Abstract
Idaho Power Company’s (IPC’s) Smart Grid Program included deployment of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), AMI‐enabled customer systems, and advanced synchrophasor monitoring equipment for the transmission system. IPC installed 380,928 smart meters for residential and commercial customers and deployed a web portal to provide customers with access to their AMI data and new energy management tools. Smart meters enable IPC to enhance its offering of existing time‐of‐use rates to customers and further reduce peak loads on the system. Peak load is also managed through direct load control devices on participating customers’ irrigation systems. IPC also installed phasor measurement units (PMUs) to improve the diagnostic capabilities and overall reliability of the transmission system. In addition, the company developed tools to enable the effective integration of renewable resources onto the transmission grid.Contact Information
Duane Van Patten
Program Manager
Idaho Power Company
dvanpatten@idahopower.com
At-A-Glance
Recipient:
Idaho Power Company
HQ State:
Idaho
NERC Region:
WECC
Total Budget: $98,270,405
Federal Share: $47,000,000
Funding Program:
- Investment Grant Program
Project Type:
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure
- Customer Systems
- Distribution System
- Pricing
- Synchrophasor
- Transmission System
Equipment:
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) / Smart Meters
- Automated Distribution Circuit Switches
- Customer Web Portal
- Distributed Energy Resource Interface
- Distribution Automation
- Distribution Management System
- Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU)
- Smart Meter - Industrial
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Communications Network
- Transmission Line Monitoring System
Targeted Benefits:
- 380,928 Smart Meters
- AMI Communications Network (Power Line Carrier and Broadband)
- Web Portal Access for 416,020 Customers
- Customer Information System
- 8 Phasor Measurement Units
- Transmission Line Monitoring Equipment
- Distribution and Transmission Communications
- Networks (Power Line Carrier, Fiber Optics, Radio, and Wireless)