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Title: Irvine Smart Grid Demonstration, a Regional Smart Grid Demonstration Project

Abstract

ISGD was a comprehensive demonstration that spanned the electricity delivery system and extended into customer homes. The project used phasor measurement technology to enable substation-level situational awareness, and demonstrated SCE’s next-generation substation automation system. It extended beyond the substation to evaluate the latest generation of distribution automation technologies, including looped 12-kV distribution circuit topology using URCIs. The project team used DVVC capabilities to demonstrate CVR. In customer homes, the project evaluated HAN devices such as smart appliances, programmable communicating thermostats, and home energy management components. The homes were also equipped with energy storage, solar PV systems, and a number of energy efficiency measures (EEMs). The team used one block of homes to evaluate strategies and technologies for achieving ZNE. A home achieves ZNE when it produces at least as much renewable energy as the amount of energy it consumes annually. The project also assessed the impact of device-specific demand response (DR), as well as load management capabilities involving energy storage devices and plug-in electric vehicle charging equipment. In addition, the ISGD project sought to better understand the impact of ZNE homes on the electric grid. ISGD’s SENet enabled end-to-end interoperability between multiple vendors’ systems and devices, while also providing amore » level of cybersecurity that is essential to smart grid development and adoption across the nation. The ISGD project includes a series of sub-projects grouped into four logical technology domains: Smart Energy Customer Solutions, Next-Generation Distribution System, Interoperability and Cybersecurity, and Workforce of the Future. Section 2.3 provides a more detailed overview of these domains.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [1]
  1. Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1234553
DOE Contract Number:  
OE0000199
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE

Citation Formats

Yinger, Robert, and Irwin, Mark. Irvine Smart Grid Demonstration, a Regional Smart Grid Demonstration Project. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.2172/1234553.
Yinger, Robert, & Irwin, Mark. Irvine Smart Grid Demonstration, a Regional Smart Grid Demonstration Project. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1234553
Yinger, Robert, and Irwin, Mark. 2015. "Irvine Smart Grid Demonstration, a Regional Smart Grid Demonstration Project". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1234553. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1234553.
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title = {Irvine Smart Grid Demonstration, a Regional Smart Grid Demonstration Project},
author = {Yinger, Robert and Irwin, Mark},
abstractNote = {ISGD was a comprehensive demonstration that spanned the electricity delivery system and extended into customer homes. The project used phasor measurement technology to enable substation-level situational awareness, and demonstrated SCE’s next-generation substation automation system. It extended beyond the substation to evaluate the latest generation of distribution automation technologies, including looped 12-kV distribution circuit topology using URCIs. The project team used DVVC capabilities to demonstrate CVR. In customer homes, the project evaluated HAN devices such as smart appliances, programmable communicating thermostats, and home energy management components. The homes were also equipped with energy storage, solar PV systems, and a number of energy efficiency measures (EEMs). The team used one block of homes to evaluate strategies and technologies for achieving ZNE. A home achieves ZNE when it produces at least as much renewable energy as the amount of energy it consumes annually. The project also assessed the impact of device-specific demand response (DR), as well as load management capabilities involving energy storage devices and plug-in electric vehicle charging equipment. In addition, the ISGD project sought to better understand the impact of ZNE homes on the electric grid. ISGD’s SENet enabled end-to-end interoperability between multiple vendors’ systems and devices, while also providing a level of cybersecurity that is essential to smart grid development and adoption across the nation. The ISGD project includes a series of sub-projects grouped into four logical technology domains: Smart Energy Customer Solutions, Next-Generation Distribution System, Interoperability and Cybersecurity, and Workforce of the Future. Section 2.3 provides a more detailed overview of these domains.},
doi = {10.2172/1234553},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1234553}, journal = {},
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volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 29 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Tue Dec 29 00:00:00 EST 2015}
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