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Pinnacle West Capital — Sanford C. Bernstein Innovative Energy Technologies Conference 2014
14 slides from Pinnacle West Capital's conference presentation, Mar 25, 2014
Slide 1: Smart Grid Technologies: Building the Integrated Grid
Smart Grid Technologies: Building the Integrated Grid Innovative Energy Technologies Conference Sanford C. Bernstein March 25, 2014 Barbara Lockwood General Manager, Regulatory Affairs and Compliance
Slide 2: Uncertainty and the Future
Uncertainty and the Future The most important things are unknown or unknowable – Edwards Deming The future has a way of arriving unannounced – George Will 2
Slide 3: Transformation of the Power System
Transformation of the Power System A Highly Interconnected Power System that Optimizes Energy Resources 3
Slide 4: Emerging Technologies
Emerging Technologies Rooftop Solar Home Energy Management Battery Storage Fuel Cells Microgrids Electric Vehicles 4
Slide 5: Rooftop Solar
Rooftop Solar 6,000 Low Expected High 5,000 4,000 GWh 3,000 Actual YE 2013 2,000 1,000 382 MW 0 165 MW 2008 18 MW 2010 2012 2015 2020 2025 DE Growth Scenarios Daily Load Curve APS Service Territory 5
Slide 6: Rooftop Solar and the Grid
Rooftop Solar and the Grid TYPICAL GRID INTERACTION FOR ROOFTOP SOLAR 6
Slide 7: Customer Loads and System Support
Customer Loads and System Support Real-time Customer Load 10 Demand (kW) 8 6 4 2 0 Time of Day The grid provides real-time voltage This service is not observable in and power needed to start air conditioners and other motors loads average hourly billing 7
Slide 8: Rates Need Updating
RATES THAT MATCH CUSTOMER CHOICE Rates Need Updating What’s Changing Customers are producing and consuming energy in new and innovative ways What’s Needed • Safe and reliable power supply available to all customers when they need it • Utility rates that recover the cost of infrastructure investments
Slide 9: Operations Challenges: High Penetration
Operations Challenges: High Penetration Instant variability Steep ramp rate of backup Voltage control at generation distribution level 9
Slide 10: Integrated Grid Building Blocks
Integrated Grid Building Blocks • Highly advanced operational platforms EMS/ADMS • Robust system health/situational Communicating awareness, both local and Devices regionally • Remote operation of the Automated Switching distribution system 10
Slide 11: Integrated Grid: Technologies
Integrated Grid: Technologies Fiber Backhaul Substation Health Monitoring Demand Response TOAN PMUs TOAN Integrated Volt/Var Fault Control Automated Indicators Switches AMI AMI Solar ADMS Xfrmr Production EMS Load Meters Mgmt 11
Slide 12: APS 5-Year Deployment Plan
APS 5-Year Deployment Plan Advanced Distribution Energy Management Management System System (EMS) Upgrades Integrated Volt/VAR Control (IVVC) Synchrophasors (WISP) Deploying Over 5,000 Field Devices Investing $170 million Substation Health Monitoring Supervisory Controlled Switches Strategic Fiber C
Slide 13: Current Arizona Activities
Current Arizona Activities • Quarterly reports on distributed energy activity • Innovations & Technology workshop series • Cost and Value of Distributed Generation workshop series • Energy Efficiency/Integrated Resource Plan workshop series 13
Slide 14: Building for the Future
Building for the Future An Integrated Grid 14
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