Potomac Electric Power Company (Maryland)
Smart Grid Project
Abstract
The Pepco - Maryland Smart Grid project includes distribution automation, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), and a demand response program that involves direct load control and time-based rate programs. The AMI installation is designed to provide customers and Pepco with detailed electricity usage information, which, when combined with demand response programs, can help customers reduce their electricity usage and manage their electricity costs. The distribution automation deployment includes automated distribution circuit switches and transformer monitors that can improve the reliability of the distribution system while decreasing the cost of operations and maintenance.Contact Information
Jerry Shoemaker
Program Manager, DOE SGIG Award
Pepco Holdings, Inc.
Gerald.Shoemaker@pepcoholdings.com
At-A-Glance
Recipient:
Potomac Electric Power Company
(Maryland)
HQ State:
Maryland
NERC Region:
RFC
Total Budget: $213,354,494
Federal Share: $104,780,549
Funding Program:
- Investment Grant Program
Project Type:
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure
- Customer Systems
- Distribution System
- Pricing
Equipment:
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) / Smart Meters
- Automated Distribution Circuit Switches
- Backhaul Communications
- Customer Web Portal
- Direct Load Control Device
- Distribution Automation
- Distribution Automation Communications Network
- Equipment Condition Monitor
- Meter Communications Network
- Meter Data Management System
- Programmable Communicating Thermostat
- Smart Meter - Industrial
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Communications Network
Targeted Benefits:
- Improved Electric Service Reliability and Power Quality
- Reduced Costs from Equipment Failures and Theft
- Reduced Greenhouse Gas and Criteria Pollutant Emissions
- Reduced Meter Reading Costs
- Reduced Operating and Maintenance Costs
- Reduced Truck Fleet Fuel Usage
