{"id":13742,"date":"2016-08-08T14:29:06","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T19:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=13742"},"modified":"2016-08-08T14:30:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T19:30:44","slug":"2-steps-we-can-take-right-now-to-modernize-pennsylvanias-electric-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2016\/08\/08\/2-steps-we-can-take-right-now-to-modernize-pennsylvanias-electric-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Steps We Can Take Right Now to Modernize Pennsylvania\u2019s Electric Grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13743\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2016\/08\/PowerLines-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"PowerLines\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2016\/08\/PowerLines-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2016\/08\/PowerLines-768x734.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2016\/08\/PowerLines-1024x978.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2016\/08\/PowerLines.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Each year, dozens of utilities across the U.S. embark on a complicated process called a \u201crate case.\u201d Presented to a state public utility commission (PUC), a rate case is a utility\u2019s pitch for higher electricity prices for customers. For most utilities, a rate case only happens once every several years. So, all sides argue for the rules of the road by which the utility will operate until the next rate case. A rate case is also where state and local governments, along with consumer and environmental advocacy groups, seek cleaner, cheaper, and more customer-friendly prices, products, and policies.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission (PPUC) is currently hearing a rate case for Metropolitan Edison (Met-Ed), which serves 560,000 residential and commercial customers, and represents one of the Pennsylvania utility branches of Ohio-based mega company <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/category\/firstenergy\/\">FirstEnergy<\/a>. Last month, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) filed testimony in the case urging Pennsylvania to modernize its grid with both <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2016\/07\/Pennsylvania-FirstEnergy-Met-Ed-ALVAREZ-TESTIMONY-AS-FILED.pdf\">voltage optimization<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2016\/07\/Pennsylvania-FirstEnergy-Met-Ed-MURRAY-TESTIMONY-AS-FILED.pdf\">customer data access<\/a>. The PPUC should require Met-Ed to implement both programs so Pennsylvanians can benefit from a clean, modern electric grid.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Right-sizing voltage cuts cost, pollution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2016\/07\/voltage_optimization_FactSheet0315.pdf\">Voltage optimization<\/a> enables a utility to send each customer the right amount of voltage. Think of it as \u201cright-sizing\u201d your electricity. Today, most utilities send customers more voltage than needed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartgrid.gov\/files\/AEP_Ohio_DE-OE-0000193_Final_Technical_Report_06-23-2014.pdf\">Studies<\/a> have shown customers routinely receive, on average, two to three percent higher voltage than needed to power their homes and businesses. Across an entire service area, this adds up to a lot of wasted electricity and unnecessary, harmful pollution from power plants. In short, using the right voltage is a proven way to save money and cut pollution.<\/p>\n<p>Through a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Chicago-based ComEd <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2015\/04\/20\/its-not-magic-its-voltage-optimization\/\">found<\/a> voltage optimization could eliminate 2,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity demand each year for less than 2 cents per kilowatt hour. That\u2019s enough electricity to power 180,000 homes. Customer savings are estimated at $240 million a year, more than from ComEd\u2019s other energy-efficiency programs.<\/p>\n<p>FirstEnergy also received a $57 million DOE grant to test voltage optimization in Met-Ed\u2019s service area. It reduced peak energy demand, saved electricity, and reduced line losses (electricity lost over transmission lines). But unlike ComEd, FirstEnergy <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2016\/03\/04\/firstenergy-comes-up-short-on-pennsylvania-grid-modernization-plan\/\">abandoned the program<\/a>, despite equipment already having been installed and ready to go. Even worse, FirstEnergy has not proposed to implement voltage optimization in Met-Ed\u2019s rate case. EDF has been <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2016\/03\/04\/firstenergy-comes-up-short-on-pennsylvania-grid-modernization-plan\/?_ga=1.217641630.947616842.1462203712\">pushing<\/a> FirstEnergy to use voltage optimization and we will not stop until it happens. As energy advocates (both environmental and consumer), we can encourage Pennsylvania to require it.<\/p>\n<p>[Tweet &#8220;2 Steps We Can Take Right Now to Modernize Pennsylvania\u2019s Electric Grid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Customers need energy data<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blocking customer access to their own electricity-use data stifles the economy. It\u2019s hard for customers to know how much electricity they\u2019re using (and how they\u2019re using it) without easy, timely access to their energy data. It\u2019s also hard for third-party companies, like app developers and smart home appliance manufacturers, to develop products that make energy management easier if customers are unable to grant electricity products access to their energy data.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, blocking customer access to their own electricity-use data stifles personal freedom: It\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edf.org\/media\/new-standard-would-give-il-customers-right-easily-access-their-energy-data\">been established<\/a> that a customer owns her energy data. However, Met Ed doesn\u2019t allow customers timely access to this data.<\/p>\n<p>The next step in modernizing our grid so it can operate like an \u201cenergy internet\u201d is for states to make this critical energy data easily accessible to and sharable by utility customers. This is why EDF is working with <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2015\/06\/16\/empowering-pennsylvanians-through-increased-energy-data-access\/?_ga=1.21091635.947616842.1462203712\">Mission:data<\/a>, a national coalition of over 35 technology companies that work together for customer-friendly data access policies, to urge utilities across the country to adopt best practices around customer data access. As with voltage optimization, Met-Ed\u2019s rate case misses the mark on this critical component as a new customer data access policy is nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Better, smarter, cleaner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>America\u2019s electric grid is, undoubtedly, undergoing a transformation. We know it can and must be better, smarter, and cleaner. Proven technologies like voltage optimization are important pieces of a modern grid, and easy access to energy data will unlock further innovation and help connect customers to clean energy solutions. This is why Pennsylvania should ensure its citizens benefit from these programs, while they still have the chance to do so in Met-Ed\u2019s rate case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, dozens of utilities across the U.S. embark on a complicated process called a \u201crate case.\u201d Presented to a state public utility commission (PUC), a rate case is a utility\u2019s pitch for higher electricity prices for customers. For most utilities, a rate case only happens once every several years. 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