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1 Emerging Grid Technologies PG&E | Di
Emerging Grid Technologies PG&E | Distribution System Operations Jim Bullock jkbv@pge.com jabull2@gmail.com April 14 th , 2015 2 Draft for Discussion • PG&E Overview • Distribution System Operations • Grid Ops Situational Intelligence • GOSI Use Cases 3 Draft for Discussion Pac

2 ific Gas and Electric Company PG&E at
ific Gas and Electric Company PG&E at a Glance • Subsidiary of PG&E Corporation, based in San Francisco • $ 17B in Operating Revenues (PG&E Corporation, 2014 ) • 20,000 employees providing service to approximately 16 million people • More than 141,215 circuit miles of electric lines • 5.4 million electric customer

3 accounts • Core business; transmiss
accounts • Core business; transmission and delivery of energy 4 Draft for Discussion PG&E’s Electric System 5 Draft for Discussion How PG&E Differs From Most Other Businesses Difference Rationale PG&E has an exclusive franchise within service territory ( under regulation by CPUC and FERC). Transmis

4 sion and Distribution are considered â€
sion and Distribution are considered “natural monopolies”. PG&E has an obligation to serve anyone who requests service within service territory. Social objective to provide everybody with access to electricity and gas service. Often considered to be in exchange for the exclusive franchise. Utility revenues are decoupl

5 ed ; generally independent of actual e
ed ; generally independent of actual energy sales. Remove economic disincentive to conservation. Customers are charged dollar - for - dollar for the cost to procure electricity and gas. PG&E does not profit from mark - up like a traditional retail business. Business earns a return on invested capital. • PG&E make

6 s money by making long - term investment
s money by making long - term investments in operating assets (rate base ), and earning a return through regulated rates . • PG&E manages costs within its regulatory constraints (authorized revenues ). 6 Draft for Discussion EPIC funding supports Technology Demonstration and Deployment (TD&D) projects that advance s

7 afety, reliability and cost - efficiency
afety, reliability and cost - efficiency goals • P re - commercialization, not yet widely used in the industry. • Proof of concept or small scale pilots; prior to full scale deployment. Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Distribution Operations Emerging Grid Technologies Smarter Meter Outage alarms

8 Smart Streetlights DERMS Volt/V
Smart Streetlights DERMS Volt/VAR Optimization Wireless Line Sensors Fault Detection & Location Grid Operations Situational Intelligence DG Monitoring and Voltage Tracking 7 Draft for Discussion • PG&E Overview • Distribution System Operations • Grid Ops Situational Intelligence • GOSI Us

9 e Cases 8 Draft for Discussion
e Cases 8 Draft for Discussion Electric System Overview Provide Safe, Reliable, and Efficient Energy Energy Production = Energy Consumption 9 Draft for Discussion Distribution Control Center – Fresno • Real - time Grid Operations • Critical Operating Environment • Changing Technology 10 Draf

10 t for Discussion The “Grid of Things
t for Discussion The “Grid of Things” External Hazards and Grid Edge Devices Internal Sensor Data Integrated Situational Intelligence • Weather • Fire • Earthquake • Energy Storage • EV’s • DG • SCADA • SmartMeter • GIS • Crew Location • Outages • Human Performanc

11 e Improvement • Metrics / KPI’s
e Improvement • Metrics / KPI’s • Data Correlation • Complex Event Processing • Predictive Analytics • Machine Learning • Grid Complexity is Increasing • Data Volume / Velocity is Increasing • End - Users experiencing Information Overload • Computing power is improving • Visualization techno

12 logy is improving • Analytics capabi
logy is improving • Analytics capabilities are improving • Gartner, Inc. forecasts that 4.9 billion connected things will be in use in 2015 , up 30% from 2014, and will reach 25 billion by 2020 . • By 2020 utilities will be the top industry vertical , largely due to smart meter investment 11 Draft for Discussion â

13 €¢ PG&E Overview • Distribution Sy
€¢ PG&E Overview • Distribution System Operations • Grid Ops Situational Intelligence • GOSI Use Cases 12 Draft for Discussion Why Create More UI’s? Four X - Y D ata Sets • What’s the difference? 13 Draft for Discussion People react to images much faster • Computers can store and proces

14 s information at super - human scale â
s information at super - human scale • P eople are still better than computers in many information processing activities: see patterns, notice oddities, etc. Improve Human Insight 14 Draft for Discussion Storage SCADA DG DR SmartMeter EV’s Weather Fire GIS Outages Crews Earthquake Aggregate source

15 s Correlate and summarize key informat
s Correlate and summarize key information Access application GOSI Platform Vision 15 Draft for Discussion GOSI Technology Stack Video wall Desktop Mobile User Interface Geospatial Charts Tables Visualization Analytics Engine (CEP, ML, Stats, etc.) NoSQL (CIM) SQL Application & Storage Input/Outpu

16 t: web service, FTP, etc. Data Mapping
t: web service, FTP, etc. Data Mapping & Integration Weather Fire Development Environment DA / Field Smart Meters Public / Private Sensors Enterprise Integration – ESB / ESFT PI - EDH GIS DMS SAP AMI SCADA IT O T DMZ Data Integration PG&E Vendor External PG&E 16 Draft for Disc

17 ussion Software Product Development
ussion Software Product Development Rapid Development: • Quickly build prototypes and get user - feedback • 2 week sprints with ongoing product modifications • Transition to PG&E in - house development User Configuration / Customization: • Use cases based on end - user input • Simple to configure new wid

18 gets and dashboards • Enable end -
gets and dashboards • Enable end - users to build new use - cases in the future 17 Draft for Discussion • PG&E Overview • Distribution System Operations • Grid Ops Situational Intelligence • GOSI Use Cases 18 Draft for Discussion User - Defined Base Use Cases Google Streetview 2. Anticipa

19 te Outages to Prepare Mitigation Plans
te Outages to Prepare Mitigation Plans • Ex. Existing Fire with spread 1. Plan and View Construction Work 3 . Research Loading for Switch Logs for Outages 5 . Visualize Distributed Generation 4 . Operations / Emergency Dashboard 19 Draft for Discussion GOSI - Lite Rapid Prototype • Rapid prototype of GOSI platf

20 orm • W eather, fire, and earthquak
orm • W eather, fire, and earthquake data layered on ED - GIS network model • Developed in ~45 days, in time for DCCC Fresno go - live Storage SCADA DG DR SmartMeter EV’s Weather Fire GIS Outages Crews Earthquake 20 Draft for Discussion Daily Operations Data – Rapid Prototype 21 Draft f

21 or Discussion Mockup: Emergency Operat
or Discussion Mockup: Emergency Operations Dashboard (UC 4) • Geospatial display broken up by Division or Zip C ode • Heat map displaying severity of outages • Customers out of power • Affected, Restored, Remaining • Number of outages • Affected, Restored, Remaining 22 Draft for Discussion Mockup: Dai

22 ly Operations Dashboard (UC 4) • Sum
ly Operations Dashboard (UC 4) • Summary of planned Clearances by Division • Clearances, Crews, Operators • Geospatial display broken up by Division or Zip C ode • Heat map displaying severity of outages • Ongoing outages • Schedule of planned outage takeout and go back times 23 Draft for Discussion 2

23 3 DG Installations: • Location â
3 DG Installations: • Location • C ustomer type • Resource capacity PG&E Jurisdictions / Assets: • Filter by Division/District • Filter by feeder, transformer Identify hidden loads: • Display DG penetration / heatmap • Predict generation Visualize Distributed Generation (UC 5) 24 Draft fo

24 r Discussion Internet of Things and Gr
r Discussion Internet of Things and Grid of Things "We're going to discover that these energy technologies are tremendously more powerful and more valuable if they're wired together through the grid, which means the grid is not only going to continue to be relevant, it's going to be just as indispensable over the next 100 years

25 as it was in the last 100 – maybe e
as it was in the last 100 – maybe even more so .“ - Chris Johns, President PG&E “Obviously, Silicon Valley is all over this, but I think they are missing the point. They are creating some gadgets, but they aren’t thinking about systems. ” - Tim O’Reilly, Founder O’Reilly Media 25 Draft for Discussi