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Power

to the PeopleRenewable Energy for

Underserved Communities

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Kurt Yeager

Executive Director

April 22nd, 2010 Center for Science, Technology, and Society

Power to the People

Kurt Yeager

www.galvinpower.org

Santa Clara UniversityApril 22, 2010

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The Power System That Evolved in Late 19th Century to Provide Power to the Newly Invented Light Bulbs ………

1879 - Thomas Edison Developed a “Practical Light Bulb”

Line crew of Niagara Falls Power Co. in 1895

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…….. has Remained Essentially the Same as it Powers the Essential Services and the Digital Revolution in the 21st Century

Powers the critical pumps that takes water out from New Orleans and makes drinking water in a water treatment plant

Powers the communication towers and central telephone stations that are essential for the communication infrastructure

Powers the essential life saving services in a hospital

Powers the continuous process industries that are the life blood of an industrial society

Powers the computers, servers, routers and the billions of power supplies that powers the digital revolution

August 29. 2005: Power poles are pushed over in a flooded street after Hurricane Katrina

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Key Issue to be Resolved

Will the bulk electricity system evolve to become the critical infrastructure supporting the clean digital society of the 21st century, or be left behind as an industrial relic of the 20th century?

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Forward to Fundamentals

Electricity is the engine of prosperity and quality of life

Electricity is a consumer service- based enterprise

Technology can relieve cost pressures through elevation of electricity service value

Realizing these opportunities requires transformation of the electricity infrastructure

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Transforming the Electricity Grid for the 21st Century

Electronically monitor & control the power system

Integrate electricity & communications

Transform meter into a two-way consumer services gateway

Incorporate Renewable & Distributed Resources

Reintroduce Direct Current (DC) Circuits/Microgrids

Enable smart, efficient end uses

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“If I asked people what they wanted, they said faster horses”

Henry FordTodayHeard of the Smart Grid – 33%

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How can the Smart Grid Improve Competitiveness and Create Jobs?

Enable municipalities and utilities to improve the environment Provide residents access to lower carbon generation sources Enable municipalities to improve competitive value, esthetics

and increase the overall value of real estate

Enable municipalities and utilities to increase service reliability Improve safety and reduced economic losses Eliminate hidden reliability costs and attract 21st Century jobs

Enable residents to manage costs Avoid higher priced peak electricity Protect residents from rising fuel and new capacity costs Leverage off-peak electricity through dynamic pricing Generate revenue by providing ancillary services to the system

operator

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Key Progress Findings

Consumer-convenient “killer applications” are emerging and new players are entering

Both the commercial and residential markets will become web-enabled and consumer controlled

Widespread real-time energy management will significantly improve efficiency and reliability

The electricity industry is transitioning to a demand-driven, dynamic-priced business

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Unlocking Smart Grid Benefits Requires

Intelligent Technology

Intelligent Policy

Empowered Consumers

INTELLIGENCE = the ability to understand

and deal successfully with new situations

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SMART GRID POLICY IMPLICATIONS

A Smart Grid is a transactive network, seamlessly connecting producers and consumers

Price-responsive end-use devices enable autonomous consumer control: empowerment

A Smart Grid requires looking beyond the regulated monopoly business model

Remove barriers to competitive retail services Remove barriers to non-utility technology investments

The result significantly increases both consumer and producer benefits

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Testing Market-Based Customer Incentives in a Transactive Network

Source: Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

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Business Model Change

A Smart Grid changes the utility

business model from selling bulk dumb

energy to smart, efficient, reliable

services.

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New Technology Opportunities Abound

Hyper-Efficient Technologies

Heat Pumps Ductless Cooling Appliances

VFC Cooling VFC Cooling Data Centers

Commercial

Residential

Set it, and forget it homes

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65%17%

10%

The Micro Grid & Its Role inHelping Meet These Challenges

Efficient

Building

Systems

Utility

Communications

Dynamic

Systems

Control

Data

Management

Distribution

Operations

Distributed

Generation

and Storage

Plug-In Hybrids

Smart

End-Use

Devices

Control

Interface

Advanced

Metering

Consumer Portal

and Building EMS

InternetRenewables

PV

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The Role of the Microgrid

Optimize distribution performance and service value

Seamlessly integrate electricity supply and demand

Convert buildings from Power Pigs to Power Plants

Provide the most user-friendly consumer empowerment

Open the door to entrepreneurial innovation

Enable local green enterprise zones

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MicroGrid Concept

8 MWTurbinesBackup, solar, UPS

IIT Perfect Power Microgrid

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Principles of a New Electricity Constitution

Provide all Consumers with Time-of-Use Electricity Rates & Incentives

Require Fundamentally Higher Distribution Reliability Standards

Compensate Utilities Based on their Reliability, Efficiency and Customer Service Quality

Eliminate Regulated Monopoly Restrictions On Intelligent Microgrids and Distributed Generation

Establish Truly Competitive Retail Electricity Service Markets

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Community Microgrid Leadership Examples

Austin, TX

Sacramento, CA

Cheyenne, WY

Ft. Collins, CO

Leesburg, FL

Naperville, IL

New Mexico Smart Green Grid

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Meet Sad Socket

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 ”In the end, more than they wanted freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all - security, comfort and freedom. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free.”

Edith Hamilton

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