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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
Information

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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
Status
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Program Asset Investments >

AMI & Customer Systems >

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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.
Program
Impacts
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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
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Study Objectives >

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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

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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.

Regional Demonstration Technology Performance Reports

Smart Grid Regional Demonstration projects involve assessments of the integration of advanced technologies with existing power systems including those involving renewable and distributed energy systems and demand response programs. The technical and economic performance of these technologies are being evaluated for applications such as microgrids, automated distribution systems, advanced metering infrastructure, time-based rate programs, and plug-in electric vehicles.

Interim and final Technology Performance Reports (TPRs) are submitted by the recipients to DOE. Each TPR contains the following information:

An overview of the project including a list of objectives, schedules and milestones, and interactions with project stakeholders.
Descriptions of the technologies and systems used in the project, including system designs and configurations of the various smart grid systems, subsystems, and components, a discussion of smart grid capabilities and functions, and a discussion of how the capabilities and functions are being used to produce grid impacts and benefits.
Descriptions of the methodologies and algorithms for estimating the physical and financial performance of the smart grid systems and applications, their grid impacts, and the value of the benefits.
Summaries of the results of the performance of the smart grid systems and technologies derived from lab tests, field tests, or grid-connected applications.
Summaries of the results of the analysis of grid impacts and estimation of benefits.
Summary of the major findings and conclusions including lessons learned and best practices.
Summary of future plans and next steps with respect to additional testing, demonstration, or deployment.

The schedule for the publication of the Regional Demonstration TPRs is shown in the table below.

		Technology Performance Reports Expected Publication Date
Project Lead	Project Title	Project Description	Interim Report	Final Report
Battelle Memorial Institute	Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project	PDF	---	---
AEP Ohio	gridSMARTSM Demonstration Project	PDF	---	---
LA Department of Water & Power	LA Department of Water & Power Smart Grid Regional Demonstration Project	PDF	---	---
Consolidated Edison Company of NY	Secure Interoperable Open Smart Grid Demonstration	PDF	PDF	---
Southern California Edison	Irvine Smart Grid Demonstration	PDF	---	---
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association	NRECA Smart Grid Demonstration Project	PDF	---	---
Kansas City Power & Light Co	KCP&L Green Impact Zone Smart Grid Demonstration	PDF	PDF	---
Center for Commercialization of Electric Technologies	Technology Solutions for Wind Integration in ERCOT	PDF	---	---
Long Island Power Authority	Long Island Smart Energy Corridor	PDF	---	---
Waukesha Electric Systems	Fault Current Limiting Superconducting Transformer	PDF	---	---
Pecan Street Project	The Pecan Street Project Energy Internet Demonstration	PDF	---	---
Boeing Co	Demonstrating a Cyber Secure, Scalable, Interoperable, and Cost-Effective Smart Selection for Optimizing Regional Transmission System Operation	PDF	PDF	---
NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation	NSTAR Automated Meter Reading-Based Dynamic Pricing	PDF	PDF	---
Oncor Electric Delivery Co	Dynamic Line Rating Project	PDF	PDF	---
NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation	NSTAR Urban Grid Monitoring and Renewables Integration	PDF	---	---
Power Authority of the State of New York	Evaluation of Instrumentation and Dynamic Thermal Ratings for Overhead Lines	PDF	PDF	---

Recovery Act Smart Grid Programs

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