Shanshan Liu, Country Manager China
Electric Power Research Institute
September 23rd, 2014
CICED 2014, Shenzhen, China
Overview of EPRI Data Analytics for
Transmission & Distribution Systems
- Foundations for Successful Power System Analytics
Enabled by Technology and Smart Grid Sensors
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Together…Shaping the Future of Electricity
EPRI’s Mission
To conduct research,
development and
demonstration on
key issues facing the
electricity sector on
behalf of our
members, energy
stakeholders, and
society
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Born in a Blackout
Founded in 1972 as an independent, non-profit center for
public interest energy and environmental research
New York City, The Great Northeast Blackout, 1965
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Three Key Aspects of EPRI
Independent
Objective, scientifically based
results address reliability,
efficiency, affordability, health,
safety and the environment
Nonprofit
Chartered to serve the public
benefit
Collaborative
Bring together scientists,
engineers, academic
researchers, industry experts
Independent
Collaborative
Nonprofit
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Our Members…
• 450+ participants in more than 30
countries
• EPRI members generate
approximately 90% of the electricity
in the United States
• International funding of nearly 25%
of EPRI’s research, development
and demonstrations
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Together…Shaping the Future of Electricity
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Modernizing the Grid with Analytics – Taking
Advantage of and Managing Data Resources
A 2030 Utility Will Be Distinguished by How It Uses
Information
Convergence of Electricity, Communications, Information and the Customer
Grid
Modernization
Communication
& Standards
Integrated
Planning & Ops
Informed Policy
& Regulation
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Integrating Information and Technology to
Achieve T&D Grid Modernization
Leveraging Information from Traditionally Disparate Data Resources
Transmission
Sensors
Distribution
Sensors
Weather and
Public Data Social Media
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Why is Data Analytics (Big Data) Strategic for
the Industry?
• Common Goals:
– Quantify value of data, applications & Infrastructure
– Uncover new innovative uses, algorithms & insights
– Combine disparate data sets (internal & external) for more
value
– Industry engagement (worldwide) – vendors – universities etc.
– Encourage non-proprietary solutions, interfaces, standards
Sense Communicate Compute Control
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Industry Challenges
• Value – Is the knowledge (truly valuable? or is it just interesting?)
• Incentive – Measuring direct value from data analytics is subjective
• Change Management – The “old way” works – why change?
• Vendors – Value uncertainty - Which BI solutions are the right
ones?
• Data as an Asset – Data is generally not considered a key asset
• Data Scientists – Cross departmental (team level) subject matter
expertise is not easy to find or implement
Data: The Most Valuable Asset That an Electric Service Provider Owns
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EPRI’s Role
Stimulate innovation and help accelerate technology to commercial development
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EPRI’s Distribution & Transmission
Demonstrations on “Data Analytics”
Key drivers:
• Understand
• Collaborate
• Develop
• Demonstrate
• Accelerate
Objectives::
• High value low
cost applications
• Better analytic
techniques and
processes
Strategic 5-Year Initiatives to Accelerate Data Analytics Value for Electric Utility Industry
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TMD-DMD – Moving the Needle
• Advancing technology readiness
• Validating the functionality of
proposed technologies
• Connecting through integration
and improving data quality
• Expanding the scale of
technology deployments
• Assessing the value proposition
for technologies
Widespread Progress through Collaborative Demonstrations
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Demonstration Approach
• Project Initiation - Identify the Application Options
• Select a Specific Demo
• Create the Demo Plan – Immersion
– Research and Scope
• Executing the Demo – Identify Roadblocks, mitigate and resolve
– Data Integration, Architecture, Quality
– Observe Collaborator’s Demos
– ……
• Assessing the Demo – Quantify cost and value
• Rapid implementation of collaborator’s Applications – Understand their value
Cost - Benefit
Demo
Execution
Research
Scope
Demo
Selection
Project
Initiation
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Functional Area of Demonstrations
System
Operation &
Planning
Asset
Management
Information and
Communication
Technology
Supporting Information and Communications Technology
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High Level Emerging Themes
Transmission
• System Health
• Asset Health
Distribution
• Storm & Outage Management
• Advanced Metering
• System Ops & Engineering
Information & Communication
• Cross-Business Data Sharing
• Enterprise Information Management
• Skills Gap
Wide-area Situational Awareness & Actions
– RT Power system visualization
– Online event detection and replay
– Early warning of potential angular instability
Predictive Tools for Forecasting Weather Impact
Post Event Analysis
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Emerging Technologies
Smart Tags
Wearable
Technology
Visualization
AR
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Prioritized Data-Oriented Applications
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Prioritized Data-Oriented Applications
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Year One Update Available
• Project Overview
– Update & Activities in 2014
• 6 Key Deliverables Highlighted
– Description & Key Take-Away
– Helping you Apply Results
• Data Analytics Priorities from 14 Utility Members
– Transmission Applications
– Distribution Applications
– Enabling ICT Infrastructure
• Product ID: 3002003997
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In summary…
• Challenge for the electricity industry:
– getting more value from their data resources
• Emerging applications and technologies are being
developed:
– value proposition to be demonstrated
• EPRI collaborative model designed to address the issue
• Some exceptional collaborative results through unique and
non-duplicative efforts:
– results so far reveal potential
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