Managing the Distributed Solar Fleet: From Interconnection to Fleet Operations

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1 Managing the Distributed Solar Fleet: From Interconnection to Fleet Operations Solar Power International 2013 Copyright 2013 Clean Power Research, L.L.C v040313

2 Today s Presenters Becky Campbell Senior Research Manager Jeff Ressler President Software Services Scott Tewel Product Manager PowerClerk Mark Liffmann Vice President Sales, Marketing & Business Development Tom Hoff President Research & Consulting

3 Today s Discussion Challenges of Managing Distributed Solar Administration Customer Engagement Grid Integration Q&A This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Award Numbers DE-EE and DE-EE Copyright 2013 Clean Power Research, L.L.C. 3

4 Utility Management of Distributed Solar Administration Incentives Interconnection Customer Engagement Education Intelligence Grid Integration Grid Design & Planning Grid Operations

5 Onboarding Distributed PV Administration Incentives Interconnection Customer Engagement Education Intelligence Grid Integration Grid Design & Planning Grid Operations

6 Interconnection Challenges How do I route for signatures? Application Submittal Application Approval and Operation Is the application complete? How do I communicate efficiently? How do I get this data to the right place? 6

7 A Clearer Path Forward Self- Service Tools Document Generation Autocommunications System of Record + API 7

8 PowerClerk Interconnect Demo 8

9 Helping Customers Make Smart Decisions Administration Incentives Interconnection Customer Engagement Education Intelligence Grid Integration Grid Design & Planning Grid Operations

10 Customer Engagement Detailed Economics Rooftop Analysis Peer Influence 10

11 Integrating Grid-Connected PV Administration Incentives Interconnection Customer Engagement Education Intelligence Grid Integration Grid Design & Planning Grid Operations

12 The PV Challenge: Capacity is Growing (and fast)! Note: Utility-sited systems include intertie systems in NV and AZ

13 The PV Challenge: Plan and Forecast Load was separated from generation

14 The PV Challenge: Plan and Forecast Now, generation is co-located with load

15 The PV Challenge: The Duck 15

16 Step 1: Identifying the Generators PG&E Bay Area PG&E Non Bay Area SCE Coastal SCE Inland SDG&E San Francisco 4.49 kw-ac SunPower Inverter (SPR-5000X, 240V) 27 Modules (SunPower 210 W, SPR-210-WHT) º N, º W Commissioned April 2008

17 Step 2: Forecasting Generation Short Term Long Term 17

18 Step 3: Aggregating Forecasts Note: Utility Sited systems include intertie systems in NV and AZ

19 Step 4: Systems Integration 19

20 SolarAnywhere FleetView Demo 20

21 Utility Management of Distributed Solar Administration System of Record Customer Engagement Grid Integration

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