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Duke Energy Business Services (Smart Grid Deployment)

Sept. 30, 2013

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability

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Duke Energy Business Services, LLCs (Duke) Smart Grid Program began in 2008 and includes the development and implementation of comprehensive end-to-end solutions that will transform its five-state electric system, and lead to products and services that increase the consumers role in reducing energy use and carbon emissions. Dukes Smart Grid Deployment projects include advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and distribution automation systems in five states. The projects involve large-scale deployments of AMI and distribution automation in Ohio and North Carolina, and smaller limited deployments of distribution automation in Indiana, Kentucky and South Carolina. The effort also includes pilot programs for electricity pricing including time-of-use rates, peak-time rebates, and critical-peak pricing. Customers in these pilot programs will test home area networks, Web portals, and direct load control devices to reduce their electricity consumption and peak demand. In December 2008, Duke received a state regulatory order to proceed with Smart Grid deployment in Ohio.

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