Quadrennial Energy Review (QER)
William F. Hederman
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White Paper
05 Sep 2014
The U.S. government initiated a Quadrennial Energy Review (QER), following a Presidential Memorandum issued in January of 2014. As part of this effort, the U.S. DOE has requested IEEE to provide insights on a specific set of priority issues. The IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) and the IEEE-USA organizations lead the IEEE response. IEEE, the world’s largest professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, utilizes synergies among private and public sectors (e.g., utilities, vendors, academia, national labs, regulatory organizations, and other industry participants) to provide unbiased and independent technical leadership to electrical power and energy industry worldwide.
The leaders have engaged a large IEEE volunteer community, including IEEE PES Technical Committees, to support this initiative. The responses are based on recent work by IEEE members and other recent engineering and scientific publications.
Each section addressed in the document and listed below addresses of the DOE QER priority topics:
Effects of renewable intermittency on the electric power grid and the potential role of storage in addressing these effects
Utility and other energy company business case issues related to microgrids and distributed generation (DG), including rooftop photovoltaics
The technical implications for the grid (bulk and local distribution) of electric vehicle (EV) integration - and the timing you see as necessary to avoid having the grid status slow down any potential progress
The implications and importance of aging infrastructure and the options for addressing these challenges, including asset management
Recommendations for metrics for addressing Smart Grid issues, especially to help policy makers determine the importance and necessity of protocols
Skilled workforce issues
Report cards on the condition and performance of the electric grid -
This was a lower priority topic not to be addressed in detail. It is planned to be addressed in the future.
The IEEE has delivered to DOE QER:
The summary report consisting of individual summaries for each topic, including key findings and recommendations
The overall report with detailed information on each topic
This document was extensively reviewed by the IEEE membership, IEEE PES Technical Committees, representatives from various industry organizations, utilities, RTOs, academia, and private companies. The IEEE team incorporated those extremely valuable comments to the best of its abilities while assuring document consistency.
The leaders have engaged a large IEEE volunteer community, including IEEE PES Technical Committees, to support this initiative. The responses are based on recent work by IEEE members and other recent engineering and scientific publications.
Each section addressed in the document and listed below addresses of the DOE QER priority topics:
Effects of renewable intermittency on the electric power grid and the potential role of storage in addressing these effects
Utility and other energy company business case issues related to microgrids and distributed generation (DG), including rooftop photovoltaics
The technical implications for the grid (bulk and local distribution) of electric vehicle (EV) integration - and the timing you see as necessary to avoid having the grid status slow down any potential progress
The implications and importance of aging infrastructure and the options for addressing these challenges, including asset management
Recommendations for metrics for addressing Smart Grid issues, especially to help policy makers determine the importance and necessity of protocols
Skilled workforce issues
Report cards on the condition and performance of the electric grid -
This was a lower priority topic not to be addressed in detail. It is planned to be addressed in the future.
The IEEE has delivered to DOE QER:
The summary report consisting of individual summaries for each topic, including key findings and recommendations
The overall report with detailed information on each topic
This document was extensively reviewed by the IEEE membership, IEEE PES Technical Committees, representatives from various industry organizations, utilities, RTOs, academia, and private companies. The IEEE team incorporated those extremely valuable comments to the best of its abilities while assuring document consistency.
