Abstract
The Pepco-District of Columbia Smart Grid Project in Washington, DC, involved distribution automation (DA), advanced metering infrastructure, and demand response programs that involved load control devices and time-based rates. DA included deployment of smart substation devices, automated distribution circuit reclosers/ switches, and network and substation transformer monitors.Contact Information
Jerry Shoemaker
Program Manager, DOE SGIG Award
Pepco Holdings, Inc.
Gerald.Shoemaker@pepcoholdings.com
At-A-Glance
Recipient:
Pepco Holdings, Inc.-DC
HQ State:
District of Columbia
NERC Region:
RFC
Total Budget: $92,745,331
Federal Share: $44,576,686
Funding Program:
- Investment Grant Program
Project Type:
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure
- Customer Systems
- Distribution System
- Pricing
Equipment:
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) / Smart Meters
- Automated Distribution Circuit Switches
- Backhaul Communications
- Customer System Communications Network
- Customer Web Portal
- Direct Load Control Device
- Distribution Automation
- Distribution Automation Communications Network
- Equipment Condition Monitor
- Meter Communications Network
- Meter Data Management System
- Programmable Communicating Thermostat
- Smart Meter - Industrial
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Communications Network
Targeted Benefits:
- Improved Electric Service Reliability and Power Quality
- Reduced Costs from Equipment Failures and Theft
- Reduced Greenhouse Gas and Criteria Pollutant Emissions
- Reduced Meter Reading Costs
- Reduced Operating and Maintenance Costs
- Reduced Truck Fleet Fuel Usage