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Consumers have varying demands for power quality, but what about cost? See what is involved in a new whitepaper. |
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What is the approach and value proposition of implementing a state-wide Smart Grid? See the first state-wide Smart Grid implementation plan for West Virginia in this report. |
| Consumers can take an active role in balancing electrical demand (loads) with supply through choices. See how in a new whitepaper. |
| Can electricity be stored? See the quest to combine storage with other smart grid technologies to create a new energy paradigm in a new whitepaper. |
| How should designers plan for threats to the smart grid? See how in a new whitepaper. |
| The historic role of transmission needs to be raised to a new level of performance. See how in a new whitepaper. |
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| “Today's electricity system is 99.97 percent reliable, yet still allows for power outages and interruptions that cost Americans at least $150 billion each year — about $500 for every man, woman and child.” |
– The Smart Grid:
An Introduction, DOE,
Sept 2008 |
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NETL’s Modern Grid Strategy (MGS) seeks to accelerate the modernization of our nation’s electricity grid. To accomplish this, MGS is fostering the development of:
- A common, national vision among grid stakeholders
- Education and outreach tools for core smart grid concepts
- Business case analysis tools to facilitate implementation of smart grid technologies
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| “Smart Grid could reduce global power system emissions of CO2 14% by 2020” |
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There is a growing awareness of the complex inter-relationship between global competition, energy independence, national security, the economy, environmental stewardship and the state
of our nation's power grid. This awareness creates a unique challenge for the nation's grid — to take the best of an industry model that has served the nation well since its inception and blend it with the major technological advances of the past decade. The result will be a better model that integrates the latest technology, policy and national goals to support our desired way of life in the 21st century. |
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| “The grid must evolve into the state-of-the-art system the US requires for its next 20 years of economic growth, and must be prepared to transmit and distribute 50% more power than it does today.” |
–Power & Energy Magazine
March 2004 |
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A Smart Grid has these Principal Characteristics:
- Enables active participation by consumers
- Accommodates all generation and storage options
- Enables new products, services, and markets
- Provides power quality for the digital economy
- Optimizes asset utilization and operates efficiently
- Anticipates and responds to system disturbances (self-heals)
- Operates resiliently against attack and natural disaster
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As the authors of these seven Principal Characteristics of a Smart Grid, the MGS team is uniquely qualified to provide vision and depth for key stakeholders seeking a richer understanding of key technologies and the characteristics of a smart grid. The MGS team is broadly recognized as having a deep understanding of the key technologies, implementation and fundamental vision of tomorrow's electric grid. The MGS team has provided educational presentations and seminars regarding modernizing the grid to numerous key stakeholder groups both domestic and foreign. The MGS team continues to reach out to key stakeholders and new entrants in the smart grid field. |
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) sponsors the Modern Grid Strategy, aligning its efforts with existing programs such as Transmission Reliability, Electricity Distribution, GridWise Distributed Generation, GridWorks, and others. It builds on a national technology strategy that includes Grid 2030 [PDF-1.2MB] and the National Electric Delivery Technologies Roadmap [PDF-580KB]. |
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