The Smart Grid: Re-powering America George W. Arnold National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability NIST Gaithersburg, MD April 28, 2010
2 U.S. Electric Grid One of the largest, most complex infrastructures ever built 3100 electric utility companies 10,000 power plants 157,000 miles of highvoltage lines 140 million meters $800 billion in assets $247 billion annual revenues Centralized, bulk generation Heavy reliance on CO 2 -producing coal, natural gas Limited automation Limited situational awareness Consumers lack data to manage energy usage
A Key National Priority Fundamental Drivers Climate change Energy security Lifestyle dependent on electricity Jobs Smart Grid Goals Reduce energy use overall and increase grid efficiency Increase use of renewables (wind and solar don t produce carbon) Support shift from oil to electric transportation Enhance reliability and security of the electric system 3
Smart Grid: The Enernet 2-way flow of electricity and information Graphics courtesy of EPRI
Energy Independence and Security Act Defines ten national policies for the Smart Grid: 1. Integrate digital technology to improve reliability, security, and efficiency 2. Dynamic grid optimization 3. Integrate distributed renewable resources 4. Demand response and demand-side energyefficiency resources 5. Automate metering, grid operations and management 6. Integrate `smart' appliances and consumer devices 7. Electricity storage and plug-in electric vehicles 8. Provide consumers timely information and control 9. Interoperability standards for the grid and connected appliances and equipment 10.Lower barriers to adoption of smart grid technologies, practices, and services.
Government Roles Federal Smart Grid Task Force Other Federal Agencies Federal Energy Regulatory Commission State Public Utility Commissions 6
Smart Grid Investment Grants Category $ Million Integrated/Crosscutting 2,150 AMI 818 Distribution 254 Transmission 148 Customer Systems 32 Manufacturing 26 Total 3,429 Geographic Coverage of Selected Projects 18 million smart meters 1.2 million in-home display units 206,000 smart transformers 177,000 load control devices 170,000 smart thermostats 877 networked phasor measurement units 671 automated substations 100 PEV charging stations SGIG Topic Areas
Why Electric Vehicles? Electrification of transportation could Displace half of US oil imports Reduce CO 2 20% Reduce urban air pollutants 40%-90% Idle capacity of the power grid could supply 70% of energy needs of today s cars and light trucks 8
Southern California Edison Forecasted EV Charging Load 2020 SUMMER LOAD IMPACT NO UTILITY INVOLVEMENT* 26,000 Worst Case 24,000 22,000 20,000 2020 SUMMER LOAD IMPACT WITH UTILITY INVOLVEMENT* 26,000 24,000 22,000 20,000 MW 18,000 MW 18,000 16,000 16,000 14,000 14,000 12,000 12,000 10,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Hours Initial Load Forecast Ports Rail T rucks Forklifts PEVs 10,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Hours Initial Load Forecast Ports Rail Trucks Forklifts PEVs *Based on predicted 1.6 million Evs on the SCE grid 9 Copyright 2009 Southern California Edison
Why Do We Need Standards? Whirlpool Corporation To Produce One Million Smart Grid-Compatible Clothes Dryers by the End of 2011 Standards for data communication, price information, schedules, demand response signals 10
White House Meeting May 2009 Commitment to accelerate development of a roadmap Chaired by Secretaries of Energy and Commerce 66 CEOs and senior executives, federal and state regulators
Open, Public Process Three public workshops More than 1500 participants Hundreds of companies, organizations, agencies Online collaboration wiki Federal Register Notices Web conferences All information publicly available on-line 12
NIST Smart Grid Framework and Roadmap, Release 1.0 Published January 2010 Smart Grid Vision / Model 75 key standards identified IEC, IEEE, 16 Priority Action Plans to fill gaps (one completed) Includes cyber security strategy Companion document NISTIR 7628 http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid/ Conceptual Model
Smart Grid Interoperability Panel Public-private partnership formed Nov. 2009 Permanent body Supports NIST in setting standards for U.S. smart grid Coordinates, does not develop standards Over 550 member organizations, 1700 representatives 22 stakeholder categories International participation 14
Further Information Web portal: http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid Contact: George Arnold, National Coordinator Email: george.arnold@nist.gov Telephone: +1.301.975.2232 15