1 John Parsons BEAMA What is a Smart Distribution Grid?

2 Grid of the future

3 3 Drivers Climate change Smart technology Finance

4 Decarbonisation of energy supply Switch of load from fossil fuel to electricity and renewables –Electric vehicles –Heat pumps –Wind –Nuclear / CSC –PV –CHP

5 Smart devices and communications Increasingly every device has intelligence –Smart meters –Smart appliances –IPv6 and the Internet of everything Communications media becoming available for all applications – R.F. / PLC / twisted pair / fibre –Broadband

6 Finance Need to rebuild generation capacity Need to rebuild TS/DS Can’t afford business as usual The role of the smart grid is to: –Avoid generation capacity –Avoid reinforcement of TS and DS –Increase the utilisation of the Grid Make use of the smart technology

7 Features of Smart Grid New advanced technology for LV Grid Improved operation of LV Grid Demand management –Control of load –Control of generation Data and communications

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10 Issues for the UK Security – the more powerful you make the grid the more this is an issue Does the UK energy market model make us an outlier or a leader? Smart metering – can it be designed to support smart grids without halting the roll out? Development of new players and businesses – energy services/aggregators Demand response: –How much flexibility in load/generation –Market based or remote control, manual or automatic