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So
outhern Califo
ornia Edison (SCE) is receivving up to $39.6 million in matching funds from the U.S. Departm
ment of En
nergy (DOE) tto conduct an
n end‐to‐end demonstratio
on of numeroous Smart Grid technologiees which it beelieves are neecessary to m
meet state and
d federal poliicy goals for tthe year 20200. The Irvine SSmart Grid Deemonstration
n (ISGD) prroject will tesst the interop
perability and efficacy of ke
ey elements oof the grid, from the transmission level through th
he distribution system and
d into the hom
me. SCE’s experience with Smart Grid teechnologies, gained through the Avanti distribution circuit (co‐fu
unded by DOEE), synchroph
hasor develo
opment, and the Edison Sm
martConnecttTM smart metter prograam, to name a few, provid
des an importtant foundatio
on for this projecct. ISGD will bbe a deep vertical dive that tests multip
ple compo
onents of an end‐to‐end SSmart Grid. Th
hus, the projeect will provid
de a living labboratory for simultaneouslly demonstrating and assesssing the inter operability off, and interacction between
n, various Smartt Grid technollogies and sysstems. ISGD w
will be deployyed in the City off Irvine, an iddeal demonstrration site typ
pical of somee heavily populated areas off Southern Caalifornia in climate, topogrraphy, enviro
onmental conncerns, and otther public po
olicy issues.
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Project Objjectives ISSGD will allow
w SCE, projectt participants,, and the DOEE to verify thee viability of SSmart Grid technologies to
o operate efffectively and
d with adequaate cyber secu
urity measure
es when depl oyed in an integrated fram
mework. The project w
will also help p
provide a meaans to quantiffy the costs and benefits oof these techn
nologies in teerms of overall energy co
onsumption, operational e
efficiencies, syystem reliability and socieetal and environmental benefits. Finallyy, ISGD will alllow the proje
ect team to te
est and validaate the appliccability of dem
monstrated Smart Grid eleements for the So
outhern Califo
ornia region aand the natio
on as a whole. P
Project Desscription ISSGD is a comp
prehensive de
emonstration that will span the electriccity distributio
on delivery syystem. The prroject will in
nvestigate the
e use of phaso
or measurem
ment technolo
ogy to enable deep, substaation‐level situ
uational awareness an
nd extend beyond the sub
bstation to evaluate the lattest generatioon of distribu
ution automattion technolo
ogies, in
ncluding loope
ed 12 kV distrribution circu
uit topology utilizing Univeersal Remote Circuit Interrupters (URCI)). Advanced Voltt/VAR Control (AVVC) capaabilities will also be used too demonstratte customer eenergy (kwh) co
onsumption ssavings due to
o conservatio
on voltage red
duction (CVR)). The projectt scope also in
ncludes custo
omer
ho
omes, where it will demon
nstrate the integration, m
monitoring, co
ontrol, and effficacy of the H
Home Area Network (HAN) devices such as energy m
management syystems, smartt appliances, energy storagge, and ph
hotovoltaic syystems will be demonstratted. The impaact of deevice‐specificc Demand Ressponse, as we
ell as load m
management ccapabilities in
nvolving energgy storage de
evices an
nd plug‐in ele
ectric vehicle charging equ
uipment will aalso bee assessed. Demand Resp
D
ponse events will use the prrotocol stand
dards being ad
dopted by Ad
dvanced Mete
ering In
nfrastructure programs succh as Edison SSmartConnecct™. Th
he project ressults will also demonstrate
e the next Projecct Contacts Prooject Manageer: Ed Kamiab
b ([email protected]) Communicaations: Ryan B
Blanc ([email protected]) IIrvineeSmarrtGridDem
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geeneration of SSubstation Au
utomation, SA
A‐3, an autom
mation and coontrol design based on thee open standaard IEC‐
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1850. It is expected to pro
ovide measurrable enginee
ering, operatioons, and main
ntenance ben
nefits through
h im
mproved safety, security, aand reliabilityy. Demonstraation of a new
w auto‐configuration appliccation is intended to significantly re
educe manuall effort, errors, and omissions. SA‐3 is ddesigned to m
meet or exceeed current geeneration NERC CIP comp
pliance requirements and will demonsttrate interopeerability among multiple vvendors and ttheir exxisting equipm
ment. The Se
ecure Energy Network (SEN
Net) will enabble end‐to‐en
nd interoperability and pro
ovide the cyyber security essential to SSmart Grid de
evelopment aand adoption across the naation. Expected Project Results Th
his project wiill demonstrate a Smart Grrid system thaat can be useed as a platforrm to validatee the coordin
nated use off NIST and NEERC standardss for future Smart Grid sysstems. Such sttandards incllude those go
overning systeems in
ntegration, co
ommunication
ns, cyber secu
urity, and inte
eroperability and help to p
provide guidaance for building the Sm
mart Grid workforce of the
e future. P
Project Participants Th
he ISGD participants, led b
by SCE, consisst of a combin
nation of induustry leaders,, each of whicch brings esseential exxpertise to th
he project. In addition to SCE, participan
nts currently include Geneeral Electric, U
University of C
California att Irvine, SunPower Corporation, University of Southe
ern Californiaa Information
n Sciences Insttitute, Space‐‐Time In
nsight and Ele
ectric Power R
Research Institute. P
Project Bud
dget To
otal Project V
Value $79,242
2,416 DOE/Non‐DOEE Share $39,6
621,208/$39,6
621,208 Projecct Contacts Prooject Manageer: Ed Kamiab
b ([email protected]) Communicaations: Ryan B
Blanc ([email protected])