Pacificorp’S 2019 Smart Grid Report
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August 1, 2019 VIA ELECTRONIC FILING Public Utility Commission of Oregon 201 High Street SE, Suite 100 Salem, OR 97301-3398 Attn: Filing Center Re: UM 1667—PacifiCorp’s 2019 Smart Grid Report PacifiCorp d/b/a Pacific Power (PacifiCorp) submits for filing with the Public Utility Commission of Oregon its 2019 Smart Grid Report in compliance with Order No. 13-279. PacifiCorp respectfully requests that all communications related to this filing be addressed to: Oregon Dockets Carla Scarsella PacifiCorp Senior Regulatory Attorney 825 NE Multnomah Street, Suite 2000 825 NE Multnomah Street, Suite 2000 Portland, OR 97232 Portland, OR 97232 [email protected] [email protected] In addition, PacifiCorp respectfully requests that any information requests in this docket be addressed to: By email (preferred): [email protected] By regular mail: Data Request Response Center PacifiCorp 825 NE Multnomah Street, Suite 2000 Portland, Oregon 97232 Informal questions concerning this filing may be directed to Cathie Allen, Regulatory Affairs Manager, at (503) 813-5934. Sincerely, Etta Lockey Vice President, Regulation Enclosure cc: UM 1667 Service List CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that I served a true and correct copy of PacifiCorp’s 2019 Smart Grid Report on the parties listed below via electronic mail in compliance with OAR 860-001-0180. Service List UM 1667 OREGON CITIZENS' UTILITY BOARD PACIFICORP, DBA PACIFIC POWER 610 SW BROADWAY, STE 400 825 NE MULTNOMAH ST, STE 2000 PORTLAND, OR 97205 PORTLAND, OR 97232 [email protected] [email protected] MARK BASSETT (C) ERIC SHIERMAN (C) OREGON PUBLIC UTILITY PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF COMMISSION OREGON PO BOX 1088 201 HIGH ST SE STE 100 SALEM, OR 97301 SALEM, OR 97301 [email protected] [email protected] WENDY GERLITZ MICHAEL GOETZ (C) NW ENERGY COALITION OREGON CITIZENS' UTILITY BOARD 1205 SE FLAVEL 610 SW BROADWAY STE 400 PORTLAND, OR 97202 PORTLAND, OR 97205 [email protected] [email protected] REBECCA SMITH (C) ROBERT JENKS (C) OREGON DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OREGON CITIZENS' UTILITY BOARD 550 CAPITOL ST NE 610 SW BROADWAY, STE 400 SALEM, OR 97301 PORTLAND, OR 97205 [email protected] [email protected] ETTA LOCKEY (C) PATRICK ROWE PACIFIC POWER OREGON DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 825 NE MULTNOMAH ST., STE 2000 1162 COURT ST NE PORTLAND, OR 97232 SALEM, OR 97301-4096 [email protected] [email protected] WENDY SIMONS (C) DUSTIN T TILL (C) OREGON DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PACIFIC POWER 550 CAPITOL ST NE 1ST FL 825 NE MULTNOMAH ST STE 1800 SALEM, OR 97301 PORTLAND, OR 97232 [email protected] [email protected] Page 1 of 2 STEPHANIE S. ANDRUS (C) PUC STAFF--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES SECTION 1162 COURT ST NE SALEM, OR 97301-4096 [email protected] Dated this 1st day of August, 2019. __________________ Mary Penfield Regulatory Operations Adviser Page 2 of 2 PacifiCorp Smart Grid Biennial Report – Oregon August 1, 2019 1 Table of Contents Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................... i List of Tables ................................................................................................................................. iii List of Figures ............................................................................................................................... iv List of Acronyms ........................................................................................................................... v I. Executive Summary .............................................................................................................. 1 II. Staff’s Recommendations for the 2019 Smart Grid Report .............................................. 3 III. Smart Grid Strategies, Objectives and Goals ..................................................................... 5 A. Strategies ............................................................................................................................. 5 B. Objectives ........................................................................................................................... 5 C. Goals ................................................................................................................................... 5 IV. Projects Overview ................................................................................................................. 7 V. Status of Grid Modernization and Smart Grid Investments ............................................ 9 A. Advanced Metering Infrastructure ...................................................................................... 9 1. Functionalities .................................................................................................................. 9 2. Customer Engagement ................................................................................................... 10 3. Customer Centric Tools and AMI Features .................................................................... 12 4. Mitigating Technology Obsolescence Risk .................................................................... 14 B. Transmission Network and Operations Enhancements .................................................... 15 1. Transmission Situational Awareness .............................................................................. 15 2. NERC Reliability Standard MOD-033-1 and PRC-002-2 ............................................. 16 3. Energy Imbalance Market .............................................................................................. 18 4. Cybersecurity ................................................................................................................. 19 C. Substation Operations Enhancements ............................................................................... 21 1. Energy Storage ............................................................................................................... 21 2. Distribution Substation Metering ................................................................................... 24 D. Distribution Field Communication ................................................................................... 26 1. Modeling and Information Exchange ............................................................................. 26 2. Field Area Network ........................................................................................................ 27 3. Trouble Call Initiation Intelligence ................................................................................ 29 4. Distribution Situational Awareness ................................................................................ 30 5. AMI ................................................................................................................................ 31 i PacifiCorp Smart Grid Annual Report 2019 E. Distribution Automation and Reliability ........................................................................... 34 1. Distribution Automation ................................................................................................. 34 2. VaultGard Portland Low Voltage Secondary Network Project ...................................... 38 F. Demand Response ............................................................................................................. 41 1. Recent Demand Response (DR) Developments ............................................................. 41 2. Irrigation Load Control .................................................................................................. 42 G. Distributed and Renewable Resource Enhancements ....................................................... 44 1. Transportation Electrification ......................................................................................... 44 2. Net Metering .................................................................................................................. 45 3. Centralized Renewable Resources ................................................................................. 46 4. Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Deployment........................................................ 46 H. Interconnection Standards and Smart Inverters ................................................................ 48 VI. Road Map to Grid Modernization ..................................................................................... 51 VII. Conclusion ........................................................................................................................... 51 Appendix A – PacifiCorp Net Metering and Customer Generation ...................................... 52 Appendix B – Union Gap Enhanced SCADA Project ............................................................. 53 Appendix C – Tracking AMI Savings ....................................................................................... 56 Appendix D – Affected Customer Communication ................................................................. 62 Appendix E – EV Brochure ........................................................................................................ 63 Appendix F – 2018 Stakeholder Recommendations and Company Action ........................... 65 Appendix G – Transportation Electrification Pilot Update .................................................... 70 Appendix H – Irrigation Load Control Information/Comparison .......................................