ADVANCED TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGIES
The Future of American Electricity Policy AcademySeptember 22, 2016
Council of State Governments
Evan Wilcox, BOLD Transmission LLC President
American Electric Power
+1.614.933.2204
Utility Transformation
AEP is transitioning to become the next premium utility.
We are focused on providing our customers with much more zero and low CO2 emission
generated energy including wind and solar and more efficient energy resources.
We are also focused on improving reliability/resiliency through deployment of advanced
technologies throughout our transmission and distribution grids, as well as offering our
customers customized energy solutions to improve their efficient use of energy.
This transformation has already begun as shown by AEP operating company integrated
resources plan filings adding 3108 MW of solar, 6300 MW of wind, and 3400 MW natural
gas through 2033, and energy storage.
Reference: DOC 1.
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Supporting documents in the TOOLKIT handout are indexed by number at the end of these slides. Please contact Paul Loeffelman
([email protected]) for copies.
New Technology
AEP has pioneered or adapted generation, transmission, and distribution technology
innovations to cost-effectively increase reliability, efficiency, and environmental performance
for its customers.
Transmission technologies are being focused on grid flexibility, data acquisition and analytics,
improving system performance and efficiency, and maximizing use of right-of-way.
Policymakers may be interested in the report AEP and 10 other international electricity
companies wrote to share their technology and public policy experiences for 50 low and zero
carbon emitting energy technologies that could help country signatories to the Paris
Agreement meet their CO2 reduction pledges, and achieve other public policy goals.
Together the 11 companies annually produce and deliver 33% of the world’s electricity, 60%
being carbon free.
Reference: DOC 2.
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Supporting documents in the TOOLKIT handout are indexed by number at the end of these slides. Please contact Paul Loeffelman
([email protected]) for copies.
Example Technology: Asset Health Center
Purpose of the Asset Health Center (AHC)
Prevent failures
Optimize maintenance effectiveness
Support asset renewal prioritization
Aging assets need increasing attention
33% of transformers > 50yrs; 18% > 60yrs old
Aging assets drive increasing outages, cost
Analytics platform
Algorithms evaluate condition & trends
Develop risk of failure, condition severity
Monitors on major substation equipment
Standard on new EHV equipment
Retrofit EHV transformers, circuit breakers
Lower voltage equipment to follow
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Example Technology: BOLD™
Breakthrough Overhead Line Design
The Breakthrough Overhead Line Design (BOLDTM) is a new transmission line design that
maximizes capacity and efficiency while minimizing environmental impacts.
AEP is deploying the BOLD technology within the 11 states of our traditional service
territory, and now working with domestic and international utilities for use on future projects.
BOLDTM can help states achieve many of their public policy goals, such as economic growth,
decreasing carbon emissions, adding more clean energy generation, increasing grid
reliability and resiliency, etc.
Each state has many miles of high-voltage lines that are at least 50-75 years old. BOLD is well
suited to replace and upgrade these aging circuits and maximize use of right-of-way while
limiting impacts to the environment.
Reference: DOCs 3, 4, 5.
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Supporting documents in the TOOLKIT handout are indexed by number at the end of these slides. Please contact Paul Loeffelman
([email protected]) for copies.
Comparison of
BOLD vs.
Conventional Design Benefits
BOLD can be used for new or
replacement transmission
circuits up to 500 kV.
BOLD is a cost-effective design,
and results in a net savings when
benefits are considered.
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BOLD vs. Conventional Modern DesignsBENEFITS BOLD 345 kV BOLD 230 kV
Increased Capacity* 10-60% 15-75%
Lower Tower Height (25-35%) (20-30%)
Lower Magnetic Field Levels (45-50%) (45-50%)
Lower Energy Losses* Up to (33%) Up to (15%)
*Comparisons dependent on conductor selection.
• Costs for BOLD differ depending on design standards, but current
estimates put BOLD on par with conventional designs before
considering any benefits.
• BOLD is up to 33% less expensive than conventional on a cost per
MW basis. This also means fewer lines are required to achieve the
same level of capacity.
• Savings associated with reduced line losses further offset up-front
material cost.
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Public Policy Support
State legislators can help drive the modernization of their grids. KS Rep. Tom Sloan
shared ideas on how to enable advanced technologies in a recent Council of State
Governments eCademy Webcast. Building the Grid of the Future: How Legislators Can
Bring Advanced Transmission Technologies to Their States.
State legislators, utility regulators, regional planning organizations, and other
policymakers are interested in new advanced technologies like BOLDTM being quickly
deployed to benefit citizens and businesses. But project developers can be reluctant to
propose these new technologies if they believe that policymakers will favor older, more
familiar technologies.
Policymakers can reassure project developers that their new technologies will be fairly
compared through development of supportive policies in the form of legislation,
resolutions, regulations and other expressions of encouragement.
Reference: DOC 5 (especially slides 13, 14 and the Appendix).
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Supporting documents in the TOOLKIT handout are indexed by number at the end of these slides. Please contact Paul Loeffelman
([email protected]) for copies.
Encourage Advanced Transmission Technology
Deployment Through Policymaker Associations & State
Policies
There are a few regional and national policymaker association resolutions and policies
that have supported deployment of new transmission technologies like BOLD:.
Policymaker Resolutions: NARUC, CSG Southern Legislative Conference, CSG Midwest
Legislative Conference, CSG West,
Additionally, only a few states (Arkansas, Kansas, and New York are examples) have
established policies that encourage the deployment of these types of new
technologies.
Additional statehouse-level policies can help to further accelerate this technology
deployment, extending the benefits to residents of other states.
Reference: DOCs 5, 6, 7.
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Supporting documents in the TOOLKIT handout are indexed by number at the end of these slides. Please contact Paul Loeffelman
([email protected]) for copies.
Q&A – Thank You
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Evan R. Wilcox, PE
President – BOLD Transmission, LLC
+1.614.933.2204
Document Number Index
1. PowerPoint. The Next Generation Energy Company: Transforming to Enhance the Customer Experience. May 5, 2016 Presentation by Robert P. Powers, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at the United States Energy Association Public Policy Forum, Washington D.C.
2. Report Excerpt. Powering Innovation for a Sustainable Future: An Electric Industry’s Perspective. Prepared by members of the Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership. Published 2015. Full report available at http://www.globalelectricity.org/upload/File/final_powering_innovation_for_website_and_usbs_2.pdf
3. One page. Advanced Electric Transmission Technology Fact Sheet. September 16, 2016.
4. Article. AEP’s BOLD Response to New Industry Challenges. Authored by Richard Gutman and Meihuan Zhu Fulk. Published October 26, 2015 in Transmission and Distribution World.
5. PowerPoint. August 16, 2016 Council of State Governments eCademy Webcast. Building the Grid of the Future: How Legislators Can Bring Advanced Transmission Technologies to Their States. Co-presented by Kansas Representative Tom Sloan and AEP/BOLD’s Evan Wilcox. Slides 13, 14 and Appendix from August 16, 2016 Council of State Governments eCademy Webcast PowerPoint contain citations to example policies from Arkansas, Kansas, New York, CSG-South, CSG-Midwest, NARUC.
6. NY PSC Order Excerpt. December 17, 2015 Order Finding Transmission Needs Driven By Public Policy Requirements. Supporting pages for Slide 14 citation to list of public policies, and evaluation criteria for transmission solutions in Document 5, CSG eCademy PowerPoint.
7. Arkansas Resolution. Interim Resolution 2015-004 Supporting the Deployment of Advanced, Innovative Electric Transmission Technology. Adopted May 12, 2016 by the Joint Interim Committee on Energy.
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Supporting documents in the TOOLKIT handout are indexed by number at the end of these slides. Please contact Paul Loeffelman
([email protected]) for copies.