Presentation from the EPRI-Sandia Symposium on Secure and Resilient Microgrids: Philadelphia Navy Yard: An Innovative Mini-City Microgrid, presented by Jayant Kumar, GE Grid Solutions, Baltimore, MD, August 29-31, 2016.

1. Imagination at work.
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Philadelphia Navy Yard
An Innovative Mini-City Microgrid
Powered by GE CMEMS
Campus Microgrid Energy Management System
By
Dr Jayant Kumar
Global Smart Grid Program Director
GE Grid Solutions
Jayant.kumar@ge.com
+1 425 985 5294

2. The Navy Yard, Philadelphia – A Mini-City Microgrid
Owner Representative – Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp ( PIDC)
Mission:
PIDC implements economic development
initiatives which retain and generate jobs
throughout Philadelphia
PIDC Serves all market segments
• Technology
• Higher Education – R&D
• Industrial / Manufacturing
• Medical
• Community/Small Business
• Cultural & Tourism
• Commercial /Offices
Navy Yard Today
• 150+ Companies
• More than 12000 People
• In Excess of 7.6 Million SF Occupied
• $700+ million of private investment

3. • Rapid Growth
• Vintage 1930s – 2 primary substations
• PJM PECO 13.2 KV Supply
• Current - 25 MW Peak Load
• Ambition of 10+ MW DER with 50+ MW
Peak
NAVY
33%
AKER
18%
TASTYKAKE
11%
APPTECH
7%
URBAN
OUTFITTERS
7%
US
MARITIME
6%
PHILA SHIP
REPAIR
4%
CRESCENT 3
2%
OTHER
12%
Customer Ranking 2010-2011 (Usage)
PIDC (Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation) - Overview
The Navy Yard – A Mini-City Microgrid Experience
Overview and Problem Statement

4. The Navy Yard – A Mini City Micro Grid Experience
Mini City Micro Grid NOC (Network Operation Center)
Building Energy
Management
Building
Energy
Management
SS 93/602 - Navy Yard Microgrid #1
PECO Dist.
Substation
PECO Control Room
FUEL
CELL
2 MW Energy
storage
AMERESCO
6 MW DG
Solar PV
Generation
Microgrid
Automation
Control System
SS 664 Navy Yard Microgrid #2
Energy
storage
Supervisory Microgrid Control
System
• SCADA – Supervisory Control
& Data Acquisition
• Grid Monitoring - Event and
Alarm Logging
Microgrid Commercial Operation
Management
• Forecasting & Planning
• Portfolio & Market Operation
• Customer Operation
• DER Asset Operation
Microgrid Integration Platform
• Enterprise Data & Interface Management
• Smart Substation & Microgrid Controller Interface
PECO Trans.
Substation
Asset - Market
Service Provider
Control Room
1 MW Community
Solar - Storage
Microgrid
Automation
Control System
PJM Control Room

5. The Navy Yard – A Mini City Micro Grid Experience
Micro Grid NOC (Network Operation Center)
• Integrating on-site generation and storage
with external supply
• New 4-year contract with Constellation
Energy that includes block and index
procurement strategies that utilize on-site
resources
• DOE MicroGrid controller funding and
participation
• providing electric customer participation
and economic benefits
• results: significant energy efficiency (EE) and
demand response participation by the end-
user customer
• schedule:
• project underway DONE!
• in service: 1st Q, 2016