This document discusses Marin Clean Energy's (MCE) efforts to maximize the value of distributed energy resources through smart energy networks. MCE is a local, not-for-profit electricity provider that aims to address climate change by providing renewable energy and energy efficiency programs. MCE partnered with AutoGrid to launch a market-based demand response pilot program using residential thermostats, water heaters, and pool pumps. The initial results showed potential for load reduction during peak periods. MCE hopes to expand the program to include more distributed energy assets and customer programs to provide grid services and reduce energy costs.
Transformation Tools for Utilities | Indigo Advisory GroupDavid Groarke
This pivotal moment of transformation in the utility industry is providing large scale and unprecedented opportunity for traditional power providers and those operating at the edge of the grid. In this capability primer, we highlight some of the broader industry technology trends and the resulting tools, approaches and insights that Indigo Advisory Group employs to help utilities navigate uncertainty and create the right strategies.
Verdantix Report: Urjanet Supports Growth of Energy Management EcosystemUrjanet
Read this report to learn more about why and how leading energy services and software firms are choosing Urjanet for their source of utility bill and interval data.
Transformation Tools for Utilities | Indigo Advisory GroupDavid Groarke
This pivotal moment of transformation in the utility industry is providing large scale and unprecedented opportunity for traditional power providers and those operating at the edge of the grid. In this capability primer, we highlight some of the broader industry technology trends and the resulting tools, approaches and insights that Indigo Advisory Group employs to help utilities navigate uncertainty and create the right strategies.
Verdantix Report: Urjanet Supports Growth of Energy Management EcosystemUrjanet
Read this report to learn more about why and how leading energy services and software firms are choosing Urjanet for their source of utility bill and interval data.
ScottMadden has developed the following document, which provides an overview of DERs, a description of why they are causing so much upheaval in the industry, a summary of the NARUC reports, and an outline of the key questions utilities must address in relation to DERs.
Transactive Energy (TE) can play a defining role in adapting and stabilizing today's grid for tomorrow. A follow-up to the Cross-DEWG Discussion on Transactive Energy session held in May at the SGIP Spring 2014 Members Meeting, this webinar continues the dialogue regarding this important game changer. SGIP is making this webinar event open and free to the public.
Only 8–12% of customers report a power outage to their utility. Utilities that integrate Automated Metering Systems (AMI) data into outage management systems receive faster and more accurate reports about power outages, can better predict the extent of the outage, and more reliably verify service restoration. This paper discusses practical considerations when integrating AMI for outage management, including compliance testing, data quantity and quality, analysis issues, and best practices learned from experience.
Presentation from the EPRI-Sandia Symposium on Secure and Resilient Microgrids: From Resiliency to Solvency: Building a Business Case for Public Purpose Microgirds, presented by Kenneth Horne, Navigant, Baltimore, MD, August 29-31, 2016.
An Energy Blockchain Retrospective: Is Blockchain Delivering on Promises from...Jill Kirkpatrick
EWF will provide a look at the past, present and future of energy blockchain, covering the evolution of investment activity, key use cases and early findings on the real opportunity blockchain technology holds for unlocking significant value for energy players.
Financing energy storage – Masterclass By Green Investment GroupDavide Bonomi
This presentation was presented at the masterclass session during 11th Energy Storage World Forum in 2018, Berlin.
Financing energy storage – Masterclass by Green Investment Group takes a deep look on Grid Connected Battery Storage Systems and improving the revenue streams of this business model:
- Energy infrastructure transition
- Choosing the right business model
- Accessing new revenue streams
- Implementing PPA structure
If you’d like to get a deep industry insights and learn in person from energy storage professionals, join our next masterclass at https://energystorageforum.com/register
Mindteck excels in services like product Engineering solution, IT services, IT Talent Management, Electronic design services, Mobility Solutions, smart energy solutions, data center transformation and analytical instruments.
The Citizenrē REnU program is the first to give you the chance to adopt green energy in your home without having to make a huge investment.
Our REnU program takes care of all the usual headaches and does it with the most attractive terms in the industry.
Jan Vrins, leader of Navigant's global energy practice, examines the state and future of the power industry, including megatrends, tipping points, future state, and the path forward.
Case Study: How ComEd Is Implementing Blockchain to Enhance DER User Security...Jill Kirkpatrick
ComEd is leading efforts to demonstrate how blockchain technology can enhance grid operations, including supporting the secure interconnection of distributed energy resources (DER), enabling interactions within and between microgrids, as well as exploring its potential to support energy efficiency mechanisms. It is presently working with universities and startups on projects that are being demonstrated in its Grid of the Future Lab.
This platform is being developed for managing the interconnected edge devices including DERs to grid, with technology based on blockchain-based distributed architecture to identify and ensure the security of the distribution system. This presentation will showcase ComEd's progress on the project.
Discovering Low-Cost/No-Cost Strategies for Reducing Energy CostseDiscoveri, LLC
Ralph W. Russell, II, founder of Henrico County, VA - based energy consulting firm eDiscoveri, helped attendees at the October 2, 2014 meeting of the IEEE Richmond Section discover strategies for energy cost reduction. Russell showed how commercial, industrial and governmental organizations can use low-cost/no-cost strategies to reduce energy costs. Methods to optimize the acquisition of utility services such as electricity, natural gas, propane, fuel oil and water/sewer were presented. Strategies such as meter totalization, contract adjustments, and sales tax exemptions were discussed. An IEEE member for many years, Russell’s profile is at: http://tinyurl.com/p7z7z2t.
Magehack_Autogrid presentation from Magento Hackathon London 2014
Every time a developer has to display information from database tables on Magento admin, she has to write the same code again and again. Using Magehack_Autogrid you don't have to do it again for flat tables.
Magehack_Autogrid was created by Vinai Kopp,
Niels Preuss, Jacques Bodin-Hullin, Malachy McConnell and Szabolcs (Sam) Ban.
ScottMadden has developed the following document, which provides an overview of DERs, a description of why they are causing so much upheaval in the industry, a summary of the NARUC reports, and an outline of the key questions utilities must address in relation to DERs.
Transactive Energy (TE) can play a defining role in adapting and stabilizing today's grid for tomorrow. A follow-up to the Cross-DEWG Discussion on Transactive Energy session held in May at the SGIP Spring 2014 Members Meeting, this webinar continues the dialogue regarding this important game changer. SGIP is making this webinar event open and free to the public.
Only 8–12% of customers report a power outage to their utility. Utilities that integrate Automated Metering Systems (AMI) data into outage management systems receive faster and more accurate reports about power outages, can better predict the extent of the outage, and more reliably verify service restoration. This paper discusses practical considerations when integrating AMI for outage management, including compliance testing, data quantity and quality, analysis issues, and best practices learned from experience.
Presentation from the EPRI-Sandia Symposium on Secure and Resilient Microgrids: From Resiliency to Solvency: Building a Business Case for Public Purpose Microgirds, presented by Kenneth Horne, Navigant, Baltimore, MD, August 29-31, 2016.
An Energy Blockchain Retrospective: Is Blockchain Delivering on Promises from...Jill Kirkpatrick
EWF will provide a look at the past, present and future of energy blockchain, covering the evolution of investment activity, key use cases and early findings on the real opportunity blockchain technology holds for unlocking significant value for energy players.
Financing energy storage – Masterclass By Green Investment GroupDavide Bonomi
This presentation was presented at the masterclass session during 11th Energy Storage World Forum in 2018, Berlin.
Financing energy storage – Masterclass by Green Investment Group takes a deep look on Grid Connected Battery Storage Systems and improving the revenue streams of this business model:
- Energy infrastructure transition
- Choosing the right business model
- Accessing new revenue streams
- Implementing PPA structure
If you’d like to get a deep industry insights and learn in person from energy storage professionals, join our next masterclass at https://energystorageforum.com/register
Mindteck excels in services like product Engineering solution, IT services, IT Talent Management, Electronic design services, Mobility Solutions, smart energy solutions, data center transformation and analytical instruments.
The Citizenrē REnU program is the first to give you the chance to adopt green energy in your home without having to make a huge investment.
Our REnU program takes care of all the usual headaches and does it with the most attractive terms in the industry.
Jan Vrins, leader of Navigant's global energy practice, examines the state and future of the power industry, including megatrends, tipping points, future state, and the path forward.
Case Study: How ComEd Is Implementing Blockchain to Enhance DER User Security...Jill Kirkpatrick
ComEd is leading efforts to demonstrate how blockchain technology can enhance grid operations, including supporting the secure interconnection of distributed energy resources (DER), enabling interactions within and between microgrids, as well as exploring its potential to support energy efficiency mechanisms. It is presently working with universities and startups on projects that are being demonstrated in its Grid of the Future Lab.
This platform is being developed for managing the interconnected edge devices including DERs to grid, with technology based on blockchain-based distributed architecture to identify and ensure the security of the distribution system. This presentation will showcase ComEd's progress on the project.
Discovering Low-Cost/No-Cost Strategies for Reducing Energy CostseDiscoveri, LLC
Ralph W. Russell, II, founder of Henrico County, VA - based energy consulting firm eDiscoveri, helped attendees at the October 2, 2014 meeting of the IEEE Richmond Section discover strategies for energy cost reduction. Russell showed how commercial, industrial and governmental organizations can use low-cost/no-cost strategies to reduce energy costs. Methods to optimize the acquisition of utility services such as electricity, natural gas, propane, fuel oil and water/sewer were presented. Strategies such as meter totalization, contract adjustments, and sales tax exemptions were discussed. An IEEE member for many years, Russell’s profile is at: http://tinyurl.com/p7z7z2t.
Magehack_Autogrid presentation from Magento Hackathon London 2014
Every time a developer has to display information from database tables on Magento admin, she has to write the same code again and again. Using Magehack_Autogrid you don't have to do it again for flat tables.
Magehack_Autogrid was created by Vinai Kopp,
Niels Preuss, Jacques Bodin-Hullin, Malachy McConnell and Szabolcs (Sam) Ban.
Opportunities for v2 g integrating plug-in vehicles and the electric grid (to...CALSTART
CALSTART New Fuel Program Manager, Dr Jasna Tomic, presented on vehicle-to-grid technology at UCLA in April 2011. In this presentation, Dr Tomic addresses some of the barriers and opportunities to use battery power generated by a new generation of electric vehicles by putting it back onto the grid.
Peer to peer transactions of renewable energy attributes. A Blockchain/Energy enabled glimpse into the community energy, microgrid sharing economy of the future
These are the slides of the talk I (Alex Van de Sande) and Christian Reitwiessner (@ethchris) did for DevconOne no november 10, 2015. This was part of a 3 part talk were Christian live coded a contract, then analyse it from the pot of a designer and then Fabian implemented it. Unfortunately I don't have Fabian's slides here.
The slides were not designed to be self explanatory so as soon as the video recordings are up I recommend you watch these instead.
Peer to peer transactions of tokens representing generative photo voltaic capacity of kWh production at the facility level. An Ethereum enabled glimpse into the community energy sharing economy of the future
The Digitally Enabled Grid: How can utilities survive the energy demand disru...accenture
According to Accenture research, utilities face significant revenue losses from continued growth of distributed energy resources and energy efficiency measures. In the face of such disruption, how can utilities effectively manage the transition to a digital grid?
New Business Opportunities for Utility Distribution Companies in an Expanded ...accenture
The current traditional business model for distribution utilities must change. While several models are available, the distribution platform optimizer is the business model that Accenture believes will come to dominate over time. Find out why and what opportunities there are for the future of utility distribution.
The 2017 Accenture Technology Vision report showcases the top five disruptive IT trends and innovations shaping the business landscape in 2017 and beyond. Take action today and shape technology to fit your needs.
Learn more at www.accenture.com/technologyvision
How the Energy Efficiency sector can embrace Exponential Leadership principles to spark meaningful change for the environment. Oct 2019 Keynote presentation at The Power of Collaboration conference hosted by ESG / Direct Technology.
This presentation by Brian MOTHERWAY, Head of Energy Efficiency Division (International Energy Agency) was made during the discussion “Radical innovation in the electricity sector” held at the 63rd meeting of the OECD Working Party No. 2 on Competition and Regulation on 19 June 2017. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found out at oe.cd/1ZW.
This pivotal moment of transformation in the utility industry is providing large scale and unprecedented opportunity for traditional power providers and those operating at the edge of the grid. In this capability primer, we highlight some of the broader industry technology trends and the resulting tools, approaches and insights that Indigo Advisory Group employs to help utilities navigate uncertainty and create the right strategies.
Eliq Breakfast Briefing at European Utility Week 2019Håkan Ludvigson
Eliq hosted a breakfast briefing at European Utility Week in Paris on 13 November, with guest speakers Arthur Jouannic from Delta EE and Andrew Coleman from Bristol Energy.
The topic was "The value of digital customer engagement" and shared insights from recent user research of Eliq users, as well as a case study from a utility's point of view, along with the analysts' take on the market for digital customer engagement and user experience tools in the utilities industry.
This is the full slide pack from the event.
For more information and a summary from the event, visit Eliq's blog on:
https://eliq.io/news/the-changing-face-of-energy-use-from-consumption-to-collaboration
...and subscribe to Eliq's newsletter:
https://my.sendinblue.com/users/subscribe/js_id/2kcpf/id/1
Real-time Data, Site wide Digital Twin, and Proprietary Analytics Cuts into P...Yokogawa1
Energy is one of the largest costs for process facilities. While operators can save significant money with minimal impact to production, they often lack structured and automated digital technologies to identify and sustain performance improvements. The situation is further exacerbated by the lack of inconsistent data and inaccurate tools. This presentation will showcase how a process facility combines real-time data, site-wide digital twin, and proprietary analytics in a digital energy management solution to deliver up to 15% sustainable reduction in facility energy costs and carbon footprint. Performance gaps are automatically identified and broken down using a best technology benchmark to highlight improvement areas in real-time. Daily facility energy improvement opportunity lists are provided for operators to maximize value and track the efficacy of planned capital projects with accurate projections so operators can make faster informed decisions for capital allocation throughout the implementation cycle.
ENGIE Impact accelerates the sustainability transformation for corporations, cities and governments. We help
organizations embed sustainability into their operational strategies, allowing them to bridge the gap between
sustainability commitments and realized results that capture economic value and make organizations more
competitive over the long term.
New energy technology businesses are helping change the way EirGrid manages electricity demand during peak times. Companies who are participate are increasing their site resliance, efficiencies and generating new recurring revenues.
C&I customers represent a substantial opportunity for load reduction, but the key is to incentivize projects with excellent performance, economics, and impact. Intelligent LED systems are redefining the lighting category and displacing legacy technologies with proven results.
The webinar, presented by Michael Feinstein from Digital Lumens, will cover the following topics:
• Industrial lighting technology review
• Intelligent LED System overview
• 90% energy reduction – the economics of intelligent LEDs
• Large C&I lighting customers – retrofit & new construction case studies
• Future of intelligent LED lighting
Mike Feinstein is responsible for leading the Digital Lumens sales and marketing teams and has had extensive experience in the entrepreneurial and investment worlds, most recently as Managing Director of Sempre Management. Previously, he was a General Partner at Venrock Associates and Atlas Venture, where he served on the boards of start-ups including Boston-Power, Ciclon Semiconductor (acquired by Texas Instruments), CircleLending, WaveSmith Networks (acquired by CIENA Corp.) and Quantum Bridge Communications (acquired by Motorola). Michael holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.
This presentation is part of the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance Industrial Webinar Series. Find out more at http://www.midwestindustrial.org.
B2B Marketing portfolio showcasing a sample of my work done at Toronto Hydro including: Globe & Mail insert, online & offline advertising, outdoor display ads, radio copy, video case study, B2B case studies and tradeshow displays. Agency: Context Creative
Presented by Hans Nilsson, FourFact, Sweden, former Chairman of the IEA DSM Programme, at present Advisor to the IEA DSM Programme at the IEA DSM workshop in Espoo, Finland on 14 November 2012.
Similar to MCE AutoGrid DR DER WF Oct2016 FINAL (20)
1. Maximizing the Value of Distributed
Energy Resources with Smart
Energy Networks
• Paul Liotsakis, Customer Programs Manager, Marin
Clean Energy (MCE)
• Jeffrey Norman, Vice President Industry Solutions,
AutoGrid
4. OUR MISSION
RENEWABLE ENERGY
STABLE, COMPETITIVE RATES
LOCAL ECONOMIC & WORKFORCE BENEFITS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Address climate change by
reducing greenhouse gas emissions
13. Rise of the Energy Internet
A complex, real-time energy network
Distributed energy resources, inc.
Solar
Storage
Microgrids
Demand response
Renewables
Customers as consumers and
suppliers
Value through optimization
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14. Solution: All Assets, All Services, All Customers
Comprehensive Flexibility Management Solution
Storage Mgmt
Behavioral DR
Bring-Your-Own-Thing
C&I Direct Load Control
Demand Charge Mgmt
All Services
DERMS
All Functions
All Customer Classes
Residential Commercial Industrial
Virtual Power Plant
All Assets
Analyze Manage
Enroll
Forecast
OptimizeSchedule
Notify
Control
Solar
Thermostats
CHP
Water Heaters, HVAC
Storage
EV/EVSE
Lighting
DER
DR
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15. New Challenges Require a New Approach
Complexity
Unpredictability
Rapid Change
Customer Demands
Solar, DG
HVAC, Lighting
Combined Heat &
Power Plants
Thermostats,
Water Heaters
Battery Storage
Energy Assets
Electric Vehicles
Transmission
& Distribution
Wholesale
Energy
Markets
Value Streams
Behind-the-
Meter Cost
Reduction
New Approach: Flexibility ManagementChallenges
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Resource
Flexibility
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18. Business Goals
• Consumer behavior
• Supply-side benefits
• Technical feasibility
• Upcoming changes in
CAISO
to dispatch assets into CAISO
via market-based DR
• Reduce energy supply costs
for members
• Sell DR capacity into market
Assess Opportunity Understand
19. Scope
• One year pilot
• Target: 100 households enrolled
• Initial Assets: thermostats, pool pumps, water heaters
First CCA in the world to deploy
market-based DR
20. Technology Foundation:
AutoGrid DROMS
• Connect to and control a variety
of assets in real time
Market-Based
Demand
Response
• Real-time market signals
monitoring
• Real-time asset control
• Data science to determine
optimal price threshold
• Measurement & verification
• M&V reports
• Real-time
market signal
• Determine
optimal price
threshold
• Bid DR into
CAISO
21. Why AutoGrid:
Any Type of Asset, Now or in Future
All Programs
All Functions
All Customer Classes
Residential Commercial Industrial
All Assets
Behavioral DR
Storage Flexibility
Management
Residential
Direct Load Control
C&I
Direct Load Control
Dynamic Pricing
Bring-Your-Own-Thing
EV Flexibility
Management
Water Heaters
Smart Inverters
Lighting
EV/EVSE
HVAC
Storage
ThermostatsAnalyze Manage
Enroll
Forecast
OptimizeSchedule
Notify
Control
23. Initial Results
Pilot
• 64 events in 2016 since June 1-Sep 20
• 0.2 - 0.6kW of load shed per residence
If scaled to 1000 participants
• 36MW of load shed over a season
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
Average
load
Load
shed
Load with
DR
24. Lessons Learned
• Need strong technical support for hardware devices
• Having channels beyond web for customer interactions
• Importance of initial experience for engaging with
customers in DR programs
• Difficult to sell a stand-alone DR program to residential
customers; shifting to integrated program delivery e.g.
during a hardware installation
Differentiates us from an IOU
$146M operating budget, $130m goes to energy
MCE’s eighteen new CA In-State and local projects power 108,264 homes per year. $500.6 Million have been committed by MCE/project partners to develop and construct these renewable projects.
Purpose: making a difference in CA and locally
These projects show the demand for California renewable power that MCE has created through its policies.
$235.7 Million: new solar
$247.5 Million: new wind
$17.4 million: new waste-to-energy
MCE takes over PG&E’s role of generating electricity for customers.
PG&E continues to distribute electricity entering the grid, address service outages, and issue customer bills.
Your electricity service remains the same, but now you have access to more energy choices.
Ground
Purpose: creating choices makes a difference
The cheapest energy is the energy you don’t use. So while we keep our energy rates as low as possible, we also help you reduce your energy usage while increasing your comfort. Reducing how much electricity you use saves resources and saves you money.
MCE offers rebates, technical assistance and financing for homes, businesses, and multifamily properties. Take advantage of our no-cost, walk-through energy assessments for qualifying business and multifamily properties. We also offer direct install measures — like swapping out incandescent bulbs for high efficiency lighting and installing water saving fixtures — at little to no cost to you.
As of 2015, MCE has:
-achieved 289 MWh & 53,277 therms of energy savings
-saved 15 million gallons of water
-provided 1,179 multifamily units with energy saving equipment
Today’s energy system is being fundamentally transformed from the traditional electrical grid into a distributed Energy Internet. With:
customer-owned distributed resources consuming, storing, and generating energy
growth in renewables, which are often intermittent
customers now acting as both consumers and suppliers of energy with their own assets
an increasingly complex value chain that needs to be optimized
… the energy system must evolve to accommodate complex, multi-directional energy and data flows connecting a wide variety of players. In short, it needs to become an energy network, the Energy Internet.
To address the complexity of the network and all the variety of assets on it, AutoGrid Flex provides a solution that isn’t tied to a specific assets, but rather handles all assets, all services and all customer types comprehensively.
AutoGrid Flex is the only system that provides a turnkey solution covering all functions of flexibility management, from program management, enrollment of participants and assets, to forecasting and optimization, and analysis of results.
It supports the full breadth of flexibility-related services, from various types of demand response to DER management to virtual power plants.
It connects to all assets on a plug-n-play basis, regardless of type or vendor, through open standards as well as vendor-specific protocols as necessary.
It supports all types of customers, whether residential or C&I
By providing all these capabilities comprehensively, you can:
provide customers the full choice of programs and devices
optimize all assets, whether you owned by you or the end customer
Lower administration costs with this integrated solution
Future-proof your solution by ensuring it can easily handle new services, assets or customer types
With the rise of the Energy Internet, new challenges arise:
How to balance supply and demand across a complex, distributed network
That has highly variable capacity and loads
Meeting rising customer demands for self-control and choice
Rapid changes in the nature of network itself, with new energy technologies, new players, and new business models emerging rapidly
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To balance supply and demand on the distributed Energy Internet, increase customer engagement, and enable the delivery of new value-added services, you need a new model: flexibility management. Flexibility management creates a framework to increase the productivity and utilization of energy assets, whether owned by a utility, energy service provider, electricity retailer, energy project developer, commercial end-customer, or residential end-customer.
Flexibility management takes every asset with the ability to be controlled, ramped up, or ramped down—whether a CHP plant, a demand response (DR) program, an industrial lighting system, a residential energy storage system, or a smart thermostat—and uses big data analytics and predictive controls to a) increase customer engagement so that customer-owned DERs can be integrated into the Energy Internet and b) predict, optimize, and control assets in a way that balances supply and demand on the Energy Internet in real time, at scale.
We believe flexibility management is the “killer app” for the Energy Internet.
Purpose: inspire action from audience; speak to their hearts; ground the talk to why we do what we do
Ultimately, what drives MCE is the same purpose that has brought us all together at this conference. We want a better future, for ourselves, for the ones we love, for all things living on this planet. There are many ways to get to that brighter, cleaner future. It’s not a single path, we must take them all.
What we have learned in California and what I hope you all take with you as you travel home is the knowledge that we don’t just have to follow the path laid out for us by others; we can change it. Great things happen when communities are empowered to create our own choices.
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Community run and focused
Regulatory and Legislative support
Local efforts must be made to mitigate climate change
Local governments can make dramatic change
Empower community with choice, they’ll choose a brighter future
Don’t have to stick with status quo / business a usual
