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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
Status
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Program Asset Investments >

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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 >

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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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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.

Smart Grid Demonstration Program Technology Performance Reports

The Smart Grid Demonstration Program (SGDP) includes projects that are demonstrating smart grid and energy storage technologies, tools and techniques. Each of the SGDP projects will produce interim and final Technology Performance Reports (TPRs). In addition, the U.S. Department of Energy will undertake a meta-analysis of the energy storage projects to assess technology performance with respect to applications, as well as characterizing the business case, for energy storage systems.

Regional Demonstration Projects

Smart Grid Regional Demonstration projects are focused on advanced technologies for use in power systems for sensing, communications, analysis, and power flow controls. These projects are assessing 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, and plug-in electric vehicles. MORE >>

Energy Storage Projects

Energy Storage Demonstrations are focused on grid-scale applications of energy storage involving a variety of technologies including advanced batteries, flywheels, and underground compressed air systems. These projects are demonstrating a variety of size ranges and system configurations and their impacts on the electric transmission and distribution grid. The technical and economic performance of these technologies is being evaluated for a variety of applications including load shifting, ramping control, frequency regulation services, voltage smoothing, distributed energy, and the grid integration of renewable resources such as wind and solar power. MORE >>

Additional Resources

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Recovery Act Smart Grid Programs

Overview of Programs >

Project Information >

Deployment Status >

Program Impacts >

Consumer Behavior >

Recipient Reporting >

Smart Grid Demonstration Program Technology Performance Reports

Regional Demonstration Projects

Energy Storage Projects

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