Overview of
Programs
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Smart Grid Investment Grant Program >

Smart Grid Demonstration Program >

Workforce Training for the Electric Power Sector Program >

Consumer Behavior Studies >

Standards, Interoperability, and Cybersecurity Activities >

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) provides the U.S. Department of Energy with $4.5 billion to modernize the electric power grid and implement Title XIII of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. This section provides descriptions and background information for several of the key smart grid programs, studies and activities funded by the Recovery Act.
Project
Information

Project Information >

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided funding for smart grid projects across the United States. The location, information and data for each project are provided in this section.
Deployment
Status
Deployment Status >

Program Asset Investments >

AMI & Customer Systems >

Electric Distribution System >

Electric Transmission System >

Project Specific Deployments >

Technology Deployment Analysis >

The U.S. Department of Energy is responsible for tracking investments made through the Smart Grid Investment Grant program (SGIG) and Smart Grid Demonstration program (SGDP). The status and characteristics of technology deployed is reported in this section.
Program
Impacts
Program Impacts >

Analytical Approach >

SGIG Program Impact Analysis >

SGDP Technology Performance Reports >

Case Studies >

The U.S. Department of Energy is analyzing the impacts of the Recovery Act smart grid projects on the electric system and assessing costs, benefits, lessons learned, and best practices. This analysis is an opportunity to inform decision makers about the relative merits of alternative smart grid technologies, tools, and techniques and provide a stronger empirical basis for investments and business cases.
Consumer
Behavior
Consumer Behavior >

Study Objectives >

Study Schedules >

Cross-Study Analysis >

Lessons Learned >

U.S. Department of Energy is working with several Smart Grid Investment Grant award recipients who are conducting special studies to examine acceptance, retention and response of consumers involved in time-based rate programs that include advanced metering infrastructure and customer systems such as in-home displays and programmable communicating thermostats. These studies are an opportunity to advance the electricity industry’s understanding of consumer behavior through the application of statistically rigorous experimental methods.
Recipient
Reporting

Recipient Reporting >

U.S. Department of Energy requires recipients of funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to report quarterly data. Recipients access reporting databases and guidance documents in this section. Only recipients who have received a user name and password can access the databases.

Analytical Approach

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) developed an approach to assessing the benefits of the Smart Grid, which is being applied to the Smart Grid Demonstration Program (SGDP) and Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) projects, which are being funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

This section outlines the DOE approach including:

Smart Grid Computational Tool

DOE also developed the Smart Grid Computational Tool to identify and quantify smart grid project benefits. The Smart Grid Computational Tool employs the analytical framework that DOE uses to evaluate the Recovery Act smart grid projects.

Learn more about the Smart Grid Computational Tool:

Interruption Cost Estimate Calculator

In addition, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory developed for DOE the Interruption Cost Estimate (ICE) Calculator , which allows users to estimate the economic benefits that customers receive from reliability This online planning tool relies on well-established reliability statistics that utilities collect on a routine basis including System Average Interruption Frequency Index (SAIFI), System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI), and Customer Average Interruption Duration Index (CAIDI).

Energy Storage Computational Tool

DOE has developed the Energy Storage Computational Tool to identify and quantify the benefits of energy storage projects. The Energy Storage Computational Tool leverages the architecture of the Smart Grid Computational Tool and adapts it to focus specifically on grid-connected energy storage assets and the various applications they pursue.

Learn more about the Energy Storage Computational Tool: