Transcript INSERT TITLE - Research Caucus

Grid Security and
Advancements in Smart Grid
Technology
Dr. Veronika A. RABL
Chair, IEEE-USA Energy Policy Committee
Principal, Vision & Results
Washington, DC, May 15, 2015
Energy Independence & Security Act
Passed by U.S. Congress in 2007
“It is the policy of the United States to support the
modernization of the Nation's electricity
transmission and distribution system … that can
meet future demand growth and to achieve each
of the following, which together characterize a
Smart Grid:
 Increased use of digital information and controls
technology to improve reliability, security, and
efficiency of the electric grid.
 Dynamic optimization of grid operations and resources,
with full cyber-security…”
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Smart Grid Promise
Highly Instrumented
Advanced Sensors and Computing
POWER OF INFORMATION
 REDUCING COSTS OF
ELECTRICITY OR REDUCING
RATE OF INCREASE IN COSTS
 SUBSTITUTING
INTELLIGENCE
FOR PHYSICAL ASSETS
 ENGAGING CONSUMERS
 ENHANCING EFFICIENCY
 ENSURING RELIABILITY AND
REDUCING OUTAGES AND
OUTAGE DURATION
 ENABLING
 ENABLING
Interconnected by a
Communication Fabric that Reaches Every Device
Source: Adapted from Massoud Amin, Smart Grid definition, 01-27-1998
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RENEWABLES
ELECTRIC
TRANSPORTATION
New Capabilities/ Urgent Needs
Must build the enabling infrastructure
– Funding for open standard communications
protocols
– Removing institutional barriers
Data → Knowledge → Whole new spectrum of
applications
– From better grid management…
– …to new services for consumers
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Benefits for All
More efficient and resilient power/energy grid
– Reduced outages and outage duration
– Cybersecurity and private data safeguards
New jobs/ industries
– Manufacture of advanced sensors and devices
– Big Data → Business Analytics and Intelligence to
harness Smart Grid potential
– World-wide interest → Exports
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Presentations
Dr. Damir Novosel:
– Smart Grid explained
– What’s urgently needed to get there
Dr. Massoud Amin
– Role of Smart Grid in enabling cyber- physical
security and resiliency
Kerrick Johnson:
– Example application built on the Smart Grid
infrastructure
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Smart Grid – Major Points
Enhance grid efficiency
 Nation’s electricity bill approaching $400 Billion/year
 Even a small change puts a lot of money into consumers’ pockets
Better accommodate variable and uncertain renewables
Reduce outage costs by est. $50 billion/yr
 Limit frequency and scope of outages, speedup recovery times
Improve National Security by Transportation
Electrification -- from 100% oil to multiple sources
Grow the economy and create jobs
Give consumers more choice and flexibility
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How Can Congress help
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY, AND STATES
TO ADDRESS CRITICAL NEEDS:
Assure timely development of Smart Grid standards, promote their
deployment, put selected standard development on a “fast-track”
Develop an institutional infrastructure for testing and certification of
products for compliance with Smart Grid standards
Develop operational tools to more accurately forecast the availability of
natural gas supply for generators and improve unit commitment decisions
Support education, work-force development and R&D that enable smart,
secure, self-healing and resilient infrastructure
Resolve technical and jurisdictional issues associated with devices that
operate across institutional, regulatory, and information architectural
boundaries
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