Conservation potential is based on regulating voltage on distribution lines within closer tolerances to industry standards and thus minimizing both system and end-use losses.

Both energy and capacity savings are produced by measures typically referred to as conservation voltage regulation CVR. The measures also include upgrading components of utility systems where losses can be reduced.

Savings occur on both the utility- and the customer- side of the meter. Customer-side savings are typically greater and are dependent on the mix of inductive and resistive loads of the equipment in homes and businesses.

Performing system improvements such as phase load balancing and reactive power management is the largest contributor to energy savings on the utility side of the meter. A study conducted on behalf of NEEA [1] formed the basis of the conservation potential assessments in the Sixth and Seventh Power Plans.

The Plan savings potential estimates have been significantly updated based on surveys of current utility practices, discussions with distribution engineers at utilities throughout the region, updated costs and revised measures.

Three measure classes are used to estimate potential. Additionally, for the Plan, CVR was extended to a portion of industrial feeders. In addition to providing energy savings, distribution system efficiency measures also provide peak savings of about megawatts in winter and megawatts in summer [2].

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In the end, it would seem we are still trying to power the most connected, productive and industrial economy the world has ever seen with a technology that is over a years old. Edison, can you hear me? The root cause of this inefficient management is how the network monopolies are usually regulated, which has been reasonable until now.

Building more networks provides a higher profit. The good news is that solutions exist to drastically increase the efficiency of existing grids, allowing them to better handle the load and voltage fluctuations associated with renewable generation and consumption patterns and significantly increase their level of utilization.

Now, a regulation change must also be followed to incentivize network operators to benefit from this new technology to solve the most pressing challenges. Rooftop solar generation is a cost-efficient solution to transition homes from dependency on fossil fuels. Unfortunately, the generation fluctuates wildly depending on the weather and season, causing network overloads during sunny days.

At the same time, electric energy consumption trends have evolved, with consumers demanding more energy while actively looking to decarbonize their lives by, for example, replacing fossil fuel cars with electric vehicles. For example, about 80 percent of all new vehicles sold in Norway are electric.

In the U. In China, a quarter of all new cars sold in October were electric. The change on the consumer side is rapid and requires fast adoption in power grid capacity to ensure all these vehicles are efficiently supplied with the power they need.

And it is not just electric vehicles. Transforming from gas boilers to electric heating of homes will add another significant load to the networks. While the need to supply electric vehicles represents one slice of the market, it is a telling one.

The future energy system will require electricity networks to be flexible enough and intelligent enough to adapt to changes in inputs and outputs on the fly. But, while the benefits of intelligent solutions to transform legacy grids are multiple, only some stakeholders are paying enough attention to the potential and the magnitude of the socioeconomic impact such a change could bring.

The world is betting on clean electricity to decarbonize our entire economy, but these bets must be accompanied by profound changes in how low-voltage electric grids are managed.

The first steps are tapping into real-time data providing complete visibility into demand, and deploying analytics of grid capacity in real-time.

These two factors would allow distributors to run the network closer to its limits, enabling more power, speeding up the connection of renewables, and ensuring grid stability while minimizing waste.