NYSEG and RG&E

Summary

RG&E is partnering with Simple Energy to offer an online marketplace for customers to buy DER energy products and services.

REV objectives addressed include: Market Animation, Energy Efficiency, Increased Customer Knowledge, Increased DER Penetration

Current Status

Since launch of the RG&E Your Energy Savings (YES) Online Store to all customers in fall 2016, RG&E has expanded their product offerings and bundled incentives as well as implemented various marketing activities. The Yes Store has transitioned from a REV Demo to an ongoing energy efficiency initiative.

Summary

NYSEG is partnering with Taitem Engineering, Simple Energy, EnergySage, and others to offer an online DER services marketplace where customers can connect with energy efficiency service providers and receive and compare competitive quotes from solar service providers. The project seeks to increase customer adoption of DER and reduce the cost of customer acquisition for participating service providers.

REV objectives addressed include: Enhanced Customer Knowledge and Tools for Effective Total Energy Bill Management, Market Animation

Current Status

NYSEG worked with the community to identify priority DER products that would be offered to customers – residential solar, community solar and energy efficiency services – and qualified participating service providers. The online marketplace launched in Q1 2017. With extensive marketing in Tompkins County, the project goal of generating over 500 customer leads during a six-month period (April-September, 2017) was achieved. The project transitioned from being a REV demonstration to being part of the NYSEG Energy Smart Community; the new NYSEG Smart Solutions website includes an energy products marketplace along with the energy services offerings.

Summary

NYSEG and RG&E are partnering with Smarter Grid Solutions to test a new, less costly, and faster way for customers and third parties to connect large distributed generation projects to the grid by providing an “infrastructure as a service” alternative to traditional interconnection, managing the distributed resource on an ongoing basis to avoid the need for new hard infrastructure.

REV objectives addressed include: Market Animation, System-wide Efficiency, System Efficiency, Reliability, and Resiliency

Current Status

Screening and planning for candidate projects for flexible interconnection is ongoing.

Summary

RG&E is installing battery storage, level 2 EV chargers, and fast DC chargers at its 1300 Scottsville Road operations center. The Company will use the battery storage system to minimize the cost impact of the EV chargers, which will be used by the Company’s fleet as well as being available to the public. The Company will also attempt to stack the battery system’s value in other ways, where possible.

REV objectives addressed include: Market Animation, System-wide Efficiency, Rate Design, Shared Value Streams

Current Status

Project development is underway.

Summary

NYSEG will enroll and aggregate up to eight customers in a battery storage offering, with a total targeted capacity of 1.06MW and 4.2MWh. Customers will receive a guaranteed bill-saving benefit from the installed battery storage system without having to pay the upfront costs of that installation, and in return will pay a nominal fee to NYSEG and its market partner.

REV objectives addressed include: Market Animation, System-wide Efficiency, Rate Design, Shared Value Streams

Current Status

Project development is underway.

Summary

NYSEG, RG&E, and their partner will design a smart home rate for EV charging that allows customers to receive a discount for allowing the utility to schedule charging. This will enable the Company and its partner to better understand the degree to which customers and their device behaviors can be learned and influenced through indirect (price) and direct control signals. The Company intends to iterate the rate to better understand electric demand and customer reactions to price changes.

REV objectives addressed include: Market Animation, System-wide Efficiency, Pricing and Rate Design

Current Status

Development of an Implementation Plan is underway.