The U.S. electric power grid is a heavily regulated and largely utility-owned infrastructure carrying electricity from power plants to homes and businesses.
Within this infrastructure are layers of equipment for managing the transmission and distribution (T&D) networks and different local networks for delivering remote measurement and control communications.
The development of a next-generation electric power grid enhanced with intelligent communications and IT systems is one of the major energy technology challenges for the United States for the coming decade.
The smart grid represents a significant move away from the historical, utility-owned electricity distribution infrastructure to an Internet-like networked infrastructure that directly connects utilities (supply) with customers (demand).
Smart Grid uses an amalgam of advanced components, technologies and applications to integrate renewable power sources enable energy efficiency in home electricity use and electrify transportation.
This vastly complex machine not only introduces additional layers of advanced technology but with it, many new stakeholders from adjacent markets – IT companies, wireless network providers, advanced battery makers, automakers, makers of home automation products and services and smart home appliances.
This report walks readers through the forest of smart grid definitions, technologies, applications, standards, emerging scenarios and deployments underway – and explains the big problems yet to be solved in the areas of interoperability standards (where there is progress) and renewable integration and energy storage, where more R&D and financial incentives are needed to make the smart grid a “greener grid,” too.
The report highlights the strategies and activities of the many players involved in the emerging smart grid industry in the United States, including activities of the utilities, technology providers, state regulators and Department of Energy (DOE).
The report also includes capsule profiles of more than 70 companies that are jockeying for market-leading positions or attempting to grow businesses that serve the smart grid infrastructure and services markets.
This incldues details on 18 smart grid advanced demonstrations projects aimed at testing the concepts of virtual power plants and microgrids and the integration of different distributed energy resources and storage technologies.
The report presents these latest trends and the prospects of the emerging smart grid in eight sections:
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Executive Summary |
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| 1 |
Smart Grid Structure |
| 1.1 |
Total Picture |
| 1.2 |
Total Market Picture |
| 1.2.1 |
Market Layers |
| 1.2.2 |
Market Players, by Segment |
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| 2 |
U.S. Government Planning & Funding |
| 2.1 |
U.S. Government Planning (Big Picture) |
| 2.1.1 |
Public Infrastructure |
| 2.1.2 |
Targeted Development Technologies |
| 2.2 |
Funding Status and Applications |
| 2.2.1 |
Recovery Act Awards for Smart Grid Demonstration Projects
(Segment, Awarded Company, Amount [$], Developed Technology) |
| 2.2.2 |
Funds Applied For |
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| 3 |
Demonstration Projects, Technologies & Operations |
| 3.1 |
Projects Completed or Advancing to Next Stage of Deployment |
| 3.1.1 |
GridWise Demonstration Project (also known as Washington State Project) |
| 3.1.2 |
Arizona Salt River Project (SRP) |
| 3.1.3 |
Austin (TX) Energy: “Pecan Street” Project |
| 3.1.4 |
Boulder, Colorado: Xcel Energy SmartGridCity |
| 3.1.5 |
District of Columbia: “PowerCentsDC” Project |
| 3.1.6 |
Energy Smart Miami |
| 3.1.7 |
New York Con Edison DER Integration Project with Smart Solar Pilot |
| 3.1.8 |
New Mexico “Green Grid” Project |
| 3.1.9 |
Maui Smart Grid Integration Project |
| 3.1.10 |
Southern California Edison (SCE) SmartConnect |
| 3.1.11 |
Outside of U.S.: Amsterdam Project |
| 3.2 |
Other Advanced SG Demonstration Projects – Snapshots |
| 3.2.1 |
San Diego Gas & Electric Beach Cities Microgrid Project |
| 3.2.2 |
AEP (TX) gridSMART |
| 3.2.3 |
CenterPoint Energy Houston |
| 3.2.4 |
City of Fort Collins (CO): Fort ZED (Zero Energy District) |
| 3.2.5 |
Illinois Institute of Technology Smart Microgrid Prototype |
| 3.2.6 |
Chevron Energy Solutions/CERTS Solar, Fuel Cell and Storage Microgrid |
| 3.2.7 |
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) |
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Standards: Now & Future |
| 4.1 |
NIST: Big Picture & Scenario |
| 4.2 |
NIST Activity |
| 4.3 |
Smart Meter Standard |
| 4.4 |
Current Standard and Future Directions |
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| 5 |
Market Trends: 2009-2015 |
| 5.1 |
Total Market Forecast: Big Picture |
| 5.2 |
Market Forecast by Segments: High-Growth Segments (AMI, Power Automation) |
| 5.2.1 |
AMI Smart Meters |
| 5.2.2 |
AMI-enabled Demand Response and Distribution Automation |
| 5.2.3 |
Grid-Connected DG and Distributed Energy Storage (Emerging) |
| 5.3 |
Smart Grid Timeline (Directions) |
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High-Growth Areas in the Near Future: Activity & Strategy |
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Common Research Items:
- Contact: Location, Tel#, URL
- Technology Development
- Deployment (Products, Services)
- Strategic Alliance(s)
- Market Perception or Researcher Analysis
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| 6.1 |
AMI: Advanced Metering & Networking/Communication Products (14 companies) |
| 6.1.1 |
Comverge, Inc. |
| 6.1.2 |
Echelon Corporation |
| 6.1.3 |
Elster Integrated Solutions LLC |
| 6.1.4 |
General Electric (GE) |
| 6.1.5 |
Itron North America |
| 6.1.6 |
Landis+Gyr North America |
| 6.1.7 |
Sensus Metering Systems |
| 6.1.8 |
Ambient Corporation |
| 6.1.9 |
Arcadian Networks |
| 6.1.10 |
Current Group, LLC |
| 6.1.11 |
Eka Systems, Inc. |
| 6.1.12 |
Silver Spring Networks |
| 6.1.13 |
SmartSynch, Inc. |
| 6.1.14 |
Trilliant Inc. |
| 6.2 |
T&D Automation / Grid Optimization (5 Companies) |
| 6.2.1 |
ABB Group, North America |
| 6.2.2 |
Cooper Power Systems |
| 6.2.3 |
GE T&D |
| 6.2.4 |
MicroPlanet Technology Corp. |
| 6.2.5 |
SEL (Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories) |
| 6.3 |
Grid-Connected Distributed Generation (Renewable or Nonrenewable) & Distributed Energy Storage (11 companies) |
| 6.3.1 |
A123Systems |
| 6.3.2 |
Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. |
| 6.3.3 |
Beacon Power Corp. |
| 6.3.4 |
BPL Global, Ltd. |
| 6.3.5 |
GreenSmith Energy Management Systems LLC |
| 6.3.6 |
GridPoint, Inc. |
| 6.3.7 |
Ice Energy, Inc. |
| 6.3.8 |
Infotility, Inc. |
| 6.3.9 |
S&C Electric Company |
| 6.3.10 |
Viridity Energy |
| 6.3.11 |
Ventyx |
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States Supporting the High-Growth Areas |
| 7.1 |
Top-Five States Supporting Smart Grid Activities |
| 7.2 |
Scheduled Smart Meters Deployments, by State, by 2015 (in descending order) |
| 7.3 |
State-by-State Policies Affecting Smart Grid Initiatives |
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Other Market Participants: Activities and Strategies |
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Common Research Items:
- Contact: Location, Tel#, URL
- Technology Development
- Deployment (Products, Services)
- Strategic Alliance(s)
- Market Perception or Researcher Analysis
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| 8.1 |
Demand Response Products & Services (5 companies) |
| 8.1.1 |
Comverge |
| 8.1.2 |
CPower |
| 8.1.3 |
EnerNOC |
| 8.1.4 |
Ziphany LLC |
| 8.1.5 |
Sequentric Energy Systems LLC |
| 8.2 |
Other Software, Solutions & Applications (5 companies) |
| 8.2.1 |
Aclara Software |
| 8.2.2 |
Ecologic Analytics, LLC |
| 8.2.3 |
Grid Net, Inc. |
| 8.2.4 |
eMeter Corp. |
| 8.2.5 |
OSIsoft, Inc. |
| 8.3 |
Home Area Networks (HAN), Building Networking & Energy Control Management
Systems (14 companies) |
| 8.3.1 |
Agilewaves, Inc. |
| 8.3.2 |
Control4 |
| 8.3.3 |
Ember Corporation |
| 8.3.4 |
Energate, Inc. |
| 8.3.5 |
EnergyHub |
| 8.3.6 |
GainSpan Corporation |
| 8.3.7 |
Google/Power Meter |
| 8.3.8 |
Greenbox Technology, Inc. |
| 8.3.9 |
Intel Corp. |
| 8.3.10 |
Johnson Controls, Inc. |
| 8.3.11 |
Onzo, Ltd. |
| 8.3.12 |
OPOWER (formerly Positive Energy) |
| 8.3.13 |
Outsmart Power Systems LLC |
| 8.3.14 |
Tendril Networks, Inc. |
| 8.4 |
Communication Companies (3 companies) |
| 8.4.1 |
AT&T |
| 8.4.2 |
Sprint Nextel |
| 8.4.3 |
Verizon Communications |
| 8.5 |
Energy Utility Companies (13 companies) |
| 8.5.1 |
American Electric Power (AEP) |
| 8.5.2 |
BC Hydro |
| 8.5.3 |
CenterPoint Energy (CPE) |
| 8.5.4 |
Consolidated Edison of New York (ConEd) |
| 8.5.5 |
Consumers Energy |
| 8.5.6 |
Duke Energy |
| 8.5.7 |
Midwest ISO |
| 8.5.8 |
New York ISO |
| 8.5.9 |
National Grid U.S. |
| 8.5.10 |
Progress Energy, Inc. |
| 8.5.11 |
Sempra Energy / San Diego Gas & Electric |
| 8.5.12 |
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) |
| 8.5.13 |
Vermont Electric Power Co. |
| 8.6 |
Other Major Players (8 non-incumbents) |
| 8.6.1 |
Cisco Systems |
| 8.6.2 |
Hewlett-Packard |
| 8.6.3 |
Honeywell |
| 8.6.4 |
IBM |
| 8.6.5 |
Microsoft Corp. |
| 8.6.6 |
Oracle |
| 8.6.7 |
SAP |
| 8.6.8 |
Texas Instruments |
| Table 1-1: |
End-to-End Market Players and Their Products, Technologies and Services (Market Segment, Application, Companies, Products or Technology or Service) |
| Table 1-2: |
Definitions of Smart Grid Market Segments/Technologies |
| Table 2-1: |
Recovery Act (ARRA) Funding Framework for Electric Power Grid
(Energy Segment, Amount($), Comment)
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| Table 2-2: |
U.S. Legislation (Energy Bills) Impacting Smart Grid Industry
(Legislation, Significance/Provisions)
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| Table 2-3: |
U.S. Smart Grid Regulatory Structure |
| Table 4-1: |
Four FERC-Identified Smart Grid Application Priorities and Scenarios |
| Table 4-2: |
NIST Standards-Setting Working Groups and Roles |
| Table 4-3: |
Priorities for Standards-Setting Action in 2010 |
| Table 4-4: |
Current List of 31 “High Relevance” Smart Grid Standards Identified by NIST |
| Table 5-1: |
Energy Storage System (ESS) Technologies and Candidate Applications |
| Table 5-2: |
Energy Storage Systems Market Forecast |
