Case Studies

Alternative Energy Case Studies

	AE 1.0 - Residential Solar 7.2 kW The solar array is made up of 36, 200 watt photovoltaic panels. The system produces up to 7.2 kW of energy. View the Residential Solar 7.2 kW case study
	AE 2.0 - Residential Hybrid 5 kW The hybrid system is a combination of a 2 kW solar array and a 3 kW wind turbine. This case study will look at how a hybrid system performs for the consumer and any unique requirements that it presents for the utility. View the Residential Hybrid 5 kW case study
	AE 3.0 - Residential Wind 5 kW This case study is the evaluation of a 5 kW residential wind turbine. The SES consortium will not only consider the system operation challenges, but also the opportunities presented to both the consumer and utility. Case study objectives include the evaluation of distributed generation interconnection requirements and the identification of the effects of distributed generation on distribution engineering, planning and maintenance costs. View the Residential Wind 5 kW case study
	AE 4.0 - Residential Wind 7.5 kW This case study will evaluate the performance of the 7.5 kW wind turbine. The turbine will be metered to determine the return on investment of the system. View the Residential Wind 7.5 kW case study

Smart Metering Case Studies

	SM 1.0 - Residential AMI This project includes the installation of 250 AMI meters in a concentrated area. The meters return to the utility meter reading data on 15 minute intervals. In turn, the data is made available to the consumer through the MySource Meter application. With this in mind, an objective of this case study is to analyze consumer behavior. Will consumers change their electricity use patterns when they have access to readily available data? View the Residential AMI case study
	SM 2.0 - AMI/Sytsem Operations Integration The purpose of this case study is to determine the feasibility of using a smart grid communications network to read and display water use data to a water utility and its customers through MySource.. View the Metering Utilities Integration: Water case study
	SM 3.0 - AMI Utility Integration This case study will determine the efficiencies of using the smart grid communications network to monitor meters from multiple electric utilities. View the Metering Utilies Integration: Electric case study
	SM 4.0 - MySource Database Architecture This case study will analyze the supporting information transfers of MySource applications. An objective is to determine the best practices for ensuring these transfers are performed in a secure and efficient manner. View the Meter Data Management case study

Home and Building Automation Case Studies

	HBA 1.0 - Entire Home Application This case study includes the monitoring and displaying of the energy used by all the appliances in the home. View the Entire Home Application case study
	HBA 2.0 - Building Automation Application This case study includes the monitoring and displaying of the energy used by equipment in the building. View the Builidng Automation case study

Energy Efficiency Case Studies

EE 1.0 - Energy Audits
Utilities understand and have promoted to their consumers the importance of energy efficiency in optimizing home and building energy use. Many utilities even offer free home energy audits as the tool to help home owners and businesses. This case study will measure and verify, partially through post energy audit surveys of consumers, the effectiveness of the utility’s energy audit program.
View the Energy Audits case study

EE 3.0 - Lighting
Compact fluorescent lighting (CFL) and light emitting diodes (LED) are more energy efficient than incandescent lights, but the question becomes which is the most cost effective for residential and business lighting applications. This case study includes the evaluation of consumer acceptance and energy savings obtained as a result of a utility CFL promotion where 125,000 CFLs were given to 3,500 utility customers for the purpose of replacing incandescent lights. In addition, this case study will evaluate the savings associated with a commercial LED lighting application.
View the Lighting case study

Utility Automation Case Studies

	UA 1.0 - Mobile Workforce This case study focuses on the MySource Operations mobile workforce interface. MySource Operations was developed to streamline utility engineering and operations processes. Data is managed through the MySource Operations Interface. This case study will evaluate workflow processes in order to show that field personnel can access data quickly and efficiently through MySource Operations. The process eliminates the need for paper forms, hence improving record accuracy and productivity. View the Mobile Workforce case study
	UA 2.0 - Advanced Distribution Automation This case study will evaluate how the SES stakeholders can make functional investments collectively, integrate critical systems for increased productivity, create a larger enterprise ADA system across operational boundaries and create a framework for new improvements. View the Distribution Automation case study
	UA 3.0 - System Operations Center The goal of a modern System Operations Center (SOC) is to improve system operational efficiencies. For example, one objective of a SOC is to reduced outage response and restoration durations by using automated processes. A properly managed SOC will improve a utility’s system reliability and decrease the costs associated with system operations. This case study will evaluate processes and technologies that are required by SOC to determine the valued gained through optimizing assets, leveraging resources and increasing operating efficiencies View the System Operation Center case study

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