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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.

Case Studies

Case Studies are short summaries of selected Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) projects. These case studies provide a brief synopsis of SGIG projects which are either unique or have significant progress to report. The Department of Energy (DOE) is continuing to update this section with additional case studies. Sign up to receive notification of these updates.

Smart Grid Savings and Grid Integration of Renewables in Idaho
Idaho Power Company (IPC) serves more than 495,000 customers in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon. IPC is vertically-integrated and manages power generation, transmission, distribution, and demand-side resources. Faced with grid modernization challenges from new wind power capacity, rising summer... (more)
OG&E Uses Time-Based Rate Program to Reduce Peak Demand
As part of its Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) project for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE), Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company (OG&E) has successfully tested over a two-year period a new time-based rate, which provided... (more)
Providing Grid Flexibility in Wyoming and Montana
Powder River Energy Corporation (PRECorp) is an electric cooperative serving approximately 11,900 customers in a 16,200 square-mile area of rural Wyoming and Montana. PRECorp’s customers frequently experience harsh weather conditions. Severe weather conditions in PRECorp’s rural and... (more)
Michigan Utility Modernizes Electricity Delivery and Provides Improved Service to Customers
With $83.8 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Smart Grid Investment Grant program (SGIG), Detroit-based DTE Energy (DTE) has been able to significantly increase the scope of its smart grid technology deployment. By July 2012, DTE has installed 725,000 smart meters... (more)
SGIG Accelerates Grid Modernization in Minnesota
Headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota Power (MP) serves approximately 144,000 customers and manages almost 9,000 miles of power lines and over 160 substations. Grid modernization is a top corporate priority and is driven by needs to upgrade the company’s electric distribution and metering... (more)
Smart Grid Solutions Strengthen Electric Reliability and Customer Services in Florida
With 4.6 million customers, nearly 70,000 miles of power lines and 16 power plants, Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) is one of the nation’s largest electric utilities. FPL says maintaining reliable service while keeping rates affordable is “Job One.” While pursuing its... (more)
Critical Peak Pricing Lowers Peak Demands and Electric Bills in South Dakota and Minnesota
Sioux Valley Energy (SVE) is an electric cooperative serving approximately 21,000 customers in seven counties in South Dakota and Minnesota. SVE’s Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) Advanced Metering Infrastructure Project is a customer-focused initiative to assist customers with better... (more)
Transforming Electricity Delivery in Florida
Located in northern Florida, and bordering on the Gulf of Mexico, Talquin Electric Cooperative’s (TEC) service territory spans four counties and covers about 2,600 square miles. TEC’s “SmartGrid Program” has a total budget of $16.2 million (including $8.1 million of federal... (more)
Glendale, California Municipal Invests in Smart Grid to Enhance Customer Services and Improve Operational Efficiencies
City-owned Glendale Water and Power (GWP) has completed its smart meter installation and is implementing a suite of new offerings to improve operational efficiencies and help customers save energy and manage their electric bills. With $20 million in Smart Grid Investment Program (SGIG) funds, the... (more)
CenterPoint Energy’s Smart Grid Solutions Improve Operating Efficiency and Customer Participation
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (CenterPoint), a transmission and distribution service provider (TDSP) in Texas, is deploying smart metering technology and distribution automation equipment to make its operations run more efficiently, lower costs and environmental emissions, and provide the... (more)

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