Maximizing the Value of Distributed Energy Resources with Smart Energy Networks

• Paul Liotsakis, Customer Programs Manager, Marin Clean Energy (MCE)

• Jeffrey Norman, Vice President Industry Solutions,AutoGrid

What is MCE?

MCEA local, not-for-profit electricity provider

OUR MISSION

RENEWABLE ENERGYSTABLE, COMPETITIVE RATES

LOCAL ECONOMIC & WORKFORCE BENEFITSENERGY EFFICIENCY

Address climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions

About MCE

2008

2010

2016

MCE formed

Service launched

Serving ~250,000 accounts

Community Benefits

Not-for-profit, public agency

No shareholder

sLocal

Reinvestment

Local and In-State Renewables

18 Projects 199 megawatts

• $500.6 Million committed

• powering30% of the homes we serve per year

How Electric Service Works

MCE Generation PG&E Delivery Same Service

Choice Is Power

New Default ServiceOld

Default Service

30%Renewable

PG&E

50%Renewable

MCELight Green

100%Renewable

MCEDeep Green

MCE customers eliminated 122,102 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, 2010-2014

equivalent to taking 13,365 cars off our roads for an entire year

Energy Savings Programs

Rebates provided:$900,000H20 saved:7.7 Million+ gal

AutoGrid Systems Inc, - Confidential

Leading Energy Companies Trust AutoGrid12

Rise of the Energy Internet

A complex, real-time energy network Distributed energy resources, inc.

Solar Storage Microgrids Demand response

Renewables Customers as consumers and

suppliers Value through optimization

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Solution: All Assets, All Services, All CustomersComprehensive Flexibility Management Solution

Storage Mgmt

Behavioral DR

Bring-Your-Own-Thing

C&I Direct Load Control

Demand Charge Mgmt

All ServicesDERMS

All Functions

All Customer ClassesResidential Commercial Industrial

Virtual Power Plant

All AssetsAnalyze Manage

Enroll

Forecast

Optimize

Schedule

Notify

Control

Solar

Thermostats

CHP

Water Heaters, HVAC

Storage

EV/EVSE

Lighting

DER

DR

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New Challenges Require a New Approach

Complexity

Unpredictability

Rapid Change

Customer Demands

Solar, DG

HVAC, Lighting

Combined Heat & Power Plants

Thermostats, Water Heaters

Battery Storage

Energy Assets

Electric Vehicles

Transmission & Distribution

Wholesale Energy Markets

Value Streams

Behind-the-Meter Cost Reduction

New Approach: Flexibility ManagementChallenges

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Resource Flexibility

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Market-Based Demand ResponsePilot

Overview: Market-Based DR

CAISO price > threshold

Reduce energy usage via direct load control

Market-Based Demand Response

Provide incentives and devices

Business Goals

• Consumer behavior• Supply-side benefits• Technical feasibility• Upcoming changes in

CAISO

to dispatch assets into CAISO via market-based

DR• Reduce energy supply

costs for members• Sell DR capacity into

market

Assess Opportunity Understand

Scope• One year pilot• Target: 100 households enrolled• Initial Assets: thermostats, pool pumps, water heaters

First CCA in the world to deploy market-based DR

Technology Foundation: AutoGrid DROMS

• Connect to and control a variety of assets in real time

Market-Based Demand Response

• Real-time market signals monitoring

• Real-time asset control• Data science to determine

optimal price threshold• Measurement &

verification

• M&V reports• Real-time market signal

• Determine optimal price threshold

• Bid DR into CAISO

Why AutoGrid: Any Type of Asset, Now or in Future

All Programs All Functions

All Customer ClassesResidential Commercial Industrial

All Assets

Behavioral DR

Storage Flexibility Management

Residential Direct Load Control

C&I Direct Load Control

Dynamic Pricing

Bring-Your-Own-Thing

EV Flexibility Management

Water Heaters

Smart Inverters

Lighting

EV/EVSE

HVAC

Storage

ThermostatsAnalyze Manage

Enroll

Forecast

Optimize

Schedule

Notify

Control

Why AutoGrid: FutureproofingAMI

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CIS

Settlement

Markets

EMS

ADMS

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AutoGrid Energy Internet Platform

AutoGrid Flex

AutoGrid DROMS

AutoGrid DERMS

AutoGrid VPP

Predictive Control Technology

Initial ResultsPilot• 64 events in 2016 since June 1-Sep 20• 0.2 - 0.6kW of load shed per residence

If scaled to 1000 participants• 36MW of load shed over a season

Average load

Load shed

Load with DR

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Lessons Learned• Need strong technical support for hardware devices• Having channels beyond web for customer

interactions• Importance of initial experience for engaging with

customers in DR programs• Difficult to sell a stand-alone DR program to

residential customers; shifting to integrated program delivery e.g. during a hardware installation

Future PotentialDR

Pr

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ms Market-

based DR Pilot:

Thermostats, water heaters,

pool pumps

Market –based DR

New Assets: solar, storage,

EVSE, etc.

Behavioral DR

Bring-Your-Own-Thing

DRIncome-

Qualified DR

Customer Enrollment & Engagement Portal

Forecasting & Optimization

We Can Change Our Future

Thank You! pliotsakis@mceCleanEnergy.orgmceCleanEnergy.org