Quantifying the impact of a new technology on a single specific distribution feeder is relatively easy, but it does not provide insight into the complexities and variations of a system-wide deployment. It is the inability to extrapolate system-wide impacts that hinders the deployment of many promising new technologies. This paper presents a method of extrapolating technology impacts, either simulated or from a field demonstration, from a limited number of distribution feeders to a system-wide impact. The size of the system can vary from the service territory of a single utility, to a region, or to an entire country. The paper will include an example analysis using the United States Department of Energy (DOE) funded Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) projects, extrapolating their benefits to a national level.
Revised: July 7, 2015 |
Published: March 9, 2015
Citation
Schneider K.P., E.M. Lightner, and J.C. Fuller. 2015.Estimating System-wide Impacts of Smart Grid Demonstrations.IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 30, no. 2:980-988.PNNL-SA-97422.doi:10.1109/TPWRS.2014.2331855