Transcript PG+E Jana Corey CEC Public Workshop OIIR 03-03-08.ppt

CEC Public Workshop
Order Instituting Informational and
Rulemaking Proceeding (08-DR-01)
March 3, 2008
About Pacific Gas and Electric Company
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Energy Services to about 15 M People:
– 5.0 M Electric Customer Accounts
– 4.1 M Natural Gas Customer Accts
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70,000 square miles with diverse topography
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~20,000 Employees
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Regulated by the California Public Utilities
Commission (CPUC) and California Energy
Commission (CEC)
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CA regulatory structure de-couples profits from
energy sales revenue and provides incentives
for peak demand reduction / energy efficiency
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Scoping Workshop Topic Areas
– The functional capabilities of the advanced meters being installed
and/or proposed by the utilities
– Electricity rate design
– The development of information, education and implementation
strategies that will inform voluntary customer participation
– The functional design, communication capabilities and dispatch
logistics of technologies that allow customers to automate their
voluntary response to price and reliability signals
– Opportunities for capturing the peak load reduction and
conservation potential of energy storage and permanent loadshifting technologies.
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PG&E’s 2006/2007 Enrolled MWs by Demand
Response Program
1200
Other DR Programs
1000
800
600
585
686
Price Responsive
Programs
400
200
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Enabling Tech
Programs
348
340
2006
2007
Reliability Programs
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New Demand Response Programs for 2008
• Cafeteria Style Menu Program
– Allows customer to customize their demand response
program by selecting from a menu of options to fit their
operational needs
• Expanded Smart AC Program
– D.08-02-009 (February 14, 2008) approved PG&E's Air
Conditioning (AC) Direct Load Control Program through 2011
– Additional 300 MWs of demand response benefits
• SmartRate
– Residential Critical Peak Pricing Program linked to PG&E’s
SmartMeter
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How to Achieve More Demand Response
• Simple, stable program rules
• Enhance customer program choices
• Educate customers about economic and environmental benefits of
DR
• Develop segment-based marketing tools to promote Energy
Efficiency, Demand Response & Solar programs
• Encourage installation of enabling technology
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The PG&E SmartMeter Program
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Automated meter reading
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10 Million meter upgrades
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A network to collect meter reads
remotely
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Frequent meter reads - daily for
gas, hourly or 15 minute interval
for electric
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Enables demand response rates
and customer home/premise
automation
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Enhanced capabilities over time
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SmartMeter Program Benefits
•Customers
Receive usage information to better understand and manage their bills, and be able to participate in future energy efficiency and
demand response programs
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Experience less inconvenience and intrusion by no longer needing to unlock gates and tie up dogs for monthly meter reads
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Reduction in the causes of delayed, inaccurate and estimated bills
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Experience faster outage detection and restoration times
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Opportunity to turn service on and off remotely
PG&E
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Reduced operating costs
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Reduced peak loads when customers shift to non-peak energy use and when they conserve (demand response)
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Lower procurement costs resulting from reduced peak load and enhanced load modeling
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Improved customer satisfaction stemming from enhanced customer service capability
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Improved billing efficiency
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Improved outage management
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Reduced energy theft
CPUC/State
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Supports the CPUC’s price-responsive tariff requirements
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SmartMeter Upgrade Technology
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DR, the CEC, and AMI
• PG&E believes Demand Response is a cost effective way to
manage peak load growth in California
• PG&E supports the CEC requiring PCT's in all new construction
and permitted retrofits
– Underwrites incremental growth of voluntary enrollment in
SmartAC program by eliminating utility or customer
installation of PCT
• Home Area Network communication will allow utilities to provide
numerous voluntary demand response, energy efficiency, and
conservation programs
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