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Delivering Energy Innovations at Scale 11.04.2013

Delivering Energy Innovations at Scale 11.04.2013. Base Birmingham Roger Hey – Future Networks Manager. KEY FACTS: Wholly owned by Pennsylvania Power & Light (PPL - NYSE listed) 4 UK Distribution Licences 7.7 million customers 55,000 sq km area 220,400km - Largest length UK network.

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Delivering Energy Innovations at Scale 11.04.2013

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  1. Delivering Energy Innovations at Scale11.04.2013 Base Birmingham Roger Hey – Future Networks Manager

  2. KEY FACTS: • Wholly owned by Pennsylvania Power & Light (PPL - NYSE listed) • 4 UK Distribution Licences • 7.7 million customers • 55,000 sq km area • 220,400km -Largest length UK network Lincoln Nottingham Boston Stoke-on-Trent EAST MIDLANDS Tipton Shrewsbury Birmingham Coventry WEST MIDLANDS Milton Keynes East Wales West Wales SOUTH WALES Gloucester Swansea Cardiff Bristol Mendip Barnstaple Somerset SOUTH WEST Torquay & Exeter Plymouth Bodmin Redruth

  3. THE ELECTRICITY NETWORK 3

  4. CORE ELEMENTS OF OUR PLAN • Replace and repair equipment due to age and condition • Inspect and maintain existing equipment • Connect new commercial and domestic customers • Transition to a low carbon future – connecting Distributed Generation and emerging technologies • Deliver further improved network performance and customer service 4

  5. NETWORK CHALLENGES PRESENTED BY TRANSITION TO A LOW CARBON FUTURE PV installations projection: • WPD will need to be able to accommodate significant volumes of: • Local generation (e.g. solar PV & wind) • Low carbon demand (e.g. Electric Vehicles (EVs) & heat pumps) • Networks are not currently designed to accommodated these loads on high volumes/clusters • Considerable uncertainty about uptake – volume, location & network impact Heat Pumps projection: 5

  6. INNOVATION STRATEGY • WPD’s Innovation Strategy – To facilitate the delivery of UK carbon objectives, making best use of new technologies and responding to the needs of our customers by: • Providing innovative solutions to increase the utilisation of the network whilst maintaining a high quality of supply • Developing concepts through to BAU solutions whilst ensuring compatibility with the existing network • Sharing our learning with the wider DNO community and other interested stakeholders • Overall, we aim to provide efficient networks that are cost effective and reliable for our customers both today and in the future Stages of innovation On-going engagement with customers

  7. NEW Tier 1 NEW LV Sensor “Best Buy” Report Voltage Control Demonstration Project FLEXGRID Electric Boulevards Tier 2 SoLa BRISTOL Interconnect WPD + NGC SCADA Future Networks Programme Lincolnshire Low Carbon Hub Seasonal Generation Deployment FALCON PV impact on Suburban networks LV Network Templates Network Management on Isles of Scilly Stakeholder Engagement and Knowledge Management NEW Fault Current Measurement Device Community Smart Grid – Smart Hooky Early learning from LV estate PV cluster Community Energy Action

  8. FlexDGrid Project Three integrated Methods leading to quicker and cost effective customer connections through a timely step change in the enhanced understanding, management and mitigation of distribution network Fault Level Each Method can be applied on its own whilst the integration of the three Methods combined will provide a system level solution to facilitate the connection of additional generation

  9. NOTICE FOR STAKEHOLDERS • Please get involved in our business plan consultation • 6 workshops being held in April: • April 17th  - Nottingham (Trent Bridge Cricket Ground) • April 18th – Birmingham (Birmingham Botanical Gardens) • April 23rd – Cheltenham (Cheltenham Racecourse) • April 24th – Exeter – (Exeter Racecourse) • April 25th – Cardiff – (Millennium Centre) • April 26th – Bristol (Bristol Zoo) • More information ? Come speak to us or contact: Alex Wilkes, Stakeholder Engagement Officer awilkes@westernpower.co.uk Thank you listening www.westernpowerinnovation.co.uk

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