Department of Energy – Smart Grid Stimulus Awards for Texas
CCET Smart Grid Demonstration Project
Technology Solutions for Wind Integration in ERCOT - Manage the fluctuations in wind power in the large Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) transmission grid through better system monitoring capabilities, enhanced operator visualization, and improved load management. Project includes the installation of synchrophasors to enhance monitoring of grid conditions as variable wind resources move through the system, and the use of integrated Smart Grid technologies, including household and community battery storage, smart meters and appliances, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and homes equipped with 1-3 kW solar photovoltaics.
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Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC
Dynamic Line Rating Project - Demonstrate the use of Dynamic Line Rating (DLR) monitoring technology to reduce transmission-line congestion and increase the carrying capacity of the transmission lines. The data and results from the demonstration project will help better understand DLR technologies, so that transmission systems can be utilized to their full capacity, decreasing congestion and deferring upgrades and additional construction.
CenterPoint Energy
Complete the installation of 2.2 million smart meters and further strengthen the reliability and self-healing properties of the grid by installing more than 550 sensors and automated switches that will help protect against system disturbances like natural disasters.
Reliant Energy Retail Services, LLC
Install a suite of smart meter products, enabling customers to manage their electricity usage, promote energy efficiency, and lower overall energy costs.
Pecan Street Project, Inc.
The Pecan Street Project Energy Internet Demonstration - Develop and implement an Energy Internet microgrid, located in a large mixed-use infill development site in Austin, Texas. This effort will build on Austin Energy's existing Smart Grid programs by creating a microgrid that will initially link 1,000 residential smart meters, 75 commercial meters, and plug-in electric vehicle changing sites. The project will be implemented by a unique Texas not-for-profit corporation created to research, develop and implement smart grid clean energy systems.
Golden Spread Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Install a network of 70,000 smart meters and associated smart grid equipment, including communication devices in substations and an enhanced cyber security system, that will help manage grid data and quickly restore power following outages.
Denton County Electric Cooperative d/b/a CoServ Electric
Installation of a 140,000 smart meter network that includes meters, two-way communications, computer systems, and a distribution network that will provide accurate, timely information about customer electricity consumption.
El Paso Electric
Install distribution automation to increase the monitoring and control of the distribution system and improve power restoration during emergencies. Will also benefit customers in NM.