Massachusetts DG Collaborative: Source Materials for Reference -- DG Benefits and Costs

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Please note: this page has been superceded.  The new updated version is located at the following URL:

   http://masstech.org/dg/Benefits.htm

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Documents are in pdf format unless otherwise indicated. (Click here to return to the Distribution Planning Working Group Page.)

Reports by Navigant to the Distribution Planning Work Group

• Presentations to DG Collaborative meetings from September 21 thru January 11, and the latest drafts of worksheets for analysis of DG opportunities at customer facilities

Distribution Planning Sections of May 2005 Report

• Distribution Planning Chapter 3 of 2005 Report (Word)
• EPRI Massachusetts Report (Appendix C of 2005 Report, Word)

DG Technical and Cost Data

• Newly posted 12/29: December 2005 -- DOE Distributed Energy Peer Review
• Newly posted 12/29: September 2005 -- Methodology for Security Meltdown: Reevaluating Nuclear Power, N. Glasgow, Rocky Mountain Institute
• Newly posted 12/29: April 2005 -- Clean Energy Technologies: A Preliminary Inventory of the Potential for Electricity Generation, O. Bailey et al, LBNL-57451
• August 2004 -- CHP Market Potential for Opportunity Fuels, by Resource Dynamics Corp. for DOE
• April 2004 -- Clean Distributed Generation Performance and Cost Analysis, DE Solutions Inc. for ORNL
• January 2004 -- DG Operational Reliability and Availability Database, ORNL- 4000021456
• November 2003 -- Gas-Fired DER Technology Characterizations, NREL and GTI
• June 2003 -- DER with CHP Applications, LBNL-52718, June 2003 (PDF)
• April 2003 -- National Account Sector Energy Profiles, EEA for ORNL
• February 2003 -- Installation, Operation, and Maintenance Costs for DG Technologies, EPRI-1007675 (PDF)
• Catalogue of CHP Technologies, EPA CHP Partnership
• DOE EERE Distributed Energy Program -- Information Resources (huge list of links)

Studies of DG Value: Renewable Technologies

• Click here for studies on economics of renewable DG

Studies of Environmental Costs and Impacts of DG

• Click here for studies of environmental costs and impacts of DG

Studies of DG Value: New England and the Northeast

• Newly posted 12/29: November 2005 -- Quantifying the Benefits of CHP in a Restructured Electricity Market, Chris Beebe, KeySpan, in Cogeneration and On-Site Power Production
• Newly posted 12/19: Dec. 19, 2005 (MADRI Meeting date) -- "Conceptual Approach to a DR Benefits Study," Jeff Bladen, Manager, Retail Markets, PJM
• Nov. 21, 2005 (MADRI Meeting date) -- MADRI draft outline of a "DR Benefits Assessment Study," Brad Johnson
• Massachusetts Distributed Energy (DE) Information Website (DOE, EERE) -- note: this site has a great deal of state- and region-specific technical and economic information
• Avoided cost studies (not necessarily directly applicable to DG):
  • Sept. 2005 -- Avoided Costs of Energy in NE Due to Energy Efficiency Programs, presented by ICF to AESC Study Group, filed with CT DPUC by CL&P; see also: Oct. 2005 -- "Cost Benefit Analysis," Chapter 6 of draft 2006 C&LM Plan, CL&P
• July 22, 2005 -- Is There a Business Case for Residential Demand Response in the MADRI (PJM) Area, Jim Torpey
• April 2005 -- The Connecticut Power Technologies Project, Erik Bartone, Nxegen, Inc. (see slide 8 with Technical Approach to pilot of R-T wireless metering and automated controls)
• February 2005 -- System Wide Economic Benefits of DG in the New England Energy Market, B. Kosanovic et. el., Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, UMass Amherst (PDF)
• Newly posted 11/23: May 2004 -- Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA): Feasibility Analysis of Fuel Cells, MTechnology, Inc.
• 2004 -- Distributed Generation Market Potential: 2004 Update, Connecticut and Southwest Connecticut
• June 2003 -- End User DG Applications in Cape Light Compact Communities, Distributed Utility Associates
• Newly posted 11/23: September 2002 -- Power Quality Problems and Renewable Energy Solutions, Analysis of the Prospects for Renewable PQ Solutions in Massachusetts, Primen and EPRI PEAC

Studies of DG Value: California

• Reports posted under CEC Implementation and Distribution Planning Docket (# 04-DIST-GEN-1, # 03-IEP-1)
• October 2005 -- CA Energy Action Plan II
• Sept. 6 and Oct. 6, 2005 -- CA PUC Interim Order Adopting Cost-Benefit Methodology for DG, Agenda ID #4897, Rulemaking 04-03-017 (pdf)
• Sept. 14, 2005 -- CPUC Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) Preliminary Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation Report, Itron (slides, pdf)
• Oct. 25, 2004 -- Methodology and Forecast of Long Term Avoided Costs for the Evaluation of CA Energy Efficiency Programs, to CA PUC by Energy and Environmental Economics and Rocky Mountain Institute (pdf)
• 2005 -- CPUC Energy Division worksheets on Avoided Costs for CA Energy Efficiency Programs, including T&D costs & losses (9 MB zip file)

• July 2004 -- CEC Issue Paper on DG Costs and Benefits, Mark Rawson

• January 2004 -- CADER Primer on DG Costs and Benefits
• California PUC Documents:
  • March 16, 2004 Scoping Memo including Cost-Benefit Methodologies for DG in Utility Planning
• March 5, 2003 Order in Rulemaking 99-10-025, including Potential Benefits of Distributed Generation

Studies of DG Value: Other

• February 2006 -- Benefits of Demand Response and Recommendations for Achieving Them, DOE Report to Congress (pdf, 97 pages)
• November 2005 -- Bigger Than Nuclear, Amory Lovins et al, Rocky Mountain Institute
• Newly posted 12/29:  July 2005 -- Energy Policy Act of 2005, Conference Report (1.6 MB pdf)
• Articles in Public Utilities Fortnightly:
  • March 2005 -- "DG: Who Benefits?"
  • April 2005 -- "DG Benefit Values in Hard Numbers"
  June 2005 -- Moving Toward a More Comprehensive [Cost-Benefit] Framework to Evaluate Distributed PV, Hoff et al, NREL Contract AAD-2-31904-03
• March 3, 2005 -- Distributed Resources Analysis, presented to MADRI by Stan Hadley, ORNL
• Dec. 2004 -- "An Approach to Quantify the Technical Benefits of DG," P. Chiradeja, et. al., IEEE Transactions (including voltage, line-loss and emission impacts)
• June 2004 -- Assessing the Benefits of On-Site CHP during the August 14, 2003 Blackout, Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc. for ORNL
• February 2004, "Capturing the Benefits of Regional Demand Response," Lynn Coles, Distributed Energy magazine
• GridWise Initiative:
  • US DOE Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability (OE) -- Electric Distribution Program, Electric Distribution Transformation (EDT) Program and GridWise Initiative (Website)
  • May 2004 -- Estimating the Benefits of the GridWise Initiative, Rand (TR-160-PNNL)
  • August 2005 -- SmartGrid Newsletter
• Sept. 2003 -- DER Benefits Analysis Studies: Final Report to NREL, J.J. Iannucci et. al. ("Top 30" DER Studies)
• June 2003 -- Economic Potential of CHP in Detroit Edison Service Area: The Customer Perspective, J. Kellyn et. al., GTI, ORNL/TM-2003/251 (impacts on Ann Arbor feeder)
• May 2003 -- Quantitative Assessment of DER Benefits, S.W. Hadley et. al., ORNL
• February 2002 -- DER Benefits to Owner, Utility, Others, W.P. Poore et. al., ORNL/TM-2001/290
• Sept. 2001 -- Distributed Resource Policy Series: Distribution System Cost Methodologies for Distributed Generation, reports to NREL by Regulatory Assistance Project

• White Paper on Benefits of DG prepared by Howard Feibus for Clean DG Coalition

Articles

• Spring 2006 -- "Surprises and Resilience," Amory Lovins, RMI Solutions
  • See also Fall 2003 -- "Enlightening Blackouts," Amory Lovins et. al.
• December 10, 2005 -- "The Greening of GE" and articles about climate change, The Economist
• Sept. 9, 2005 -- "The Katrina Crisis," Daniel Yergin, Wall Street Journal

Abstracts from GTI Website

• GRI Study: Gas Cogen Systems More Reliable Than Central Power Units
• Distributed Generation Guidebook for Municipal Utilities
• Reliability of Natural Gas Cogeneration Systems
• Distributed Generation Reliability Survey Tool
• Distributed Generation Reliability Survey Database
• Cogeneration Forced Outage Rates Less Than 6%
• Natural Gas Fired Electric Generating Technology: A Key to the Adequacy of Electric Generating Capability in North American Electric Reliability Councils
  

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Other Source Materials for Reference

Click below for links to many other studies:

• Methodologies for Addressing DG in Distribution Planning

• Potential Win-Win Business & Regulatory Frameworks

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Related Projects

Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) is a leader or sponsor of the following two projects which are closely related to the work of the Distribution Planning Working Group:

• MTC Congestion Relief Pilot Projects
• July 11, 2005 -- EPRI DER Public/Private Partnership: Creating and Demonstrating Incentives for Electricity Providers to Integrate Distributed Energy Resources (DER), a proposal submitted by Massachusetts DOER to the State Technologies Advancement Collaborative (STAC) -- contact Ellen Petrill (650-855-8939) to discuss ways to participate in the EPRI DER Partnership.

Other Work Groups of the DG Collaborative:

• Tariff Work Group
• Technical/Network Work Group

This page is under construction -- suggestions for additional resources useful for assessing the role of DG in distribution planning, or other questions or comments about the Massachusetts DG Collaborative, may be directed to:

          Fran Cummings, RET Policy Director