Modesto Irrigation District
Smart Grid Deployment and Installation Project
Abstract
The Modesto Irrigation District’s (MID’s) Smart Grid Deployment and Installation project involved installation of an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system, a meter data management system (MDMS), and a web portal to enable customers to better manage their electricity consumption and costs. The smart meter deployment covered the Mountain House Development, a single isolated area with 3,348 customer sites. The project also included installation of distribution automation (DA) equipment for 45 of 120 circuits and deployment of a distribution management system (DMS).Contact Information
Ed Franciosa
Interim Assistant General Manager, Transmission and Distribution
Modesto Irrigation District
edf@mid.org
At-A-Glance
Recipient:
Modesto Irrigation District
HQ State:
California
NERC Region:
WECC
Total Budget: $3,495,107
Federal Share: $1,493,149
Funding Program:
- Investment Grant Program
Project Type:
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure
- Customer Systems
- Distribution System
- Pricing
Equipment:
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) / Smart Meters
- Automated Capacitors
- Automated Distribution Circuit Switches
- Backhaul Communications
- Customer Web Portal
- Distribution Automation
- Distribution Management System
- Meter Communications Network
- Meter Data Management System
- Smart Meter - Industrial
Targeted Benefits:
- Reduced Meter Reading Costs
- Reduced Operating and Maintenance Costs
- Improved Electric Service Reliability and Power Quality
- Reduced Costs from Line Losses
- Reduced Truck Fleet Fuel Usage
- Reduced Greenhouse Gas and Criteria Pollutant Emissions