Plugging into the Smart Grid- How College/Universities Can Get Involved

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Plugging into the Smart Grid: How College and Universities Can Get Involved

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Premise of Presentation Electrical Transmission & Distribution 101 Smart Grid Primer A Smart Tale in the Green Mountain State VT Higher Education Plugged In Challenges to Smart Grid Implementation Opportunities for Higher Ed to Lead the Way Resources

What role can colleges and universities play in smart grid implementation?

What's Smart on our campuses now?

Electrical Transmission and Distribution 101

Source: http://eps-technology.blogspot.com/

Smart Grid Primer: 30000 ft. View

Source: http://www.smartgrid2030.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/SG-Nature.jpg

Smart Grid Primer: Conceptual View

Smart Meters, Data, & Communication Systems Metering energy consumption: Analog to digital

A Smart Tale in the Green Mountain State eEnergy Vermont: â—? $68.9 million Smart Grid Investment Grant from Department of Energy via ARRA funds, a match fund of 50%. Overall project value is $138 million.

Project Goals: 1. Deploy smart meters to over 90% of Vermont premises.

2. Pilot the use of in-home devices for communicating and controlling consumer energy patterns.

3. Study dynamic rate structures enabled by smart meter technology.

4. Deploy automated controls to the grid and substations.

Key Events ● 1956: Vermont Electric Power Company Inc. (VELCO)

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created, "manages the safe, reliable, and cost effective delivery of electric energy through Vermont's transmission systems."

1970s: VT utilities one of the first in nation to allow AMIs (early version of smart meters) 1986: Efficiency VT founded, first energy efficiency utility company 2007-2008: CVPS develops business statement for AMIs 2009: ARRA funds released for eEnergy Vermont 2010: ARRA Telecom grant awarded to VTEL Vermont-Sandia Partnership launched 2011: Burlington votes support smart grid bond.

eEnergy Vermont Participants

A Public-Private Collaboration Collaboration of all eEnergy VT Participants: One Vermont Application Includes: ● 19 electric utilities: ● 1 statewide transmission company (VELCO) ● 2 medium-sized investor owned utilities (CVPS & GMP) ● 1 medium-sized municipal utilities ● Group of 13 municipal electric utilities ● 2 Cooperative utilities ● Efficiency Vermont

State parties ● VT Department of Public Service ● VT Congressional Delegation ● VT Chief Technology Officer ● VT Telecommunications Authority Higher Ed institutions: ● Norwich University--> Cyber security ● University of Vermont --> Research ● Vermont Law School --> Policy Components: ● Implementation ● Outreach ● Research

Smart Grid implementation will enable energy consumers to participate.

Source: eEnergy Vermont

VT Higher Education Plugged In

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Education: Short courses for utility operators, researchers, government officials, business owners, students, and others. Sample of short courses taught in Summer 2011: ○ "Renewable Energy Integration Course" ○ "Smart Grid Policy: Pathways for Improving the Global ○

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Environment" "Cybersecurity of the Smart Grid: Overview of Challenges, Implications, and Latest Mitigation Strategies"

Consumer Outreach & Education Research & Development ● ● ● ●

Complex systems Consumer response Policy and governance Smart grid deployment

Challenges to Smart Grid Implementation: Public Perception

Opportunities for Higher Ed and Businesses to Lead the Way with Smart Grid What are we doing now: ● On-Campus energy generation (i.e. solar, wind, biomass, etc.) ● Energy efficiency & conservation measures. ● Research on energy storage. ● Demand Response ● Etc.

Source: EnerNOC

What could we do for the future:

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Be a testbed of innovation

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Consumer dashboards Campus as a microgrid Smart apps

Research beyond science:

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Policy

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Behavior Change

Economic incentives and modeling.

Complex systems

Preparing future generations for

Resources ●

Department of Energy, Office Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability: http: //energy.gov/oe/technology-development/smart-grid

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Smart Power: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities by Peter Fox-Penner (Island Press, 2010) ○ http://www.smartpowerbook.com/

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Vermont-Sandia Partnership: http://www.uvm.edu/~vtsandia/

Date: October 1-3, 2012 Location: Westin Hotel in Boston

Thank you

Mieko A. Ozeki Sustainability Projects Coordinator University of Vermont mozeki@uvm.edu