Steve Catanach, P.E. City of Fort Collins Light & Power Manager
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Steve Catanach, P.E.City of Fort Collins
Light & Power Manager
FortZED – RDSI
and Smart Grid Investment Grant
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City of Fort CollinsElectric Utility
• 65,000 homes and businesses
• Nearly all underground system
• 5 Substations
• 55 Distribution Feeders
• 43st largest Municipal Utility in the Country
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FortZED includes
• More than 7,000 customers—residential and commercial
• 8 distribution feeders (transmits electricity from the generation station to the customer)
• Approximately 45 MW peak demand, we’ll reduce this peak demand by 20%-30%
• Over 200,000 MWh/year usage in the area
• FortZED represents about 10% - 15% of Fort Collins Utilities’ distribution system
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FortZED – RDSI Project
• 2 of 8 feeders serving FortZED area
• Peak Demand: ~7-8 MW/feeder (1/3rd of FortZED
• Captures both of the GS750 customers and all customer classes
• Serves as cross-cutting jump-start demo for FortZED
FortZED represents about 10% - 15% of FCU’s distribution system in terms of energy consumption, peak demand, and number of customers
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Smart Grid Investment GrantMajor Project Areas
1. Advanced Metering Infrastructure and Meter Data Management Systems
2. Distribution Automation
3. Cyber Security
4. Enhanced Demand Response Programs and Customer Engagement