FirstEnergy Services Corporation Smart Grid Modernization Initiative Final Project Description
Sept. 15, 2014
U.S. Department of Energy
FirstEnergy Services Corporations (FirstEnergy's) Smart Grid Modernization Initiative (SGMI) involved deployment of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), distribution automation (DA), volt/VAR optimization (VVO), time-based rate programs, direct load control (DLC) devices, and customer systems in parts of New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. SGMIs Ohio footprint covered a 400-square-mile area southeast of Cleveland. Smart meters were piloted in Ohio, and a statistically rigorous study assessed load impacts and customer acceptance of time-based rate programs. DA equipment deployed in New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania included reclosers, capacitor banks and grid sensing devices. VVO equipment, deployed in Ohio and Pennsylvania, included capacitor banks and load tap changer regulator controls. Advanced load control devices were deployed in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
