Sacramento Municipal Utility District Photovoltaic and Smart Grid Pilot at AnatoliaCX(s) Applied: B3.6, A9, B5.1Date: 03/21/2010Location(s): Anatolia, CaliforniaOffice(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
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March 21, 2010
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Sacramento Municipal Utility District Photovoltaic and Smart Grid Pilot at Anatolia
CX(s) Applied: B3.6, A9, B5.1
Date: 03/21/2010
Location(s): Anatolia, California
Office(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) is proposing to use American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding through the Department of Energy to evaluate the impact of energy storage combined with existing and previously installed solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in a functioning distribution grid. The project will be conducted in the existing Anatolia III residential community within SMUD's service area. Residential energy storage (SES) systems comprised of lithium ion batteries and inverters will be installed in fifteen of approximately two hundred energy efficient homes. In addition, three community energy storage (CES) systems comprised of lithium ion batteries and inverters will be installed adjacent to existing transformers within SMUD easements. The project will measure any changes in consumer behavior because of the additional storage installations. This project will also expand the existing National Renewable Energy Laboratory Anatolia monitoring platform to include high resolution optical distribution monitoring systems (ODMS). The selected homes will be receiving new metering as part of SMUD's ongoing overall program of deployment of advanced metering infrastructure, and the metering will allow SMUD to monitor the hourly electricity usage of customers. Consumers will also be able to monitor their energy usage.