Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB), located in Knoxville, Tennessee, has been awarded $3.5 million in funding to develop a smarter energy grid which is to begin in 2010. The U.S. Department of Energy selected KUB 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 to deploy smart meters to 3,800 customers and install smart grid communications and substation automation to the service territory in and around the University of Tennessee.
Equipment:
, 4,200 Electric Smart Meters
, AMI Communication Systems
, Meter Communications Networks
, Backhaul Communications
, 100 Programmable Communicating Thermostats
, Customer Systems for 4,200 customers
, Home Area Networks
, Web Portal Access
, In-Home Displays/Energy Management Systems
, Distribution Automation (DA) Equipment for 5 out of 261 Circuits
, DA Communications Network
, Automated Regulators
, Circuit Monitors/Indicators
Targeted Benefits:
, Reduced Electricity Costs for Customers
, Reduced Meter Reading Costs
, Reduced Operating and Maintenance Costs
, Reduced Costs from Theft and Distribution Line Losses
, Improved Electric Service Reliability and Power Quality
, Reduced Truck Fleet Fuel Usage
, Reduced Greenhouse Gas and Criteria Pollutant Emissions
