Modernizing Our Grid - Asia Pacific Resilience Innovation Summit

Modernizing Our Grid
Dawn Lippert – Energy Excelerator
Tad Gaultier – STEM
John Zack – AWS Truepower
Matt Shawver – Referentia Systems Inc
Dora Nakafuji – Hawaiian Electric Company
Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit
Honolulu, HI
September 16, 2014
Key Takeaways
Why – Changing Landscape
How – Where do we want to be?
What’s Needed – Key Ingredients
– Heart: Vision & Direction
– Mind: Partnership of Like-Minded Innovators
– Soul: Responsibility & Stewardship
Our Progress
Q&A
Modernizing Our Grid
Dora Nakafuji
Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit
Honolulu, HI
September 16, 2014
State of the Grid pre-2010
Hawaii system
load pre-2010
MW
“Bessie the
Elephant”
Midnight
Impact of behind-the-meter
Rooftop PV masking load
12 noon
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State of the Grid –
Hawaii system
load pre-2010
MW
“Bessie the
Elephant”
Midnight
Impact of behind-the-meter
Rooftop PV masking load
Meet Nessie
12 noon
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Why? – Changing Utility Landscape
Declining Load
Uncertain Costs
More Customer
Options
Aggressive Policies
& Regulations
Standards
Costs
Regulatory
Construct
Reliability
Legacy
Infrastructure
How - Where Do We Want to BE?
Diversified Services
Engaged Customers
with Value Added
Satisfied Regulators
Sustainable Costs and
Margins
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Renewable Integration Strategic Approach
Corporate
Vision
Rapid Innovation
and
Deployment
(RAP-ID)
P1. Business
Opportunity
P2. Technology
Evaluation
P3.
Operationalize
Staff & Industry
O&M + Grants
Facilitate Change
Strategy
Implement
Pilots
Need &
Opportunity
XP Mission: Help reduce the
risks of integrating Renewables
Value-added
Studies
Experience
Communicate
Process Dev. &
Integration
Change Mgt. of
Procedures
Workforce Dev.
& Training
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Enabling Proactiveness
Foster behavior and
confidence to change
– Leadership
– Proficiency
– Adaptability
Provide effective tools
to perform core tasks
anticipating change
Building a Community
of “Like-Minded”
Partners to Enable
Change
2-way Interaction and Engagement
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Renewable Integration (XP) –Track
Record of Collaborative Partnerships
2009 – Jumpstarted Wind Forecasting and
Ramp Event Capability (ARRA Grant)
2010 – Initiated High Penetration PV
Initiative with SMUD (CA PUC grant)
– Developed and launched LVM
2011 – Enabled TREX REDatabase “onestop” data repository and analytics tool
(HREDV grant)
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2013 – Implemented visualization
tools for workforce & customers
(SWIFT, Online LVM, REWatch,
DREAMS Integration for EMS
(various grants)
2014 Outlook – Energy Excelerator
Implementations; UH/UHERO &
SOEST collaborations; new
SynchroVIEEU US DOE grant & big
data
2012 – Enabled Proactive Approach
for DG impact assessment
– Jumpstarted Solar Forecasting &
SWIFT (various grants)
Innovate &
Change
CONNECTING with Workforce & Customers
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SENSE &
MEASURE
System-level
DG impact
model view
INFORMED
TO ACT
ASSESS,
MODEL &
Circuit
level DG
impact
model
view with
monitoring
locations
Seeing is Believing!
Online LVM
Figure 2.5. Cluster B Feeder Map.
DG Integrated Model
Solar Resource
Circuit Trend
“Seeing & Validating” DG Ramp Impacts
SWIFT Forecast
40-50MW Jump in Load
Corresponding drop in PV
Yesterday is not a good
predictor of Today anymore
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Technologies to Access New Capabilities
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Expand Visibility & Controls to
Edge of Network
Enable Customer Customizable
Environments
Bringing it All Together: EMS Integration
Distributed Resource Energy Analysis & Management (DREAMS) for Grid Operations
SWIFT
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DREAMS Team
Utility Lead and
Vendor Partners
Utility Advisory
Team
Sustain Re-Tooling & Development of Workforce
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Robust Foundation for Managing Change
(Demand Response, Electric Vehicle, Storage)
Keeping an Eye
on New Needs
Source: HECO
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Ready for Flight
Leveraging opportunities
& lessons learned
Attract and collaborate
on grants
Be part of the
community to drive
needed change
(standards, market,
technology)
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Questions/Comments??
Mahalo
For more information please contact:
Dora Nakafuji, PhD
dora.nakafuji@heco.com
Director of Renewable Energy Planning
Grid Technologies Department
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Modernizing Our Grid
Dawn Lippert – Energy Excelerator
Tad Gaultier – STEM
John Zack – AWS Truepower
Matt Shawver – Referentia Systems Inc
Dora Nakafuji – Hawaiian Electric Company
Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit
Honolulu, HI
September 16, 2014