Smart Grid System Report - Energy

Smart Grid System Report 2018 Report to Congress November 2018 United States Department of Energy Washington, DC 20585 Department of Energy | November 2018 Smart Grid System Report 2018 | Page 2 Message from the Assistant Secretary I am pleased to present the 2018 Smart Grid System Report , which is intended to provide a status of Smart grid deployments nationwide, resulting benefits, and the challenges yet remaining as we move forward with the modernization of the electric grid. It covers Smart grid developments since the prior Smart Grid System Report submitted in August 2014. Over the past ten years, we have witnessed the accelerated deployment of technologies meant to improve the reliability and efficiency of utility operations, including the deployment of systems and practices to better engage utility customers in the management of Energy . Throughout this time, the Department has worked closely with both utilities and state regulators to convey best practices and enable a better understanding of the potential value of Smart grid systems.

uncertainty in both the supply of electricity and the demand for it . Generation and load profiles, which have been predictable in the past, can now vary instantaneously and are subject to the behavior of consumers where DERs are present . This new situation requires improved visibility into resources not owned by utilities, the ability to con trol

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