New York Independent System Operator, Inc., located in Rensselaer, New York, has been awarded $37 million in funding to develop a smarter energy grid. The U.S. Department of Energy selected New York Independent as one of 100 companies to receive federal stimulus funds as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The stimulus funds will be used beginning in 2010, to deploy a range of smart grid technologies, including 35 new phasor measurement units and 19 phasor data concentrators, across NY to allow area-wide control, and an open, flexible, interoperable, secure, and expandable communciations system that will work in concert with the existing control and monitoring systems.
Equipment:
, 39 Phasor Measurement Units
, 8 Phasor Data Concentrators
, Synchrophasor Communications Network
, 788 MVAR of Transmission Capacitors
Targeted Benefits:
, Improved Electric Service Reliability and Power Quality
, Optimized Generator Operation
, Reduced Costs from Line Losses
, Reduced Wide-Scale Blackouts
