1. “A Transformation to Smart Grid”
Energy Mix at NB Power
“A Transformation to Smart Grid”
New Brunswick Energy Institute – Institut de l’énergie Nouveau-Brunswick
Michel Losier, Program Director of PowerShift Atlantic
Neil Larlee, Director of Strategic Planning
November 21, 2013
Safety Tip – going back to ice (walk ways cleaned, black ice, slips and falls)…
Let’s go back to last Thursday : -32C – Peak Demand – burning oil…
What were you doing on Thursday morning – turn up the heat, showers, breakfast, lights…
Gas – we know vs. electricity – end of month?
How can we look at this differently going forward ? New technology, shifting demand off peak, new relationships with our customers. The smart grid…

2. Electricity Generation in Canada by Fuel Type, 2012
Canadian Electricity Landscape
Electricity Generation in Canada by Fuel Type, 2012

3. Canadian Electricity Landscape
Selected World Residential Electricity Prices, 2009

4. Canadian Electricity Landscape Canada’s Market Structure

5. Title Points 40% renewable by 2020 Low and Stable Energy Prices
Energy Security
Reliability of the Electrical System
Environmental Responsibility
Effective Regulation
40% renewable by 2020 5

6. NB Power Strategic Direction
Sustainable
Electricity
Smart Grid
(Siemens)
Reduce Debt
by $1 Billion
Vision
Reduce and
Shift Demand
Top Performer
(more effective and
more productive)
Strategy
Enabler

7. Connected to Atlantic Canada, Quebec and New England
NB Power and Atlantic Canada
Connected to Atlantic Canada, Quebec and New England
(Peak - 200MW)
Wind Generation
NB – MW
(Peak – 3100 MW)
Wind Generation-
NB – 294 MW
NS – 317 MW
PEI – 164 MW
NFLD – 55 MW
Quebec – 1057 MW
Canada – 5511 MW
Strategically situated and Interconnection
Diversity of generation
300 MW of wind
Wind Generation
NB – MW
NS – MW
PEI – MW
Total MW
Canada – MW
(Peak MW)
Reduce and Shift Demand 7

8. Smart Grid in New Brunswick
Why?

9. Thursday, January 24th – bitter cold morning
(-32 °C wind chill ) Peak MW
Oil fired units were required to cover this peak
Peak MW
(Thurs 7-10 am)
2850 MW (Wed – supper time)
At peak – burning oil usually at a premium
Increase of 700 MW in a 5 hour period (electric space heating and hot water…)
What are our consumption patterns on peak and how do we reduce or shift 100 MW from this peak
Less Oil, offset the need to build in the future, reduced cost and more environmentally responsible…
Onset of electric vehicles
Valley 2460 MW (2-3 am)

10. Typical Household Energy Usage – New Brunswick

11. Energy Efficiency (Reduce) and Load Shifting (Shift)
Customer Issue: Investment
(Efficiency programs)
Customer Issue: Behaviour
Customer Issue: Trust
Reduce and Shift Demand 11

12. new Partnership with new solutions
A Customer Project (with Technology) A
new Partnership with new solutions

13. What have customers told us?
A responsible transition towards a sustainable future “a gradual reduction of fossil dependency over time”
Reliability, comfort, competitive rates, ability to better manage bills, choice and ease of use

14. Market Trends

16. Trends: Wind Energy
Source: Greentech Media, “Four Charts That Prove the Future of Clean Energy Is Arriving, “We are living it, and it is gaining force.” September 18, 2013

17. Trends: Solar Energy
Source: Greentech Media, “Four Charts That Prove the Future of Clean Energy Is Arriving, “We are living it, and it is gaining force.” September 18, 2013

18. Trends: LEDs
Source: Greentech Media, “Four Charts That Prove the Future of Clean Energy Is Arriving, “We are living it, and it is gaining force.” September 18, 2013

19. Trends: Electric Vehicles
Source: Greentech Media, “Four Charts That Prove the Future of Clean Energy Is Arriving, “We are living it, and it is gaining force.” September 18, 2013

20. Game Changers? Rooftop Solar Electric Vehicles Reduce and Shift Demand20

21. NB Power and Siemens A 10 Year Partnership
Up to 40 new technology jobs
Center of Competency and R&D team
Innovation in New Brunswick
Transformation to a new business model. 21

22. Smart Grid – Why New Brunswick?
An Integrated Utility
High electric heat penetration
Robust Distribution Network
Broadband Infrastructure
40% renewable by 2020
Reduce and Shift Demand 22

23. Electric Thermal Storage In the home
Existing Baseboard
(60% of New Brunswick homes)
Electric Thermal Storage
(Potential solution for the future)
We’re out there – we’re testing behind the scenes now to integrate renewables onto the grid.
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24. NB Power Strategic Direction
Sustainable
Electricity
Smart Grid
(Siemens)
Reduce Debt
by $1 Billion
Vision
Reduce and
Shift Demand
Top Performer
(more effective and
more productive)
Strategy
Enabler

25. “A Transformation to Smart Grid”
Energy mix at NB Power
“A Transformation to Smart Grid”
New Brunswick Energy Institute – Institut de l’énergie Nouveau-Brunswick
Michel Losier, Program Director of PowerShift Atlantic
Neil Larlee, Director of Strategic Planning
November 21, 2013
Safety Tip – going back to ice (walk ways cleaned, black ice, slips and falls)…
Let’s go back to last Thursday : -32C – Peak Demand – burning oil…
What were you doing on Thursday morning – turn up the heat, showers, breakfast, lights…
Gas – we know vs. electricity – end of month?
How can we look at this differently going forward ? New technology, shifting demand off peak, new relationships with our customers. The smart grid…