SmartGrid
Figure 3: Dimensions of Smart Grid Deployment
t
e
n
y
m
Technology Smart Grid
e
p
l
o
Implementation Implementation
l
l
D
F
u
standards, and experimenting with new and relatively
S
c
a
l
e
untestedtechnologies.Otherutilitiesareobservingtheleaders
n
closely, and may be positioning to be fast followers. They are
s
t
r
a
t
i
o
monitoringregulatoryactivityinotherstatesandjurisdictions,
Technology Smart Grid
o
n
Pilot Pilot
conducting value assessments that may include input from
e
m
stakeholders, monitoring standards activity and waiting for
t
/
D
clear direction to emerge, and monitoring the pilot and
P
i
l
o
implementationprogrammesofothers.
Individual System Integrated System
Determining the Value & Business Case
Scope
AsutilitiesmovefromSmartGridpilotsanddemonstrations
Source: NavigantConsulting
tofull-scaledeploymentofSmartGridsystems,havingaclear
understandingofthevalueisimperative.ThevaluesofSmart
demonstrations, or developing implementation plans. Gridtechnologiesaredifficulttodetermineforseveralreasons.
Throughout the US, AMI is becoming the first wave of Smart First,thesearesystemtechnologiesthatdependonlarge-scale
Grid technology to be deployed, with many utilities and deployment in order to realise benefits, making it hard to
regulators seeing this technology platform as a way to pinpoint and calculate the benefits of incremental
facilitate energy efficiency, demand response and customer investments. Second, each Smart Grid system will enhance
involvement. Some states have either passed or have functionality for stakeholders in new ways and in multiple
outstanding legislation mandating utilities to file plans for areas, creating a number of smaller benefits that combine to
SmartGriddemonstrations. becomeoverallvalue.SincetheSmartGridhasn’tbeenbuilt,
Of great interest is the way in which different states and itishardtotellnowwherethevaluewillcomefromandhow
utilities are approaching development of the Smart Grid. largeitwillbe.Finally,thescaleofdeploymentwillbesolarge
Physical deployment of Smart Grid technology falls into four that it is difficult to know how cost will be affected due to
categories(Figure3).Technologyorsystempilotsinvolveone economiesofscaleandreal-worlddeploymentexperience.
SmartGridtechnologythatisdeployedwithinalimitedarea For the past few years, Navigant Consulting has been
or group of customers. Such programmes can be seeking to applying and refining arobustmethodology todetermine the
validate the concept or performance of a technology such as value of Smart Grid technologies for utilities, their customers,
smartmetering,distributionautomationordemandresponse. andthepublicatlarge.Centraltothemethodologyistheidea
Duke Energy has been conducting intelligent metering and that Smart Grid technologies support functionality, and that
AMIpilotprojectssince2007.Otherpilotprogrammesinvolve functionality creates benefits for different stakeholders. This
multiple Smart Grid technologies, and are aimed at approach has been applied to help utilities and government
understandingthecomplexinteractionandcapabilitiesofthe agenciesunderstandthevalueofadvancedenergytechnologies
Smart Grid. These programmes may break new ground in including distribution automation, distributed generation,
understandingtheadvancedcapabilityandvalueproposition energystorage,andAMI.
of the Smart Grid. For example, American Electric Power’s ResultsfromouranalysesindicatethattheSmartGridcould
gridSMART
SM
programmeisconductingapilotinvolvingAMI help reduce increases in peak electricity demand and the
and distribution automation to explore how integration of natural gas consumed by generators to meet that peak
these systems can support customer energy management, demand.Moreover,weestimatethatapplyingtheSmartGrid
improve reliability and increase distribution efficiency. Some technology at the distribution level could generate around
utilities are conducting full roll-outs of Smart Grid US$100billioninbenefitsnationwidebetweennowand2030.
technologies such as AMI, including Southern California These economic benefits would be derived primarily from
EdisonandHydroOne. generation capacity and energy savings, improved reliability,
Some utilities have made early moves in Smart Grid andreductionsinGHGsandotherpollutingemissions.
deployments,whileothersaremonitoringthosedevelopments. Anumberofotherstudieshavealsobeendonethatestimate
The leaders tend to be driving the Smart Grid discussion with the benefits of a Smart Grid. In each case, value can vary
regulators, developing business cases for specific technologies significantlyduetodifferencesinassumptionsandapproach.
and systems, actively participating in the development of EPRIestimatesUS$1.8trillioninannualadditiverevenueswith
worldPower2009 131
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124 |
Page 125 |
Page 126 |
Page 127 |
Page 128 |
Page 129 |
Page 130 |
Page 131 |
Page 132 |
Page 133 |
Page 134 |
Page 135 |
Page 136 |
Page 137 |
Page 138 |
Page 139 |
Page 140 |
Page 141 |
Page 142 |
Page 143 |
Page 144 |
Page 145 |
Page 146 |
Page 147 |
Page 148 |
Page 149 |
Page 150 |
Page 151 |
Page 152 |
Page 153 |
Page 154 |
Page 155 |
Page 156 |
Page 157 |
Page 158 |
Page 159 |
Page 160 |
Page 161 |
Page 162 |
Page 163 |
Page 164