Post on 05-Mar-2018
THE GRID IS THE BACKBONE OF OUR ECONOMY…
• Powers your homes – lights, appliances, personal technology
• Powers industry – mills, mines, manufacturing plants
• Powers commercial buildings – malls, offices, stores, greenhouses
• Powers infrastructure – telecommunications, data centres, cable networks,
transit systems, airports
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THE ELECTRICITY SYSTEM IS LARGE & COMPLEX
Generation
41 Dam sites, 30 Hydro facilities
and 9 Thermal units
Transmission
18,000 km of Transmission lines
260 substations, 22,000 steel
towers
One Control Center
Consolidation of 4 regional
systems (including back-up)
Interconnect to Alberta and US
Distribution
56,000 km of Distribution lines
Approx. 900K poles, over 300K
of transformers
Serve 17 Non-integrated areas
Demand on our electricity system is growing
• 40% more electricity over next 20 years
Our infrastructure is aging
• Investments in our electricity grid have not kept
pace with today’s global economy
• Most recent BC Hydro generating facility
completed in 1984
• System of electro-mechanical meters hasn’t
been upgraded in 50 years
Smart metering is the first step to a modern grid
• A more efficient system will save energy and
money keeping Hydro rates lower than they
would be without the upgrades.
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WHY DO WE NEED TO MODERNIZE?
PROGRAM SCOPE
• Install distribution grid meters
• Develop theft analytics software
• Identify electricity loss, including
diversion and theft
SYSTEM METERING
• Upgrade old meters to smart meters
• Install meter communications network
• Implement automated data collection
system
NEW METERS
• Adopt standards for clean energy transportation
• Support micro-grids & distributed generation
• Enable an intelligent, self-healing grid that can
accommodate two-way flow of electricity
GRID MODERNIZATION
• Launch new conservation website
Introduce in-home display devices
IN-HOME FEEDBACK TOOLS
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REDUCE ELECTRICITY THEFT…
• Analyze and detect theft before damage occurs
• Improve safety for communities, first responders, and field crews.
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• System efficiencies to reduce electricity waste and
improve power quality – ex. voltage regulation
• Enable long-term distribution system planning
COST SAVINGS…
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ELECTRIC VEHICLES
SOURCE: EPRI; Plug-in America; Rocky Mountain Institute; Deutsche Bank: Electric cars – Plugged-in (06/2008)
Projected number of EVs in BC
Thousands of EVs
25,000-
32,000 EVs
by 2013
1.0 million-1.3
million EVs
by 2030
Mid case
High case
Low case
Demonstration Project announced with NRCan
Install 2 x 1 MW of battery storage
ENERGY STORAGE
Courtesy: J.E. Reveal, American Electric Power 11
IREQ’s LineScout Robot Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
• High resolution
imaging and infrared
• Corrosion detection
• Conductor / splice
condition assessment
• Repairs
Equipment Sensing Dynamic line ratings Weather & climate modeling / response
SMARTER TRANSMISSIONS
WHAT BC HYDRO SEES…
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SAMPLE WHOLE HOUSE KWH LOAD - MARCH 21 TO MARCH 27, 2011
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SMART METERS FOR A SUSTAINABLE B.C.
REDUCE WASTED ELECTRICITY
HELP CUSTOMERS MANAGE THEIR
OWN ENERGY USE
CREATE GREEN JOBS AND ECONOMIC
OPPORTUNITIES
PREPARE BC HYDRO’S SYSTEM FOR
INNOVATIONS LIKE ELECTRIC VEHICLES
THAT WILL HELP REDUCE GHGS
ENABLE SMALL-SCALE ELECTRICITY
GENERATION BY CUSTOMERS AND
COMMUNITIES
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• Advertisement in local papers 6 weeks before installation in each community
• Notification letter 3 weeks before installation
• Door hanger explaining new smart meters, the benefits and commonly asked questions
WHAT CAN CUSTOMERS EXPECT?
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PROJECT STATUS
Over 785,000 meters installed Installation target of over 1M meters
by spring 2012
Full project installation of 1.9M meters
On target for completion Dec 31, 2012
Meter installation underway in: Richmond
Delta, Tsawwassen, Ladner
Surrey, White Rock, Cloverdale
Prince George
Smithers
Kitimat
Prince Rupert
Nanaimo
Victoria
Vancouver, Burnaby
Williams Lake, Kamloops,100 Mile House
RADIO FREQUENCY AND SAFETY
• Power signal less than 1/100th of cell phone (2 µW/cm2)*
• 50% below world’s strictest regulation - Switzerland’s precautionary limits for
highly sensitive areas such as schools and hospitals (4.5 µW/cm2)
• Equipped with a radio that is 1/5th of the power of handheld 2-way radio
• Communicates less than 1 minute per day in total
• Installed in existing meter sockets outside customer homes
• Radio frequency from a smart meter—over its entire 20-year life span—is
equivalent to the exposure during a single 30 minute cell phone call.
19 * Health Canada Safety Code 6 Limit for Public Exposure at 900MHz is 600 µW/cm2
SAFETY CODE 6 CERTIFICATION – SMART METERS
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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IN CONTEXT
267 Agents in WHO’s Category 2B Classification
WHO Statements
• “(We are) concerned about cell phones, but not smart meters. ‘It sort of sounds,
I wouldn't say specious, but far-fetched, really,’ said Daniel Epstein, spokesman
for the WHO's Americas region.” (Jan 2011)
• “(The Danish cohort) study showed no link between mobile phone use, including
longer term use of more than 10 years, and the risk of glioma or any other brain
tumour. These are new results that were not available at the time of the IARC
Monographs meeting.” (Oct 2011)
• Cars
• School Buses
• Boats
• Ferries
• Asphalt
• Coffee
• Pickled Veggie
• Sunscreen(TiO2)
• Baby Powder
• Chalk
• Carpentry
• Fire Fighting
• Dry Cleaning
• Shift Work
• Printing Shops
• Pager/ Med Alert
• Radios/ TVs
• GPS, Retail POS
• Cell Phones
• Appliances
Q&A
Please visit www.bchydro.com/smartmeters
for the most up-to-date information.
SmartMeters@bchydro.com
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WHAT IS NEW ABOUT SMART METERS? OLD METER SMART METER
• Captures only electricity consumption
• Captures voltage, power quality
measurements, interval (time-stamped)
data information as well as electricity
consumption
• No communication capability
• Integrated two-way communication
between the meter and BC Hydro, and
the meter and the premise
• No outage detection
• Automated outage detection and
notification – “last gasp” and “first
breath”
• No tamper detection
• Automated meter tamper alarms and
support for theft detection and other
analytics
• Manual on-site meter reading
• Manual meter connects and
disconnects
• Automated and on-demand meter
readings
• Remote meter connect and disconnects
• Disconnect policy remains the same
• Estimated cost and consumption
feedback provided through bi-monthly
bills only
• Customer cost and consumption
feedback provided in near real-time via
multiple choices
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