Smart Grid Vision
Vision Statement PG&E s vision for the Smart Grid: Smart Grid will leverage advanced communications and control technology to transform the operation of our electric network, from generation to the customer premise, in order to give customers cleaner, more reliable and more flexible energy services. Generation Transmission Substation Distribution Customer 2
Smart Grid Drivers Regulatory & Legal Drivers Cyber Security Environmental Concerns Renewable / Clean Power Reporting Requirements Safety Customer Drivers Information Needs Flexible Energy Prices Rate Pressures Reliability Renewable / Clean Power Safety Technological Advances (e.g. Appliances) Business & Financial Drivers Aging Assets Aging Workforce Growth / Workload IT / Communication Advances Rate / Rising Cost Pressures Safety Skilled Workforce Technological Advances (e.g. Utility Equipment) 3
Smart Grid Energy Policy Federal Policy (2007 EISA, Title XIII) It is the policy of the United States to support the modernization of the Nations electricity transmission and system to maintain a reliable and secure electricity infrastructure State Policy (SB 1438, Pending) The bill would require that the Smart Grid improve overall efficiency, reliability and cost-effectiveness of electrical system operations, planning and maintenance Regulatory Policy CPUC CEC Smart Grid OIR to comply with 2007 EISA examining several Smart Gird-related, utility applications. Smart Grid workshops examining potential demand-side management benefits 4
PG&E s Smart Grid framework Smart Grid is a layering of technologies Business applications Computing / information technology Applications and integrated business processes that create business and customer value Computing power and information storage infrastructure to support modeling, control, analysis, web presentment, and commercial transactions Advanced communications infrastructure Enables transfer of critical information through advanced data networks Energy infrastructure Physical infrastructure that distributes energy 5
Smart Grid Plan of Record The proposed Plan of Record is intended to: Put a stake in the ground for the smart grid functions to be developed in the next four years Make the plan for Smart Grid more concrete The level of development of functions in the Plan of Record will be driven by Customer demand, policy goals, and available funding 6
Smart Grid Plan of Record Control Centers Energy Storage Industrial Customer Distributed Resources Substation Commercial Customer Other Substations Microgrid/ Sustainable Communities Residential Customer Communications Smart Switching Device Sensor Advanced Computing 7
Smart Grid Plan of Record - Generation Resource Renewable Resource Dispatch Wind Resources Solar Resources Resource Performance Large Scale Energy Storage Energy Storage Clean, Conventional Resources Renewable Resource Integration Conventional/ Renewable Resource Optimization Wind Energy Forecasting Solar Energy Forecasting Distribution-Level Renewable Performance Storage Dispatch Optimization Dispatch Optimization Distribution- Level Resource Performance PHEV and 8
Smart Grid Plan of Record - Transmission Transmission Insulator Contamination Dynamic Line Capacity Enhanced Planning Tools Substation On-Line Condition Integrated Protection and Automation Transmission Operation Phaser Measurement and Enhanced State Estimator Enhanced Operating Tools Automated Fault Location, Isolation and Restoration Geographic Information System Condition Based System Renewable Resource Integration Tools and Equipment Substation & Transmission Data Storage 9
Smart Grid Plan of Record-Distribution Distributed Resource Substation Distribution Distribution Operator New Communities Vehicle Charging Stations Distributed Resources Automated Fault Location, Isolation & Restoration On-Line Condition Condition Based System Pwr. Quality & Distribution System Voltage PF Line Loss Enhanced Plng & Ops Tools PV and Storage Performance Integrated DSM Islanding Operation Charging/ Discharging Distribution- Level Resource Performance Bi- Directional Power Flow & Protection Geographic Information System Smart Meter Information Integration and Tools Distribution Data Storage 10
Smart Grid Plan of Record - Customers Customer- Owned Resources Meter Interface PHEV Demand Side New Communities DG and Storage Performance Smart AC via Smart Meter Dynamic Pricing Tariffs Changing/ Discharging Distributed storage/v2h HAN-Enabled Applications and Services Demand Response Programs Zero Net- Energy Communities Solar Subdivisions Enhanced Energy Efficiency Microgrid / Sustainable Communities Customer Data Storage 11
Smart Grid Activities Underway Technology Pilots Projects and Programs Underway Technology Pilots Under Development Automated fault location, isolation and restoration in San Francisco Electric transmission phasor measurement and monitoring Marin County DG & distribution automation demonstration Network transformer monitoring pilot PHEV charging pilot Smart Meter deployment Voluntary demand response programs Energy efficiency programs Solar & wind energy forecasting Substation equipment on-line monitoring Integrated protection and automation (MPAC) Dynamic transmission line monitoring Silver Springs distribution automation and customer application pilot in San Francisco Insulator contamination monitoring in substations Integration of Smart Grid project and IT Operating Plan governance beginning 12
Smart Grid Technology Framework 5 Process & Analytics Business Process (BPM) Dashboards & Predictive Analysis Tools 4 3 Business applications Smart Energy Web Computing / information technology Solar monitoring & dispatch Backup generation Vehicle to Grid Grid appliances Distributed generation Generation / supply Servers Data storage Distributed storage SCADA Web presentment T&D Automation Load limiting T&D Fault prediction Transactions Micro-grid Outage management Middleware & Data Modeling Interval billing Load control Prepay Usage / demand Smart agents In home displays Power quality mgmt Energy mgmt systems Intelligence Security 2 Communications infrastructure Fiber/MPL RF Mesh Home Area Network (HAN) WiMax Energy information network Cellular 1 Energy infrastructure Cap banks Reclosers Switches Sensors Transformers Meters Storage Substation Wires Customers 13
Next Steps Fully implement Smart Grid/Operating Plan governance process Smart Grid Technology Plan Complete GRC funding scenario cost estimates Decide Smart Grid strategy for GRC and other regulatory proceedings 14