The Electric Industry:Key Issues Shaping the Transformation
Wanda RederChief Strategy Officer, S&C Electric Company
2017 IEEE President‐Elect Candidate
IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies ConferenceSeptember 7, 2016
Minneapolis, MN
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S&C Delivers Integration Solutions
Grid EdgeStorage
10’s of kWSubstation Batteries
10’s of MW
Distributed Intelligence and Control
Micro‐grids
Solar Integration
Dynamic VARs
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Issues Shaping the Clean Energy Transformation
Technologies:• Energy storage• Power electronics • Distributed intelligence• Adaptive protection• Layered architecture• Self‐diagnostic, healing• Data, cyber, analytics
So what? It Changes How We…
Make Energy: • More distributed supply• Accommodate growth
Move Energy:• Flexible, intelligent, resilient• Increase visibility
Use Energy: • Integrate end‐use activity• Empower customers
Source: IEEE GridVision 2050
Rate of Solar installations per minute in the US is declining
2014: One installation every 2.5 minutes
Google Map Snapshot of IkeaFrisco, Texas
Changes how we “Make It”: Price, Behavior
Storage costs are following solarMore Electric Vehicles are Coming
Incremental capacity is coming from customers
“Move It” Old Grid
“Move It” Modern Grid
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Bi‐directional power flow is driving circuit design changes
EPB Chattanooga’s Smarter Smart Grid
EPB Chattanooga500,000 customer municipal
Smart GridStarted with fiber everywhere
Smart Switches1200 units on all 12kV
Interruptions Avoided: 2011 - 2014
5:31:09 PM
11,258 customers without power
5:31:37 PM
10,000 customers restored
5:31:52 PM
800 more customers restored
5:37:47 PM
All customers restored
Storm Jan, 2013
Source: David Wade, EPB Chattanooga, presented for DOE, Dec. 2014 “EPB’s Smarter Smart Grid”
New Investor Models and Markets
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7MW/3MWH Energy Storage4.2 MW PV Plant
Half Moon Ventures owns‐operates solar and storage for the Minster, Ohio community
“Using It” Changes by Enabling Customer Choice with Individualized Services
Source: The Edison Foundation Institute for Electric Innovation, Thought Leaders Speak Out: Key Trends Driving Change in the Electric Power Industry, December 2015
ONCOR Microgrid Example
• Founded on the Brattle report recommending 5000 MW of storage in ERCOT
• Utilizes distributed generation – two solar photovoltaic arrays– a microturbine– two energy storage units – four generators
• Energy storage is the backbone
A showcase to promote utilities to rate base energy storage batteries for distribution system support and wholesale market services
Many Opportunities Remain
• Regulatory, ownership, price issues
• Re‐defining the roles and processes: planning, design, operations
• Standards for interoperability
• Develop workforce competencies
• Capability for dynamic operations
• Utilize lots of data, varying time domains
• Overcome security obscurities
AnIntegrated
Grid
A Modern Grid is Integrated
Graphic Source: Mark McGranaghan, EPRI “International Game Changers” Denver CO July 2015
In Closing…
Wanda RederChief Strategy Officer - S&C Electric Company
• Transformation underway
• Rethinking how we:
– Make it
– Move it
– Use it
• Integration, distributed intelligence, renewables, storage are key
• More to do: a resource www.smartgrid.ieee.org
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