CERTSOverviewofResearch-PowerSystemsEngineering.ppt

Microgrids and the Macrogrid Presentation to the California Public Utilities Commission 20 February 2001 by Abbas Akhil, Chris Marnay, Bob Lasseter Sandia National Laboratory, Berkeley Lab, and University of Wisconsin, Madison Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions Other Members of CERTS Distributed Energy Resources Group: Bob Yinger - SCE, Jeff Dagle - PNNL, John Kueck - ORNL Outline INTRODUCTION TO CERTS - Abbas THE EMERGING MICROGRID PARADIGM - Chris DER TECHNOLOGY AND THE MICROGRID - Bob CONCLUSION - Bob QUESTIONS - all CERTS Mission Statement “To research, develop, and disseminate new methods, tools, and technologies to protect and enhance the reliability of the U.S. electric power system under the emerging competitive electricity market structure” Research Performers Core Research Areas Reliability and Markets CERTS Road Map CERTS Industry Advisory Board VIKRAM S. BUDHRAJA - Chair President Electric Power Group MICHEHL R. GENT President North American Electric Reliability Council TERRY M. WINTER Chief Executive Officer California Independent System Operator PHILLIP G. HARRIS President and CEO PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. BRUCE A. RENZ former VP Energy Delivery Support American Electric Power Chair, AEIC Electric Reliability Committee EPRI Research Advisory Council Funding DOE CERTS Relationship The DOE DER Program Goals Near Term (Year 2005): Develop the “next generation” distributed energy technologies and address institutional/regulatory barriers Mid Term (Year 2010): Reduce the costs and emissions and increase efficiency and reliability of distributed technologies to achieve 20% of new capacity additions Long Term (Year 2020): Make the nation’s electric system the cleanest, most efficient, reliable and affordable in the world by maximizing the use of distributed energy resources Program Differences DOE DER Program sets national policy, goals Technology improvements: Advanced microturbines, gas-fired engines Strong e