CPS Energy will use a $30.2M Department of Energy grant to research microgrids, which could allow temporary disconnection from the state's electrical grid.
San Antonio’s city-owned energy utility has a plan to allow it to disconnect from the state’s power grid, at least temporarily, during times of high demand.
“If something were to happen, they could disconnect from the grid … still provide power emergency services and basically be in an autonomous mode, then reconnect when the grid comes back and become stable again,” he said.Over the summer, when the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, was calling for conservation to avoid power outages, CPS Energy was able not only to maintain service, but also sell the electricity it produced onto the state’s power grid.
In March, Nirenberg, City Manager Erik Walsh and CPS Energy President and CEO Rudy Garza met with Department of Energy officials in Washington, D.C., to push for federal funding to help those efforts.The agency distributed $3.46 billion to 58 projects in 44 states in the program’s first round. San Antonio was the only Texas city to receive a grant.
“This would be an instance where this microgrid can start, can disconnect from the grid, easing that that burden for the ERCOT load and run autonomous off of the battery for four hours, let’s say, enough to ride through the peak,” he said.to explore “smart substations,” which seek to pair battery power with solar so renewable sources can be deployed more reliably even when they aren’t actively producing.
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