- Alliant Energy will design and install solar photovoltaic technologies and energy storage at its Madison, Wis., campus. The team has designed a dashboard to communicate the goals of the project to the public and expects to go live this year. Click here to view fact sheet
- American Electric Power (AEP) will install and monitor the performance and impact of four utility-scale solar generation plants connected to the distribution grid. The team will begin analysis this year.
- Arizona Public Service Electric Company (APS) is working working closely on the preparation and field deployment of approximately 1500 residential solar + smart inverter systems on customer homes across seven distribution circuits in Arizona. The team will begin testing this year.
- Con Edison will evaluate and quantify the impact of distributed energy storage systems under three scenarios.
- Entergy will install and evaluate the impact of a utility scale solar PV and energy storage system on the distribution grid under different control schemes.
- Exelon / PECO will identify potential feasibility for a microgrid.
- Hoosier Energy will install and monitor the performance and impact of two utility-scale solar generation plants connected to the distribution grid. The team will begin analysis this year.
- Hydro One is quantifying the impact of distributed energy storage systems if incorporated into its distribution system. Analysis will begin this year.
- Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) will analyze the impact and value of installing 1,000 PEV charging stations on their distribution system.
- Louisville Gas & Electric (LGE) is deploying and testing energy storage on the distribution system.
Update: LG&E/KU, EPRI to test battery technologies at E.W. Brown Generating Station - North Carolina Electric Membership Cooperative (NCEMC) will identify potential feasibility for a microgrid.
- New York Power Authority (NYPA) is deploying a PV + energy storage system to evaluate the performance and impact on the distribution grid.
- Salt River Project (SRP) will deploy approximately 1000 residential smart inverters on customer homes. The team will begin testing this year.
- Southern California Edison (SCE) will evaluate and quantify the impact of distributed energy storage systems under three scenarios.
- Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is evaluating and demonstrating the impact of distributed
energy storage on the grid. - Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) will explore the impacts of a high penetration of solar PV.
- We Energies EPRI and We Energies are working together to identify potential opportunities for a community microgrid in Milwaukee, Wis. This year the team will complete a feasibility study. Click here to view fact sheet.
- Xcel Energy will install and evaluate the impact of distributed ES systems under different control schemes.