Recipient information | Input |
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Total number of customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 38,465 |
Total number of residential customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 32,736 |
Total number of commercial customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 5,547 |
Total number of industrial customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 182 |
Total number of AMI smart meters installed and operational prior to the SGIG/SGD program | 0 |
AMI smart meters installed and operational | Quantity* | Cost |
---|---|---|
Total | 0 | $10,503,380 |
Residential | 37,380 | |
Commercial | 1,175 | |
Industrial | 65 |
AMI smart meter features operational | Feature enabled | # of meters with feature |
---|---|---|
Interval reads | Yes | 38,620 |
Remote connection/disconnection | Yes | 37,380 |
Outage detection/reporting | Yes | 38,620 |
Tamper detection | Yes | 38,620 |
AMI communication networks and data systems | Description | Cost |
---|---|---|
Backhaul communications description | The SGIG allowed Central Lincoln to upgrade its fiber optic communications system to provide more reliability, lower latency and a higher bandwidth. The modernized backhaul network (collector to headend) is a hybrid of fiber optic/private microwave and uses a synchronous optical networking (SONET) protocol. The backhaul network for 20 collector locations is complete and are all communicating with the headend system. Two redundant communication loops were included in the project and both are now complete and operational. Also,17.59 miles of existing fiber was purchased to augment the 23.07 and 9.72 mile loops already installed. | $4,837,386 |
Meter communications network | The SGIG allowed Central Lincoln to upgrade the planned PLC meter communication system to a radio frequency (RF) mesh format. Our meter communication network consists of Landis+Gyr routers that relay information from the meters to the collectors and back to the meters using a RF mesh. Each router is designed to handle data from 1400 meters. 669 of the 750 routers scheduled for installation were needed to form a robust radio frequency mesh for the 38,620 meters to communicate at a daily read rate of 99%. This robust communication design will ensure network capacity in the future and enable us to use the system for other smart grid operations including distribution automation and conservation voltage regulation. Additional routers were installed to fine tune the RF mesh so that for distribution automation devices could use the AMI backbone to communicate. | |
Head end server | The SGIG allowed Central Lincoln to upgrade to a more robust Landis+Gyr Gridstream RF mesh format. The upgrade ensures that we will be able to receive, prioritize and process data necessary for command and control, troubleshooting, remote connect/disconnect, and to receive reports related to customer service history, outage management, consumption, high usage demand, power quality and tamper detection. The L+G Command Center software is fully operational and is performing remote reads and connect-disconnect. The CIS and FIS integration is complete and the utility has been successfully billing off the reads. The rate of successful operations using the headend system functions is above 95%. | $680,578 |
Meter data analysis system | ||
Other IT systems and applications |
Web portal deployed and operational | Quantity* | Description |
---|---|---|
Customers with access to web portal | 38,620 | |
Customers enrolled in web portal | 1,345 | The energy management customer web portal is available to all customers with AMI meters. 15 minute, hourly, daily, biweekly and monthly data is presented to the customer through a secure website. Weather data is also presented with the usage data. This quarter, 44 more customers registered for a total of 1345 participants. |
Customer systems installed and operational | Quantity* | Description | Cost |
---|---|---|---|
Communication networks and home area networks | N/A | No Home Area Network devices were deployed this Quarter. Central Lincoln has tested HAN devices for functionality and did not find a device that would reliably pair with our meter. | N/A |
In home displays | 46 | Central Lincoln has a total of 46 in-home displays in the field. The AMI team has focused on testing the functionality and capacity of selected devices to stay paired with the new meters after performing firmware upgrades. The team has also worked with vendors on potential fixes to the issues encountered; however, we have found only one device that consistently stays paired with the AMI meter. | $21,672 |
Energy management device | 0 | N/A | |
Direct load control devices | 0 | Direct Load Control Devices will not be implemented during the Project time frame. Central Lincoln purchases all of its power from the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and is approximately 90% hydro. Currently, BPA's pricing does not provide incentive to implement a direct load control program. Instead, Central Lincoln has deployed a Conservation Voltage Regulation pilot project which has resulted in preliminary overall energy savings rate of 2.3% and CVR is being implemented throughout the district. Based on the pilot, it is expected that full-deployment would provide customer savings, lower consumption and alter the peak load without customer recruitment and retention efforts. | $0 |
Programmable communicating thermostats | 0 | $0 | |
Smart appliances | 0 | $0 |
Distributed energy resources | Quantity* | Capacity | Description | Cost |
---|---|---|---|---|
Distributed generation | 0 | 0 kW | $0 | |
Energy storage | 0 | 0 kW | $0 | |
Plug in electric vehicle charging points | 0 | 0 kW | $0 | |
Distributed energy resource interface | N/A | N/A | Direct Load Control Devices will not be implemented during the Project time frame. Central Lincoln purchases all of its power from the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and is approximately 90% hydro. Currently, BPA's pricing does not provide incentive to implement a direct load control program. Instead, Central Lincoln has deployed a Conservation Voltage Regulation pilot project which has resulted in preliminary overall energy savings rate of 2.3% and CVR is being implemented throughout the district. Based on the pilot, it is expected that full-deployment would provide customer savings, lower consumption and alter the peak load without customer recruitment and retention efforts. | $0 |
Recipient information | Input |
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Total number of customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 38,465 |
Total number of residential customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 32,736 |
Total number of commercial customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 5,547 |
Total number of industrial customers served by utility / utilities supporting the project | 182 |
Total number of distribution circuits within utility service territory | 80 |
Total number of distribution substations | 28 |
Portion of distribution system with SCADA prior to SGIG/SGD program | 0 |
Portion of distribution system with distribution automation (DA) prior to SGIG/SGD program | 0 |
Electric distribution system | % | Description |
---|---|---|
Portion of distribution system with SCADA due to SGIG/SGD program | 100.00% | To date, a total of 25 out of 25 substations are equipped with the new SCADA system |
Portion of distribution system with DA due to SGIG/SGD program | 9.00% | The utility’s DA devices include 17 feeder switches (14 of which monitor current and voltage), 7 distribution transformer monitors, 2 regulators and 8 fault indicators. |
DA devices installed and operational | Quantity* | Description | Cost |
---|---|---|---|
Automated feeder switches | 17 | The utility’s DA devices include 17 feeder switches (14 of which monitor current and voltage), 7 distribution transformer monitors, 2 regulators and 8 fault indicators. | $913,416 |
Automated capacitors | 0 | $0 | |
Automated regulators | 2 | $0 | |
Feeder monitors | 14 | $0 | |
Remote fault indicators | 0 | $0 | |
Transformer monitors (line) | 0 | $0 | |
Smart relays | 0 | ||
Fault current limiter | 0 | $0 | |
Other devices | 0 | $0 |
SCADA and DA communications network | Cost |
---|---|
Communications equipment and SCADA | $764,700 |
Distribution management systems integration | Integrated | Description |
---|---|---|
AMI | No | |
Outage management system | No | As Central Lincoln has migrated from the legacy SCADA system to a new SCADA/OMS system, facets of the OMS have been incrementally integrated. The integration will enable us to improve outage detection, service restoration and develop better reliability indices. Central Lincoln has implemented the new SCADA system in all of its 25 substations. |
Distributed energy resource interface | No | |
Other | No |
Distribution automation features / functionality | Function enabled | Description |
---|---|---|
Fault location, isolation and service restoration (FLISR) | No | No portion of the FLISR was installed this Quarter. All DA devices must be operational and tested in the SCADA HMI before FLISR can be implemented. FLISR will be done in three phases and may not be completed during the Project time frame. |
Voltage optimization | Yes | Central Lincoln deployed the meter data management system that will be helpful as we implement the Conservation Voltage Regulation program utility-wide. Central Lincoln's pilot CVR program is complete and both the pilot and full CVR deployment has been accepted by Bonneville Power Administration for participation in the administration's energy conservation program. We continue to monitor meter voltage using our advanced metering infrastructure as we prepare to roll out CVR district-wide. |
Feeder peak load management | No | |
Microgrids | No | |
Other functions | No |
* In some circumstances, costs are incurred before devices are installed resulting in a reported cost where the quantity is zero.
* All dollar figures are the total cost, which is the sum of the federal investment and cost share of the recipient (the recipient cost share must be at least 50% of the total overall project cost).
** In some cases the number of entities reporting is greater than the total number of projects funded by the Recovery Act because some projects have multiple sub-projects that report data. View list of sub-projects.