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New Challenges Facing System OperatorsStephen G. WhitleyPresident & Chief Executive OfficerNew York Independent System Operator
Past Present and Future of the Power GridA Cornell University workshop in honor of Robert J. ThomasIthaca, NYAugust 9, 2012
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Topics
• Growth of the Grid• Renewable Resources• Demand Response• Advancing Technology• Regional Collaboration
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Growth of the Grid
Pearl Street Station distribution area, New York, Image 69231, Electricity & Modern Physics Collection. National Museum of American History - Smithsonian Institution
1882Pearl Street Station
59 customers
600 kW of generation
10.5 miles of main lines
2012New York Control Area
7 million electric utility customers
43,000,000 kWof generating capacity,
transmission capability & demand-response
11,000 circuit-miles of high-voltage transmission
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Looking Ahead
• Integrating Renewable Resources• Empowering Consumers• Advancing Technology• Enhancing Collaboration
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Wind Power• 2006 – NYISO exempts wind from undergeneration
penalties as a variable energy resource• 2008 – NYISO establishes centralized wind
forecasting system established• 2009 – NYISO integrates wind into Economic
Dispatch system (First in nation)
Growing wind in NY… Wind-powered generating capacity in NY grew
from 48 MW in 2005 to 1,414 MW in 2012 Another 4,000 MW of wind projects proposed
for interconnection to NY grid
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2009 -- NYISO implements first market rules in US enabling storage systems to participate in the markets as frequency regulation providers
Energy storage complements development of variable energy resources
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Energy Storage
NY’s Energy Storage Firsts… First commercial grid-scale battery-based storage
system to operate as a generator in the US First full-scale flywheel energy storage facility to
provide frequency regulation service in the US
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2012 – NYISO exempts solar power from under-generation penalties to compensate solar fully for all energy production
Future – Market evolution for solar resources likely to parallel wind power initiatives
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Solar Power
Grid-scale solar in NY… The largest photovoltaic array in the
eastern US is the 32-MW Long Island Solar Farm at Brookhaven National Laboratory – completed in Nov. 2011
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Demand Response
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Shaving the Peak
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NYCA 2011 Peak DayWith & Without Demand Response
20,000
22,000
24,000
26,000
28,000
30,000
32,000
34,000
36,000
38,000
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112 131415 16171819 202122 2324
Actual Without Demand Response
Actual Load with DR
Estimated Load without DR
July 2011 heat waves could have
pushed demand to over 35,000 MW
-- a new record peak -- had DR
programs not served to reduce
load by more than 1,400 MW
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Dynamic Pricing
NYISO/Brattle Group Study Dynamic pricing can encourage shift to off-peak usage Potential 10-14% reduction in system peak Market-based customer cost reductions of 2-5%
Impact of Dynamic Pricing on Hourly Loads
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Smart Grid
Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) Three-Year project -- $74 Million (DOE SGIG funding of
$37 Million to cover 50% of project cost)
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Project components Creation of a statewide Phasor
Measurement Network
Installation of Capacitor Banks
Enhanced reliability PMU Installation one of key DOE recommendations
from 2003 blackout study endorsed by FERC and NERC
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NYISO Infrastructure
New state-of-the-art primary control center in a facility adjacent to existing corporate center
Renovation of 42-year-old power control facility to serve as alternate control center Existing
Corporate Center
New Primary Power Control
Center
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Regional Collaboration
• Broader Regional Markets Address “seams” between regional
markets and grid operations
Collaborative effort - NYISO, PJM Interconnection, Midwest ISO, ISO- New England, Ontario’s Independent System Operator and Hydro Quebec
More frequent scheduling can facilitate better regional integration of variable, renewable resources
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Interregional Planning
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Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative 25 electric system planning
authorities in U.S. and Canada representing 95% of Eastern Interconnection
Grassroots effort to integrate local planning interconnection-wide
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Moving Forward
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The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) is a not-for-profit corporation
responsible for operating the state’s bulk electricity grid, administering New York’s competitive wholesale electricity markets,
conducting comprehensive long-term planning for the state’s electric power system, and
advancing the technological infrastructure of the electric system serving the Empire State.
www.nyiso.com