PG&E's Supply Side Pilot Named Finalist for DistribuTECH Award

Congratulations to Pacific Gas and Electric Company! POWERGRID International Magazine has named PG&E’s Supply Side Pilot (SSP) a finalist for a 2016 DistribuTECH Award. Winners will be announced tonight at the DistribuTECH kick off event in Orlando.

PG&E’s innovative SSP project is working to develop a model for flexible, behind-the-meter supply services to address intermittency and facilitate widespread grid integration of renewables. The project implements a full, end-to-end demonstration of third-party capabilities to provide these resources and is developing documentation and

Jonathan Burrows of PG&E accepts DistribuTECH finalist award for the Supply Side Pilot.
Jonathan Burrows of PG&E accepts DistribuTECH finalist award for the Supply Side Pilot.

insights into the processes, procedures and systems required to create a sustainable model.

Using the Proxy Demand Resource (PDR) construct, distributed energy resources (DERs) such as battery storage have been dispatched economically consistent with other types of market-based resources. Participants that fulfill monthly pilot requirements are provided a monthly capacity payment from PG&E similar to what resources might receive when providing the utility with capacity to meet resource adequacy requirements. Ultimately, the 10-MW SSP will validate the requirements needed to provide these flexibility services and examine the cost and capabilities of third-parties to provide them.

Read more: www.olivineinc.com/ssp 

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