“The goal of this testing is to enable newer projects by looking at signals and controlling devices such as relays for when we want to interconnect DERs onto our grid and see how they would impact our systems.”

“The most rewarding part has been the partnerships and leadership role PSE has taken. We wanted this Clean Buildings Law to be successful – so many of us in Energy Efficiency are here because we are trying to help save the planet – and reducing GHGs in buildings is one of the reasons.”

“We started with idle mitigation systems because EV options are limited on medium and heavy truck chassis. With the aggressive goals we have by 2025 and 2030, we had to find another way to achieve those targets and the idle mitigation systems count toward the goals.”

“The two pieces are for wind generation for drivetrains and solar module performance. The system of analytics we have created is a dashboard screen for an entire site. We could expand that to an entire fleet. By pre-alarming on a wind turbine, the display will indicate an anomaly through statistical analytics. Allowing for inspection and repair prior to the unit coming offline for a fault.”

“ The System Operations team supported the development of the measurement and validation data from the system peak load offset contributions. As we move from development into implementation, our team will establish the DER forecast and schedule events.”

“The team has been responsible for scaling our DR portfolio, which has grown into a Virtual Power Plant. With almost 80,000 thermostats enrolled in Cool Rewards – a smart thermostat program for residential customers – we’re capable of shedding more than 110 MW of energy demand. That’s equivalent of a small power plant, or 15,000 homes.”

“We saw a need in the nuclear industry to reduce costs and improve safety. We’ve implemented a multitude of drones and robotics to replace people in hazardous environments, have eliminated that safety hazard, and the equipment is relatively low cost compared to the amount of savings. It’s been a win-win.”

“I support my team’s growth in the industry and champion the innovative use of asset monitoring equipment to improve the safety of our employees, the effectiveness of our equipment monitoring, and to ensure we’re supplying reliable service to our customers.”

“The team successfully connected six thousand solar systems to DERMs using our existing AMI Mesh network. We also successfully tested and approved two hundred inverters to be installed on our grid, using DERMs active management to reduce costs of interconnection by upward of six million dollars.”

“Our innovation improved defect detection, reduced manual labeling hours, and enabled us to create realistic images of rare defects where real-world data was scarce. It gave us a scalable methodology to apply this across various assets. This innovation paves the way for more drone deployments, reducing field hazards for crews, and accelerating defect resolution for better grid reliability.”