Local Pilots of Smart DER Technologies: Information for T&D Planning
The Renewable Energy Trust of the MTC is working with interested Massachusetts Distribution Companies and others to develop two or more Congestion Relief Pilots, each of which would include prototype installations of renewable DG and other distributed energy resources in a specific location on the distribution company’s T&D system. More information:
EPRI has been leading a DER Public/Private Partnership for several years. A new phase of this work is now developing pilots in Massachusetts and California, with many stakeholders and with STAC funding through Massachusetts DOER: "Creating and Demonstrating Incentives for Electricity Providers to Integrate Distributed Energy Resources (DER)." More information:
Additional information is listed below with a focus on pilots of smart distributed energy technologies and their benefits to the T&D system. These files are listed by date and are pdf unless otherwise noted. Many of these documents are also included in a more comprehensive list of reports on technical issues for DG and distribution planning. You may also search the documents listed on this web page and the other MTC DG Collaboration pages by clicking here and changing the first word(s) in Google's search box.
- June 16, 2009 -- Smartgrid or Gridlock? What does smartgrid mean for renewable energy?, by Fran Cummings, CESA Spring Meeting, Grand Isle, Vermont (ppt file)
- April 1, 2009 -- Smart Grid Pilot filings by Massachusetts distribution companies (D.P.U. 09-31 through 09-34)
- December 2007 -- Marshfield, Massachusetts Pilot Design Report, by Rocky Mountain Institute, Energy & Environmental Economics, Inc. and Freeman, Sullivan & Co, sponsored by NSTAR and MTC
- June 20, 2007 -- Boston MA, named 2007 Solar America City: DOE to Provide up to $2.5 Million to Implement Solar Energy Technologies
- March 29, 2007 -- Cambridge Energy Alliance Announcement
- March 28, 2007 -- Land of possibility (KUZUMAKI, Japan), Boston Globe Editorial
- March 2007 -- Gaia Power Technologies Partners with SCE on Residential Solar Systems (RE storage and demand response)
- March 2007 -- Hudson Yards District: Impact of DER on Utility Infrastructure Requirements, T. Kingston et. al.
- January 2007 -- Solar Boston Proposal, City of Boston, Office of the Mayor, Environmental and Energy Services
- December 4-8, 2006 -- 2nd International Conference on Renewable/Distributed Energy Grid Integration, Napa CA, by Energy Insights, an IDC company (web)
- December 2006 -- Integration Experience of PV Power Systems in Sub-Urban and Remote Mini-grids, Konrad Mauch et.al., CANMET Energy Technology Centre, Natural Resources Canada
- October 2006 -- Presentation on Future Grid, John Kelly
- May 2006 -- Report of the Energy Research Council, MIT, May 3, 2006 -- see section 5.3 (A proposed MIT sustainable campus energy initiative)
- April 2006 -- Utility Distributed Energy Resources Pilot Project Grant Solicitation (word), directed by New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program, funded under STAC Solicitation 03-STAC-01, Distributed Energy Infrastructure Analysis and Pilot Project for New Jersey and Pennsylvania (web link -- see Task Seven, Valuing DER Within the Local Grid)
- April 2006 -- Decentralised Energy in London, Mayor of London
- March 2006 -- The Value of Distributed PV to Austin Energy and the City of Austin
- CHP Eligibility for Points under City Of Boston Zoning Regulations
- February 2006 -- Massachusetts Selects ConsumersPowerline to Manage 19 Key Facilities
- December 2005 -- Exploring Distributed Energy Alternatives to Electrical Distribution Grid Expansion in Southern California Edison Service Territory (Final Report), T. Kingston and T. Stovall
- September 2005 -- More Power to the National Grid, by Rachel Faugno, WPI Transformations, posted at www.wpi.edu
- May 2005 -- National Grid Summer Load Relief Program (Targeted DR) for specified areas, approved in Massachusetts DTE 05-44, including tariff and sample baseline and credit calculation
- January 2007 -- Energy Storage (Energy Surety Microgrids), J. Boyes et.el., Sandia National Laboratories in Distributed Energy
- May 2006 -- The Modern Grid v1.0: A Systems View of the Modern Grid, developed for U.S. DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability by the National Energy Technology Laboratory
- see website for information on future regional pilots: http://www.themoderngrid.org
- December 2005 -- Future Grid - Local Area Impacts of DE, EE and RE Impacts, John Kelly, GTI Distributed and Sustainable Energy Center
- December 2005 -- Case Studies and Methodologies for Using Distributed Energy Resources for Transmission and Distribution Support Applications, an EPRI White Paper (1010517)
- April 2005 -- Committee Workshop: California's Distribution Planning Process and the Role of Distributed Generation and Demand Response (web page)
- 2005 -- Evans, Peter B. 2005. Optimal Portfolio Methodology for Assessing Distributed Energy Resources Benefits for the Energynet, California Energy Commission, PIER Energy-Related Environmental Research. [CEC-500-2005-061-D]
- January/February 2005 -- DG Coming to the Grid's Rescue (article from Distributed Energy)
- Presentations on Detroit experience by Richard Seguin, Principal Engineer, Distributed Resources Planning, DTE Energy and others:
- May 2005 -- "DTE's DG Experience" (presentation to CEC)
- June 9, 2004 -- additional material from DTE presented to an IEEE PES meeting
- 2004 -- "Distributed Resources at DTE Energy"
- Related presentation: Dec. 2003 -- Making the Business case for Distributed Energy, An Economic Analysis, Richard Scheer, Energetics, Inc., 2003 Distributed Energy Peer Review (pdf)
- July 2002 -- Distributed and Electric Power System Aggregation Model Determination and Field Configuration Equivalency Validation Testing, Murray Davis, DTE Energy Technologies
- January 2005 -- Development, Demonstration and Field Testing of Enterprise-Wide DG Energy Management Stystem, S. Greenberg et. el., NREL/SR-560-36951
- November 2004 -- Harmonic Interaction Between a Large Number of Distributed Power Inverters and the Distribution Network, Johan Enslin and Peter Heskes, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 19, NO. 6
- September 2004 -- Demand Management for Electricity Distributors: NSW Code of Practice, New South Wales Government
- June 2004 -- DG, Innovation Funding Incentive & Registered Power Zones: Regulatory Instruction & Guidance, UK Office of Gas and Electricity Markets ("Ofgem") (pdf)
- May 2004 -- Summary of On-Going DG Studies, Snuller Price, E3
- February 2004 -- Blueprint for Urban Sustainability: Integrating Sustainable Energy Practices into Metropolitan Planning; With Expanded Sections on Distributed Energy Resources (GRI-04/0040) and Model for Sustainable Urban design (GRI-04/0041)
- 2004 -- Avoiding Distribution System Upgrade Costs Using Distributed Generation, Schienbein et. al. at DistributTECH Conference and Exhibition 2004, PNNL-SA-39886
- 2004 -- Status of Electricity Storage Developments, Swanbarton
- June 2003 -- Economic Potential of CHP in Detroit Edison Service Area: the Customer Perspective, J. Kelly, T. Kingston, J. Wrobel, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL/TM-2003/251
- May 2003 -- ENERGY2030, The San Diego Regional Energy Strategy, Creating a more Secure Energy Future for the San Diego Region
- March 2003 -- Survey Study of Status and Penetration Levels of DG in Europe and US, KEMA for UK DTI (see sections on "Technical Arrangements"); this public report is part of "Workstream" on www.distributed-generation.gov.uk
- March 2002 -- Identifying the Right Places for Cost-Effective DG/DSM Alternatives to Distribution Capacity Expansion, C. Bud, Commonwealth Edison
- January 2002 -- DG Case Studies For Permit Streamlining and the Impact Upon Transmission and Distribution Services, for CEC by Onsite Energy Corp.
Other Source Materials for Reference
- Galvin Electricity Initiative -- INNOVATIONS AND INNOVATORS
- DC Powering Architecture For Data Centers of the Future, LBL/Berkeley Lab
- ICLEI—Local Governments for Sustainability (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives)
- Post Carbon Institute (publisher of Post Carbon Cities: Helping local governments understand and respond to the challenges of peak oil and global warming, Fall 2007)
- Energie-Cites.eu, the association of European local authorities promoting local sustainable energy policy
Other MTC Web Pages
Please forward suggestions for additional resources to:
Fran Cummings, RET Policy Director