Sacramento Municipal Utility District
SmartSacramento
Abstract
Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s (SMUD) SmartSacramento Project involves system-wide deployment of an advanced metering system integrated with existing enterprise and information technology systems as well as a partial deployment of advanced distribution grid assets that equip SMUD’s distribution circuits with automated control and operation capabilities. The project also involves customer systems that provide usage and cost information to customers that educate and enable more control over their consumption. These systems enable more informed participation by customers and more effective management by SMUD to improve reliability and efficiency of grid operations and better optimize the use of assets. The project includes a field test of plug-in electric vehicle charging stations to assess their technical performance, vehicle charging patterns, and effects on electric distribution system operations.Contact Information
Jim Parks
Program Manager
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Jim.parks@smud.org
Recipient Team Website: www.SMUD.org
At-A-Glance
Recipient:
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
HQ State:
California
NERC Region:
WECC
Total Budget: $308,998,151
Federal Share: $127,506,261
Funding Program:
- Investment Grant Program
Project Type:
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure
- Consumer Behavior Studies
- Customer Systems
- Distributed Energy Resource
- Distribution System
- Pricing
Equipment:
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) / Smart Meters
- Automated Capacitors
- Automated Distribution Circuit Switches
- Backhaul Communications
- Customer System Communications Network
- Customer Web Portal
- Direct Load Control Device
- Distribution Automation
- Distribution Automation Communications Network
- Equipment Condition Monitor
- Home Area Network
- In-Home Display
- Meter Communications Network
- Meter Data Management System
- Plug-In Electric Vehicle Charging Station
- Programmable Communicating Thermostat
- Smart Meter - Industrial
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Communications Network
Targeted Benefits:
- Reduced Electricity Costs for Customers
- Reduced Meter Reading Costs
- Reduced Costs from Distribution Line Losses
- Reduced Operating and Maintenance Costs
- Deferred Investment in Transmission and Distribution Capacity Expansion
- Improved Electric Service Reliability
- Reduced Ancillary Service Cost
- Reduced Congestion Cost
- Reduced Greenhouse Gas and Criteria Pollutant Emissions
- Reduced Truck Fleet Fuel Usage