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Drivers & Benefits of Smart Electricity Grids in Canada
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Academia R&D
Utilities
Industry
CANADIAN CONTEXT
Ontario Faced a Looming Resource Gap
10,700MW by 2018
Largest Market in World on MandatoryResidential Time of Use Rates
Government/Regulator Support for Smart Grid
MAY 2009 JUL 2013 DEC 2013
Generous Feed In Tariff for Renewable Energy
Proliferation of Distributed Generation
FIT (10kW+)10,000+ applications received for 20,000+ MW
MicroFIT (<10kW)40,000+ applications received for 350+ MW
Proliferation of Distributed Generation
CASE STUDY
Hydro One Smart Grid Project
North American Utility Smart Grid Maturity Rankings By Tier
Holistic Smart Grid Approach Based on Four Technology Pillars
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Hydro One Smart Zone
P-to-P Microwave
Distribution Station
WiMAX Base Station
Transformer Station
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New Protection, Control & Telecom Building
New WiMAX Base Towers
New WiMAX CPE’s
Factory Built & Commissioned
Intelligence Added to the Trial Area
WiMAX Enabled Utility Applications
Renewable Integration
Distributed Generation
Management
IEC 61850 PCT Substation Protections
WiMAX Telecommunica
tion Network
Reliability Improvement
Distribution Management
System
Distribution Automation
Fault Location, Isolation & Restoration
Customer Benefit
Conservation Voltage
Reduction
Demand Response
Energy Theft & Analytics
Cost/Operational Benefit
Operational Data Store
(i.e Big Data)
Mobile DMS
AMI for Operations
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Hydro One’s Smart Grid Program
Regulator and Shareholder Driving Focus on the Customer Benefits of Smart Grid
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Σ = $130/year (9% savings)
Customer Benefit
Utility Benefit
Reduce System Peak
Meet Energy Efficiency Mandate
Receive Payment in
Capacity Market
Defer Investment by
Managing Local Peak
Meet Shareholder
Mandate
Absorb Surplus Baseload
Generation
MANAGING DIRECTORSmartGrid [email protected]
SMART GRID PROGRAM DIRECTORHydro [email protected]
Alex Bettencourt
