Recipient information | Input |
---|---|
Total number of customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 371,979 |
Total number of residential customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 322,066 |
Total number of commercial customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 49,458 |
Total number of industrial customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 455 |
Total number of AMI smart meters installed and operational prior to the SGIG/SGD program | 0 |
AMI smart meters installed and operational | Quantity* | Cost |
---|---|---|
Total | 0 | $56,419,336 |
Residential | 263,869 | |
Commercial | 40,150 | |
Industrial | 1,445 |
AMI smart meter features operational | Feature enabled | # of meters with feature |
---|---|---|
Interval reads | Yes | 305,464 |
Remote connection/disconnection | Yes | 245,249 |
Outage detection/reporting | Yes | 25,985 |
Tamper detection | Yes | 135,586 |
AMI communication networks and data systems | Description | Cost |
---|---|---|
Backhaul communications description | CVPS:Cellular, terrestrial with a transition underway to a 4G LTE network; GMP: At&t; BED: Fiber; SE: Cellular; GMEU: Morrisville: Elster meters and gatekeeper, Byram Labs service to collect from gatekeeper via cellphone. | $4,630,948 |
Meter communications network | CVPS:The Elster Energy Axis AMI System is operational. The Elster system uses an RF Mesh Network to estabish Meter Lan communications; GMP: 900 MHz; BED: RF Mesh Network; GMEU: Elster mesh network; WEC: PLC. | |
Head end server | CVPS: The Elster Energy Axis system has been deployed; GMP: EA_MS Elster; BED: OpenWay (Itron); SE: Elster; GMEU: Byram Labs - external service provider. | $28,062,568 |
Meter data analysis system | BED: The MDMS is a Siemens product called EnergyIP, version 7.2. Siemens Analytics Foundation doesn't run on the current version of the MDMS, so are currently evaluating several options for data analytics. In the meantime, using in-house SQL queries to do basic data analysis on the database. | |
Other IT systems and applications | CVPS: The MDMS system has also been integrated with the web presentment tool so that customers have web access to interval data and can better understand their consumption when the first smart meters are installed; BED: IVR phone system integration completed April 2013. |
Web portal deployed and operational | Quantity* | Description |
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Customers with access to web portal | 275,995 | |
Customers enrolled in web portal | 24,334 | GMP's Web Portal is a Oracle Utilities solution that offers both information at large and ability for customers to set up accounts for online bill presentment and usage viewing. The new Portal went online 3/4/2013 and all customers must re-subscribe to the new functionality so the count for this quarter represents new subscriptions only; CVPS uses the Aclara customer web presentment and access to hourly usage, billing, and rate modeling functionality went live for all customers in July 2012. Now that GMP and CVPS are merged, the company will continue to use the Oracle Utilities solution, and the Aclara system will be retired in early 2014; BED: EnergyEngage (eMeter) web portal went live in July 2013; WEC: Smart Hub went live publicly on 1 July 2013. |
Customer systems installed and operational | Quantity* | Description | Cost |
---|---|---|---|
Communication networks and home area networks | N/A | CVPS: Using SEP 1.1 / Zigbee protocol to test in-home displays as part of CPP/PTR pilot. | N/A |
In home displays | 1,091 | CVPS:Tendril Insight displays with KWh and peak period notifications currently deployed with approximately 900 customers as part of CPP/PTR pilot. VEC: Tendril IHD w/ current use, pricing, daily cost, temperature. | $486,316 |
Energy management device | 0 | N/A | |
Direct load control devices | 0 | Not in the scope of the project. | $0 |
Programmable communicating thermostats | 0 | $0 | |
Smart appliances | 30 | CVPS: CVPS is piloting heat pump water heaters with a small number of customers to test this technology in a colder climate. | $125,288 |
Customer system communication networks | Description |
---|---|
Network characteristics within customer premise | CVPS: Using SEP 1.1 / Zigbee protocol to test in-home displays as part of CPP/PTR pilot. |
Pricing program | Customers with access | Customers enrolled | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Flat Rate | 167,260 | 167,260 | VEC: Per Existing tariff |
Flat rate with Peak Time Rebates | 3,191 | 523 | 523 customers are enrolled in a flat/PTP rate and are participating in a two year Rutland-baed PTR/CPP experiment (DOE funded Consumer Behavior Study) |
Time of Use Rate | 10,737 | 3 | VEC: Per Existing tariff |
Recipient information | Input |
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Total number of customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 371,979 |
Total number of residential customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 322,066 |
Total number of commercial customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 49,458 |
Total number of industrial customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 455 |
Total number of distribution circuits within utility service territory | 484 |
Total number of distribution substations | 277 |
Portion of distribution system with SCADA prior to SGIG/SGD program | 0 |
Portion of distribution system with distribution automation (DA) prior to SGIG/SGD program | 0 |
Electric distribution system | % | Description |
---|---|---|
Portion of distribution system with SCADA due to SGIG/SGD program | 33.11% | VEC: 64 feeders out of 79 feeders; CVPS: The SCADA deployment is complete. SCADA is installed for 51 additional circuits over the pre project count of 88 circuits. Total system is 154 circuits; GMEU: Johnson: substation breaker controls, automated switchgear, LTC controls; Morrisville: 7; NED: SCADA RTU added to 1 circuit in the Norwich Substation, automatic fault isolation on sub-transmission feed; Swanton: Completed upgrade to their SCADA system. The upgrade provides greater reliability, control, and monitoring. All circuits are currently SCADA controlled and no additional circuits were added during the upgrade. - SCADA added to 10 out of 36 feeders; WEC: All 23 feeders have SCADA capabilities. (Total Numerator = 148. Total Denominator = 447 (includes all feeders for BED(15),CVPS(154), GMEU(36), GMP(140), VEC(79), and WEC(23))) |
Portion of distribution system with DA due to SGIG/SGD program | 13.87% | BED: Upgrade is complete; VEC:56 feeders out of 79 feeders; CVPS: Distribution automation such as automated switches, Var/Volt Regulation, and Automatic Fault Recovery pilots are completed. Pilots systems are operational.; (Total Numerator = 62. Total Denominator = 447 (include all feeders for BED(15),CVPS(154), GMEU(36), GMP(140), VEC(79), and WEC(23))). |
DA devices installed and operational | Quantity* | Description | Cost |
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Automated feeder switches | 42 | BED: BED installed 35 smart relays using the SGIG funding; VEC: VEC installed various DA devices using SGIG funding. (Automated Feeder Switches = 34, Automated Regulators = 88, Feeder monitors = 29, Remote Fault Indicators =2 , Transformer Monitors = 12 and Smart relays = 52); CVPS: Automatic Fault Recovery Systems, and automated motor operated air break switches have been deployed as a part of the project. Total additional automated devices since start of project = 20; GMP: Installed 6 Remote Fault Indicators and 189 Smart relays. | $2,279,544 |
Automated capacitors | 0 | $0 | |
Automated regulators | 102 | $1,151,324 | |
Feeder monitors | 30 | $995,776 | |
Remote fault indicators | 9 | $0 | |
Transformer monitors (line) | 12 | $7,210,944 | |
Smart relays | 276 | ||
Fault current limiter | 0 | $217,260 | |
Other devices | 240 | $591,662 |
SCADA and DA communications network | Cost |
---|---|
Communications equipment and SCADA | $6,752,798 |
Distribution management systems integration | Integrated | Description |
---|---|---|
AMI | No | |
Outage management system | No | VEC: AMI is integrated to iVue OMS at 38 additional substations; CVPS: The existing legacy Intergraph OMS application will be replaced in early 2014 due to the recent GMP/CVPS merger, but is not part of the SGIG project. In the future, GMP will integrate the MDMS with the Schneider Electric Responder OMS to help make storm restoration more efficient. In advance of the OMS consolidation and integration of AMI with the OMS, GMP is conducting a proof of concept and pilot to better understand how to leverage AMI outage information to detect outages and to improve storm restoration response;; BED: Future integration planned, but will be outside of grant period; WEC: OMS is integrated with other modules (CIS, MDMS). |
Distributed energy resource interface | No | |
Other | No | CVPS: The MDMS system has also been integrated with the web presentment tool so that customers have web access to interval data and can better understand their consumption when the first smart meters are installed; BED: IVR phone system integration completed April 2013. |
Distribution automation features / functionality | Function enabled | Description |
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Fault location, isolation and service restoration (FLISR) | No | CVPS: No - RF Fault Indicator pilot previously planned is not being pursued. |
Voltage optimization | No | |
Feeder peak load management | No | |
Microgrids | No | |
Other functions | No |
* In some circumstances, costs are incurred before devices are installed resulting in a reported cost where the quantity is zero.
* All dollar figures are the total cost, which is the sum of the federal investment and cost share of the recipient (the recipient cost share must be at least 50% of the total overall project cost).
** In some cases the number of entities reporting is greater than the total number of projects funded by the Recovery Act because some projects have multiple sub-projects that report data. View list of sub-projects.