February 2012
Illinois Smart Grid
Market Inventory
Illinois Smart Grid
Regional Innovation Cluster
Illinois Smart Grid Here and Now
The decade ahead will be marked with significant change
in all facets of the energy industry, and perhaps nowhere will
these transformations be more impactful than to the
electrical grid itself. The inadequacies of the current grid and
the pressing need to bring our power systems into the
21st century through a smarter grid led Illinois to pass the
Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act in 2011. Illinois,
with its tradition of innovation and collaboration among its
high-quality educational institutions and businesses, has
become an emerging national “Smart Grid” leader, bolstering
economic and employment potential associated with the
Smart Grid. This document, The Illinois Smart Grid Market
Inventory, was developed by the Illinois Smart Grid
Regional Innovation Cluster (ISGRIC) as a guide to chronicle
analytical, regulatory, and technological developments
related to the Smart Grid currently taking place in Illinois.
This report is intended to be used in conjunction with the Smart Grid
Platform Planning Report, a white paper prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP (PwC) in partnership with the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition.
This report was prepared by the Illinois Smart Grid Regional Innovation Cluster.
For additional information on the cluster, see page 3 of this report.
Acknowledgements
This report would not be possible without the editorial support and guidance
of the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition. Particular thanks go to
Matthew Summy, Jordan Cutler, Joan Hollick, Margaret Smith, Joan Brody
and Cathy Cotter.
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About the Smart Grid Cluster
The Illinois Smart Grid Regional Innovation Cluster is supported through the U.S. Small
Business Administration (SBA) as one of the 10 “Innovative Economies” selected in a
national competition in September, 2010. The Cluster provides a platform to promote
business growth and entrepreneurial activity by providing technical and business support
to smart grid start-ups and small businesses, continuously identifying and disseminating
technical and product needs, and connecting innovators to market opportunities and
capital in order to speed the path to commercialization. ISGRIC also engages leading
corporations, investors and policy makers to ensure the regional smart grid cluster grows
in a deliberate and sustainable manner.
IIT
The Illinois Institute of Technology manages the project and provides technical support
through access to its Perfect Power smart microgrid and researchers from Wagner Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) and Center for Electricity Innovation.
The IIT Stuart School of Business provides business support for early stage companies
and entrepreneurial training for the next generation of smart grid engineers. IIT’s University Technology Park provides a home for both smart grid start-ups and research and
testing operations of larger firms. www.iit.edu
Clean Energy Trust
The Clean Energy Trust provides commercialization support through access to capital
and management of the smart grid innovation marketplaces, which connects innovators
with technology buyers, funders and market opportunities. www.cleanenergytrust.org
ISTC
The Illinois Science & Technology Coalition fosters the growth of the cluster by working to attract research and development (R&D) to the region, engaging larger corporate
support, working to advance large-scale project deployment and pursuing policies that
support the smart grid ecosystem. www.istcoalition.org
O-H Community Partners
O-H Community Partners provides financing information to all businesses in the cluster
through www.newequitybusiness.com—a searchable online portal for public and private
funding news and information. In addition, O-H Community Partners engages and
supports minorities, women and other historically under-represented groups seeking to
participate in the smart grid cluster. www.ohcommunitypartners.com
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Table of Contents
1. Acknowledging the Need tor Smart Grid Implementation in Illinois
page 4
2. Preliminary Working Definition of Smart Grid
page 6
3. Successfully Implementing Smart Grid in Illinois
page 8
4. Illinois Smart Grid Implementation as a National Model
page 14
5. Conclusion
page 24
6. Appendix
page 25
To assist in the reading of this document and to provide brief background
as necessary, several fact sheets are presented in this section:
Smart Grid “Key Technology Areas” Fact Sheet
page 25
Smart Grid Economic Impact Fact Sheet
page 26
Smart Grid Environmental Benefits Fact Sheet
page 28
Listing of Illinois Companies and Organizations Affected by Smart
Grid Development, Currently Involved in Smart Grid, or With the Potential
to be Involved
page 29
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Acknowledging the Need for Smart Grid
Implementation in Illinois
Current Power Grid Problems
The implementation of the Smart Grid in Illinois has begun. The inadequacy of the current power grid has manifested itself in several principal and fateful ways—increasingly
frequent, protracted, and costly blackouts and power interruptions; inefficient energy
generation and delivery; strains on system capacity to meet current and rising energy
demands; lack of certainty in energy costs; continued dependence on foreign sources of
energy; national security issues; and mounting environmental concerns:
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eliability issues with the current power grid are exacting a mounting economic and social
toll. Each year, power outages and interruptions across the nation cost at least $150
billion, or about $500 for every single American.1 In an increasingly digital world,
even the slightest disturbances in power quality and reliability cause loss of information and diminished productivity. Interruptions and disturbances measuring less than
one cycle (less than 1/60th of a second) are enough to crash data servers, computers,
life support equipment, and other microprocessor-based devices. Illinois consumers
continue to pay for these failures in pass-through costs. It has been estimated that for
every dollar spent on electricity, consumers pay at least 50 cents more for goods and
services passed onto them by businesses anxious to cover the cost of power failures.2
• T he aging power grid desperately requires investment, smart or not. The grid’s last major
infrastructure design improvements were made more than 50 years ago. The average
age of a substation transformer in the United States is 42 years, which is beyond the
design life of 40 years.3 Illinois businesses and homes are being powered through a
centralized electricity infrastructure created largely before the age of microprocessors and intense data center demands that, by design, require stability. Further, an
estimated two-thirds of the fuel burned to generate electricity is lost in the generation
and delivery process.4
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rowth in peak demand for electricity has exceeded transmission growth by almost 25 percent every year since 1982.5 Yet R&D spending, the first step toward innovation and
greater efficiencies, continues to be among the lowest of all industries, even lower
than retail trade.6
• T he current grid’s centralized structure leaves the United States and all of its constituents
increasingly subject to national security risks. The interdependencies of grid components
can bring about a domino effect, a cascading series of failures that has the potential
to bring our nation’s banking, communications, traffic, and security systems to a
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complete standstill. There also are national security risks associated with today’s
grid in the form of physical attacks and cyberattacks. According to the Government
Accounting Office (GAO), as far back as 2002, 70 percent of energy and power
companies experienced some kind of severe cyberattack to computing or energy
management systems.7
The Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act
The inadequacies of the current grid and the pressing need to bring our power system
into the 21st century through Smart Grid have led to the 2011 passage of Public Act
097-0616, the Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act.8 The Act authorizes Illinois’
two major utilities, ComEd and Ameren, to spend a combined total of $3.2 billion,
funded from rate payer–based sources, to update the state’s electricity infrastructure
over the next ten years, with more than half of expenditures related to Smart Grid
applications, including smart meters, distribution automation, and cyber security.
Furthermore, to promote the development of a Smart Grid ecosystem, the act requires
contributions from the two utilities for workforce development, consumer education
and awareness, and entrepreneurial endeavors. In a powerful gesture that speaks to the
need for new models in sourcing and implementation innovation, the act also requires
the utilities to open a portion of their system as a test bed where researchers and entrepreneurs can demonstrate and validate products, services, and business models with
real-time access to the network.
As the Smart Grid implementation process continues, systematic and strategic leadership by key Illinois stakeholders is crucial to taking advantage of the enormous economic opportunity the Smart Grid offers Illinois. The benefits of Smart Grid extend beyond utilities, to all stakeholders—consumers, educational institutions, and businesses.
By building less and saving more energy, the Illinois Smart Grid is an effective tool for
addressing current grid pressures and challenges, with the added benefits of providing
economic development and employment opportunities throughout Illinois.
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Preliminary Working Definition
of Smart Grid
There has been much debate over the precise definition of Smart Grid. For the purposes
of this report and the ensuing dialogue on how best to move Smart Grid successfully
forward in Illinois, the following “framework definition” is proposed. It is expected
that this framework will be modified and refined over time as Illinois moves up the
Smart Grid learning curve. As modifications occur, it is imperative that this information
be communicated to all stakeholders in a timely manner through ongoing education
and outreach efforts.
What is Smart Grid?
There is no agreed-upon definition of Smart Grid, and therefore it is useful to think
about the Smart Grid as a framework that encompasses a broad range of technology
and business model solutions that optimize the energy value chain, in turn benefiting
delivery companies, electricity suppliers, commercial and industrial interests, residential
consumers, and, ultimately, society.
Highlighting the general characteristics of Smart Grid provides a working Smart Grid
definition.9 In essence, the Smart Grid is:
• I ntelligent: It is capable of sensing system overloads and rerouting power to prevent
or minimize potential outages. It is estimated that tens of billions of dollars will
be saved thanks to demand-response programs that provide measurable, persistent
savings and require no human intervention or behavior change. The Smart Grid will
increase the reliability, efficiency, and security of the power grid and avoid the inconvenience and expense of interruptions—a growing problem in the context of the
utility industry’s aging infrastructure.
• E fficient: It is capable of meeting increased power demands without adding unnecessary infrastructure. A Smart Grid will enable better asset utilization from generation
all the way to the consumer end points. It will operate closer to its operational limits,
freeing up additional capacity from existing infrastructure. A Smart Grid will also
drive efficiencies through reductions in technical and nontechnical line losses; it is
estimated that 30 percent of distribution losses can be avoided this way.
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ccommodating: It can accept energy from virtually any generation source, including
solar and wind, and is capable of integrating technologies (such as energy storage) as
they become market proven. It is estimated that our current grid cannot handle much
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more than 7 percent penetration of distributed generation assets such as wind
turbines before experiencing major problems on the distribution network. Smart
Grids, by contrast, can deal with the intermittent nature of renewable generation
by leveraging embedded storage to smooth output levels.
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otivating: It can enable real-time communication between the consumer and utility so consumers can tailor their energy consumption based on preferences, price,
and environmental concerns. Enabled by Smart Grid technology and dynamic
pricing, consumers will have the opportunity to see what price they are paying for
energy before they buy—a potent motivator toward managing their energy costs
by reducing electric use during peak periods.
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pportunistic: It can create new opportunities and markets by means of its ability to
capitalize on plug-and-play innovation wherever and whenever appropriate.
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uality-focused: It is capable of delivering the power quality necessary to run our
digital economy.
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esilient: It is resistant to attack and natural disasters as the grid becomes more
decentralized and reinforced with Smart Grid security protocols.
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lean and Green: It has a profound impact on slowing the advance of global climate
change and offering a path toward environmental improvement. Smart Grids will
also provide the necessary infrastructure for mass adoption of plug-in hybrid and
electric vehicles, something that cannot be accommodated with the current grid. In
fact, the current grid is not dimensioned for more than a 15 to 20 percent penetration of electric vehicles.
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Successfully Implementing
Smart Grid in Illinois
The passage of the Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act provides a specific timeline for the deployment of Smart Grid in Illinois. With appropriate guidance from the
Smart Grid Advisory Council, which was enabled under the law to review proposed
implementation plans, utilities should be more comfortable adopting new Smart Grid–
based business strategies, much as telecoms did 25 years ago to change long-distance
telephone systems. In turn, consumer knowledge will expand and resistance will fade
as the economic benefits and necessity of Smart Grid for current and new power needs
become realized.
The following recommendations are provided as guidance for the ongoing full and successful rollout of Smart Grid in Illinois.
Follow a Consumer-Focused Approach to Smart Grid Implementation
To maximize the benefits of Smart Grid, it is critical that utilities and regulators effectively engage consumers and develop consumer-focused policies supporting Smart
Grid implementation. Most benefits of Smart Grid will not be achieved without active
customer participation that:
• Enables customer access to interval data from smart meters in real or near real time.
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nables easy third-party data access through one-step data sharing approval to
create a market for efficiency, automation, and demand-response applications.
• Enables “time-of-use” pricing programs.
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nables better control over residential loads, resulting in improved management (for
example, demand response) of available energy and allowing residential customers to
realize associated financial benefits.
• Focuses grid investments on reducing outage time and soft costs for customers.
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oordinates infrastructure investments with a results metric that takes consumer
impact into account.
• S upports aggregation (third-party or municipal) or the bulk buying of electricity to
allow for greater consumer choice in supply (such as renewable sources), as well as
potentially lower energy costs.
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ses Smart Grid infrastructure for concepts such as distributed generation or the
ability of customers to install electricity-generating technologies such as solar PV,
wind, and other technologies on site, or “behind the meter,” and to interconnect
to the utility distribution system to ensure adequate power supplies and credit as
needed.
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reates transparency in implementation—letting consumers know when they have
been connected and what options are available to them.
An approach mindful of customers will help ensure that Illinois’ Smart Grid investment
achieves its participation and efficiency metrics and results for the customer as well as
the utility.
Information, Education, and Marketing is Key to Successful Smart Grid
Implementation
Smart Grid Education
The dissemination of clear, stakeholder-relevant information at all stages of Smart Grid
implementation is crucial to easing fears associated with the changes under way and
increasing acceptance for Smart Grid. In so doing, it is critical that:
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common lexicon is utilized to guarantee consistent messaging among all participants in the Smart Grid supply and value chain. It is imperative to be clear about
what constitutes a Smart Grid and what are merely Smart Grid–enabling technologies. A widespread misconception, for instance, is that Smart Grid is simply the
installation of smart meters within the home. Section II provides a working definition of Smart Grid, highlighting its characteristics and, in the process, revealing its
benefits.
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ontent and delivery of Smart Grid information reflect the different interests, attention, and priorities of the various stakeholder groups. In other words, information
must be customized for each specific group: utilities, consumers, businesses, policymakers, and regulators.
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fforts are focused on consumer benefits and education to reflect the pivotal role
that consumers play in Smart Grid acceptance. It is important to understand that
significant changes in consumer management of energy will need to take place for
successful Smart Grid rollout and for maximizing the benefits of smart technologies.
The participatory nature of the new network and the advent of energy management
tools and services will fundamentally alter the way people value and interact with
their electricity supply.
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olicymakers and regulators are brought up to speed quickly to ensure they are establishing economic, regulatory, and market constructs that address the true needs of
the industry. Forums and open discussions with utilities and technology suppliers will
be an important part of this process.
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tility management is able to use all relevant information to begin factoring smart
technology into asset management planning and business model forecasting.
Smart Grid Marketing
In addition to education, Smart Grid marketing is essential. To ensure success, utilities
will need to market their Smart Grid–enabling strategies and services in unprecedented
ways and to make clear the advantages that Smart Grid can offer to all stakeholders.
Given the new utility environment, utilities might consider hiring specialists from other
industries (such as telecom) to maximize the efficacy of their marketing efforts and
make possible the reality of Smart Grid transformation. At the least, marketing efforts
will require the following:
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reating and marketing user-friendly Smart Grid products and services to engage the
public and help answer the question, “What’s in it for me?”
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mphasizing the growth in jobs and creation of new businesses as a direct and indirect result of the move to Smart Grid. The attached Smart Grid Economic Impact
Fact Sheet (on page 26) provides additional details supporting the substantial economic benefits of Smart Grid and includes a list of current Illinois companies whose
employment picture is tied to Smart Grid, an important and powerful visual indicator of actual job-generating potential.
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he framing of Smart Grid as a true enabler of the low-carbon economy rather than
as an investment decision. The attached Smart Grid Environmental Benefits Fact
Sheet (on page 28) highlights the environmental benefits of Smart Grid.
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everaging the experience and results from a handful of Smart Grid pilots already
under way or completed, such as the ComEd Smart Grid Pilot Program and the
Naperville Smart Grid Initiative. Pilot project experiences, both positive and negative,
can help advance consumer awareness and acceptance of a more fully functioning
Smart Grid.
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ighlighting any consumer savings that takes place, particularly as compared with
maintaining the status quo.
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eveloping utility-driven ratepayer-outreach programs to obtain feedback and push
information. Telecom companies utilize advisory boards, customer satisfaction metrics, and communication plans to deliver news through a multitude of channels and
to convey information effectively. This model might prove useful for utilities.
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mphasizing the benefits of positioning Illinois as a Smart Grid leader and capitalizing on its incumbent academic resources and business leadership.
Policy and Regulatory Changes Needed to Accommodate Smart Grid
Realities
Regulatory and policy frameworks determine the economics of the utility business and
therefore drive what can be accounted for in the business case. Current regulatory and
policy frameworks make it difficult to advance Smart Grid implementation. Nationally,
it has been a challenge for utilities and policymakers to present a traditional business
value proposition for Smart Grid due to the extensive and capital-intensive infrastructure required at the onset and the length of time it may take for consumers to experience and acknowledge benefits. Challenges include measuring and articulating that
much of the value of Smart Grid investment takes the form of economic externalities
that provide significant benefits to society as a whole (such as carbon reduction, job
creation, security of supply, outage declines) yet are not monetized and included in the
business case.
To achieve complete Smart Grid buy-in, policymakers and industry regulators should
consider pushing for an evolution in the existing business case paradigm to incorporate
the external values of Smart Grid investments. They should develop either convincing
rate cases that reflect the more prominent role of societal benefits in Smart Grid discussions or public-private partnership vehicles to share the investment burden between the
public and private purse. Several factors will ease this paradigm shift, including:
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xamining and reporting results of case studies to better estimate the value of Smart
Grid in monetary terms.
• I ncluding generation, transmission and distribution, utility retailers, customers, and
Smart Grid technology suppliers within the business case.
• I ncorporating into the business case the greater efficiency in energy delivery and use
that comes with a Smart Grid, including reduction in overall energy consumption,
reduction in the need to maintain expensive and carbon-emitting generation assets,
reduction in the need for peaking plants since energy is used more optimally, and
ultimately, reduction in cost to consumers.
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• I ncluding in the business case those applications and technologies enabled by a
Smart Grid (for instance, electrification of vehicles, distributed generation, renewables); their importance to overall energy efficiencies, job growth, and carbon
abatement; and their impacts on utility savings.
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tilizing (piggy-backing upon) the existing communications infrastructure where
possible so that the business case for marginal improvements in Smart Grid functionality will be enhanced.
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cknowledging and accepting that many of the core elements of Smart Grid are not
yet being produced at a significant enough scale to make them economically viable.
As the technologies mature and standards (imposed or de facto) are established,
delivery risk will decrease. Relating this situation to the telecom trajectory over the
years can inform an otherwise skeptical constituency.
As noted in the section above, to be successful along this dimension it is critical that
information be shared and explained among stakeholders as changes to the traditional business case are made.
Preparing the Workforce for Smart Grid
There is a shortfall in the expertise needed to design, build, and operate Smart Grids.
Even without Smart Grid, the “graying” of the utility workforce and acute need for
additional engineering talent are already key concerns within the energy sector. The
existing workforce of utility engineers has developed skills in analog electrical engineering, but as utilities push toward Smart Grids, there is a demand for a new skill
set that bridges the analog-digital divide and incorporates new skills in communications, data management, decision support, and analytics. In addition, a generation of
power system engineers will soon retire—at a time when they are needed to transition
the existing networks to smarter grids. Further challenging the labor supply-demand
imbalance is the need for an entirely new workforce of system operators, asset managers, and field crews, which will require training to install, operate, and manage the
network, with competencies such as embedded systems design, advanced decision
support, visualization, and communications engineering. To ensure ongoing workforce preparation for Smart Grid, it is important that:
• I nformation is widely shared among all stakeholders regarding the types of jobs associated with Smart Grid and the skills necessary to attain and retain employment.
This will be particularly valuable to potential jobseekers as well as utilities and
other companies requiring skill-specific workers in a Smart Grid environment.
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ffective and efficient dissemination of knowledge about best practices in Smart
Grid take place, highlighting skill shortages and related company-specific requirements and identifying short- and long-term training requirements so that skills and
training match what is needed in the Smart Grid workforce.
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raining programs, both outside and within utilities, are developed to provide the
skills and competencies necessary to support Smart Grid implementation and ongoing operations.
• S mart Grid pilot programs are reviewed to help uncover any types of labor and
skill shortages that might be evident.
Work to Enhance Smart Grid Network and Cybersecurity and Ensure
Grid Data Privacy
With increased computer and communications network interconnection comes the
potential need to design greater security into the Smart Grid. In addition, privacy protections must be respected given the vast quantities of data that will accompany Smart
Grid technology. Telecoms have been tackling network security and data privacy issues
for more than 20 years, and, while it is important to look to how telecoms deal with
these concerns, the critical asset base of utilities makes this issue considerably more
challenging. To assuage the public’s concern over data privacy and cybersecurity and
make them comfortable in a Smart Grid environment, it becomes important to:
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ncourage increased collaboration among utility and telecom industries, regulators,
law enforcement, homeland security, and consumers.
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igorously test systems when built and continuously reevaluate for any possible
breaches.
• I mplement any and all measures to protect critical infrastructure and customer’s
personal identification information.
• S upport new network security and data privacy standards, as appropriate. Already,
NERC (North American Electric Reliability Corporation), with the support of
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) and EPRI (Electric Power
Research Institute), has made progress in the definition of security standards.
• Establish expectations for performance at utilities and hold employees accountable.
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ork to make the public more comfortable with data issues, much as telecom, cellular, social networking sites, credit card companies and grocery stores have done.
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Illinois Smart Grid Implementation
as a National Model
Illinois is a leader in Smart Grid by virtue of the efforts under way to support Smart
Grid implementation and operation, from progress along the dimensions identified
above to research and development in key technologies to enable successful Smart
Grid operation. The wealth and depth of information, expertise, and experience in
Illinois establish a strong foundation to continue to move forward with Smart Grid,
capitalize on successes, reap tremendous economic development and employment opportunities, and allow Illinois to be a national model and leader for successful Smart
Grid implementation.
Enabling Technologies for Smart Grid Operation—Illinois Progress
Numerous companies in Illinois are already developing and delivering technologies
critical to Smart Grid implementation and operation. Some examples of Illinois companies are provided below. Companies are grouped according to the “Key Technology Areas” framework, as described in the attached Smart Grid “Key Technology
Areas” Fact Sheet (on page 25). A detailed report of all Illinois technology providers for Smart Grid and their specific technological offerings will help Smart Grid
stakeholders better understand their functional Smart Grid needs, potential enabling
technology supply gaps, and the funding needed to close the gaps.
Advanced Components—
Illinois Smart Meters, MicroGrids, Other Advanced Component Examples
The worldwide smart microgrid market, valued at $4.14 billion in 2010, is projected to grow to $7 billion by 2014. North America is the major player in the world
market, with nearly 74 percent of the market share in 2010.10 The smart microgrid
market is divided into five segments: institutional (campus), military, remote systems
(off the grid, rural), community, and commercial/industrial; the United States derives
the bulk of its strength from leadership in the first two segments.11
Illinois is home to two major microgrid applications: the Perfect Power System at the
Illinois Institute of Technology and the Naperville Smart Grid Initiative (NSGI).
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he Perfect Power System, a collaborative effort among the Illinois Institute of
Technology (IIT), the Galvin Electricity Initiative, and others, is a campus-wide
microgrid. This project captured federal funds totaling more than $13 million
with the aim of creating the first smart microgrid of its kind in the country. Perfect
Power researchers calculate that the project will pay for itself within five years of
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completion, with savings resulting from a more efficient energy system, reduction
in power outages, and elimination of a previous plan to build a $10 million third
substation, which Exelon was to construct to serve IIT’s growing needs before the
university adopted the use of microgrids (DOE).
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he City of Naperville, owner of a $356 million electric utility asset serving more
than 57,000 customers,12 received $11 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds and matched this funding by the same amount for a
$22 million, three-year, three-phase Naperville Smart Grid Initiative (NSGI). NSGI
includes deployment of 57,000 smart meters (reaching all homes and businesses in
the city) and automation-focused infrastructure upgrades (Phase I), creation of a
home energy management website (Phase II), and the introduction of optional services, such as dynamic pricing (Phase III).13 NSGI is already perceived as a holistic
Smart Grid model that can be implemented elsewhere. Key to Naperville’s success
is its customer outreach efforts, including a logo competition, an open house, the
creation of the Naperville Smart Grid Customer Bill of Rights, an educational ambassador program, and attentively responding to questions and concerns.14
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ther advanced components required for Smart Grid have been developed or
are in various stages of development by Illinois companies, such as Chicago-based
S&C Electric’s medium voltage static transfer and regulator switches.
Advanced Controls—
Illinois Distribution Automation and Related Examples
Distribution automation combines smart sensors with integrated communications
technologies. Distribution automation enables real-time monitoring and remote
control of power system elements to monitor performance and automatically take
corrective action by reconfiguring distribution to restore power more quickly and
enhance service for customers. In the event of a severe storm, for example, distribution automation enables utilities to optimally reconfigure and reroute electricity to
minimize disruption. Distribution automation allows for greater system reliability,
reduced power interruptions, enhanced system performance, and improved power
quality. The global market for distribution automation, including automated switches, technologies for self-healing and grid optimization, capacitor banks, and voltage
regulators, was valued at $2.71 billion in 2010 and is projected to increase to $10.43
billion in 2014.15 In the United States, it is estimated that distribution automation
captured $2.2 billion, or 40 percent of the Smart Grid market in 2010; it is projected
that distribution automation will increase to $5.6 billion, or 58 percent of the market, by 2015.16 Illinois has several major distribution automation projects under way:
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he Boeing Company, in collaboration with Commonwealth Edison, has chosen
Chicago as the site of a $10.4 million demonstration of “a smart, highly automated, secure, and self-healing electric distribution management system that will
allow for integration of a greater amount of customer-owned energy resources and
automation into the distribution system, increasing the value of energy resources to
both end-use customers and utilities.”17
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n-Ramp Wireless, Inc. of California and Schweitzer Engineering Labs of Lake
Zurich, Illinois, are conducting a $2.8 million distribution automation project to
increase reliability and allow for remote monitoring of distribution systems. These
two projects are among six Smart Grid demonstration projects that were selected
throughout the nation in November 2010.18
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istribution automation is the focus of phase I of NSGI, with S&C Electric leading
the distribution automation portion of the comprehensive pilot.
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ccenture Technology Labs of Chicago is heavily involved in distribution automation consulting.
• S chweitzer Engineering Labs (Lake Zurich, IL), EESCO (Chicago, Elk Grove Village, other Illinois locations), ABB Group (Bolingbrook, IL), and DA Solutions
(Bluffs, IL) are key players in management control, as are Schaumburg-based Motorola, S&C Electric, Blue Island-based G&W Electric, and Palatine-based Schneider Electric (U.S. division), all of whom are international leaders in the switch gear
market.
Sensing and Measurement—
Illinois Demand Response, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), and Related Examples
Sensing and measurement technologies enable, among other things, demand response—the management of electricity consumption by both utilities and consumers in response to power supply conditions, load problems, and time-based pricing
(which allows consumers to reduce consumption during peak pricing periods). The
2010 U.S. market for demand response was about $1.3 billion, and the market is expected to reach upward of $2.8 billion by 2015 and more than $8 billion by 2020.19
Already, major demand response projects are under way in Illinois, including:
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collaborative of the Northern Illinois Energy Project, Citizens’ Utility Board
(CUB), and Edison Mission Group has installed demand response technology in
18 high-rise residential buildings in downtown Chicago. Going beyond traditional
one-way demand response programs, these buildings are using two-way systems
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that reduce consumption at times of peak use and allow buildings to participate in
wholesale energy markets in a way that cuts costs for the buildings.
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he Illinois-Korea Smart Buildings Initiative, part of the Illinois Smart Buildings
Initiative (ISBI), is a pilot project to test smart technologies and develop new business models collaboratively between the Korea Consortium (KT, LGE, and Nara
Controls) and the Illinois Coalition (Draper and Kramer, Illinois Science & Technology Coalition, and CUB). The ISBI will be the first of its kind to offer multi-building
ancillary services with its energy efficiency demonstration project. The ISBI will
demonstrate demand-side participation in PJM’s ancillary service markets using
advanced communications, control technology, and energy efficient equipment installed in several multi-unit residential buildings. If successful in the initial buildings,
an additional phase incorporating commercial/retail buildings will be initiated.
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he City of Naperville’s Smart Grid Initiative includes a demand-response component as part of phases II and III of the program.
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omEd completed an AMI pilot in 2011 involving 131,000 participants encompassing Bellwood, Berwyn, Broadview, Chicago, Forest Park, Hillside, Maywood,
Melrose Park, Oak Park, River Forest, and Tinley Park. Based on the results of this
pilot, it is estimated that cumulative benefits will significantly exceed cumulative
costs by a factor of almost three over a 20-year evaluation period. Benefits result
from improved operational efficiencies ($1,625 million), reduced power purchase
costs ($707 million), reduction in bad debt expenses ($791 million), new energy
revenues ($1,051 million), and new delivery service revenues ($564 million). Taking account of all costs and benefits, and assuming adjustments to customer rates,
the net present value (NPV) of the AMI program to ComEd customers is $1,296
million over the 20-year evaluation term, a result independent of ComEd’s demandresponse programs or related plans.20
Improved Interfaces and Decision Support—Illinois Examples
Research is being done around the state in academic and commercial settings to
address the issue of improved interfaces and decision support. At the University of
Illinois Urbana-Champaign, for example, researchers are developing techniques and
tools (such as visualization, animation, color contouring, virtual reality, and other data
display methods) to better glean information from the ever-growing stream of data
generated with Smart Grid technologies. This work is part of the project “Effective
Power System Control Center Visualization,” which is funded by the Power Systems
Engineering Research Center.
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Integrated Communications—Illinois Examples
Numerous efforts are under way to develop and commercialize integrated communications technologies, including efforts by S&C Electric, Accenture, Motorola, Siemens,
IIT, and UIUC.
Ancillary Technologies Supporting Smart Grid and Related Developments
Energy Storage
Energy storage technologies include batteries (lithium-ion, sodium sulfur, and flow),
compressed air energy storage, pumped hydroelectric, and flywheel.21 Driven by the
rise of intermittent renewable energy production, the deployment of electric vehicles
and plug-in hybrids, and the Smart Grid itself, the global market for energy storage
will increase rapidly, from about $1.5 billion in 2010 to more than $10 billion in
2015 and about $35 billion in 2020.22 According to the Electric Advisory Committee, there are many benefits to deploying energy storage technologies into the nation’s
grid. Energy storage can provide 1) the means to improve grid optimization for bulk
power production, 2) a way to facilitate power system balancing in systems that have
variable or diurnal renewable-energy sources, 3) a way to facilitate the integration of
plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) power demands with the grid, 4) a way to defer
investments in transmission and distribution infrastructure to meet peak loads, and 5)
a resource to provide ancillary services directly to grid/market operators.
• I llinois has the institutional support to be a leader in energy storage, with Illinois
universities and laboratories as partner institutions in 5 out of the Department of
Energy’s 12 Energy Frontier Research Centers. Argonne National Laboratory is the
lead institution for the Center for Electrical Energy Storage, with a proposed allocation of $19 million over five years starting in 2009. The two partner institutions
in the Center for Electrical Energy Storage are Northwestern University and the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.23
• S chaumburg-based Toda America Inc. manufactures components of lithium-ion batteries and received a $35 million grant from the Department of Energy to “establish
a high-volume advanced battery supplier manufacturing facility in the U.S. in order
to become a strong and supportive strategic supply partner to the U.S. advanced
battery industry.”24
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rgonne’s Electrochemical Analysis and Diagnostics Laboratory (EADL) in the
Transportation Technology R&D Center (Argonne National Lab) focuses on testing
advanced batteries, particularly lithium-ion batteries for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.25 The EADL received $8.8 million in ARRA funding for a battery cell fabrication facility, a materials production scale-up facility, and a post-test analysis facility.
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Electric Vehicles (EVs)
Electrification of vehicles hinges on a smarter grid. The advent of electric vehicles and
their charging requirements are likely to increase electricity demands dramatically.
Early estimates warn that the current distribution grid is not dimensioned for more
than a 15 to 20 percent penetration of electric vehicles. Not only can Smart Grid allow for increasingly clean energy as a source for EVs, but key Smart Grid–enabling
technologies can readily reroute current idle production capacity to supply an estimated 73 percent of the energy needs of today’s vehicles.26
Electric and hybrid vehicle sales are steadily increasing in both number and percentage of total automobiles sold, and growth is expected to continue unabated. Of the
top ten largest metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in the United States, the ChicagoNaperville-Joliet MSA is projected to be the third highest for light-duty plug-in electric vehicle sales, after New York and Los Angeles, from 2011 to 2017 (the end of the
prediction time period).27 Overall, the state of Illinois is predicted to capture the fifthlargest share of EV sales of any state, after California, New York, Texas, and Florida.28
With support from state and research institutions and multiple public-private sector
projects, electric vehicles are an important strength for the Illinois Smart Grid ecosystem. Illinois is beginning to provide the requisite infrastructure to support EV use, as
illustrated by the following projects:
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arbon Day Automotive (through the ChargePoint Network), based in Chicago,
has installed 36 level 1 and 2 stations in Chicagoland and Springfield. An additional
25 already have been sold in Chicagoland; Carbon Day anticipates selling another
250 in the coming year. Carbon Day charging stations are among the first solar
powered stations in the nation; the first wind-powered charging station in the continental United States is CDA’s station in Highland Park.
• 3
50Green, working with the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois on an $8.8
million project funded internally and by grants, plans to install 207 level 2 and 73
level 3 stations in the Chicagoland area. Already one-third of the level 3 stations
have been installed.
• E
aton Corporation is working with Mitsubishi and the municipality of Normal on
the EV Town initiative, installing more than 50 level 2 stations, as well as a number
of level 3 stations through 2012 in order to provide infrastructure for the Mitsubishi i-MiEV.
• I llinois Institute of Technology and Eaton Corporation are deploying 6 Smart Grid–
capable electric vehicle charging stations on its Perfect Power microgrid in 2012,
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plus the first publicly available DC Quick Charge station in the country to provide
15- to 20-minute charging.
Renewables
Smart Grid and Smart Grid technologies are essential to any meaningful market penetration of renewables. Already, Illinois has become heavily involved with renewable
energy research, testing, and application, with these markets—and associated employment growth—poised to expand under a Smart Grid paradigm.
• S cientists at the Illinois Institute of Technology secured a $7.9 million ARRA grant
and matched it with additional funds for a $14.6 million project, conducting wind
energy research in conjunction with graduate-level Smart Grid education.
• W
inergy Drive Systems (Elgin) and Siemens Industry (Buffalo Grove and various
locations) received ARRA grants of $12.8 million and $28.3 million, respectively, to
enhance domestic gearbox manufacturing, bolstering the manufacturing economy
domestically through Illinois. Winergy will produce all of its units domestically with
the execution of this project.
• E
xelon Power completed the $10 million Exelon City Solar project in 2010. At 10
MW and with 32,292 solar photovoltaic panels, it is the largest urban solar power
plant in Chicago and in the country.29
• V
arious companies and institutions in Illinois have captured over $30 million in
funding from the Department of Energy for research, manufacturing, and projects
involving photovoltaics. More than three-quarters of this funding—$24.4 million—is
for projects integrating photovoltaics with energy storage.
• S &C Electric captured $6.1 million of federal and state funding to develop devices
and switchgear to integrate renewable energy into grid distribution systems.
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omEd captured a $4.5 million ARRA grant for a research project on market research on photovoltaics and energy storage within automatic-meter infrastructure.
• A
rgonne National Laboratory’s Electrochemical Analysis and Diagnostics Laboratory (EADL) conducts research on energy storage for utilities.30 Argonne’s National
Center for Energy Storage Research (NCESR), currently in development, will add to
this research.
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orizon Wind Energy, LLC; Iberdrola Renewables; State Farm Insurance; Suzlon
Wind Energy Corporation; and others have collaborated in founding the Center for
Renewable Energy at Illinois State University, capturing $990,000 in grant funding
from the U.S. Department of Energy and additional grant funds from the Illinois
Clean Energy Community Foundation for research and education.31
• T
hree out of four winners of Clean Energy Trust’s 2011 Clean Energy Challenge—
Clean Urban Energy, NextGen Solar LLC, and Lotus Creative Innovations—are
companies working in renewable energy and energy storage.
• M
ore than 100 Illinois companies are part of the state’s wind energy supply chain,
including at least 13 global or U.S. headquarters of major wind power companies in
Chicago, providing the state with more than 2,000 MW of wind energy capacity, the
seventh highest in the nation.32
Illinois Efforts Under way to Guide Successful Smart Grid Implementation
Network and Cybersecurity
Network and cybersecurity concerns loom large in a Smart Grid future. Already, Illinois has shown itself to be a key leader in security innovations through the following
organizations and institutions:
• F
rom 2005 to 2010, the Information Trust Institute at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign received $18.8 million from the departments of Energy and
Homeland Security and subsequent $7 million in additional state funding to develop
the Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid (TCIPG) Initiative. TCIPG
is working with an industry-based external advisory board and an industry interaction board, comprising more than 30 government and research institutions, utilities,
and private sector vendors and grid operators, to foster and catalyze the deployment
of Smart Grid security research and improve the way the grid infrastructure is built.
• A
rgonne National Laboratory conducts ongoing research in cybersecurity and received subcontracts from the Battelle Memorial Institute.
Smart Grid Workforce Readiness
Illinois is home to some of the finest colleges and universities providing the workforce
and skills needed to succeed in a Smart Grid world.
• I n April 2010, IIT was awarded $12.6 million in grants to create a Smart Grid Training and Education Center. The Center works closely with trade associations, Argonne
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National Laboratory, power companies, and other educational institutions to develop curricula and educational experiences to help ensure an Illinois workforce is
available to meet the needs of a Smart Grid.
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omEd’s Smart Grid 2011 pilot results, moreover, will inform IIT and other stakeholders of the efficacy of Smart Grid technology and associated skills and competencies required.
• R
esearchers at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Illinois Institute
of Technology have contributed to various reports detailing competencies required
of utility workers in a Smart Grid environment.33
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he recently enacted Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act requires funding
from ComEd and Ameren for workforce development efforts.
Policy and Regulatory Leadership
Already, the state’s regulatory leadership, through the Illinois Commerce Commission
(ICC) and the Illinois Power Agency (IPA), are considering the policy and regulatory
changes need to incorporate seismic changes in the way utilities operate in a Smart
Grid environment. The ICC’s Illinois Statewide Smart Grid Collaborative (ISSGC)
and the IPA’s predictive models place Illinois regulators ahead of their peers. These
bodies are supported by groups such as the Citizens Utility Board, which for 25 years
has been a leader in protecting consumer rights and promoting demand response and
other consumer education programs.
The ISSGC included more than 100 stakeholders representing a wide range of economic interests and sectors and have considered, among other issues, methods of
estimating, calculating, and assessing benefits and costs—both quantifiable and nonquantifiable, and various cost recovery approaches.
Forward-Looking Partnership
The ISGRIC, working through the ISTC, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) partnered to develop a white paper on Smart Grid platform planning that provides
methodologies for thinking about prioritizing Smart Grid initiatives. Current Illinois
efforts are being highlighted as examples of effective, innovative, and forward-looking
initiatives. However, the efforts are still somewhat fragmented: No single government
authority or commercial entity is charged with coordinating Smart Grid development
in a comprehensive way. To provide that perspective, the group has developed a plat-
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form approach to Smart Grid planning. This tool allows multiple entities to collaborate in order to determine investment priorities and envision the best Smart Grid for a
region or area. It will help define where to go, and how to get there.
Consumer Education
ISGRIC has provided support to Chicago-based start-up Smart Grid Network, Inc. for
the development of a consumer engagement platform at smartgrid.com. This first-ofa-kind Smart Grid social network helps consumers understand how a smarter grid can
empower them to manage their energy usage more effectively. Smartgrid.com has two
components—information from authorized content providers on Smart Grid initiatives and a Facebook-style social network that allows consumers, solution providers,
and enablers to communicate on issues of interest.
The website can serve as a platform for:
• Individuals to develop a network of trusted advisers for identifying and selecting
Smart Grid solutions.
• C
ountries, states, and communities to highlight Smart Grid projects and attract
best-of-class solutions suitable for their local requirements.
• U
tilities to learn about their customers’ needs, expectations, and demands and inform customers of new offerings.
• U
niversities and research centers to highlight ongoing Smart Grid research and education programs.
• Solution providers to promote their products and services.
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Conclusion
Smart Grid implementation in Illinois is under way. Smart Grid can not only ameliorate current problems associated with today’s power supply, but also offer enormous
economic opportunities for Illinois businesses and consumers, in terms of growth in
businesses, jobs, and tax revenues. Illinois, with its tremendous educational, R&D,
and business resources, is the ideal environment for an expeditious and successful
statewide Smart Grid implementation. As such, Illinois is implementing Smart Grid
in a thoughtful and careful way by providing timely information and education to
all stakeholders and enhanced marketing efforts to “sell” this new power paradigm.
Moreover, as part of Illinois’ Smart Grid rollout, policy and regulatory changes are
being made that support the Smart Grid business case. Finally, to prepare Illinois’
workforce for Smart Grid, job and skills training programs and cybersecurity strategies are being rapidly developed. Smart Grid implementation will not only help
Illinois generate and use energy in a more cost-effective and efficient manner, but also
lead to Illinois serving as a national model for states across the nation that want to
replicate its success.
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Appendix
Smart Grid “Key Technology Areas” Fact Sheet
The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Modern Grid Strategy groups
various technologies that can enable Smart Grid operation into five “key technology
areas.” In brief:
Advanced Components play an active role in determining the electrical behavior of the
grid. They can be applied in stand-alone applications, such as smart meters, or connected together to create complex systems, such as microgrids.
Advanced Control Methods involve devices and algorithms that analyze, diagnose,
and predict conditions in a Smart Grid and allow for appropriate corrective action
to mitigate and prevent outages and power quality disturbances. Examples include
substation automation and distribution automation.
Sensing and Measurement technologies are an essential component of a fully smart
power grid; they enhance power system measurements, enable the transformation
of data into information, allow for consumer choice and demand response, and help
relieve grid congestion as necessary. Examples include advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), wide-area monitoring systems, and outage monitoring and management
systems.
Improved Interfaces and Decision Support should be implemented if grid operators and
managers are to have the tools and training they need to maximize Smart Grid operation. Examples include microgrid control software and power distribution analysis
software.
Integrated Communications are the underpinnings of the other four key technology
areas and a defining characteristic of Smart Grid. Integrated Communications essentially allows for dynamic, interactive real-time information and power exchange,
allowing users to control various intelligent electronic devices in an integrated system.
Examples include broadband power line, WiFi, WiMax, and ZigBee.
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Smart Grid Economic Impact Fact Sheet
Direct Job Creation: Smart Grid technologies have the potential to create substantial
numbers of new jobs—green and otherwise. KEMA, a global energy consulting firm,
forecasts Smart Grid projects in the United States to reach $64 billion, catalyzed by a
potential disbursement of $16 billion in Smart Grid incentives. These projects translate into roughly 280,000 anticipated new U.S. jobs by 2018.34
Innovation and Associated Employment Growth: Opening the grid to innovation will enable markets to grow unfettered and innovation to flourish. As an indicator, consider
the market-making effect of opening up the telephone industry in the 1980s. With
revenues of $33 billion at the time, the ensuing proliferation of consumer-centric
products and services transformed telecommunications into a $117 billion market as
of 2006. Jobs, in turn, exploded.
Other utility industries have generated considerable economic activity and job growth
as they incorporated information technology capabilities, much like that envisioned
for the current electric grid; two examples are the cable industry and the cellular telephone industry. From 2002 to 2007, direct and indirect nationwide employment attributable to the cable industry increased by almost 367,000 jobs, or nearly 5 percent
of all net new jobs created by the U.S. economy over this five-year period. Cable’s
economic impacts are spread throughout all major sectors of the U.S. economy, with
the largest impact in the information, services, and manufacturing sectors. Wireless
services are among the industries with the highest job growth, according to the Cellular Telephone Industry Association. Direct wireless carrier employment has grown
at a rate of 4.1 percent annually, with total estimated direct employment reaching
249,200 at the end of 2009.35
Indirect Job Creation: The number of new indirect jobs created as a result of a Smart
Grid is expected to be even larger than the number of direct jobs, with estimates
averaging two additional jobs or more for every new Smart Grid job.36 Demand for
new products and services will be created not only to build the Smart Grid, but also
to support it. Smart Grid, moreover, is universally understood to be the key enabling
technology for renewable energy development, electric vehicle adoption, and energy
efficiency improvements. Investments in clean energy create 16.7 jobs for every $1
million in spending. Investing in fossil fuels, by contrast, generates 5.3 jobs per $1
million in spending. Illinois could see a net increase of about $6.6 billion in investment revenue and 70,000 jobs, based on its share of a total of $150 billion in annual
national clean-energy investments.37
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Induced Employment Effects: New workers involved in Smart Grid utilities and supporting jobs contribute to additional and “unrelated” job and income growth as they
spend a portion of their income locally (at restaurants, grocery stores, dry cleaners,
and hair salons, for example) to meet household and personal needs.
Avoided Costs: Smart Grid employment will necessarily result in avoided costs, or
cash and in-kind benefits and program costs avoided when previously unemployed or
underemployed individuals obtain new jobs. A full accounting of the benefits of Smart
Grid to the state of Illinois should integrate the value of the social services avoided by
reduced unemployment as well as the tax revenues generated by new jobs.
GDP Growth: Every $1 billion of investment in Smart Grid technology is projected to
propel $100 billion in GDP growth.38 Greater consumer control over power consumption, moreover, could add $5 billion to $7 billion annually to the U.S. economy
by 2015 and $15 billion to $20 billion per year by 2020. Distributed generation
technologies (such as electricity produced at or near the site where it will be used) and
smart, interactive storage for residential and small commercial applications will likely
add another $10 billion per year if 10 percent penetration is achieved by 2020.39
Reduced Costs: Costs associated with power disturbances and transmission congestion will be ameliorated, to the tune of $49 billion40 and $4.8 billion per year,41
respectively. In addition, wholesale electricity prices will be reduced compared with
the current situation; this decrease will be achieved through a reduction in peak loads
and energy conservation. Assuming an overall average wholesale price for electricity
of approximately $47 per megawatt hour (MWh) and annual sales of roughly 3.5 billion per MWh, a 1 percent drop in average price would result in an economic savings
in the United States of more than $1.5 billion annually.42 Increasing energy efficiency,
renewable energy, and distributed generation would save an estimated $36 billion annually by 2025.43
Reduced Infrastructure Spending: By optimizing systems, a Smart Grid can reduce the
need for massive infrastructure investments, with estimates ranging from $46 billion
to $117 billion over the next 20 years.44 Dollars that remain in the economy rather
than “paying the freight” for system inefficiency are dollars that society can put to
good use for job creation and other social goods.
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Smart Grid Environmental Benefits Fact Sheet
From food safety to personal health, a compromised environment threatens us all.
The United States accounts for only 4 percent of the world’s population, but produces
25 percent of its greenhouse gases. Half of the country’s electricity is still produced by
burning coal—a major contributor to global warming. If the United States and Illinois
are to reduce our carbon footprint and stake a claim to global environmental leadership, clean, renewable sources of energy such as solar, wind, and geothermal must be
integrated into the nation’s grid. Smart Grid will enable this integration to happen.
• T
he U.S. Department Energy suggests that 100 percent penetration of Smart Grid
technology in the United States could lead to upward of an 18 percent reduction in
carbon dioxide emissions by 2030.45
• I llinois is home to more than 1,800 megawatts of wind generation capacity, which
is enough to power more than 500,000 homes with clean, emissions‐free electricity (Illinois Wind Energy Association). Smart Grid deployment will allow Illinois to
maximize its use of clean wind energy as a power source. Regaining our early lead
in solar and wind vis-à-vis other nations or states will create an enduring greencollar economy.
• T
he increased efficiencies from real-time usage data also will have environmental
benefits. If the electrical grid were just 5 percent more efficient, it could displace the
equivalent of 42 coal-fired power plants and would equate to permanently eliminating the fuel and greenhouse gas emissions from 53 million cars.46
• I n the United States, buildings account for 38 percent of all CO2 emissions and represent 72 percent of U.S. electricity consumption.47 Increasing the energy efficiency
of public and private buildings will be a hallmark of the adoption of Smart Grid.
• T
he adoption of Smart Grid technologies will create the platform for a wide range
of advanced and low-carbon technologies such as electric vehicles, peak load management, and reduction of utility service fleets. At present, the nation’s transportation sector emits 20 percent of all carbon dioxide we produce.48
The impact of vehicle particulate emissions in urban areas can be reduced as the number of miles driven by conventional vehicles is offset by miles driven by electric vehicles;
public health improvements and associated cost reductions will necessarily follow.
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Listing of Illinois Companies and Organizations Affected by
Smart Grid Development: Currently Involved in Smart Grid or With the
Potential to be Engaged.
Companies in Illinois working in the smart grid sector
The list on the following pages includes 54 companies—ranging from start-ups to
multinationals—that are directly working towards creating a smarter grid. Involvement is classified by position in the Smart Grid supply chain, (such as energy production, distribution, transmission, and/or consumption). Companies working in energy
generation include utilities producing energy as well as companies working on energy storage, distributed generation, and vehicle-to-grid technologies and integrating
renewable energy into the energy supply. Companies working in transmission include
those working on automation and control, routing and switching, smart substations,
and devices. Companies working in energy distribution include those concentrating on distribution automation, smart substations, and devices. Finally, companies
with a consumer focus in the energy supply chain include those working on demand
response; electric vehicles, and associated infrastructure; and home, commercial, and
industrial building energy management. Some products, such as SCADA systems, AMI,
and security systems, span sectors, so that a company focusing on one product might
have involvement with multiple sectors of the supply chain. Likewise, some types of
organizations, such as those in manufacturing, offer products relevant to multiple sectors of the supply chain.
Of the state’s 31 Fortune 500 companies, 13 are working either on projects that contribute directly to the development of a Smart Grid or in related sectors. In addition,
at least 26 venture capital and investment banking companies in Illinois have supported energy-related projects. Depending on their involvement, these companies are
included below or in Appendix C.
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Companies in Illinois working in the smart grid sector
Starred (*) locations followed by headquarters in parentheses denote a national or North American headquarters of an international company in Illinois.
Organization name
NAICS Code
Organization type
Focus and/or Potential Focus in Energy Supply Chain
Location
(headquarters if elsewhere)
Generation Transmission Distribution Consumption
ABB (in IL: Turbocharging
Service)
541690
R&D, Manufacturing
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Bolingbrook, IL (Oerlikon,
Switzerland)
Accenture Technology Labs
541512, 541611
R&D, Consulting
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Chicago, IL*
(Dublin, Ireland)
ADICA, LLC
541690
Consulting
Agentis
561499
Services
AllCell Technologies
423610
Manufacturing
Ameren Illinois
221119, 221210
Utility
Anixter International
423610
Services
Bias Power
334416, 423610
Manufacturing
Black & Veatch
541330
Consulting
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BlueStar Energy Solutions
541690
Services
Boeing Corporation
336411
R&D, Manufacturing
Buchanan Communications
541618
Communications
Capgemini
523930, 541512, 541614
Consulting
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CarbonDay
Services
CDW
423430
Information Technology
Cisco
334119
Information Technology,
Manufacturing
Clean Urban Energy
561790
Services
Commonwealth Edison
221119
Utility
Connected World Magazine
Services
Control4
Services
Eaton Corporation
423610
Manufacturing
Endurant Energy
541690
Services
EnergyConnect
221119
Services
Exelon Corporation
221119; 221112; 551112
Utility
G&W Electric
541613
Manufacturing
Honeywell
423120; 325188; 335513;
423430; 423610
Manufacturing
Horizon Energy Group
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Consulting
Elmhurst, IL
Chicago, IL
Peoria, IL
Glenview, IL
Buffalo Grove, IL
Chicago, IL; Burr Ridge, IL
(Overland Park, KS)
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Mount Zion, IL
Chicago, IL and Rosemont,
IL (Paris, France)
Chicago, IL
Vernon Hills, IL*; Chicago,
IL; Mettawa, IL
Chicago, IL; Bloomington, IL
(San Jose, CA)
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Carol Stream, IL
Chicago, IL (Salt Lake City,
UT)
Glendale Heights, IL and
others (Cleveland, OH)
Westmont, IL
Chicago, IL (Campbell, CA)
Chicago, IL*
Blue Island, IL
Des Plaines, IL ; McCook, IL;
Riverside, IL (Morristown,
NJ)
Bloomington, IL (Maryville,
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Indie Energy Systems, LLC
236220
Construction
Intelligent Generation, LLC
541512
Services
Jahan Analytics
Oak Brook, IL
Information Technology
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Evanston, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Commonwealth Edison
221119
Utility
Connected World Magazine
Services
Control4
Services
Eaton Corporation
423610
Manufacturing
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Chicago, IL
Carol Stream, IL
Chicago, IL (Salt Lake City,
UT)
Glendale Heights, IL and
others (Cleveland, OH)
Starred
(*) locations followed541690
by headquarters in parentheses
denote a national or North American headquarters of an international
company
Endurant Energy
Services
Westmont,
IL in Illinois.
EnergyConnect
221119
Services
Organization name
NAICS Code
Organization type
G&W Electric
541613
Manufacturing
Honeywell
ABB (in IL: Turbocharging
Service)
423120; 325188; 335513;
541690
423430; 423610
Manufacturing
R&D, Manufacturing
Accenture Technology Labs
Horizon Energy Group
541512, 541611
R&D, Consulting
Consulting
ADICA, LLC
Indie Energy Systems, LLC
541690
236220
Consulting
Construction
Agentis
Intelligent Generation, LLC
561499
541512
Services
Services
AllCell Technologies
Jahan Analytics
423610
Manufacturing
Information Technology
Ameren Illinois
Johnson Controls
Anixter International
221119, 221210
334512; 238210; 238220;
541330; 335911; 423610
423610
Utility
Construction,
Manufacturing
Services
Bias Power
Jones Lang LaSalle
334416, 423610
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Black & Veatch
Kema
541330
541611
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BlueStar Energy Solutions
Kenny Construction
541690
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Boeing Corporation
Martin Roth Cohen &
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Buchanan Communications
336411
R&D, Manufacturing
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541618
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Meade Electric Company
Capgemini
221119
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Methode Electronics
CarbonDay
334419; 335314; 334417;
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CDW
Metropolitan Energy
423430
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Microsoft Corporation
Cisco
511210; 541511
334119
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Information Technology,
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Clean Urban Energy
Mitsubishi
561790
333999
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Manufacturing, R&D
Commonwealth Edison
221119
Utility
Motorola
Connected World Magazine
423690, 334220
Manufacturing
Services
Navigant Consulting
Control4
541611
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Services
Nicor Companies
221210
Utility
Eaton Corporation
423610
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Northrop Grumman
Electronic Systems
Endurant Energy
334511; 541618; 334220;
811310
541690
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O-H Community Partners
EnergyConnect
541611
221119
Consulting
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Patrick Energy
Exelon Corporation
541330
221119; 221112; 551112
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Utility
PRTM
G&W Electric
541614
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Consulting
Manufacturing
S&C Electric Company
Honeywell
335313; 238210
423120; 325188; 335513;
423430; 423610
541330
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Schneider Electric
Horizon Energy Group
335313; 334512
Manufacturing
Consulting
Schweitzer Engineering
Indie Energy Systems, LLC
Labs
541330
Illinois
236220
Intelligent Generation, LLC
Siemens
541512
423610; 511210; 238220;
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Sargent & Lundy
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221119; 221112; 551112
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Riverside,
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Switzerland)
NJ)
Chicago, IL*
Bloomington,
IL (Maryville,
(Dublin, Ireland)
TN)
Oak Brook, IL
Evanston, IL
Elmhurst, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Peoria, IL
Chicago, IL and others [22
offices in IL]
Glenview,
IL (Milwaukee,
WI)
Buffalo Grove, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL; Burr Ridge, IL
Wheaton,
IL (Arnhem,
(Overland Park,
KS) the
Netherlands)
Chicago, IL
Northbrook, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Mount Zion, IL
McCook, IL
Chicago, IL and Rosemont,
IL (Paris, France)
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Vernon Hills, IL*; Chicago,
Chicago, IL
IL; Mettawa, IL
Chicago, IL; Bloomington, IL;
Chicago, IL; Bloomington, IL
Downers Grove, IL
(San Jose, CA)
(Redmond, Washington)
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL (Cypress, CA;
Tokyo, Japan)
Chicago, IL
Schaumburg, IL
Carol Stream, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL (Salt Lake City,
UT)
Naperville, IL*; Aurora, IL;
Lisle, IL
Glendale Heights, IL and
others (Cleveland, OH)
Rolling Meadows, IL
(Linthicum, Maryland)
Westmont, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL (Campbell, CA)
Lisle, IL
Chicago, IL*
Rosemont, IL (Waltham, MA)
Blue Island, IL
Chicago, IL
Des Plaines, IL ; McCook, IL;
Riverside, IL (Morristown,
Chicago, IL
NJ)
Palatine, IL*
Bloomington, IL (Maryville,
(Rueil-Malmaison, France)
TN)
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333999
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423690, 334220
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Navigant Consulting
541611
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Nicor Companies
221210
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334511; 541618; 334220;
R&D, Manufacturing
O-H Community Partners
541611
Consulting
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NAICS Code
Organization type
Patrick Energy
541330
Services
PRTM
541614
Consulting
ABB
(in IL: Turbocharging
S&C Electric
Company
Service)
541690
335313; 238210
R&D,
Manufacturing
Engineering,
Manufacturing
Sargent & Lundy
Accenture Technology Labs
541330
541512, 541611
Services
R&D, Consulting
Schneider Electric
335313; 334512
Manufacturing
ADICA, LLC
541690
Consulting
Schweitzer Engineering
Agentis
Labs
541330
561499
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Services
AllCell
Technologies
Siemens
Manufacturing
R&D, Manufacturing
Ameren Illinois
423610
423610; 511210; 238220;
335314; 333611; 541512;
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221119,
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Network
AnixterGrid
International
541820
423610
Social
Media
Services
Telvent
Bias Power
541510 423610
334416,
Information
Technology
Manufacturing
TUV
BlackRheinland
& Veatchof North
America
541380
541330
R&D,
Manufacturing
Consulting
West
Monroe
Partners
BlueStar
Energy
Solutions
541611; 541614
541690
Consulting
Services
Boeing Corporation
336411
R&D, Manufacturing
Buchanan Communications
541618
Communications
Capgemini
523930, 541512, 541614
Consulting
Northrop Grumman
Chicago, IL (Cypress, CA;
Tokyo, Japan)
Schaumburg, IL
Chicago, IL
Naperville, IL*; Aurora, IL;
Lisle, IL
Rolling Meadows, IL
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locations followed811310
by headquarters in parentheses denote a national or North American headquarters of an international
company
in Illinois.
Electronic(*)
Systems
(Linthicum,
Maryland)
CarbonDay
Services
CDW
423430
Information Technology
Cisco
334119
Information Technology,
Manufacturing
Clean Urban Energy
561790
Services
Commonwealth Edison
221119
Utility
Connected World Magazine
Services
Control4
Services
Eaton Corporation
423610
Manufacturing
Endurant Energy
541690
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EnergyConnect
221119
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Exelon Corporation
221119; 221112; 551112
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G&W Electric
541613
Manufacturing
Honeywell
423120; 325188; 335513;
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Horizon Energy Group
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Indie Energy Systems, LLC
Illinois
236220
Intelligent Generation, LLC
541512
Jahan Analytics
Focus and/or Potential Focus in Energy Supply Chain
Chicago, IL
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if elsewhere)
Lisle, IL
Rosemont, IL (Waltham, MA)
Bolingbrook,
Chicago, IL IL (Oerlikon,
Switzerland)
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL*
(Dublin, Ireland)
Palatine, IL*
(Rueil-Malmaison, France)
Oak Brook, IL
Lake Zurich, IL (Pullman,
Elmhurst, IL
WA)
Chicago,
Chicago, IL
IL* (Munich,
Germany)
Peoria, IL
Chicago,
Glenview,ILIL
Chicago,
IL (Madrid,
Spain)
Buffalo Grove,
IL
Rolling
Meadows,
IL
Chicago,
IL; Burr Ridge,
IL
(Cologne,
(Overland Germany)
Park, KS)
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Mount Zion, IL
Chicago, IL and Rosemont,
IL (Paris, France)
Chicago, IL
Vernon Hills, IL*; Chicago,
IL; Mettawa, IL
Chicago, IL; Bloomington, IL
(San Jose, CA)
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Carol Stream, IL
Chicago, IL (Salt Lake City,
UT)
Glendale Heights, IL and
others (Cleveland, OH)
Westmont, IL
Chicago, IL (Campbell, CA)
Chicago, IL*
Blue Island, IL
Des Plaines, IL ; McCook, IL;
Riverside, IL (Morristown,
NJ)
Bloomington, IL (Maryville,
TN)
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Companies in Illinois relevant to developing a smart grid
The following list of 136 companies are not working explicitly on the Smart Grid, but
are working in the energy sector and would find valuable opportunities to work in the
Smart Grid in the future. They range from companies manufacturing fiber optic cable
or switches for utilities to companies that have financed innovative energy projects.
Location in the energy supply chain is identified the same way that it was previously.
Companies in Illinois relevant to developing a smart grid
Starred (*) locations followed by headquarters in parentheses denote a national or North American headquarters of an international company in Illinois.
Organization name
NAICS Code
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Adams Street Partners, LLC
523910
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Advanced Machine &
Engineering
332710
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238210
Construction
Alpha Capital Partners Ltd.
523910
Finance
Alpine Home Air
811310
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Alterian
541613
Consulting
Anderson Pacific
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523910
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Aon Corporation
524210
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Apex Venture Partners
523910
Finance
Applied Thin Films, Inc
541711
Manufacturing, R&D
ARCH Ventures
523910
Venture Capital
Archer Daniels Midland
311211; 311222
Manufacturing
Ascent Corp
237990
Information Technology
Ascon Corporation USA
333999
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Baird Capital Partners/
Baird Venture Partners
523910
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BlueStar Ventures
523910
Finance
Brad Foote Gear Works
333612
Manufacturing
A. Finkl & Sons
332111
Manufacturing
A. Lucas & Sons Steel
332312
Manufacturing
Abengoa Bioenergy of
Illinois
325193
Manufacturing
ABN AMRO Private Equity
522110
ACCIONA Energy North
America
Chicago, IL
Peoria, IL
Granite City, IL (Sevilla,
Spain)
Chicago, IL
Rockford, IL
Libertyville, IL
Chicago, IL
Rockford, IL
Chicago, IL* (Bristol, UK)
Chicago, IL
Joliet, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Evanston, IL
Chicago, IL
Decatur, IL
Northlake, IL (St. Louis, MO)
Batavia, IL
Chicago, IL
Decatur, IL
Finance
Chicago, IL
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Chicago, IL
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Chicago, IL
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Archer Daniels Midland
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Decatur, IL
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237990
Ascent Corp
Information Technology
Northlake, IL (St. Louis, MO)
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Manufacturing
Batavia,
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NAICS
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Focus
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523910
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Finance
Chicago, IL
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Andrew Corporation
335921
Manufacturing
BARBECK
Communications
A. Finkl & Sons
517919; 541618; 517210;
332111
423690
Communications
Manufacturing
A. Lucas & Sons Steel
Batterson Venture Partners
332312
561449
Manufacturing
Finance
Abengoa Bioenergy of
BlueStar
Illinois Ventures
325193
523910
Manufacturing
Finance
Brad
Foote Gear
Works
ABN AMRO
Private
Equity
333612
522110
Manufacturing
Finance
Broadwind Energy
ACCIONA Energy North
America
Caterpillar
333611
238220; 238210
333120
Manufacturing
Construction
Manufacturing
AdamsHouse
StreetEnergy
Partners, LLC
Chart
523910
238220
Finance
Services
Advanced
Chase
BankMachine &
Engineering
332710
522110
Manufacturing
Finance
CID Equity Partners
Aldridge Electric
238210
Finance
Construction
Clarity Consulting
Alpha Capital Partners Ltd.
541618
523910
Consulting
Finance
Cloos Robotic Welding
Alpine Home Air
333513
811310
Manufacturing
Services
Code Hennessy & Simmons
Alterian
LLC
523910
541613
Finance
Consulting
AndersonCable,
PacificInc
Coleman
Corporation
523910
335931
Finance
Manufacturing,
R&D
D&H Energy Management
Andrew Corporation
Company
238310
335921
Construction
Manufacturing
AonSolutions
Corporation
DA
524210
Apex Venture Partners
Duchossois TECnology
Partners
Applied Thin Films, Inc
523910
523910
541711
Services Technology,
Information
Services
Finance
Finance
Manufacturing, R&D
Duff
Phelps
ARCH&Ventures
523930
523910
Finance
Venture Capital
Archer Daniels Midland
Dynomax
311211; 311222
332710
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Ascent Corp
E.On Climate and
Renewables
Ascon Corporation USA
237990
221119
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Utility
333999
Manufacturing
523910
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E-Comfort Holdings
Baird Capital Partners/
Baird Venture Partners
EESCO
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BARBECK Communications
Elspec Corporation
517919; 541618; 517210;
423690
423690
Communications
Trade
Batterson Venture Partners
Energy Recovery
Technologies
BlueStar Ventures
561449
171131
Finance
Services
523910
Finance
Equilibrium Inc
Brad Foote Gear Works
541519
333612
Consulting
Manufacturing
ExactMachine
Broadwind Energy
811118
333611
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Firefly Energy, Inc
Caterpillar
238220
333120
Manufacturing, R&D
Manufacturing
First Analysis
Chart House Energy
523910
238220
Finance
Services
Fleming Energy
Chase Bank
522110
Utility
Finance
Frontenac Company
CID Equity Partners
Illinois
523110
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Gas Technology Institute
Clarity Consulting
541712
541618
Manufacturing, R&D
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Geneca
Cloos Robotic Welding
541511
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Starred
(*) locations followed423690
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of an international
company
in Illinois.
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541519
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ExactMachine
A. Finkl & Sons
811118
332111
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Firefly Energy, Inc
A. Lucas & Sons Steel
238220
332312
Manufacturing, R&D
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First Analysis
Abengoa Bioenergy of
Illinois
Fleming Energy
523910
325193
Finance
Manufacturing
ABN AMRO Private Equity
Frontenac Company
522110
523110
Finance
Finance
Gas
Technology
ACCIONA
EnergyInstitute
North
America
Geneca
Adams Street Partners, LLC
General Biomass
Advanced Machine &
Engineering
Goldwind
Energy
541712 238210
238220;
Manufacturing,
Construction R&D
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541712
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Finance
Services
Manufacturing
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Aldridge Electric
Groebner
& Associates, Inc.
238210
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Services
AlphaTool
Capital
Grot
and Partners Ltd.
Manufacturing
Alpine Home Air
Hopewell Ventures
Alterian
Horizon Wind Energy
Anderson Pacific
Corporation
Ifbyphone
Andrew Corporation
Illinois Tool Works
Aon Corporation
Illinois Ventures
Apex Venture Partners
523910
332710
Finance
Manufacturing
811310
523910
541613
541612; 236210
523910
Services
Finance
Consulting
Services
Finance
517919
335921
333515; 423510; 332721
524210
523110; 523930; 525910
523910
Communications
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Services
Venture Capital
Finance
Infinium
Capital
Applied Thin
Films, Inc
Management
523120; 523930
541711
Finance
Manufacturing, R&D
ARCH Ventures
Integrys Energy Group
523910
551112; 221210; 221119
Venture Capital
Utility, Services
Archer Daniels Midland
Intelligent Generation
311211; 311222
541512
Manufacturing
Manufacturing, R&D
Ascent Corp
Intelligent Power Partners
237990
Information Technology
Consulting, Services
Ascon Corporation USA
Invenergy
333999
333611; 238202; 237990
Baird Capital Partners/
Baird Venture Partners
ISCO International
523910
Manufacturing
Construction,
Manufacturing
Finance
334220
Communications
BARBECK Communications
Kenjiva Energy Systems,
LLC
517919; 541618; 517210;
423690
Communications
Consulting
Batterson Venture Partners
LB Steel
561449
332312
Finance
Manufacturing
BlueStar Ventures
523910
Finance
Level-(1) Global Solutions
Brad Foote Gear Works
541330
333612
Services
Manufacturing
Lighting Design Alliance
Broadwind Energy
541690
333611
Services
Manufacturing
Lincoln Renewable Energy
Caterpillar
221119
333120
Utility
Manufacturing
Lotus Creative Innovations
Chart House Energy
333513
238220
Manufacturing
Services
Madison Dearborn Partners
Chase Bank
523930
522110
Finance
Finance
MagDrive
CID Equity Partners
Utility
Illinois
561190
|
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Market Inventory
R&D
Finance
Mainstream Renewable
Clarity Consulting
Power
541330
541618
Manufacturing, Services
Consulting
Cloos Robotic Welding
333513
Manufacturing
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551112; 221210; 221119
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Invenergy
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Systems, followed by headquarters in parentheses
Consulting denote a national or North American headquarters of an international
Chicago,
IL
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Lighting Design Alliance
A. Finkl & Sons
541690
332111
Services
Manufacturing
Lincoln Renewable Energy
A. Lucas & Sons Steel
221119
332312
Utility
Manufacturing
Lotus Creative Innovations
Abengoa Bioenergy of
Illinois
Madison Dearborn Partners
333513
325193
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
523930
Finance
ABN AMRO Private Equity
MagDrive
522110
561190
Finance
Manufacturing, R&D
Mainstream
Renewable
ACCIONA Energy
North
Power
America
541330 238210
238220;
Manufacturing,
Construction Services
Make
AdamsConsulting
Street Partners, LLC
541690
523910
Consulting
Finance
Advanced Machine &
Marathon
Capital
Engineering
332710
523910; 525910
Manufacturing
Finance
Marquette
Venture Partners
Aldridge Electric
523910
238210
Finance
Construction
MC
Squared
Alpha
CapitalEnergy
Partners Ltd.
Services
453998
523910
Trade
Finance
Alpine Home Air
MicroSun Technology
811310
Services
Manufacturing
Alterian
Midtronics
541613
334519
Consulting
Manufacturing, R&D
Anderson Pacific
Midwest
Wind Energy
Corporation
523910
Finance
Manufacturing, Services
Milhouse
Engineering &
Andrew Corporation
Construction
541330
335921
Construction
Manufacturing
Aon Corporation
Miner Electronics
Corporation
Apex Venture Partners
524210
Services
Communications
523910
Finance
Molex
Applied Thin Films, Inc
334417
541711
Manufacturing, R&D
Manufacturing, R&D
Nalco Company
ARCH Ventures
424690; 325998; 324191
523910
Manufacturing, R&D
Venture Capital
Natural Dynamics
Archer Daniels Midland
311211; 311222
Services
Manufacturing
Navistar
Ascent Corp
336120
237990
Manufacturing
Information Technology
NAVTEQ
Ascon Corporation USA
541511
333999
Information Technology
Manufacturing
523910
Services
Finance
LB Steel
NextGen Solar
Baird Capital Partners/
Baird Venture Partners
Nordex
Manufacturing, Services
Communications
Nordic Energy Services, LLC
517919; 541618; 517210;
423690
221210; 237110
Batterson Venture Partners
Novell
561449
511210
Finance
Information Technology
BlueStar Ventures
523910
Finance
NTN Bearing
Brad Foote Gear Works
332991
333612
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Broadwind Energy
Olin Brass
333611
423510; 331421
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Caterpillar
Open Prairie Ventures
333120
Manufacturing
Finance
Chart House Energy
Orbeon Technologies
238220
236117
Services
Construction
Chase Bank
Packer Engineering
522110
541330
Finance
Consulting, Services
BARBECK Communications
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334220
CID Equity Partners
Perfect World Capital, LLC
Utility, Services
Illinois Smart Grid Market Inventory |
Finance
Finance
Clarity Consulting
Plexus Corporation
541618
334412; 334418
Consulting
Manufacturing
Cloos Robotic Welding
333513
Manufacturing
Harvey, IL and Chicago
Location
Heights,
IL if elsewhere)
(headquarters
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Peoria, IL
Compton, IL
Granite City, IL (Sevilla,
Spain)
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL* (Amsterdam,
Arlington
Heights, IL
Netherlands)
Chicago,
Chicago, IL*
IL* (Dublin,
(Madrid, Spain)
Ireland)
Chicago,
Chicago, IL*
IL (Højbjerg,
Denmark)
Rockford, IL
Bannockburn, IL
Deerfield,
Libertyville,ILIL
Chicago,
Chicago, IL
IL
Rockford, IL
Woodridge, IL
Chicago, IL* (Bristol, UK)
Willowbrook, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
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Navistar
336120
Manufacturing
NAVTEQ
541511
Information Technology
NextGen Solar
Services
Nordex
Manufacturing, Services
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Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL* (Hamburg,
Germany)
Starred
(*) locations
followed221210;
by headquarters
in parentheses
companyIL in Illinois.
237110
Nordic Energy
Services, LLC
Utility, Servicesdenote a national or North American headquarters of an international
Willowbrook,
37
Novell
511210
Information Technology
Organization name
NAICS Code
Organization type
NTN Bearing
332991
Manufacturing
Olin
Brass
A. Finkl
& Sons
423510; 331421
332111
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Open
Prairie
Ventures
A. Lucas
& Sons
Steel
332312
Finance
Manufacturing
Orbeon
AbengoaTechnologies
Bioenergy of
Illinois
Packer Engineering
236117
325193
Construction
Manufacturing
541330
Consulting, Services
ABN AMRO Private Equity
Perfect World Capital, LLC
522110
Finance
Finance
Plexus
Corporation
ACCIONA
Energy North
America
334412; 238210
334418
238220;
Manufacturing
Construction
PNE
Wind
Adams
Street Partners, LLC
333611
523910
Manufacturing
Finance
Advanced Machine &
Portage
Venture Partners
Engineering
332710
523930
Manufacturing
Finance
PositivEnergy
Practice
Aldridge Electric
541330
238210
Construction
Power2Switch
Alpha Capital Partners Ltd.
511199
523910
Finance
Services
Prism
AlpineCapital
Home Air
522291
811310
Services
Finance
Prism
Development
Alterian
Company
237210
541613
Consulting
Construction
Anderson Pacific
PVPower
Corporation
523910
453998
Finance
Trade
S2E
SolarCorporation
Andrew
335921
Manufacturing R&D
Manufacturing,
Serious
Materials Inc
Aon Corporation
524210
Services
Manufacturing,
R&D
Skychaser
Energy
Inc
Apex Venture
Partners
238210
523910
Finance
Manufacturing
SmartSignal
Applied Thin Films, Inc
443120
541711
Manufacturing, R&D
Manufacturing
SoCore
Energy
ARCH Ventures
238220
523910
Venture Capital
Consulting
Sol
Xorce
LLC Midland
Archer
Daniels
311211; 311222
Manufacturing R&D
Manufacturing,
SolarBridge
Ascent Corp Technologies
541330
237990
Information Technology
Manufacturing,
R&D
Sonoma
Partners USA
Ascon Corporation
541511
333999
Manufacturing
Consulting
Stanley
Machining
and Tool
Baird Capital
Partners/
Corporation
Baird Venture Partners
332710
523910
Finance
Manufacturing
Sun
Phocus
BARBECK
Communications
517919; 541618; 517210;
423690
Communications
R&D,
Services
Suzlon Wind Energy
Corporation
Batterson Venture Partners
333611; 238220
561449
Manufacturing, R&D
Finance
Telephone
and Data
BlueStar Ventures
Systems
517919; 517210
523910
Finance
Communications
Brad Foote Gear Works
Tellabs
Manufacturing
Manufacturing, R&D
Broadwind Energy
333612
518210; 541618; 517919;
334210
333611
Tenneco
Caterpillar
336399
333120
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Thermal
Conservation
Chart House
Energy
Technologies
238310
238220
Construction
Services
Chase Bank
Thompson Network
Consulting
CID Equity Partners
522110
541618
Finance
Information Technology
ThoughtWorks
Clarity Consulting
561110
541618
Consulting
Consulting
Trinity Structural Towers
Cloos Robotic Welding
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Oakbrook Terrace, IL;
Chicago, IL (Waltham, MA)
Location
(headquarters if elsewhere)
Mt. Prospect, IL* (Osaka,
Japan)
East
Alton,
Chicago,
IL IL
Effingham,
Peoria, IL IL
Barrington,
Granite City,ILIL (Sevilla,
Spain)
Naperville, IL
Chicago, IL* (Amsterdam,
Chicago,
IL
Netherlands)
Buffalo
IL (Neenah,
Chicago,Grove,
IL* (Madrid,
Spain)
WI)
Chicago, IL*
IL (Cuxhaven,
Germany)
Rockford, IL
Northfield, IL
Chicago,
IL IL
Libertyville,
Chicago, IL
Chicago,
Rockford,ILIL
Chicago, IL
IL* (Bristol, UK)
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Evanston,
Joliet, IL IL
Chicago, IL (Sunnyvale, CA)
Oak
Park,ILIL
Chicago,
Lisle,
IL IL
Evanston,
Chicago, IL
Northbrook,
Decatur, IL IL
Champaign,
(Austin,
Northlake, ILIL(St.
Louis,TX)
MO)
Chicago,
Batavia, ILIL
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Chicago, IL
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541511
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of an
company in Illinois.
Corporation
Sun Phocus
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517919; 517210
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Tenneco
A. Finkl & Sons
336399
332111
Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Thermal
A. Lucas Conservation
& Sons Steel
Technologies
238310
332312
Construction
Manufacturing
Abengoa Bioenergy of
Thompson
Network
Illinois
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522110
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Trinity
Structural
ACCIONA
EnergyTowers
North
America
United States Cellular
Corporation
Adams Street Partners, LLC
335312 238210
238220;
Manufacturing
Construction
517210
Communications
523910
Finance
Univa
Advanced Machine &
Engineering
US Robotics
443120
332710
Information
Technology
Manufacturing
334210
Manufacturing, R&D
Aldridge Electric
W. W. Grainger Industrial
Supply
Alpha Capital Partners Ltd.
238210
423830
Construction
Manufacturing
523910
Finance
Walsh
Alpine Group
Home Air
236220
811310
Construction
Services
Weaver
Alterian Boos Consultants
541618; 541711; 541330
541613
Consulting
Consulting
Westell,
AndersonInc
Pacific
Corporation
Winergy Drive Systems
334210
523910
Communications
Finance
541330
Services
Andrew Corporation
335921
Manufacturing
Aon Corporation
524210
Services
Apex Venture Partners
523910
Finance
Applied Thin Films, Inc
541711
Manufacturing, R&D
ARCH Ventures
523910
Venture Capital
Archer Daniels Midland
311211; 311222
Manufacturing
Ascent Corp
237990
Information Technology
Ascon Corporation USA
333999
Manufacturing
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Baird Venture Partners
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BARBECK Communications
517919; 541618; 517210;
423690
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Batterson Venture Partners
561449
Finance
BlueStar Ventures
523910
Finance
Brad Foote Gear Works
333612
Manufacturing
Broadwind Energy
333611
Manufacturing
Caterpillar
333120
Manufacturing
Chart House Energy
238220
Services
Chase Bank
522110
Finance
Telephone and Data
Systems
Organization name
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Illinois Smart Grid Market Inventory |
CID Equity Partners
Clarity Consulting
Finance
541618
Consulting
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Chicago, IL
Location
(headquarters if elsewhere)
Naperville, IL
Lake
Forest,
Chicago,
IL IL
Chicago,
Peoria, ILIL
Granite City, IL (Sevilla,
Oak
Park, IL
Spain)
Chicago, IL* (Amsterdam,
Chicago,
IL
Netherlands)
Clinton,
(Dallas,
TX)Spain)
Chicago,ILIL*
(Madrid,
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Lisle,
IL IL
Rockford,
Schaumburg, IL
Libertyville, IL
Lake Forest, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago,
Rockford,ILIL
Chicago,
Chicago, IL
IL* (Bristol, UK)
Aurora,
Chicago,ILIL
Elgin, IL* (Voerde /
Friedrichsfeld,
Germany)
Joliet,
IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Evanston, IL
Chicago, IL
Decatur, IL
Northlake, IL (St. Louis, MO)
Batavia, IL
Chicago, IL
Decatur, IL
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Other organizations in Illinois currently contributing toward developing a Smart Grid
This section highlights the 36 associations, electricity cooperatives, and other government and research institutions that are known to have completed some work or advocacy in the Smart Grid space to date.
Other organizations in Illinois currently contributing toward developing a Smart Grid
Organization name
NAICS Code
Organization type
Focus and/or Potential Focus in Energy Supply Chain
Location
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541690
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Adams Electric Cooperative
221119
Electricity Cooperative
Argonne National
Laboratory
541712
National Laboratory
Chicago Building Owners
and Managers Association
813910
Chicago Metropolitan
Agency for Planning
Citizens' Utility Board
City of Chicago
City of Naperville
Government
921190
City of Princeton
Government
City of Springfield
Government
Argonne, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Naperville, IL
Princeton, IL
Springfield, IL
Clean Energy Trust
813410
Nonprofit
Clinton County Electric
Cooperative, Inc.
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Coles-Moultrie Electric
Cooperative
221122
Electricity Cooperative
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Mattoon, IL
Nonprofit
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Council for Adult and
Experiential Learning
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Government
Camp Point, IL
Chicago, IL
Breese, IL
Eastern Illini Electric
Cooperative
221122
Electricity Cooperative
EnerStar Power Corp
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Galvin Electricity Initiative
813920
Nonprofit
Illinois Department of
Commerce and Economic
Opportunity
926110
Government
Illinois Institute of
Technology
611310
University
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Chicago, IL
Illinois Rural Electric
Cooperative
221122
Electricity Cooperative
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Winchester, IL
Illinois Science &
Technology Coalition
Association
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Chicago, IL
Illinois Smart Grid Regional
Innovation Cluster (ISGRIC)
Collaborative
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Chicago, IL
Illinois Statewide Smart Grid
Collaborative
Nonprofit
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Illinois
Paris, IL
Schaumburg, IL
Springfield, IL and
Chicago, IL
Illinois Smart Grid Market Inventory | For more information, visit www.smartgrid.com
Illinois Telecommunications
Agency
Association
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Springfield, IL
Information Trust Institute
University
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Urbana-Champaign, IL
EnerStar Power Corp
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Galvin Electricity Initiative
813920
Nonprofit
Illinois Department of
Commerce and Economic
Opportunity
926110
Government
Illinois Institute of
611310
University
Illinois Rural Electric
Cooperative name
Organization
221122
Electricity Cooperative
NAICS Code
Organization type
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Other
organizations in Illinois currently contributing toward developing a Smart Grid (continued)
Association
Illinois Science &
Technology Coalition
Illinois
Grid
Regional
Adams Smart
Electric
Cooperative
Innovation Cluster (ISGRIC)
221119
Collaborative
Electricity Cooperative
Argonne National
Illinois
Statewide Smart Grid
Laboratory
Collaborative
541712
National Laboratory
Nonprofit
Chicago Building Owners
Illinois
Telecommunications
and Managers
Association
Agency
813910
Association
Association
Chicago Metropolitan
Information
Trust Institute
Agency for Planning
541690
Government
University
McDonough
Power
Citizens' Utility
Board
Cooperative
221122
813319
Electricity
Nonprofit Cooperative
221122
Government
Electricity Cooperative
921190
Government
813410
Nonprofit
Government
221122
Government
Electricity Cooperative
Clean Energy Trust
Rural Electric Convenience
Cooperative
Clinton County Electric
Cooperative, Inc.
Shelby Electric Cooperative
813410
221122
Nonprofit
Electricity Cooperative
221122
Electricity Cooperative
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Coles-Moultrie Electric
Southern Illinois Electric
Cooperative
Cooperative
221122
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Electricity Cooperative
221122
Nonprofit
Electricity Cooperative
City of Chicago
Menard Electric
Cooperative
City of Naperville
NRDC Center for Market
City of Princeton
Innovation
City of Springfield
Prairie Power, Inc.
Council for Adult and
Southwestern Electric
Experiential Learning
Cooperative, Inc.
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Focus and/or Potential Focus in Energy Supply Chain
Generation Transmission Distribution Consumption
Paris, IL
Schaumburg, IL
Springfield, IL and
Chicago, IL
Location
Chicago,
IL IL
Camp Point,
Argonne, IL
Illinois
Chicago, IL
Springfield, IL
Chicago, IL
Urbana-Champaign, IL
Macomb,
Chicago, ILIL
Chicago, IL
Petersburg, IL
Naperville, IL
Chicago, IL
Princeton, IL
Springfield, IL
Jacksonville, IL
Chicago, IL
Auburn, IL
Breese, IL
Shelbyville, IL
Mattoon, IL
Dongola, IL
Eastern Illini Electric
Touchstone Energy
Cooperative
Cooperatives
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Electricity Cooperative
(Umbrella)
EnerStar Power Corp
University of Illinois at
Chicago
Galvin Electricity Initiative
221122
611310
Electricity Cooperative
University
813920
Nonprofit
University of Illinois at
Illinois Department of
Urbana-Champaign
Commerce and Economic
Opportunity
Village of Oak Park
611310
926110
University
Government
Illinois Institute of
Technology
611310
University
Illinois Rural Electric
Cooperative
221122
Electricity Cooperative
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Winchester, IL
Illinois Science &
Technology Coalition
Association
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Chicago, IL
Illinois Smart Grid Regional
Innovation Cluster (ISGRIC)
Collaborative
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Chicago, IL
Illinois Statewide Smart Grid
Collaborative
Nonprofit
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Illinois
Illinois Telecommunications
Agency
Association
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Springfield, IL
Information Trust Institute
University
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Government
McDonough Power
Cooperative
221122
Menard Electric
Cooperative
221122
Electricity Cooperative
NRDC Center for Market
Innovation
813410
Nonprofit
Electricity Cooperative
Paris, IL
Chicago, IL
Schaumburg, IL
Urbana-Champaign, IL
Springfield, IL and
Chicago, IL
Oak Park, IL
Chicago, IL
Urbana-Champaign, IL
Macomb, IL
• more information,
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• www.smartgrid.com
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Illinois Smart Grid Market Inventory | For
visit
Petersburg, IL
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Other organizations in Illinois relevant to developing a Smart Grid
This section highlights 59 not-for-profit groups, electricity cooperatives (which have
not implemented Smart Grid technologies, but are affiliated with those that have), law
firms that have shown interest in the Smart Grid, and other government and research
institutions that have relevance toward developing a Smart Grid.
Other organizations in Illinois relevant to developing a Smart Grid
Organization name
NAICS Code
Organization type
Focus and/or Potential Focus in Energy Supply Chain
Location
Generation Transmission Distribution Consumption
Association of Illinois
Electric Co-ops
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Association of Illinois
Energy Cooperatives
221122
Association, Electricity
Cooperative
Balough Law Offices, LLC
541110
Law
Capital Development Board
921190
Government
Center for Business and
Regulation
611310
University
Center for Global Studies
611310
University
Center for the Application of
Information Technology
611310
University
Center for Neighborhood
Technology
624190
Nonprofit
Chico & Nunes, P.C.
541110
Law
City of Springfield
Government
Civic Consulting Alliance
813319
Consulting
Clay Electric Cooperative,
Inc.
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Corn Belt Energy
Corporation
221122
Electricity Cooperative
DLA Piper
541110
Law
Drinker, Biddle and Reath
541110
Law
Egyptian Electric
Cooperative Assn.
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Energy Education Council
Nonprofit
EnerStar Electric
Cooperative
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Environmental Law and
Policy Center
813410
Nonprofit
Foley & Lardner, LLP
541110
Law
Fox Valley Electric Auto
Association
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Freedom Field Renewable
Energy
Association
Nonprofit
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Chicago, IL; Springfield, IL
Springfield, IL
Urbana-Champaign, IL
Macomb, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Springfield, IL
Chicago, IL
Flora, IL
Bloomington-Normal, IL
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, IL
Steeleville, IL
Springfield, IL
Paris, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Wheaton, IL
Rockford, IL
Illinois Smart Grid Market Inventory | For more information, visit www.smartgrid.com
Hinshaw & Culbertson
541110
Law
Illinois Attorney General
922130
Government
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
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221122
EnerStar
Electric
Electricity
Cooperative
Other organizations in Illinois relevant to developing a Smart• Grid (continued)
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541110
Law
Drinker, Biddle and Reath
541110
Law
Egyptian Electric
Cooperative Assn.
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Energy Education Council
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Environmental name
Law and
Organization
Policy Center
813410 Code
NAICS
Nonprofit
Organization type
Focus and/or Potential Focus in Energy Supply Chain
Foley & Lardner, LLP
541110
Law
Generation Transmission Distribution Consumption
Fox
Valley Electric
Auto
Association
of Illinois
Association
Electric Co-ops
221122
Association
Electricity Cooperative
Freedom
Field
Association
of Renewable
Illinois
Energy Cooperatives
221122
Nonprofit
Association, Electricity
Cooperative
Hinshaw
& Culbertson
Balough Law
Offices, LLC
541110
Law
Illinois
General
Capital Attorney
Development
Board
922130
921190
Government
Illinois
Council
Center Development
for Business and
Regulation
813910
611310
Association
University
Illinois Commerce
Commission
Center for Global Studies
921120
611310
Government
University
Illinois
Energyof
Center Competitive
for the Application
Association
Information Technology
611310
Association
University
Illinois
of
Center Department
for Neighborhood
Central
Management
Technology
Services
541690, 561110
624190
Government
Nonprofit
Chico & Nunes, P.C.
Illinois Energy Association
541110
813910
Law
Association
City of Springfield
Illinois Power Agency
Civic Consulting Alliance
Illinois Renewable Energy
Association
Clay Electric Cooperative,
Inc.
Illinois Solar Energy
Association
Corn Belt Energy
Corporation
Illinois State University
Center
for Renewable
DLA
Piper
Energy
Drinker, Biddle and Reath
Illinois Technology
Association
Egyptian Electric
Cooperative Assn.
Illinois Telecommunications
Agency
Energy Education Council
Illinois Wind Energy
EnerStar Electric
Association
Cooperative
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DLA Piper
Government
Government
813319
561990
Consulting
Association, Nonprofit
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Association, Nonprofit
221122
Electricity Cooperative
611310
University
541110
Law
541110
Law
Association
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Association
Nonprofit
221122
Association, Nonprofit
Electricity Cooperative
Jo-Carroll Energy, Inc.
Environmental Law and
Policy Center
Joyce Foundation
221122
813410
Electricity Cooperative
Nonprofit
523910
Foundation
Foley & Lardner, LLP
Lueders, Robertson &
Konzen, LLC
Fox Valley Electric Auto
Association
M.J.M. Electric Cooperative,
Inc.
Freedom Field Renewable
Energy
Midwest Energy Efficiency
Alliance
Hinshaw & Culbertson
541110
541110
Law
Law
541110
Law
Monroe County Electric
Illinois Attorney General
Cooperative, Inc.
221122
922130
Electricity Cooperative
Government
Illinois Development Council
Natural Resources Defense
Council
Illinois Commerce
Commission
Northern Illinois University
813910
813410
Association
Nonprofit
921120
Government
611310
University
221122
Association
Electricity Cooperative
813930
541690, 561110
Association
Government
541110
Law
Illinois Competitive Energy
Norris Electric Cooperative
Association
Operating Engineers Local
Illinois Department of
150
Central Management
Services
Schiff Harden, LLC
Association
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Nonprofit
Association
Illinois Smart Grid Market Inventory |
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, IL
Steeleville, IL
Springfield, IL
Paris, IL
Chicago,
LocationIL
Chicago, IL
Wheaton,
Springfield,ILIL
Rockford,
ILIL
Springfield,
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
IL; Springfield, IL
Springfield, IL
Springfield, IL
Urbana-Champaign, IL
Springfield,
Macomb, IL Illinois
Chicago,IL;
Chicago, IL Springfield, IL
Chicago, IL
Springfield, IL
Springfield, IL
Springfield, IL
Chicago, IL
Oregon, IL
Flora, IL
Elk Grove Village, IL
Bloomington-Normal, IL
Normal, IL
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Steeleville, IL
Springfield, IL
Springfield, IL
Illinois
Paris, IL
Elizabeth, IL
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Jo-Carroll Energy, Inc.
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Joyce Foundation
523910
Foundation
Lueders, Robertson &
Konzen, LLC
541110
Law
M.J.M. Electric Cooperative,
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Midwest Energy Efficiency
Alliance
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Other
organizations in Illinois relevant to developing a Smart Grid (continued)
Organization type
Monroe County Electric
Cooperative, Inc.
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Natural
Resources
Defense
Association
of Illinois
Council
Electric Co-ops
813410
221122
Nonprofit
Electricity Cooperative
Northern
Illinois
University
Association
of Illinois
Energy Cooperatives
611310
221122
University
Association, Electricity
Cooperative
Norris Electric Cooperative
Balough Law Offices, LLC
221122
541110
Electricity Cooperative
Law
Operating Engineers Local
150
Capital Development Board
813930
921190
Association
Government
Schiff
LLC and
CenterHarden,
for Business
Regulation
541110
611310
Law
University
Schuchat,
Cook, &Studies
Werner
Center for Global
541110
611310
Law
University
Center for the Application of
SouthEastern
Illinois Elec.
Information Technology
Co-op, Inc.
611310
221122
University
Electricity Cooperative
Center for Neighborhood
Southern
Illinois Power
Technology
Cooperative
624190
221122
Nonprofit
Electricity Cooperative
Chico & Nunes, P.C.
Spoon River Electric
Cooperative, Inc.
City of Springfield
541110
221122
Law
Electricity Cooperative
St Clair County Community
Civic Consulting Alliance
Action Agency
Government
813319
Association
Consulting
Clay Electric Cooperative,
State of Illinois: Bureau of
Inc.
Energy and Recycling
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Government
Corn Belt Energy
Tri-County Elec.
Corporation
Cooperative, Inc.
221122
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Electricity Cooperative
DLA Piper
University of Illinois at
Springfield
Drinker, Biddle and Reath
541110
611310
Law
University
541110
Law
U.S. Economic Development
Egyptian
Electric
Administration
Cooperative Assn.
926110
221122
Government
Electricity Cooperative
U.S. Small Business
Energy Education Council
Administration
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Association
Government
Nonprofit
EnerStar
Electric
Wayne-White
Counties
Cooperative
Electric Cooperative
221122
221122
Electricity Cooperative
Electricity Cooperative
Environmental
and
Western
IllinoisLaw
Electrical
Policy Center
Cooperative
813410
221122
Nonprofit
Electricity Cooperative
Foley & Lardner, LLP
541110
Law
Fox Valley Electric Auto
Association
Association
Freedom Field Renewable
Energy
Nonprofit
Hinshaw & Culbertson
541110
Law
Illinois Attorney General
922130
Government
Illinois Development Council
813910
Association
Illinois Commerce
Commission
921120
Government
Illinois Competitive Energy
Association
Illinois Department of
Central Management
Services
Association
Focus and/or Potential Focus in Energy Supply Chain
Generation Transmission Distribution Consumption
Elizabeth, IL
Chicago, IL
Granite City, IL
Location
DeKalb,
IL IL
Springfield,
Newton, IL
Chicago, IL
Countryside, IL
Chicago, IL; Springfield, IL
Chicago,
IL and
Springfield,
IL Lake
Forest, IL
Belleville,
IL and
Urbana-Champaign,
IL
Edwardsville, IL
Macomb, IL
Eldorado, IL
Chicago, IL
Dongola, IL
Chicago, IL
Canton, IL
Springfield, IL
Belleville,
Chicago, ILIL
Flora, IL
Springfield, IL
Bloomington-Normal, IL
Mount Vernon, IL
Chicago, Illinois
Springfield, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL (Washington,
Steeleville, IL
D.C.)
Chicago, IL; Springfield, IL
Springfield, IL
(Washington, D.C.)
Paris, IL
Fairfield, IL
Chicago, IL
Carthage, IL
Chicago, IL
Wheaton, IL
Rockford, IL
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Springfield, IL
Springfield, IL
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541690, 561110
Government
Footnotes
1 Http://www.galvinpower.org/resources/
library/fact-sheets-faqs/electric-powersystem-unreliable. Note the average costs
of a one-hour power interruption: Cellular
communications: $41,000; Telephone ticket
sales: $72,000; Airline Reservation system:
$90,000; Semiconductor manufacturer: $2
million; Credit card operation: $2.6 million;
Brokerage operation: $6.5 million
2 Http://www.galvinpower.org/resources/
library/fact-sheets-faqs/electric-powersystem-unreliable
3 Http://www.galvinpower.org/resources/
library/fact-sheets-faqs/electric-powersystem-unreliable
4 World Economic Forum in partnership with
Accenture “Accelerating Smart Grid Investments”, 2009
5 Http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/oeprod/
DocumentsandMedia/DOE_SG_Book_
Single_Pages%281%29.pdf
16 GTM Research, U.S. Smart grid Market
Forecast 2010 – 2015, September 2010
29 Http://www.exeloncorp.com/PowerPlants/exeloncitysolar/Pages/Profile.aspx
17 Http://www.energy.gov/news/9805.htm
30 Http://www.transportation.anl.gov/
facilities/battery_lab.html
18 Pike Research, Distribution Automation:
Distribution Switchgear, Volt/VAR Systems,
Fault Detection/Isolation, and Feeder Protection/Control: Market Analysis and Forecasts,
4Q 2010 and additional research
19 Pike Research, Demand Response: Commercial, Industrial, and Residential Applications for Peak Demand Load Management,
2Q 2010. Global data is not available
20 Source: “Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Evaluation Final Report.” Completed for Commonwealth Edison Company
(ComEd) by Black and Veach, July 2011
21 Pike Research, Energy Storage on the
Grid: Long Duration Energy Storage Systems:
Compressed Air, Pumped Hydro, NAS
Batteries, Flow Batteries, and Lithium Ion
Batteries for Utility-Scale Storage, 3Q 2010
6 National Science Foundation
7 Http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/oeprod/
DocumentsandMedia/Policymakers.pdf
8 Illinois Public Act 97-0616
9 Energy.gov/oe/technology-development/
smart-grid
22 SBI Energy, Energy Storage Technologies
in Utility Markets Worldwide, August 2010
and Pike Research, Energy Storage on the
Grid: Long Duration Energy Storage Systems:
Compressed Air, Pumped Hydro, NAS
Batteries, Flow Batteries, and Lithium Ion
Batteries for Utility-Scale Storage, 3Q 2010
31 Http://renewableenergy.illinoisstate.
edu/about/
32 American Wind Energy Association,
Wind Energy Facts: Illinois, February 2011
and American Council on Renewable
Energy, Renewable Energy in Illinois,
February 2011
33 For example, see http://www.iit.edu/
galvin_center/job_training_needs.shtml
34 Kema, KEMA Perspectives, Smart Grid
Overview, October 2009
35 KEMA, The US Smart Grid Revolution,
KEMA’s Perspectives for Job Creation,
December 23, 2008; and others
36 Multiplier effect calculations are
beyond the scope of this paper. Refer to
KEMA, The US Smart Grid Revolution,
KEMA’s Perspectives for Job Creation, December 23, 2008 and Community Economic
Development Literature
37 Center for American Progress
38 Apollo Alliance
23 Http://science.energy.gov/bes/efrc/
10 SBI Energy, The World Market for
Microgrids, February 2011
11 Pike Research, Microgrids: Smart Energy
Aggregation Platforms for Distributed Power
Generation, Safe Grid Islanding, Reliability,
Security, and Emergency Services, 4Q 2010
12 Http://www.dailyherald.com/
article/20110426/news/799998288/
13 Naperville Smart grid Initiative: Question/
Response Inventory
14 See the City of Naperville, IL official website, and specifically http://www.naperville.
il.us/emplibrary/Smart_Grid/SurveyResponses.pdf, http://www.naperville.il.us/
emplibrary/Smart_Grid/NSGI-CBoR-web.pdf,
and http://www.naperville.il.us/emplibrary/
Smart_Grid/NSGIQuestionResponseInventory.pdf
15 Pike Research, Distribution Automation:
Distribution Switchgear, Volt/VAR Systems,
Fault Detection/Isolation, and Feeder Protection/Control: Market Analysis and Forecasts,
4Q 2010 and GTM Research, U.S. Smart grid
Market Forecast 2010 – 2015, September
2010
44
39 Galvin Institute
24 Http://www.recovery.gov/Transparency/
RecipientReportedData/pages/RecipientProjectSummary508.aspx?AwardIDSUR=927
11&qtr=2011Q1
25 Http://www.transportation.anl.gov/facilities/battery_lab.html
26 Department of Energy, “What the Smart
Grid Means To America’s Future”, 2009
27 Pike Research, Electric Vehicle Geographic Forecasts: Plug-in Electric Vehicle
Sales Forecasts by State, Metropolitan
Statistical Area, and Selected Utility Service
Territories, 1Q 2011
28 GTM Research, The Networked EV: The
Convergence of Smart grids and Electric
Vehicles, March 2011
40 Galvin institute
41 Department of Energy. Smart Grid
Benefits, DOE Modern Grid Strategy,
August 2007
42 NETL. Understanding the Benefits of a
Smart Grid, June 18, 2010
43 Department of Energy. Smart Grid
Benefits, DOE Modern Grid Strategy,
August 2007
44 Ibid
45 PNNL and US Department of Energy.
The Smart Grid: An Estimation of the
Energy and C02 Benefits, January 2010
46 Http://energy.gov/oe/downloads/smartgrid-introduction-0
47 USGBC
48 Http://energy.gov/oe/downloads/
smart-grid-introduction-0
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