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Community Energy StorageCommunicating with a Smart Utility Grid
Don Berkowitz
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CES – A “Virtual” Power Plant
• 2 MW Storage-based• Substation-located
Communications• 2 MW Storage-based• Grid-edge
…
A distributed, storage based power plant…
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CES – A “Virtual” Power Plant
• Unlimited scalability – no financing• Cost-competitive within 1-2 years• Superior feature set• Limited energy storage• Barriers are regulatory and "mindset”
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Leveraging the Capabilities of Distributed Storage
• Risk-averse climate of electric distribution• Control system must leverage capabilities• Edge-of-the-grid capacity management• Balance/prioritizing multiple constraints • Improved service reliability
– Islanding– Reserve capacity for reconfiguration
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New Challenges in Distribution
• Distribution grid design – built for estimated growth• Electric vehicles – significant new load
– High non-linear demand while charging– Two cars per household– Multiple customers per transformer– Growth cannot be predicted
• Multiple cars per transformer already happening• Mindset-changing circumstances
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Feeder Capacity Management
“Overcapacity Zone”
• Assumptions gone wrong• Abnormal weather• Unexpected growth• Unanticipated technology (Ex. PEVs)
“Normal” or Planned Capacity
~400-640
~800-1000 A(minimum trip)
“Emergency” Cap.
Overload
Protection
“Continuous” Capacity
Current
Time
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Feeder Capacity Management
Underground Feeder – Cutaway View
Shielded Cable in Conduit Pavement
Sand/earth fillConcrete-lined duct
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Underground Feeder Capacity
• Thermal factors are complex• Variation over length of run
• Cable life is dominated by thermal history– Through-fault duty– Integrated time while “overcapacity”
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Underground Feeder Capacity
• Measurement tools• Modeling tools• Real-time capability
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CES – Distributed Energy Management
• Ability to address thermal capacity• Transformer overload• Phase-dependent issues
– Phase imbalance– Voltage support– Reactive power
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Control System Architecture - Challenges
• Distribution equipment communications … no
• Algorithms• Reliability• Integration with central office applications• Cyber Security
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Control System Architecture - Reliability
Substation-centric application
• Colocation with critical equipment• Reduction of NERC-level impacts• Cyber security isolation
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Reliability – Fault tolerance
Feeders & Communication Infrastructure
Operation Center
Substation 1 Substation 2 Substation 3…
Fleet 1Fleet 2
Fleet 3…
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Control System Architecture - Reliability
• Substation-hardened• Self-contained • Sized for individual substation• Protected from failures of comm.
backbone
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Control System Architecture
Integration with operation center & substation applications
• GIS• OMS• DMS/SCADA
– Circuit reconfiguration– Volt/VAR
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The Smart Grid CES™ Hub Control System
SCADA
DatabasesConfiguration
Real TimeHistorical
Connectivity
Hub GUI HMI
CES Hub(Dispatch Engine)
DNP Device Server
Substation DNP Devices
Wide Area Comm.
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The Smart Grid CES™ Hub Control System
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Control System Architecture
Database-driven design
• Oracle database• Secure• Interoperable
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Control System Architecture
DNP Device Server
• XML-configurable• Isolates applications • DNP-agile
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Control System Architecture
• Self-contained• Limited application
environment• Application whitelisting• Application blacklisting
• Isolated from the Internet• “Call-home” functions can’t• Intrusion protection• Intrusion detection• Single sign-on
Security… again…
… convenient and transparent
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Conclusion
• Scalability and adaptability uniquely address uncertainty• CES can be secure, reliable, cost-effective solution