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Regional Smart Grid Test Bed Project

Regional Smart Grid Test Bed Project. NEET Work Group #6 Update April 21, 2009. Purpose of the BPA Outreach. Begin creating a Regional Smart Grid Demonstration Partnership Utilities who can offer physical assets and monetary contribution.

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Regional Smart Grid Test Bed Project

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  1. Regional Smart Grid Test Bed Project NEET Work Group #6 Update April 21, 2009

  2. Purpose of the BPA Outreach • Begin creating a Regional Smart Grid Demonstration Partnership • Utilities who can offer physical assets and monetary contribution. • Other utilities interested in helping design the test bed. • Begin with partnering utilities to search for technology partners and vendors.

  3. Statutory BackgroundThe Two Types of Project Funded by the ARRA The ARRA amended and appropriated funding, in part, for two key Smart Grid sections of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). • EISA Title 13, Section 1304(b) Smart Grid Regional Demonstration Initiative. • “financial support” of $400M • For several regional demonstrations in “urban, suburban, tribal and rural area.” • Up to 50% cost share will be provided by DOE.

  4. Statutory BackgroundThe Two Types of Project Funded by the ARRAContinued • EISA Section 1306 Federal Matching Fund for Smart Grid Investment Costs. • Establishes a Smart Grid Investment Matching Grant Program to provide 50% of qualifying Smart Grid Investment (EISA was amended under ARRA to increase the grant from 20% - 50%) • ARRA appropriated $4.5 Billion to fund Sec. 1306. • 1306(b) States what is a “qualifying investment.” • 1306(c) What “qualifying investments” does not include. • 1306(d) Defines “smart grid functions”

  5. Appropriated Dollars

  6. Timeline for RFP Process

  7. RFP ProcessProcedureWhat BPA is expecting • BPA expects a NOI to be published on or near the 17th of April. • The NOI will have a 20 day question and answer period • Subsequent Solicitation period will be at least 30 days. • BPA has submitted two general proposals to DOE and had conversations related to those proposals. • DOE stated they liked BPA’s proposal on: • Data management • Transactive Control • Full vertical slice of the system • BPA is targeting and would like to propose a $100 Million proposal for a PNW Regional Demonstration Program to DOE.

  8. BPA’s Commitment • BPA has currently committed $10 million to the project, not including in-kind contributions from others. • BPA has partnered with PNNL for technical design, implementation, planning and support. • BPA has been working on a Smart Grid Business Case to be conducted in several phases. • Takes into account the utility perspective

  9. BPA’s Proposal • Create a regional smart grid test bed • BPA and utility participants • Utility partners bringing specific feeders and other assets • Several vertical slices of the system from generation to the end-user. • Model overlay of transmission system • Follow GridWise Architecture Council “Interoperability Framework” • The project will be: • adaptable • allow the inclusion of new technology during and afterwards • a persistent installation of smart grid infrastructure

  10. Essential and Other Elements Other invited assets • Batteries, customer • Battery, substation • Capacitor bank Controls • Customer behavioral • Customer incentives • Customer Transformers • CVR systems • Cyber security • Diagnostics • Electric vehicles, PHEVs • Feeder automation software / control • Feeder automation switches / sectionalizers • Gateways • Home energy management system • Interoperability specification and testing • Lighting switching / dimming controls • Meters Other invited assets • Network operations • Oil temperature sensor / diagnostic system • Phasor network • PV systems • Rate structure development • Small commercial energy management system • Solar dish / sterling • Substation automation / SCADA • User interface • Voltage regulators • Wide-area network • Wind-large central • Wind-small distributed • Surprises Essential assets • Agricultural pump control • Backup generation • Commercial HVAC • Industrial process control • Interval revenue metering • Residential PV • Residential smart appliance • Residential thermostat • Residential water heater • Small wind generation • Substation distribution automation / feeder reconfiguration • Substation volt / VAr control

  11. Site Loads Dist. Xfmr. Dist. Sub. Trans. Sub. Gen. Sub. Sites … … HVAC DG Refrig. Water Heater Controlled Appliances … … … … … Controlled Plug Load Uncontrolled Loads Status and Opportunities … Operational Objectives Hierarchical Communication and Control Pathway .

  12. BPA’s ProposalKey Focus of the Project • Automated demand response technologies • Distributed generation • Distribution automation / Automatic reconfiguration • Interoperability • Value for the utility, BPA and the region

  13. BPA’s Role • Help create a regional vision. • Create a partnership interested in understanding the end-state of smart grid • In partnership create • the research and design plan with PNNL. • a phased business case for smart grid. • interface with technology vendors. • Carry out an implementation of the test bed. • Interface with DOE and Washington on funding opportunities. • Understanding the effect of Smart Grid on BPA operations, utility operations and the region.

  14. ProposedResearch Activities • A responsive demand, supply, storage, transmission or distribution element. • A means to monitor or otherwise account for or verify the behaviors or status of the responsive element and communicate the status or behavior upward into the hierarchical communication pathway. • A means to receive at the responsive element simple communicated signals, the price-like signals that are to be communicated downward through the hierarchy to affect the behaviors of the responsive elements.

  15. Proposed Criteria for Partnership • Share in 50% cost share requirement set by the ARRA and EISA and DOE. • Offer one or several possible distribution feeders (sites) where the project can be implemented. • Willingness to adopt the transactive control and hierarchical communication control pathway approach to smart grid infrastructure implementation. • Willingness to abide by GridWise Architecture Council interoperability framework. • Willingness to share all pertinent data generated as part of the project. • Willingness to sign a MOU with BPA regarding partnership and implementation should the project be awarded a grant by DOE. • Collaborate in the implementation and design details with BPA and PNNL.

  16. Next Steps • BPA will release an RFI for utility interest in partnership. • BPA will host a subsequent meeting at BPA to discuss with interested utilities possible partnerships and site selection and contingency site selection.

  17. Contacts For additional information contact: Lee Hall – 503-230-5189 Jason R. Salmi Klotz – 503-230-5327

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