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Smart Grid City:
A blueprint for a connected, intelligent grid community
Dennis Stephens Director, Utility Innovations and Smart Grid Investments OSI User’s Conference September, 23 2008
Drivers for change
Grid reliability
Aging assets, heightened demands
Environment:
Global climate change
Legislative mandates for green power
Energy Security:
Homeland security
Dependence on foreign oil
Customer Choices:
Growing needs and expectations
Desire for greater flexibility and options 3
The Market – other efforts
Smart meters
Intelligent home/Smart appliances
Demand side management and distributed generation
Superconducting cables
Automatic power power restoration and correction for voltage, frequency and power factor issues
Energy storage devices
Renewable energy sector growth 4
Xcel Energy - Smart Grid vision & approach
First to present a comprehensive solution
Broad portfolio of new technologies & projects
Encompassing the entire power pathway
Fuel source to end-use consumer
Collaborative model
Shared risk, shared rewards
Focus on environmental aspects
Uniquely positions Xcel Energy 5
Accenture
Current Group
GridPoint
OSI Soft
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Ventyx
Xcel Energy
imagine. inspire. innovate.
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SmartGridCity™ -
Boulder, Colo.
“An international showcase of smart grid
possibilities… a comprehensive demonstration of an intelligent grid community”
Test technology
Integrate smart grid portfolio of projects
Prove benefits 7
Boulder’s Key Strengths
Ideal size (50,000 customers/meters)
Ideal geographic location (easy access to needed grid components)
Ideal Smart Grid consumers:
Web-savvy, early adopters
Environmentally aware
Collaborative opportunities with:
University of Colorado
National Center for Atmospheric Research National Institute of Standards and Technology City leaders 8
SmartGridCity™
Involves the entire energy pathway from the power source to the home and all points in between
Rich in IT High-speed, real-time, two-way communications Sensors enabling rapid diagnosis and corrections Dispatched distributed generation (PHEVs, wind, solar) Energy storage In-home energy controls Automated home energy use 9
Added green power sources Plug-in hybrid electric cars Real-time and green pricing Signals
Smart House
10 High-speed, networked connections Customer interaction with utility Smart thermostats, appliances and in-home control devices
We will need to collect, store, analyze and act on information How we might use PI:
Commercial Operation
Virtual Power Plant
Substation
Condition Based Analysis
Distribution
System Status and Control
Customer
Demand Response/Distributed Generation 11
Learn more
xcelenergy.com/smartgrid
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