Smart Grid 101 - Introduction

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Smart Grid 101 - Introduction

• Erich W. Gunther
• Chairman and CTO
• EnerNex Corporation
• erich_at_enernex.com

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All Session Agenda

• Session 1 Power System Infrastructure
• Erich W. Gunther Introduction to the Smart Grid
  101 Course
• Aaron Snyder Overview
• Russ Neal Key concepts and opportunities
• Erich W. Gunther Renewable integration
• Session 2 Smart Devices
• Joe Hughes device information models
• Brad Singletary In premise devices
• Erich W. Gunther Substation and distribution
  devices
• Session 3 Integrating, managing, securing
• Wayne Longcore Integrating and managing
• Darren Highfill - Securing
• Erich W. Gunther Standards Based
  Interoperability

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Today Building Isolated Systems

• Utilities currently tend to develop intelligent
  systems in isolation
• For example, AMR and participation in energy
  markets
• Neither project is typically developed with the
  other in mind.

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One-Off Integration

• Integration is typically done after the fact
• Cost is significant

Energy Markets
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Doing it the Next Time

• Now want to link in new systems
• Must first make the old system expandable
• Then must do another one-off integration

Energy Markets
Outage Management
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And again
Energy Markets
Outage Management
Real-Time Contingency
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And then you remember
Energy Markets
Outage Management
Real-Time Contingency
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A Better Way Top-Down Design

• Define standardized interfaces first
• Incorporate security, network management and
  other strategies right from the beginning
• Initial costs are a bit more than one-off
  integration, but not much more
• New applications can build directly to the new
  architecture

Energy Markets
AMR
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A Better Way The Next Phase

• Can re-use the development from the first phase
• Expansion was expected
• Adaptation to legacy systems was planned in
  advance
• Overall costs much lower

Energy Markets
AMR
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A Better Way And so on

• Benefits INCREASE with time
• Opposite of the old way

Energy Markets
Real-Time Contingency
AMR
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NIST Conceptual Model
Source NIST
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Smart Grid Data Explosion
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Thank you!

• Comments welcome!
• Further questions and comments
• erich_at_enernex.com