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National Rural Electric Cooperative
Association (NRECA) Electric
Cooperatives
Over 900 co-ops
42 million in 47 states
75 percent of land area
83 percent of counties fully or
partially served
42 percent of nation’s
distribution lines
7 customers/line mile
50% Suburban and 25% micro
urban
Largest aggregation of coal
power plants
G&T Cooperative Service Area 2006
Western
Central MT
MT
Upper
Missouri
Southern MT
PNGC
Deseret
Tri-State
AEPC
Central
Minnkota
Pow er
Great
River
Basin
East
Dairyland
River
Rushm ore
L&O
Corn
NW Belt Central
Nebraska Iow a
Iow a
Buckeye
Electric
Wabash
NE
N.W.
Soyland
Elec MO
Hoosier
Sunflow er
Central
East
SIPC
KEPCO
Elec
Kentucky
Big
Sho-Me
M & A Rivers
KAMO
Golden
Spread
Western
Farm ers
Rayburn
Brazos
NE
Texas
South
Tex-La Miss
Sam Rayburn
South
Texas
Allegheny
Old
Dom inion
North Carolina
EMC
Saluda
RiverCentral
Electric
Arkansas
San Miguel
Chugach
Wolverine
Alabam a
Oglethorpe
Sem inole
Associated
Basin
San Miguel
Southern Montana
G&T Cooperatives
The Largest Domestic Coal Based System
27 Co-op Coal Projects
MW
New Capacity of 9,360 MW over 10 years
1,800
1,600
Project Status (# plants; MW)
NE Texas
Hem pst 85 MW
On-line (1; 200 MW)
Under Construction (6; 830 MW)
ODEC
VA City
180 MW
1,400
Associated
Norborne
660 MW
Planned (15; 5,879 MW)
Hugo 2
Exploratory (5; 2,450 MW)
1,200
KEPCO Iatan
G o lde n S pre a d
& S unf lo we r
H o lc o m b E a s t
400 M W
1,000
Brazos
500 MW
&
Western
Farm ers
250 MW
Seminole
750 MW
Young 3
500 MW
Tri-State
Holcomb
650 MW
800
GRE Spiritw ood
SMEPA &
East Texas
Big Cajun 4
600
South
Texas EC
250 MW
Wolverine
& Soyland
Int e rm o unt a in
D e lt a M o nt ro s e Prairie Energy
200 MW
C o m a nc he 3
400
19 0 M W
200
Tri-State
Springerville
CIPCO/Corn Blt
200 MW
Council Bluffs4
0
2006
2007
Dairyland
Weston 4
159 MW
2008
East KY
Spurlock 4
278 MW
East KY
Sm ith1
278 MW
E TX Plum Point
2009
2010
Minnkota
&
Basin
Basin
Dry Fork, WY
385 MW
Southern
Montana
Highw ood
250 MW
Tri-State
Holcomb
650 MW
Arkansas EC
RFP for up
to 500 MW
GRE
Big Stone II
131 MW
2011
Year Expected On-Line
2012
2013
NCEMC
600 MW
Basin
Yankton
600 MW
2015
2016
Wolverine
Clean Coal
250 MW
2014
Co-op Principal Mission
Keeping electricity reliable
and the rates affordable
Co-op Business Realities
Innovation—a result of unique circumstances
Small utilities with limited staffs
Sparse service territories
Not for profit
Consumer-owned & consumer-governed
Overwhelmingly residential and farms
Profound impact of 1978 Federal Fuel Use Act
Household incomes below national average
Federally set construction standards,
technical specifications, augmented
by industry best practices
NRECA Cooperative Research Network (CRN) Demonstration Projects
Goal of NRECA CRN “reliable electric service
at an affordable cost”
Co-ops and Smart Grid
Investment Grants
More than 50 Electric Cooperatives and
Public Power Districts in 16 States
Awarded Over $215M
AR, AZ, FL, GA, KS, KY, MS, NE,
NH, OR, PA, SD,TX, VA, VT,WY
CRN-Coordinated NRECA/DOE
Smart Grid Demonstration Grant
22 co-ops in 10 states—$68M project
Selected by DOE for $34M grant
Install and study range of technologies
Project team includes:
–SAIC, Cigital
–Power Systems Engineering, ICF
–Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
–EPRI and Industry
NRECA Energy Storage Demo Project
Why the choice of the Premium Power Corporation Zinc
Bromide Battery?
Lifetime of more than 10,000 cycles of deep charge and
discharge
Lowest cost battery of all the advanced options based on
CRN due diligence report
Potentially very low environmental impacts
PPC ZnBr is UL, FCC, and NFPA certified
PPC has recently completed the production of its first
TransFlow 2050-5 (500 kW, 2.8 MWh, 5.6 hours)
PPC has production capacity to meet the needs of the
participating co-ops in this proposal.
The PPC ZnBr batteries are made in the U.S.
PPC is well capitalized.
PPC ZnBr has the potential for fast frequency regulation and
nearly unlimited cycle life.
ZnBr Battery Attributes
Premium Power Corporation & ZBB
Attribute
Rating
1. Capital cost
Excellent - $250/kW-hr
3. Round trip efficiency
Fair–70% to 75%
4. Lifetime in Cycle Life
Excellent (>>10,000 cycles)
5. Maintenance
Good-pumps
Has an on-line monitoring
system
6. Minimal EH&S issues
Excellent
2. Volumetric Energy
Density (Wh/l)
Excellent (250 to 350)
7. Energy density
(Wh/kg)
Fair (75 to 85)
8. Risk
Good TF-2050 is being built
and shipped
Premium Power Corporation TransFlow 2050-7
Zinc Bromide battery on a trailer 500 kW, 7.4 hours and
3.8 MW-Hr & $1.055 million
NRECA Energy Storage Demo
Project
Planned Installation Sequence
First-Kotzebue Electric Association, Alaska 0.5
MW / 7.4 hours/3.7 MWh to time shift wind and
provide frequency regulation
Second-Kauai Island Utility Cooperative, Kauai
PMRF, 1.0 MW /7.4 hours/7.4 MWh to time shift
solar, provide frequency regulation, and for backup
power to PMRF during islanding
Possibly-Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc.,
Florida1.0 MW / 5.6 hours/5.6 MWh to time shift
solar.
Biomass Co-Firing with Coal
Technical and Economic
aspects of Biomass
Cofiring and Supply
with an Assessment of
All G&T fossil plants
Identification with Alliance with INL the Utilization of CO2 from
Fossil by Conversion to Syngas, Liquid Fuels, and/or Chemical
with High Temperature Co-Electrolysis
High Temperature Co- Electrolysis (HTCE) Generates
“Green” H2, O2, CO
– Efficient Operations @ Temperatures > 600 °C
– Power to Operate from Nuclear/Renewable Energy Sources
HTCE Minimizes Carbon Emissions:
– Manages carbon emissions through conversion to liquid fuels
– Starting point for commercial synthetic chemical products
Operation:
HT Steam & CO2
Recycled CO2 from combustion
process
O2 produced at Electrode 1 (with
use for IGCC or OxyCombustion)
H2 & CO (Syngas) produced at
Electrode 2 for conversion to liquid
fuel and/or chemicals
Completed Short-Term Solutions
to Transmission Congestion
Priority of Fixing Transmission
Congestion:
Implement transmission
optimization software in
operational planning
Examine and implement
dynamic rating of lines
Improve EMS (or install EMS
if not in place)
Install Advanced Conductors
and upgrade transformers
Install distributed dynamic flow
control devices
Install FACTS devices
Impact Comparison of
OH vs UG Lines
Visibility
Environmental
– Wetlands, water, threatened and endangered
species habitat, cultural resources
Land use
– Agriculture,
airports, roads
EMF
Economic Analysis of Overhead and Underground
Transmission Lines Using the Tangible and
Intangible Cost Components
Used to support decisions to
build overhead (OH)
transmission lines versus
underground (UG)
transmissions lines
Detailed manual of design,
construction, and operation of
OH versus UG lines
Spreadsheet with detailed
economic evaluation of
overhead and underground
transmission lines including
tangible and intangible cost
components
CRN Project to Evaluate Real Time Reliability
(Optimization) Software with HOST EKPC
Improves reliability and increases
available transfer capacity (by 2 X or 3 X)
by applying a minimum number of
mitigation measures based on a userdefined priority schedule which may
include:
MW Dispatch
MVAr Dispatch
Capacitor and Reactor Switching
Transformer Tap Change
Line Switching (In and Out)
Optimal Capacitor, Reactor, or FACTS
Placement and size
Phase Shifter settings
Load Curtailment
Defined Operating Procedures
Switching Not Affected Lines
Before
Optimization
After
Optimization
Using Optimization Software with 3D GUI to Increase
the Size of the Operating Region in an Operating
Environment at EKPC
results prior to using
Optimization
results after using Optimizationn
(ATC increased from 1400 MW
to 3400 MW)
CRN Project to Evaluate Voltage Stabilizing
Technologies at Tri-State and Basin Electric
Provided Evaluation of
Existing Options for Voltage
mitigation and Stabilization
(Capacitors, SVCs, FACTs
devices)
Provide Evaluation of Future
Options for Voltage
Stabilization (SuperVAR,
CNT, TACC, etc.)
Used Ultra Fast
Transmission System
Optimization Software To
Determine the Optimum
Option for Voltage
Stabilization for long distance
transport of power to TriState
G&T
FACTS device (AEP UPFC)
SuperVAR-High Temperature Super
Conducting Synchronous Condenser
Completing and Commercializing
“Smart Wires” Power Flow Control
Zenergy Power is Commercializing
Device
a “Smart Wire” Distributed Series
Reactor (DSR) licensed by
GATECH NEETRAC to be clamped
onto a transmission line to
accomplish:
Defer building of new lines
Massive redundancy
Zero footprint solution
Mass produced modules
Easy and rapid installation
Control power flow along contract
path
Maintenance with existing workforce
Reduced time to deploy and overall
cost
Renewable and Distributed
Energy (RDE)
Research focus
area launched in
2009
CRN has strong
history in fuel cells,
microturbines, wind
power, etc
Renewable Power Technology
Guide
One-stop resource
for utility-focused
information
Important
questions to ask
Cost-benefit
calculator
Renewable Energy and DG
(REDG)
Renewable Energy
Assessment Guide
Distributed Generation Resource
Guide
Guide to DG
technologies
Policy issues,
interconnection,
technical standards
Biopower Toolkit: Analyze
Economics
Calculate feasibility
of biopower
projects
Fact sheets
Project proposal
guide
RDE
Animal Waste to
Power
(estimate of power potential and impact)
Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles
Converting four coop owned hybrids
and test as co-op
fleet vehicles in OR,
GA, MO and ND
Collaboration
through CEATI with
Manitoba Hydro