EFFICIENT ELECTRIFICATION AT EPRI JULY 2019 NEWSLETTER

In this issue of Efficient Electrification, we look at electrification from various angles:

• Building Electrification: Learn about a new resource guide for all-electric, multifamily construction.

• : Learn how electric utilities can connect with customers to help them reach their sustainability goals via electrification.

• Buildings and Transportation: Find out what EPRI plans to cover on building and transportation electrification at the upcoming Electrification Symposium in Brooklyn, New York.

• Indoor Agriculture: Learn about the potential benefits of the three major forms of indoor agriculture.

• Cross-cutting Electrification: Learn how EPRI’s Tech Portal enables users to search and identify resources on a broad array of electrification topics, products, and services.

• In our electrification news section, we’ve highlighted a range of additional insights and activities.

Our Berkeley Symposium on “Pathways to Decarbonization in the Western U.S.” was a resounding success, with 450+ registrants.

If you missed us in Berkeley, you can still join us in Brooklyn, August 27-29, for “Pathways to Decarbonization in the Northeast,” and at “The Electrification Experience” in San Antonio, October 2-3. These symposia will explore the issues, opportunities, costs, and benefits of electrification, with a specific, regional focus. Registration and sponsorship information, and the most updated event agendas, can be found at www.electrificationus.com.

Thank you for your continued interest and support.

Arshad Mansoor Rob Chapman

Senior Vice President, Vice President, Research and Development Energy and Environment

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Electrification in Action • Science and Technology Spotlight • Feature • Electrification Innovation • Electrification News Spotlight • Electrification in the News Featured Video of the Month: Ford unveils its all-electric F-150 prototype. -Leading Articles -EPRI Resources -Other News -EPRI in the News -Upcoming Events ELECTRIFICATION IN ACTION

New Resource Available: All-Electric, Multifamily Construction Guide

Looking for guidance on all-electric multifamily construction? The Recommendations Zero Emissions All-Electric Multifamily Construction Guide—explains • Electrifying appliances that use natural gas the trend toward all-electric housing, summarizes best practices, • The All-Electric Guide recommends best practices for home reviews electrification strategies through case studies, and provides developers to maximize the benefits of all-electric housing and designers a catalog of electric products. has sections that address: Menlo Spark, a nonprofit climate action group in Menlo Park, • Hot water heating in new construction California, commissioned the 38-page guide. Redwood Energy compiled the guide with contributions from several for-profit and • Hot water heating for retrofits

1 nonprofit groups. • Insulation and heating, ventilation, and (HVAC)

“Eliminating fossil fuels from housing can save home builders, • Solar power tenants, and homeowners money, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” explains Menlo Spark Executive Director Diane Bailey. 1. Contributing authors include representatives from Redwood Energy, Menlo Spark, EHDD Architecture, New Buildings Institute, Association for Energy Affordability, Ecotope, Build It Green, Rocky Mountain Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, and Sustainability Analysis LLC.

Pictured: The Zero Emissions All-Electric Multifamily Construction Guide produced for Menlo Spark covers a broad range of electric technologies. Photo Credit: Menlo Spark SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SPOTLIGHT

Engaging Customers by Empowering Their Sustainability Goals As electric utilities seek new ways to engage customers, sustainability goals around efficient electrification may provide an ideal opportunity. “There is a critical and topical engagement path available right now,” explains Morgan Scott, EPRI Senior Sustainability Project Manager. “Setting and disclosing sustainability goals is a growing expectation of any company, and it gives utilities a way to connect with customers as an enabler, helping them reach some of their sustainability goals through efficient electrification.”

Utilities are uniquely positioned to support customers in the achievement of their climate or emissions reduction targets. Scott points out that a growing number of commercial and industrial (C&I) Efficient Electrification and the UN customers are adopting a variety of carbon reduction, greenhouse Goals gas emissions reduction, renewables development, and energy consumption related targets as part of their own sustainability Many utilities focus their sustainability efforts within the context commitment. of the local service territory. But local sustainability issues can radiate outward, and conversely, global sustainability issues can From a corporate standpoint, these companies seek to reduce their influence local priorities. With this reciprocal relationship between . Early engagement may provide opportunities local and global sustainability in mind, stakeholders have become to proactively demonstrate how efficient electrification can be a increasingly interested in understanding how companies are potential solution both in the formulation (i.e., setting a scope one connected to this global picture. emissions reduction goal instead of a renewables procurement goal) and execution of their goal. One way this has been done is by using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) as a framework for Applying Insights from EPRI’s Sustainability Goal Inventory communicating sustainability commitment and performance. Through As more utilities become engaged in customer decarbonization its Strategic Program, EPRI is researching how efforts, they are also starting to incorporate customer goals into their companies in North America can implement these own utility’s goal setting activities. globally focused goals. Of the 17 SDGs, several appear relevant Results from EPRI’s Energy Sustainability Interest Group (ESIG) 2018 to the activities of the , with one that clearly Sustainability Goal Inventory illuminate how companies are evolving maps to the concept of efficient electrification: “Goal 7: Ensure their thinking around customer goals. The project, which inventories access to clean, affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern 503 goals submitted by more than 30 participating companies, energy for all.” shows an evolution in the ways companies are addressing customer- A 2019 white paper summarizing findings from this work will be related goals. Forty-seven goals submitted by 22 companies a first step of this two-year effort to exploring how companies can pertained to “traditional” customer relations goals (e.g., achieve appropriately address the UNSDGs. a certain percentile ranking on the J.D. Power national scale); EPRI Sustainability Research Grounds Efficient Electrification however, close to 80 goals contained the word “customer,” with Goals many mapped to other priority sustainability issues and focused on enabling customer achievements (e.g., help customers avoid EPRI research can help in the development of a technically- a certain amount of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020). EPRI’s grounded, risk-informed, and robust sustainability strategy. As research is finding that electric power companies aren’t just companies consider their customers’ sustainability commitments and enablers of others’ sustainability goals, but are actually developing how efficient electrification can support those efforts, the research of their own goals around these commitments as well. A report EPRI’s Energy Sustainability group can help provide the foundation, summarizing learnings from this first-ever electric power industry context, and tools to execute and engage stakeholders. To learn sustainability goal inventory will be published in August. more, visit www.epri.com/sustainability or contact EPRI Senior Project Manager Morgan Scott, 202-293-7515. FEATURE

Pathways to Decarbonization in the Northeast: The Upcoming Brooklyn, NY Symposium The second in EPRI’s Electrification U.S. Symposium Series is slated for August 27-29, 2019 in Brooklyn, New York. It closely follows the first installment in this series, recently held in Berkeley, California. Shifting the electrification conversation from one coast to the other, the Brooklyn Symposium will focus on pathways to decarbonization in the Northeast – building on the history of regional cooperation across the many and diverse jurisdictions in this region to advance clean energy. Event co-hosts are EPRI, the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP), and the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM). Low Carbon Building Solutions While electrification and decarbonization are advancing nationally, electrification solutions are regional. Each region’s geographic, climatic, socio-economic, and cultural conditions shape these solutions. History of Collaboration In the Northeast, for example, the cold climate, high use of heating The Brooklyn Symposium will build on the history of collaboration oil and other fuels for heating, and state and local commitments in the area. Nine states in the region have formed the Regional to reduce carbon emissions places efficient electrification of Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which is the “first mandatory market- building heating at the fore. Homes and buildings account for based U.S. program to reduce GHG emissions.” Twelve states approximately 36% of carbon emissions in the Northeast. Reducing and the District of Columbia have also formed the Transportation these emissions calls for advanced building energy codes, deep and Climate Initiative, which seeks to “improve transportation, efficiency retrofits with clean heat to displace use, and develop the clean energy economy, and reduce carbon emissions smart technology responsive to customer and electric grid needs. from the transportation sector.” Currently, six states support and These upgrades aim to make homes and buildings safer, healthier, reference NEEP’s Cold Climate Air Source product list to more resilient, comfortable, productive, and affordable, while accelerate market adoption across the region. creating valuable, local jobs and business opportunities. Building Another dimension the Brooklyn Symposium will cover is energy decarbonization also turns buildings into “grid assets” –- as justice. Low- and moderate income households and communities are Symposium facilitator and NEEP Executive Director Sue Coakley key drivers of community development initiatives that include low- calls them. Building decarbonization is one of two primary tracks carbon building efficiency and transportation solutions. These aim at the Brooklyn Symposium. to address housing and energy affordability concerns, create local Low Carbon Transportation jobs, and improve the quality of life for the disadvantaged. Low carbon transportation is the second primary track. Symposium Features Transportation sector greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions comprise The Brooklyn Symposium includes: approximately 40% of carbon emissions in the Northeast. In • Topical pre-conference workshops addition to reducing these emissions, transitioning the transportation sector to vehicles with no tailpipe emissions can improve public • Keynotes and panels from regional and national leaders in the health by eliminating a major contributor to smog-forming and other space air pollutants, save consumers money, and generate new clean • Talks from Northeast U.S. energy thought leaders, including technology jobs. Significant electrification of the transportation New York State Energy Research and Development Authority sector calls for (among others): (NYSERDA) President and CEO Alicia Barton • The buildout of robust (EV) charging and • An exhibit hall featuring electrification solutions offered by hydrogen fueling infrastructure networks Symposium sponsors • Lower-cost batteries and longer-range vehicles • Breakout sessions, roundtables, 10 simultaneous topical • Advances in EV technology for medium- and heavy-duty trucks deep dive participatory sessions, networking “dinner clubs,” a special session of young leaders, “electrifying tours,” • Consumer, public fleet, and private fleet adoption of EV networking receptions, and more. technology Contact EPRI for more information (agenda inquiries, media inquiries, general inquiries), or register now. ELECTRIFICATION INNOVATION

Three Common Indoor Agriculture Types Use 70-95% Less Water The three most common indoor farms consume 70 to 95% less Vertical Farm/Warehouse water than outdoor farms growing the same crops, EPRI’s ongoing Vertical farms vary as widely in size as regular warehouses, and agricultural research has found. The infographic pictures the three there is no consistent farm model. The 10,000 square foot example most common indoor agriculture form factors – a pod farm, a in the infographic could yield approximately 15,000 five-ounce vertical farm or warehouse, and an augmented greenhouse. In all heads of lettuce per week. Daily power usage can vary from three form factors, electrification creates or augments the controlled 1-10 megawatt-hours, depending on the configuration. The wide setting that reduces water usage. variation in power usage occurs because some warehouse farms Pod Farm grow only one level of crops, while others stack a dozen or more The container or pod farm is a converted shipping container. These levels. pods are typically of a consistent size and produce highly consistent Augmented Greenhouse data. They can yield approximately 500 heads of butter-style lettuce The third, and most common in the U.S., controlled-farm form year-round, regardless of the weather. They consume approximately factor is the augmented greenhouse, which uses natural light when 100-150 kilowatt-hours of per day, which is equivalent available and uses electric lighting to augment the growing time. to 3-4 average U.S. houses. Regardless of form factor, the indoor As with the vertical farm, augmented greenhouse size varies. The farmer can create nighttime or daytime conditions at any time. This 3000 square foot example could yield approximately 1600 five- means the lights can burn during off-peak hours to take advantage ounce heads of lettuce per week. Typical daily energy consumption of time-of-use rates. ranges from 500-1000 kilowatt-hours. Energy usage varies “Even though the pod is a compact form factor, every aspect seasonally; in July, a greenhouse needs less electric lighting and of indoor agriculture occurs within the container,” explains EPRI heating than in December. Like the other indoor farm formats, the Senior Technical Leader Frank Sharp. “You have a self-contained, augmented greenhouse uses significantly less water than traditional automated plant production system that encompasses lighting, farming due to water reuse. thermal, pumping, carbon dioxide (CO2) augmenting, and water “The Netherlands has been using the augmented greenhouse model technologies, yet has no pesticides and minimal water for 30 or 40 years,” Sharp said. “They’re the second largest food discharge.” exporter in the world behind the U.S., and they’re a very small These containers can be placed near the point of consumption, country. They achieve this because of their efficient farming using which increases freshness and reduces fuel for transportation. augmented greenhouses.” Diesel farm equipment and flood irrigation are also eliminated. For more information about indoor agriculture, contact EPRI Senior Water savings vary from 70-95%, depending on the crop – less for Technical Leader Frank Sharp, 865.218.8055, or EPRI Senior tomatoes or strawberries, and more for leafy greens. Project Manager Morgan Scott (202) 293-7515.

Pictured: Key aspects of the three form factors of indoor agriculture. ELECTRIFICATION NEWS SPOTLIGHT

EPRI’s Tech Portal: A Gateway to the Energy Ecosystem EPRI’s new Tech Portal is an online database of innovative The Tech Portal allows database sorting to produce a list of technologies, energy companies, and researchers relevant to the companies with well-defined interests. For example, the efficient energy industry. The Tech Portal is intended to support energy electrification database includes several hundred companies. When innovation by promoting collaboration early in the innovation queried about companies active in the efficient electrification area process (see Figure 3). Publicly available, the Tech Portal helps using data analytics and also focusing on residential building electric utilities and technology and investment users sift through the technologies, the Portal lists 24 companies. Further narrowing the energy “ecosystem” to find the expertise they need. It also provides search to companies with an early-to-middle TRL refines the list to technology companies a platform in which they can define their five names. Changing the TRL parameter to search for companies in interests and technology users can find information about them. the “early commercial deployment” stage produces one name. The Innovation Captured database also offers additional information about each company to facilitate further research. The Tech Portal is organized using EPRI’s Research Imperatives: The Tech Portal and EPRI’s Scouting Update from DistribuTECH • Next-generation renewables 2019 • Nuclear and advanced nuclear energy systems A recent EPRI Scouting Update, DistribuTECH 2019: Innovations • Fossil generation, novel fossil cycles, and carbon capture, in Smart Homes and Street Lights (May 2019), reports on several utilization, and storage companies displaying new technologies for smart homes and smart street lighting at DistribuTECH 2019, an annual conference • that focuses on utilities and the future of energy. The newsletter • Grid modernization directs readers to EPRI’s Tech Portal for more information about the • Environment/water-energy nexus companies cited. • Efficient electrification In this instance, the Tech Portal user can search for a specific company and find information about its technology, focus area, and • Emerging technologies market. Table 1 provides search results for the efficient electrification The Tech Portal offers several ways to leverage and search companies mentioned in the Scouting Update. the “ecosystem.” Users can filter the information to find a The user can then find companies similar to these in the database. specific technology or vendor. The filters include cross-cutting For example, when queried for companies working on efficient technologies, as well as a vendor’s focus, general technology, outdoor lighting for the community market, EPRI’s Tech Portal technology readiness level (TRL), and anticipated time to product identified two other companies. commercialization. An advanced search function can narrow a search with six additional categories, such as solution type For more information on the Tech Portal, contact EPRI Technology (hardware or software), target market (residential, utility), and Innovation (TI) Marketing and Communication Manager Jeff Brehm, a qualitative assessment of the potential impact (evolutionary, 704.595.2521. transformational). Users can also directly search technology vendor names. Table 1. Tech Portal Search Results for Efficient Electrification Companies in Recent EPRI Scouting Update

Company Headquarters Technology Focus Market

London, GB- Efficient Connected Home Hive Residential ENG Electrification Building

Royal Oak, Efficient Residential Powerley Building/Residential US-MI Electrification Utility

Connected Home Vancouver, Neurio Electrification Building/Residential Residential CA-BC Technologies

Billerica, US- Efficient Outdoor/Infrastructure Community Pictured: EPRI’s Tech Portal helps utilities Cimcon and technology users sift through the energy MA Electrification Lighting Utility “ecosystem” to find the expertise they need. Melbourne, Efficient Ubicquia Outdoor/Infrastructure Community US-FL Electrification ELECTRIFICATION IN THE NEWS

News Brief: Electrification Europe Summit Approaches • An EY survey of mining companies and original equipment The inaugural “Electrification Europe 2019 International Summit: manufacturers revealed that “electrification in mines is climbing Solutions for a Decarbonized Society” will be held in Paris, France, the agenda of mining companies as a driver of cost reduction, October 16-17, 2019. Co-sponsored by Électricité de France energy efficiency, and license to operate .” (EDF) and EPRI, Electrification Europe will offer “collaboration across • The nonprofit New Buildings Institute reports that “zero energy” continents,” including a global perspective on: schools, with an 850% increase in projects since 2010, are • Electrification solutions in transportation, industrial processes, the largest segment of commercial zero energy buildings. and building applications • The European Heat Pump Association announced the winner • The ability of electrification to help meet the ’s of its 2019 Heat Pump of the Year award (BEST7 in EU- climate targets GUGLE in Tampere, Finland), as well as other awards. Other News • Utility initiatives to update their grids to accommodate large- scale end-use electrification • According to the Getting to Zero Forum, ASHRAE and the • Costs and benefits of end-use electrification, the role of U.S. Council signed agreements with the New regulations, and opportunities for financing Buildings Institute in June 2019 to collaborate on zero energy building market development. Electrification Europe will feature insights from the CEOs or leaders of EDF, EPRI, Edison International, the International Energy Agency, • CleanTechnica reports in July 2019 that the U.K. Government ENEL, CPS Energy, Edison Electric Institute, Tennessee Valley is seeking to require that all new homes include an EV charger Authority, and many others. The opening keynote will feature several and wants to simplify citizens paying for EV charging by approaches to decarbonization through end-use electrification. requiring public chargers to accept regular debit or credit Other plenary sessions will cover: cards by 2020. • Regulatory and Policy Frameworks for Electrification • With the Indian Central Government offering a subsidy of US $360 million in its “Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of • Global Energy Transitions and Societal Imperatives Hybrid & Electric Vehicles” scheme, CleanTechnica reports that • The Role of Technology and R&D several Indian are planning to introduce thousands of electric buses over the next few years. • The Economics of Electrification • The Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced in Breakout sessions will cover four tracks: June 2019 that it is offering more than $50 million in grants • Frontiers of E-Mobility: Driving Electric Vehicle Adoption … to reduce toxic air emission and ozone-forming pollutants from Electrifying the Fleet … The EV Infrastructure Challenge heavy-duty diesel engines. • Decarbonizing Buildings and Industry: Heating the Buildings • A CleanTechnica article asserts that EVs can eliminate direct of the Future … Smarter Homes, Buildings and Cities … exposure to a chemical (Benzene) that the World Health Decarbonizing Industry Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control classify as • Policy and Finance: Regulatory Approaches … Developing a human carcinogen. the Infrastructure for Electrification … Financing the Electrified • ZDnet reported in July 2019 that Israel-based startup REE has Economy developed a modular EV platform that automakers can use as • Innovations in Electrification: Preparing the Grid … Hydrogen the base for a variety of vehicles. The technology integrates the and P2X on the Horizon … The Future of Electrification motor, steering, suspension, drivetrain, sensing, brakes, and Technology electronics into a flat cart with wheels. Each breakout session will drill down into a key aspect of each • A July 2019 MarketsandMarkets™ report projects a 35.8% topic. For example, the three E-Mobility breakout sessions will compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for electric scooter and explore how to enhance EV adoption, support electrification electric motorcycle markets from now through 2027, reaching of fleets, and meet the EV infrastructure challenge. The official almost 8 million units by 2027. language of Electrification Europe is English. • Electrify America and Harley-Davidson announced in July that Leading Articles owners of the first all-electric motorcycle – the Harley-Davison® LiveWire™ – will receive 500 kilowatt-hours of free charging • SNL reported that US cities are seeing a “blueprint for building at Electrify America stations. electrification” in how Berkeley, CA, implemented its ban on natural gas in new construction. • As reported on PRNewswire, a California Energy Commission (CEC) award in July to the Lion Electric Company under the CEC’s School Bus Replacement Program will “make possible • Fast Charging in a Mixed-Use Urban Redevelopment the deployment of hundreds of additional new school buses in Community: Georgia Power – Atlantic Station Case Study, California in the coming months.” February 2019 Upcoming Events EPRI in the News • Electrification U.S. Symposium Series, “Pathways to USEA posted a summary of its Advanced Energy Technology Decarbonization in the Northeast,” August 27-29, 2019, Forum that featured a keynote by Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Brooklyn, NY. the presentation of its U.S. Energy Award to Mike Howard for his • “M:bility | California,” September 17-18, 2019, San Jose, contribution to the global energy industry. CA. Energy Storage News reported on Southern Company recently • Electrification U.S. Symposium Series, “The Electrification opening the Energy Storage Research Center (ESRC), a facility Experience,” October 2-3, 2019, San Antonio, TX. on Southern Research’s engineering campus where collaborative efforts will look to boost the development and deployment of energy • Getting to Zero Forum 2019, October 9-11, 2019, Oakland, storage technologies. CA. Columbus CEO reported on an EPRI-AEP start-up incubation • Electrification Europe 2019 International Summit, “Solutions project called IlluminationLab, a center that provides guidance to for a Decarbonized Society,” October 16-17, 2019, Palais businesses whose ideas and products can improve systems that Brongniart, Paris, France. enable the distribution and use of electricity. • “100% Renewable Heating & Cooling for a Sustainable Engerati interviewed EPRI about the top threats facing utilities and Future,” October 28, 2019, Helsinki, Finland. what utilities should be doing to mitigate risk and improve cyber • “Singapore International Energy Week 2019,” with a theme of security. “accelerating energy transformation,” October 29 – November S&P Global News posted an article about the first of three EPRI 1, 2019, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. electrification symposia, held in Berkeley, California, focused on the • “M:bility | Detroit,” March 18-19, 2020, Dearborn, Michigan. challenges and opportunities in decarbonizing the U.S. economy. • Save the date: Electrification 2020 International Conference EPRI Director of Energy Utilization Mark Duvall was quoted in a & Exposition, April 6-9, 2020, Charlotte Convention Center, Dover Daily Energy article about the impact of Tesla reducing the Charlotte, NC. Learn more and join the mailing list. price of its Model 3, potentially enabling more people to purchase the vehicle. “This is a really good step for Tesla and the customers • Save the date: The 13th International Energy Agency (IEA) who were waiting for this price point,” he said. Heat Pump Conference, Jeju, Korea, May 11-14, 2020. Financial Planning posted an article about the efficiency of • Did you know? EPRI|U is now in session. EPRI|U offers the induction cooking in the commercial and residential sectors. The electricity sector’s technical and management professionals article noted that EPRI has found commercial induction cooking has a growing curriculum of classroom, computer-based, video, a thermal efficiency of about 90 percent, compared with traditional and other training options to equip them for essential technical electric systems of about 74 percent of thermal efficiency and gas challenges and professional growth and development. of only 40 percent thermal efficiency. EPRI Resources • New! Quick Insights: Extreme Cold Weather and Heat Pumps, June 2019 • New! Quick Insights: Hydrogen’s Role in Decarbonizing Heat in the , June 2019

About EPRI’s Efficient Electrification Initiative “Electrification” describes the adoption of electric end-use technologies. EPRI’s Efficient Electrification Initiative explores electrification in the context of the global energy system, analyzing the customer value–lower cost, lower energy use, reduced emissions, improved indoor environment, and increased productivity–provided by advanced, end-use technologies that efficiently amplify the benefits of cleaner power generation portfolios. Coupling EPRI’s modeling capabilities with extensive research on end-use technologies and grid operations, the initiative also will assess interdependencies among increased adoption of efficient electric technologies, their potential to provide enhanced control and flexibility, and their impact on grid operations and planning.

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