A Conference Report On India Smart Grid...

Prepared By :-

Apoorv Kumar Singh

Research Analyst

Indianpowersector.com

A Conference Report On India Smart Grid Summit-2014

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1 A Conference Report On India Smart Grid Summit-2014

Contents Indian Scenario .................................................................................................................................. 2

The Need In The Indian Context ....................................................................................................... 2

Many Issues ....................................................................................................................................... 2

Features of Smart Grid ...................................................................................................................... 3

Objectives for Smart Grid ................................................................................................................. 3

Necessity of Smart Grid .................................................................................................................... 4

What does the Smart Grid achieve? .................................................................................................. 4

Key Technologies and Systems for Smart Grids .............................................................................. 4

Policy Level Initiatives by Govt. of India ......................................................................................... 5

Why Pilot? ......................................................................................................................................... 5

Suitability of Smart Grid at Indiranagar ............................................................................................ 5

Smart Grid Initiatives ........................................................................................................................ 6

Benefits of AMI ................................................................................................................................ 7

Benefits of PLM ................................................................................................................................ 7

India Smart Grid Task Force ............................................................................................................. 8

India Smart Grid Forum .................................................................................................................... 8

Some of the steps taken by the GOI .................................................................................................. 8

Some Steps Taken By the CERC ...................................................................................................... 9

Smart Grid Pilot Projects ................................................................................................................... 9

RAPDRP Scheme: Progress till February 2014 .............................................................................. 10

Actions initiated and Support provided by PFC for Development of Smart Grid .......................... 10

Financing of Smart Grid Projects .................................................................................................... 10

Focus areas for benefits Of Smart Grid ........................................................................................... 11

Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 11

Way Forward ................................................................................................................................... 11

Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................... 11



CONFERENCE REPORT ON SMART GRID

Indian Scenario Low Per Capita Energy Consumption = 918 Kwh (2012-2013)

Installed Capacity = 243028.95MW (March,2014)

2013-14 o Peak Demand Met 129915 MW Shortage 4.3% o Energy Availability 877784 MU Shortage 4.2% o Decreasing PLF 70.13 (2012-13) , 65.53 (2013-14) o Reason- Coal Shortage, Economic slowdown and affordability.

The Need In The Indian Context Perennial shortages dogging the country.

Promoting the smart grid in India for efficient utilization of the generation, transmission and distribution resources of the country.

Promoting use of renewable sources of energy, to reduce dependability on fossil fuels.

Reduction of technical losses.

Prevention of theft of electricity.

Many Issues

Generation Transmission Distribution Consumer

Coal Shortage ROW T&D Losses Low Per Capita Consumption

Environmental Issues Congestion Network Reach Affordability (Legal Subsidy)

Land Renewable Integration

Low Level of Automation

Information Asymmetry

Smart Grid as a Tool Earlier Smart Grid was being viewed as only meant for distribution in line with US

investing in aging infrastructure.

For managing Grid regulatory tools of Grid code and deviation settlement mechanism were being used.

Commission started viewing this as an integrating solution.

The big event of 30th and 31st July, 2012 due to Network visibility and reliability, Renewable issues and Grid discipline and load forecasting and management issues.

Definition: A smart grid is a modernized electrical grid that uses analogue or digital information and communications technology to gather and act on information, such as information about the behaviours of suppliers and consumers, in an automated fashion to improve the efficiency, reliability, economics, and sustainability of the production and distribution of electricity.

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Definition of Smart Grids by EU Regulators European Regulators have adopted a definition of smart grids which is technology-neutral and focused on what smart grids can deliver. “A smart grid is an electricity network that can cost-efficiently integrate the behaviour and actions of all users connected to it – generators, consumers and those that do both – in order to ensure economically efficient, sustainable power systems with low losses and high levels of quality and security of supply and safety.”

Features of Smart Grid

Fully automated power delivery network that monitors and controls electricity flows

Bi-directional flow of electricity and information between the grid and the consumers

Elimination of power blackouts, reduction of AT&C losses, peak load management/ demand response

Lowered carbon footprint and reduced emissions, increased access to renewable energy resources (like solar and wind)

Use of digital technology to save energy, reduce cost and increase reliability

Improved power quality for needs of 21st century economy

Reduced disruptions, improved efficiency and better asset utilization

Major Components includes Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Peak Load Management, Demand Side Management, Distributed Generation & Renewable Integration

Objectives for Smart Grid

UTILITY Cost Recovery

Customer Value for money

Objective

Regulator Cost effectiveness



Necessity of Smart Grid

What does the Smart Grid achieve? Solves Grid problems by itself.

Inform the system operator in advance of impending grid instability/disturbances.

Optimum utilization of power system assets so as to minimize the cost to consumers.

Takes care of unpredictable nature of wind and solar energy resources.

Smart Grid Technology for efficient, accurate and effective online visualization of the distribution system to reduce involvement of human element

Actuate empowerment of consumers to participate in the energy management process.

Enable high-level customer satisfaction and increased awareness.

Utilization of renewable recourses towards sustainability and green energy benefits.

Key Technologies and Systems for Smart Grids

Capacity- Growing demand of Electricity

Reliability - Providing high quality electrical energy whenever -

wherever is required

Efficiency- Reducing losses in every part of delivery chain

Sustainability - Ensuring integration of renewables

Smart Grid



Policy Level Initiatives by Govt. of India

India Smart Grid Forum and India Smart Grid Task Force

Chairman - Sh. Sam Pitroda (Advisor to the PM on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation).

Convener - Sh. B. N. Sharma, JS, MOP.

India Smart Grid Forum and India Smart Grid Task Force launched by the Hon’ble Minister of Power in May, 2010.

To accelerate implementation of Smart Grids in India in alignment with the Ministry of Power’s overarching policy objectives of “Access, Availability and Affordability of power for all”

The Smart Grid Vision and Roadmap for India was launched by the Minister at the Power Ministers Conclave on Sep 10, 2013

A National Smart Grid Mission to be launched soon, similar to the GoI’s 8 National Missions of the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).

India Smart Grid Task Force is an inter-ministerial group and will serve as Government’s focal point for activities related to “Smart Grid”.

India Smart Grid Forum is a non-profit voluntary consortium of public and private stakeholders with the prime objective of accelerating development of Smart Grid technologies in the Indian Power Sector.

Why Pilot? Since Smart Grid in itself is an evolving process and requires the participation of

consumers, it is only prudent to initiate a pilot project to study the feasibility, viability, acceptability and scalability.

Hence BESCOM decided to go in for a Pilot Project at Indiranagar, Bangalore City.

Suitability of Smart Grid at Indiranagar Small Area (25 sq.km.)

High per capita energy consumption (3300 unit)

Modern Distribution Network (RMU, IT Infra and SCADA)

Moderate No. of consumers (63000) and DTs(680)

Low AT&C Losses (4.56%)

Educated and IT savvy consumers



Present status of AT&C losses in Indiranagar

Smart Grid Initiatives

AT&C Losses 4.56%

Loss due to billing

inefficiency - 4.13%

Technical Losses

3.8%

Non technical

Losses 0.33%

Loss due to

collection

inefficiency - 0.43%

For reliable,secure and economically viable Smart Grid

Advanced Metering infrastructure (AMI)

Peak Load Management (PLM)



Benefits of AMI

Benefits of PLM

Reduction in meter reading cost

Reduction in field and meter service

Reduction in unaccounted energy

Better Distribution system Management

PLM

Reduction in the peak load.

Delay in the overloading of power systems assets thereby reducing the capacity cost.

Assuming the daily 6 hours peak load (3hours in the morning & 3 hours in evening), the per year

energy consumption would be approx. 80 MU.

15% shift in peak load would

mean 12 MU shall be consumed at

places other than peak load timings.



India Smart Grid Task Force

Five Working groups have been constituted to take up the different task related to SMART GRID activities:-

WG1 – Trials/Pilot on new technologies.

WG2 – Loss reduction and theft, data gathering and analysis.

WG3 – Power to rural areas and reliability & quality of power to urban areas.

WG4 – District Generation & renewable.

WG5 – Physical cyber security, Standards and Spectrum.

India Smart Grid Forum The goal of the Forum is to help the Indian power sector to deploy Smart Grid

technologies in an efficient, cost-effective, innovative and scalable manner by bringing together all the key stakeholders and enabling technologies.

The India Smart Grid Forum will coordinate and cooperate with relevant global and Indian bodies to leverage global experience and standards where available or helpful, and will highlight any gaps in the same from an Indian perspective.

The Forum will operate in a hierarchical or layered structure with different working groups focusing on different aspects of Smart Grid.

Ten Working Groups dealing with the following were constituted:- Advanced transmission

Advanced distribution

Communications for Smart Grid

Metering including Interoperability standards

Consumption & load control

Policy and regulations

Architecture & design incl. interoperability

Pilots and business models

Renewables and Micro grids

Cyber Security

Some of the steps taken by the GOI Launch of the India Smart Grid Knowledge Portal in Jan, 2013.

Sh. Kapil Sibal released the IPv6 Roadmap version 2 on 26th March 2013. Power and Banking are the two chosen sectors for implementing IPv6 on fastrack

Approval of 14 smart grid pilot projects by the Smart Grid Task Force in 14 States in June 2013 (CESC, Mysore and UGVCL, Gujarat have recently released Smart Grid Pilot Project).

A committee was constituted by Ministry of Power under Chairperson CEA to review Functional Specifications of low cost single phase Smart Meters and its report was released on 12th June 2013.

Power Minister, Sh Jyotiraditya Scindia released Smart grid Vision and Roadmap for the country at the Power Ministers Conclave on September, 2013.



Some Steps Taken By the CERC

Smart Grid Pilot Projects

Under Part C of R-APDRP, some of the basic building blocks of smart grid are being implemented in all urban areas (1412 towns) all across India and this infrastructure can be effectively leveraged to transform these utilities to smarter grids with low incremental costs.

14 Smart Grid Pilot projects have been approved for different distribution utilities by Ministry of Power (MoP), Govt of India (GoI). These projects will be part funded by MoP (50% project cost as grant from GoI).

The 14 Smart Grid Pilot projects are as under: o Karnataka CESC o Andhra Pradesh CPDCL o Assam PDCL o Gujarat UGVCL o Maharashtra SEDCL o Haryana UHBVNL o Tripura SECL o Himachal Pradesh SEB o Puducherry Electricity Department o Rajasthan JVVNL o Chattisgarh SPDCL o Punjab SPCL o Kerala SEB

Restricted Free Governor Mode of Operation

Integration of renewable energy sources into the grid

Integration of renewable energy sources into the grid

Wide area measurement systems (WAMS)

Special protection schemes



RAPDRP Scheme: Progress till February 2014 Cumulative Sanction – Rs. 38,089 cr, Cumulative Disbursement – Rs. 7,317 cr

FY 13-14 till Feb,14, Sanction– Rs 4,331 cr, Disbursement – Rs. 596 cr

No. of states/UTs where DC/DR has been commissioned –17 out of 21

No. of towns completed under Part-A (Go-Live) – 493 out of 1412

No. of towns awarded under Part-B – 1029 out of 1244

No. of towns awarded under SCADA – 61 out of 72

No. of towns where Ring Fencing has been completed – 1372 out of 1412

No. of towns where baseline AT&C losses are verified – 1184 out of 1412

Actions initiated and Support provided by PFC for Development of Smart Grid

Created new subsidiary company “PFC Green Energy Ltd” for development of Renewable Energy Sources

Charges concessional interest rate for RE projects

Towns awarded to Distribution Franchisee, meeting certain requirements, are also funded under R-APDRP.

Initiated Equity Participation

Capacity building for utility personnel in IT and innovative technology

Funding of Smart Grid Pilot projects (GoI component through R-APDRP)

Financing of Smart Grid Projects

Sources of Funding for Smart Grid Projects:-

Govt. of India (through various Funding Program)

Financial Institutions and Banks

State Govt. and Utilities

Central PSUs

Multilateral Agencies (WB, ADB etc)

Industries (participation as equity, supplier credit etc)

Bilateral Credit

Investment by Venture Funds

Investment through Public Private Partnership (PPP)

Funds raised from market (Bonds etc

Initially Pilot projects are to be taken up for development of various areas/ functionalities of smart grids. The pilot projects are finalized under ISGTF and MoP, GoI

Thus initially Financial Return need not be insisted for financing of pilot projects

Robust implementing, monitoring mechanism to be worked out for timely implementation of pilot projects



Focus areas for benefits Of Smart Grid Reduction of AT&C Losses

Demand Response (Required for integration of Renewables)

Micro-grid

For all these applications, Smart Meters are the basic component

Side benefit : Accurate Load Forecasting

Another big issue – Power Quality

Summary AMI & PLM (Demand Response and Demand Side Management) proposed at Indiranagar

AMI is the foundation for deployment of other Smart Grid attributes. It brings Efficiency and reliability in the overall management of distribution system

Benefits to both consumers & utility o Enablement of consumer to visualized their consumption pattern and participate

in energy management process o Reduction in net electricity bills and improved reliability & transparency o Enable utility to for better distribution system management & fulfil RPO target

Way Forward While it is necessary that Government, Regulator, Utility and vendors work together, the

academia need to provide the backbone to this development

Research is necessary to provide cost effective solution for smart metering, distribution switches, communication protocol and most important Cyber security

Application development for PMU and data analytic

Conclusion Smart grid will give rise to a Number of socio-economic benefits

MOP’s India Smart Grid vision & roadmap is a complete code of where Indian power sector wants to go in next 15 years

We need to give Regulatory support to SG Vision & Road map:14 Pilot Projects

Need for leveraging R-APDRP infrastructure for better governance in Transport, health, Municipal Services (Synergy)

Proposed Plan for 50 Smart Towns

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