Abstract
Progress Energy Service Company's (Progress Energy's) Optimized Energy Value Chain project involved deployment of advanced metering and distribution automation systems. The project implemented two-way communications to allow Progress Energy to manage, measure, and verify targeted demand reductions during peak periods. New information and communications systems capture commercial and industrial (C&I) meter data for billing and future implementation of new pricing programs and service offerings. Progress Energy implemented a distribution management system, automated switching, and integrated voltage and reactive power control to reduce line losses and improve service reliability. The project also installed advanced transmission systems, including on-line monitoring equipment on key and "at-risk" transmission substations and transformer banks. In addition, Progress Energy installed 255 electric vehicle charging stations in the Carolinas and Florida service territories.Contact Information
Becky Harrison
General Manager – Smart Grid Program Office
Progress Energy Service Company
Becky.harrison@pgnmail.com
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At-A-Glance
Recipient:
Progress Energy Service Company
HQ State:
North Carolina
NERC Region:
SERC
Total Budget: $526,585,524
Federal Share: $200,000,000
Funding Program:
- Investment Grant Program
Project Type:
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure
- Customer Systems
- Distributed Energy Resource
- Distribution System
- Pricing
- Transmission System
Equipment:
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) / Smart Meters
- Automated Capacitors
- Automated Distribution Circuit Switches
- Automated Voltage Regulators
- Backhaul Communications
- Customer Web Portal
- Direct Load Control Device
- Distribution Automation
- Distribution Management System
- Equipment Condition Monitor
- Meter Communications Network
- Meter Data Management System
- Plug-In Electric Vehicle Charging Station
- Smart Meter - Industrial
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Communications Network
Targeted Benefits:
- Reduced Costs from Distribution Line Losses and Equipment Failures
- Reduced Electricity Costs for Customers
- Reduced Operating and Maintenance Costs
- Reduced Meter Reading Costs
- Deferred Investment in Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Capacity Expansion
- Improved Electric Service Reliability and Power Quality
- Reduced Ancillary Service Cost
- Reduced Greenhouse Gas and Criteria Pollutant Emissions
- Reduced Truck Fleet Fuel Usage
