SMART GRID RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATIONDEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION

ACTIVITIES

Pedro Gomez

Energy Systems IntegrationCalifornia Energy Commission

pgomez@energy state ca us

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pgomez@energy.state.ca.us(916) 653-4278

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DOCKET09-IEP-1G

May 12 2009

PIER Smart Grid Research

Buildings--End Use EfficiencyEnergy Systems Integration

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IAW—End Use Efficiency

• Transmission

• Distribution

D d R PublicInterest

ResearchProgram

Renewables

• Demand Response

• DER Integration

• Grid Security Programy

• Energy Storage

• Grid Infrastructure Integration

Environmentally PreferredAdvanced Generation

Transportation

Environmental

• Intelligent Agent integration and application

• Advanced communications and

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Environmentalcontrol

ESI Goal

Through Research:

Facilitate the De elopment and Integration ofFacilitate the Development and Integration of

Hardware and Software Technologies to

Deploy the Smart Grid for California

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ESI - What We Do

Id tif S t Li it ti• Identify System Limitations

• Confirm Limitations Through Stakeholder Forums

• Fund Public Interest Research Projects to Improve the Electric System

• Integration of New Technology for Smart Grid

• Provide Ratepayer Benefits and Support• Provide Ratepayer Benefits and Support California Energy Policies

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ESI - Budget

• Annual Budget = $10M

• Active Projects = $136M

• Leverage Funding to Maximize Opportunity

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Research In All Areas

Distribution Demand Response

Transmission SubstationResponse

Communication Enabled Power InfrastructureCommunication Enabled Power Infrastructure

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Synchrophasor Measurement –The Heart of the Smart Grid Transmission

SUNDANCEKEMANO

PEACE CANYON

MICA

PRINCE RUPERT

WILLISTON

jfh01/24/95

PPSM*DSM

PSM

GPS Satellite

FT. PECK

MICA

VANCOUVER

SEATTLE

AREA

AREA

COLSTRIP

BOISE

PORTLANDAREA

MIDPOINT

HOT SPRINGS

HELLSCANYON

JOSEPH GRAND

BURNS

COULEE

LANGDON

CHIEF

PPSM

PPSM

PPSM

PPSM

PPSM

PPSM

PPSM

PPSM

PPSM

DSM

DSM

DSM

DSM

DSM

PMU

PMU

PMU

PMU

PMU

PMU

PSAM

MALIN

TABLE MTN

ROUND MTN

SALT LAKECITY AREA

DEVERSLUGO

SAN FRANCISCOAREA

LOS ANGELESAREA ALBUQUERQUE

AREA

NAVAJO

DENVERAREA

MOJAVE

HOOVER

PHOENIXAREA

PINTO

FOURCORNERS

SHASTA

CORONADO

DELTA

MONTROSE

LANDINGMOSS

MIDWAY

PPSM

PPSM*

PPSM*

PPSM

PPSM*

PPSM*

PPSM*

DSM

DSM

DSM

DSMDSM

DSM

PMU

PMU

PMU

PMU

PMU

PMUPMU

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PMU

PMU

PMU*

PMU*

PMU*PMU PMU

PMU*

PMU*

PSM

PSM

PSM

WECCJohn Day Malin Summer L Slatt McNary

Time-Stamp

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HVDC TerminalMEXICO

EL PASOAREA

PALOVERDE

Projected WSCC Monitors, 1995

Power System Analysis Monitor (BPA)

Power System Monitor

Phase-Angle Measurement Unit (Macrodyne)

Dynamic System Monitor (PTI/Hathaway)

Portable Power System Monitor (BPA)

*Proposed installation

PMU

DSM

PSMPPSM

PPSMPMU

PSAM

500

525

550

575

ltage

- kV

Grizzly reactor #2

Ashe reactor Control

PMUs (Phasor

425

450

475

30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240

Time - seconds

Vol

Grizzly reactor #3 Center

Useful Real-Time

Data

PMUs (PhasorMeasurement Units) Time Synchronous Data

Real Time Information

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Accommodating Unique Renewable (Wind) Generator Behaviors

Tehachapi Wind Generation - April 2005

IntermittencyIntermittency

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Storage: Compressed Air, Flywheel, Battery, Pumped-Hydro

Energy Storage Technologies

Zinc Bromide Battery Compressed AirCompressed Airy pp

Sodium Sulfur Battery Pumped-HydroResidential Storage

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Lead Acid Battery FlywheelLithium Ion Battery

Utility Grid of the Future (Smart Grid)

10Source: 2007 Integrated Energy Policy Report

Grid of the future will allow for two-way communication and power flow

Demand Response Automation

Demand Response Automation For All Customer Classes

Communicating Thermostat

Demand Response Automation Client

Demand Response Automation Client

Energy Energy InternetInternetInternetInternet

e gyManagement

System

e gyManagement

System

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Emerging Technologies--Communications

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Testing for Power Level and FrequenciesSensors Continue to Get Smaller

Upcoming Smart Grid Activities

PIER Request for Proposal:

Defining the Pathway to the California Smart Grid of 2020g y

◘ One Contract from Utility Perspective for up to $500,000

◘ One Contract from Industry Perspective for up to $500,000

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Upcoming Smart Grid Activities

PIER Funded RD&D Activities:PIER Funded RD&D Activities:

• White Paper on how Smart Grid technologies will make electricity energy storage more useful in meeting California’s goalsstorage more useful in meeting California s goals

• Micro-Grid demonstrations of Smart Grid technologies

• White Paper on defining the Smart Grid standards, codes and protocols

• White Paper on the Smart Grid technologies that will accelerate the fieldingWhite Paper on the Smart Grid technologies that will accelerate the fielding or increase the penetration of renewables in California

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Follow-up Questions

Pedro GomezPedro GomezEnergy Systems Integration

California Energy CommissionCalifornia Energy Commission

(916) 653-4278( )pgomez@energy.state.ca.us

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