OpenADR Taskforce

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OpenADR Taskforce

• Chair Albert Chiu
• Co-chair Ed Koch
• Technical Editors Bruce Bartell, Gerald Gray

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OpenADR and NIST Smart Grid Roadmap
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What is Demand Response OpenADR

• Demand Response is defined by FERC as
• action taken to reduce electricity demand in
  response to price, monetary incentives, or
  utility directives so as to maintain reliable
  electric service or avoid high electricity
  prices.
• Shift demand from peak to off-peak times
• DR Programs are designed to enable customers to
  shift or reduce demand
• OpenADR - Open Automated Demand Response
• Originated as Specification
• Open Automated Demand Response Communications
  Specification (Version 1.0). California Energy
  Commission, PIER Program. CEC-500-2009-063, 2009.
  

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Importance to the Utility Industry

• Importance of Demand Response
• Since electrical systems are generally sized to
  support peak demand demand response can reduce
  the need for new electric supply, reduces the
  need for new transmission and distribution
  systems, and helps reduce overall electricity
  prices.
• Importance of OpenADR
• OpenADR will provide benefits by both increasing
  the number of facilities that participate in
  demand response, and reducing the cost to conduct
  frequent and persistent participation in demand
  response.
• improve the feasibility of achieving the states
  policy goals of moving toward dynamic pricing,
  such as critical peak or real time pricing, for
  all customers.

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Summary of DR Event Message Types

• OpenADR
• Objectives Based
• Demand Reduction or Generation based objectives
  expressed as absolute, relative kW or enumerators
  (moderate, high)
• Price
• Supports relative pricing, relative to tariff
  (i.e. CPP and TOU)
• Market price (Wholesale plus uplift)

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OpenADR History

• 2002 - Research begun at LBNL Demand Response
  Research Center (DRRC) into automated DR
• 2003 2006 Numerous pilots and field trials
• 2007 - Present Commercialization and use of
  OpenADR in PGE, SCE, and SDGE DR programs to
  automate DR programs with primarily Commercial
  and Industrial customers. Number of DR programs
  utilizing OpenADR continues to expand.
• Q1/2007 Standardization effort for OpenADR
  begins at DRRC with Industry Consortium drafting
  specification
• Q1/2009 First official draft of OpenADR
  specification is published by California Energy
  Commission. Work is donated to UCAIug and OASIS
• 2009 OpenADR taskforce formed within UCAIug
• 2009 Energy Interoperation Technical Committee
  formed within OASIS
• 2009 NIST develops SmartGrid Roadmap in which
  OpenADR is identified as one of the original 16
  low hanging fruit.
• Q3/2009 NIST forms Priority Action Plan (PAP)
  09 for standardizing DR signals. OpenADR
  taskforce works closely with NAESB to develop
  requirements for PAP 09
• Q4/2010 UCAIug OpenADR Task Force contributes
  OpenADR 1.0 System Requirements Specification and
  Service Definitions to OASIS Energy
  Interoperation TC
• 2010 OpenADR Alliance (focus on testing and
  certification) was formed

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UCAIug OpenADR Taskforce Goals

• OpenADR focuses on DR from an application point
  of view and specifically on the interactions
  between the Utility and Facility whereas other
  groups within UCAIug are more focused on
  platforms or systems that may support DR
  applications within their specific domains
• Work closely with horizontal OpenSG groups. Some
  overlap with OpenHAN (facility side) and AMI Ent
  (Utility head end side).
• Develop requirements and harmonize with CIM
  efforts
• Will work with existing standards such as 61850,
  CIM, and Multispeak which may have DR components
• Will work with emerging standards organizations
  such as OASIS, Zigbee/Homeplug (SEP), and NAESB

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Status and Next Steps

• Task Force completed 1.0 SRS and SD in 2010
• 2011 OpenADR TF focus (Phase 2)
• PEV
• Fast DR
• DER
• Security
• Expect to complete Phase 2 Business and User
  Requirements in July 2011