From GIS analysis for flooding to remote imagery and power electronics, hear how Duke Energy is deploying innovative connected technologies to enhance its resiliency in the event of extreme weather.

1. Enhancing Resiliency Planning with Digital Technologies
GTM Grid Edge East

2. Transform
the Customer
Experience
Generate
Cleaner
Energy
Modernize
the
Power Grid
Engage
Employees
and
Stakeholders
Expand
Natural Gas
Infrastructure
Leading the way to
cleaner, smarter
energy solutions that
customers value
Duke Energy Strategy

3. Emerging Technology Office
Objectives
• Inform corporate strategy on emerging
technology trends
• Harness internal innovation
• Enhance Duke Energy’s Reputation as a
technology leader
• Identify risks and growth opportunities in
technologies and regulatory environments
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Scan & Monitor Evaluate & Test Assess Risk Develop Prototypes Presale Deployments Tech & Knowledge Transfer
Modernizing
the Grid

4. What is
Resiliency?
• The ability to withstand grid stress
events without suffering operational
compromise or to adapt to the strain
so as to minimize compromise via
graceful degradation
Definition - DOE DSPx Advisory Group
Grid
Hardening
Situational
Awareness
Distributed
Generation
Operational
Flexibility

5. Risk - Why Grid Resiliency Matters
• Natural Disasters
• Hurricanes
• Flooding
• Tornado
• Fire
• Wildfire
• Geomagnetic
• Grid Operations
• Coordination
Issues
• Asset Health
• Overloads
• Load Imbalance
• Human Error
• Cyber-Physical
• USB
• Email Phishing
• Passwords
• Social Engineering
• Metcalf
Substation

6. Situational Awareness
• ADMS
• DERMS
• Enterprise
Distribution
System Health
ADVANCED
SYSTEMS
COMMUNICATION
NETWORK
UPGRADES
ADVANCED
METERING
INFRASTRUCTURE
DISTRIBUTED
INTELLIGENCE
• Mission critical
transport
• Grid Eide Area
Network
(GridWAN)
• Mission critical
voice
• Next generation
cellular
• Voltage and
reactive power
measurements
• Last Gasp
• Ping
• Layered intelligence
on the grid
• DI can occur at
many locations
• Headend systems
• Substations
• Distribution feeder
nodes
• Customer premise
• DI is a method of
optimizing the
location a decision
is made

7. GRID HARDENING
TRANSMISSION
IMPROVEMENTS
TARGETED
UNDERGROUND
DISTRIBUTION
HARDENING &
RESILIENCY
• Upgrade of 44kV
system
• Wooden pole
changeout
• Substation flood
mitigation
• Replacement of oil
filled breakers
• Power transformer
replacement
• Converts outage
prone single
phase overhead
lines to
underground
• Evaluation of
flood prone areas
• Improvements in
physical security
at substations
• Focus on long
duration/high
impact sites

8. DISTRIBUTED GENERATION
SOLAR MICROGRIDS
ENERGY
STORAGE
• Fast growth in
regulated service
areas
• 800 MW online and
3000 MW planned
in next 5 years
• 300MW of energy
storage in North
and South Carolina
• 50 MW in Florida
• Multiple projects in
other service areas
• Non-battery energy
storage
• Three microgrids
online now
• Projects identified
in NC, SC, IN, and
FL
• Understanding
customer
requirements is
key

9. OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY
INTEGRATED
SYSTEMS
OPERATIONS
PLANNING
POWER
ELECTRONICS
SELF-
OPTIMIZING
GRID
• Dynamic grid
analysis for
interruption events
• Capacity
• Connectivity
• Automation
• Sectionalizing
• Every 400 customers
• Every 2 MW’s
• Every 3 line-miles
• Low voltage and
medium voltage
solutions
• Sub-cycle response
times
• Better manage the
interconnection
and integration of
DER’s onto the grid
• Optimize Value
• Advanced
Distribution
Planning
• Integration of DER
assets into
planning process

10. RECENT HURRICANE RESPONSE

11. NEW TOOLS FOR HURRICANE RESPONSE
• Utilize new technology like Augmented Reality through smart
glasses to perform the Initial Damage Assessment function
• Combine GIS and images to increase storm damage assessment
efficiency and safety
• Integration with existing systems via Common Information Model

12. THANK YOU!
jason.handley@duke-energy.com