Phoenix Convention Center • Phoenix, Arizona

Utility-Based Technology Demonstration Programs

Track 10 Session 8

Phill Consiglio, Senior ManagerFederal, Energy Related Services, and K-12 Schools

Southern California EdisonAugust 13, 2015

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What Are “New Technologies”

• An innovative technology or service that will save our customers money or increase system efficiency

• New equipment– Lightning– HVAC– Controls– Demand Response– Energy Storage– Smart Grid Components

• New services– Audits

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How New Technologies Enter the Market

• Energy Star• Incentive adoption at the State Level– Tested and proven effective– The State creates and maintains a State Approved list– Does not always match Energy Star

• Unproven Technology– Typically a “black box”– Not the best or most reliable method

• After widespread adoption, devices are codified– Codes and Standards

• Title 20 (equipment)• Title 24 (building)

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Why We Do It

• State and federal mandates for GHG reduction, energy efficiency, demand response, and renewable energy integration

• Customer expectation for superior reliability and power quality at a reasonable cost

• Interaction between emerging technologies to help control power delivery in an efficient, real-time, mode

• Development of smart transmission and substation technology solutions

• It’s what the customer wants• Because it’s cool

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What We’re Up to at Southern California Edison

• First Fuel• Testing Labs– Lighting– HVACR– Food Service Equipment

• Tehachapi Energy Storage• Irvine Smart Grid and Military Microgrids• Superconducting Transformer Project

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Current Projects

• Irvine Smart Grid Demonstration– Demonstrate an integrated, scalable, smart Grid with all the

interlocking pieces of an end-to-end system from the transmission and distribution systems to consumer applications such as smart appliances and electric vehicles

• Tehachapi Wind Energy Storage Project– Deploy and evaluate a 32 MWh utility-scale lithium-ion battery

technology to improve grid performance and aid the integration of wind generation into the eclectic supply

• Superconducting Transformer Project– Waukesha Electric Systems project in collaboration with SCE to

design and develop a prototype superconducting transformer with fault current limiting capabilities to reduce the cost and size of substation equipment

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Tehachapi Wind Energy Storage Project

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In Closing

• Trust Energy Star and Utility or State Certified Products

• Be carful if it seems “magical”– Caveat Emptor

• Questions