management system and performance data of value in partnering with OEMs involved with smart charging PHEVs.

  8. Technological Readiness • Under the direction of Dr. Willett Kempton & the MAGICC consortium, an eBox has performed regulation with +/- 15 kW; it was the fastest responder on the PJM cue • The Ford E-F250 conversion will be more cost effective; conversions will be performed for v2gNE by an experienced in-house team of electric vehicle and racing vehicle mechanics and engineers

  9. Technological Readiness

  10. v2gNE Vehicle Status • eBoxes on order (working with AC Propulsion & Willett Kempton) • The Ford E-F250 conversion process under way

  11. v2gNE Participation Requirements • Electrical connection • No further studies required by ISO NE • Discussions underway with National Grid; initial sites identified. No issues predicted for interconnection study involving initial vehicles • Communications • Frame relay, router and RTU installed and operational • Pointlist for RTU entered into the ISO NE network model • Pointlist communication testing expected to occur at the end of August • NEPOOL Membership obtained in July 2009

  12. Opportunity Cost in MCP for Pilot? • Current Market Formula: • Standby + Mileage + Opportunity Cost • All three quantities are roughly the same order of magnitude. • Result of Incentive: Hydro stops providing power and starts regulating. Less alternative tech (heat, v2gNE, flywheels, batteries). More fossil fuel and nuclear generation. • Current Pilot Formula: • Standby + Mileage • Suggested Alteration to Pilot Formula: redefine the market clearing price byadding some “average” opportunity cost for standard power producers.

  13. Thank you for your time!

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