Rocky Mountain Smart Grid Initiative Framework for Large-scale, Synergistic, Smart Grid Demonstration Projects

Overview What is the Smart Grid? What’s next for Smart Grids? Types of Smart Grid Projects Regional Strategy from Project Synergies Rocky Mountain Smart Grid Initiative Concept Discussion

Today’s Electric Power System Centralized One-way power flow Regulated Monopoly Generation Transmission Distribution Retail Industrial Commercial Residential Inflexible demand Aging Infrastructure Manual operations Increasing renewables Lacks interoperability

What is a Smart Grid? Common infrastructure for grid mgmt and services END USE ENERGY SERVICES DISTRIBUTION TRANSMISSION SMART APPLIANCE DEMAND MGMT GENERATION ENERGY MGMT AGGREGATION RENEWABLES ASSET MGMT OUTAGE MGMT METERING/BILLING ASSET MGMT SCHEDULING PWR TRANSFER NETWORK ADAPTERS SMART GRID BASELOAD RESERVES RENEWABLES BALANCING MARKETS SYS PLANNING REGULATIONS MONITORING COMPLIANCE COMMODITY ANCILLARY RECs GENERATION ISO/RTO REGULATORY MARKETS

Smart Grid: Integrating Devices, Controls, Contracts, and Operations Key Supply Side Demand Side Coordination Energy Flow Wholesale Traders Customer Smart Grid Control ESP RTO/ISO Retailco Smart Grid Operations RE Load RE/DG Transco Disco Smart Bridge EMS Smart Grid Technologies are applied all along the power system value chain, from device and system control to customer interactions and buy/sell transactions. Smart Appliances DR

Smart Grid R&D Landscape FEDERAL STATE INDUSTRY OTHER Policy and Regulation Vision, Standards, Biz Model Sys Integ and Demo Projects Research and Development EEI FERC/NERC EISA-2007 European Smart Grids Technology Platform GridWise Alliance GridWise Architecture Council Galvin Initiative DOE SGTF Modern Grid DOE RDSI Utilities GridWise Program IEEE CEC PIER EPRI Universities National Labs NYSERDA

Next Phase of Smart Grid Development Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 established a national framework for Smart Grid adoption American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 authorized funds ($4.5B) for implementation of Smart Grid programs Regions, Utilities, and other electric power system stakeholders are accelerating plans to deploy smart grid programs

Types of Smart Grid Projects Smart Grid projects can be broadly classified into: Reliability and Security Projects DG and Renewables Integration Projects AMI, Demand response, and Customer Service Projs Smart Grids can be designed to serve: Utility Operations and Energy Consumers Energy Management for Customer Owned Systems Zero Energy Districts Infrastructure Security (Rapid Islanding, self-healing)

Who Needs Smart Grids? Smart Grid Utilities Campuses Individual Consumers Smart Grid Project Developers Appliances, Equipment, and System Vendors

What are Smart Grids for? Power System Reliability Infrastructure Security Renewable and Distributed Power Integration Smart Grid Carbon Management System Operations

Micro-grids or managed How do Smart Grids Scale? Multiple Utilities Transmission System Operations Micro-grids or managed energy systems Smart Grid Market Operations Transportation/ Electric Vehicles

Strategic Value of Smart Grids Smart Grids are strategically situated at the intersection of: Energy Independence, Infrastructure Security, and Carbon Mitigation To date, most Smart Grid projects have been Utility-centric and heavily focused on AMI and Demand Management There is a pressing need to demonstrate the broad-based value of Smart Grids in all three areas Our region is well positioned to lead this charge and develop a comprehensive model for the nation

Multi-Utility, Multi-Objective, Smart Grid Projects FE Warren AFB Ft. Collins ZED PV REA Xcel Smart Grid City CO Springs Util Petersen AFB Fort Carson Black Hills Energy

Rocky Mountain Smart Grid Initiative - Concept Transmission Pacificorp Xcel PRPA TriState Xcel CS Utilities Black Hills Inter-Utility Smart Grid Communication Network Cheyenne L&P Xcel PVREA FC Utilities CS Utilities Distribution 1 2 3 4 Smart Grid Projects Air Force Academy FEW AFB FortZED SmartGridCity 5 TransGrid Transportation

Call to Action Develop a coupled set of Smart Grid Projects to demonstrate: Utility and Consumer Benefits Zero Energy Districts Large-scale renewables integration Defense applications Bottom-up Infrastructure and Cyber Security Demonstrate how Smart Grids contribute towards Energy Independence, Infrastructure Security, and Carbon Mitigation Demonstrate scalability and replicability for the project to serve as a model for the nation

Next Steps Identify complementary projects and teams Leverage existing projects Identify synergies and corresponding design criteria Build project collaboration model Gain local, State, and Federal support for the project Build detailed project plans and funding strategy Become the first region in the Country to demonstrate a fully integrated, multi-utility, multi-objective smart grid in action!

Participants (To be finalized)

Colorado State University Presentation Title Q&A Thank you Dr. Ronald Sega Ron.Sega@colostate.edu 970.491.7067 Woodward Chair of Systems Engineering Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 www.colostate.edu Dr. Sunil Cherian sunil@spirae.com 970.484.8259 Spirae, Inc. 255 Linden St., Suite 201 Fort Collins, CO 80524 www.spirae.com www.integridlab.com Name & Company of Presenter