Grid Project Impact Quantification

The Grid Project Impact Quantification (GridPIQ) screening tool provides valuable insight into smart grid related technology deployments. The tool guides users through steps to understand how specific projects will change the electric load profile and traces such changes through to their impacts on the power system.

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How to use GridPIQ

A grid project, whether technology or policy added in one specific location, can have surprising and significant repercussions throughout the interconnected power system. Every project can impact the total energy consumption, voltage profiles in the distribution system, costs, mixture of fossil fuels, dispatch and so on. Benefits from these grid technologies can be significant, but unintended consequences can be surprising. Context matters — the same project can have wildly different impacts when rolled out in different places. The Grid Project Impacts Quantification (GridPIQ) web screening tool aims to incorporate enough detail about specific grid technology and objectives, coupled with enough detail about the system context to yield insight.
Impacts to explore
Electric Vehicle Impacts
Photovoltaic Production
Energy Market Revenue
Emissions
Energy & power
Ramping
Technologies to choose from
Energy storage
Photovoltaics
Electric Vehicle Smart Charging
Custom
Tool Inputs
To use GridPIQ to explore a grid project and its impacts, you can choose from pre-loaded public datasets included in the tool or bring your own data for greater accuracy and customization. The data needed to run an analysis with the tool will vary based on the chosen impacts and technologies, but for most projects, you’ll need to select or upload:
• The region where the project will be implemented
• The pre-project load profile shape
• The pre-project maximum system load
• The region to be used for estimating fuel mix
• Local weather station for estimating PV and wind generation
Tool Outputs
For each impact that you select, GridPIQ will calculate the associated metrics before and after your project is implemented. These will show up as bar graphs with the absolute numbers and/or the percent change as well as a time-series before and after graph. You can also download your results as a CSV file.