1. The Smart Grid:The Value Proposition for Residential Users
Christine HertzogManaging DirectorSmart Grid Library
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2. Guilty or Not Guilty?
Do you turn on your kitchen sink faucet, then leave for the day?
Do you leave your car idling all night in your garage?
Do you leave lights and computers on, and all charging devices plugged in all the time?
3. Why is electricity held in low esteem?
Because it is always there
Because it is cheap
Because we treat it like a commodity
Because we ignore it unless
THE LIGHTS GO OUT!!
4. Todays Electrical Grid
Energy flow in one direction, from generation to consumer (residential or C&I)
Generation
Transmission
Home/Office
Distribution

Information flow in one direction from meter to utility manually read by a meter reader or transmitted information back to the utility

Energy
Information
5. Tomorrows Smart Grid
Energy flows in many directions, from generation to grid or building, from car to/from building, from utility to customers, from customers to utility
Home/Building
Generation
Transmission
Distribution

Information networks established to create secure communications between devices and people

DistributedGeneration& Storage
6. Smart Grid Definition
The Smart Grid is a bi-directional electric and communication network that improves the reliability, security, and efficiency of the electric system for small to large-scale generation, transmission, distribution, and storage.
It includes software and hardware applications for dynamic, integrated, and interoperable optimization of electric system operations, maintenance, and planning; distributed generation interconnection and integration; and feedback and controls at the consumer level (from the Smart Grid Dictionary).
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7. Smart Grid Benefits
The Smart Grid will:
Reduce CO2 emissions by up to 480 MMT by 2020
Save up to $35B in energy and fuel costs(Smart2020.org report on information and communications technologies)
Lower rates?No
Lower bills?Yes
8. Electricity Supply Chain Now
Say Good bye to these three silos and monthly, after-the-fact
utility bills
9. The Supply Chain Evolves
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10. A Revolution is Ongoing
Remember how the telecom industry looked and acted twenty years ago?
Be prepared for big changes to your relationship with electricity!
11. Thank You!
For help with the terms and acronyms in this presentation, get the Smart Grid Dictionary, First Edition, at www.SmartGridLibrary.com