1. Utilities Pursuing Smart Grid Implementation

Yes                                   80.3%

No                                    19.7%

 

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2. Obstacles Hindering Smart Grid Deployments

Additional planning required   31.4%

Lack of identified benefits    48.6%

Lack of staff resources        22.9%

Lack of funding                37.1%

Lack of regulatory             8.6%

 

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3. Utilities Not Pursuing Smart Grid That Expect to Begin in Next Year

Yes                                   34.3%

No                                    65.7%

 

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4. Reason for Smart Grid Implementation

Reliability                     29.07%

Operations cost savings         24.49%

Energy efficiency               16.33%

Demand response                 17.07%

Power flow control(supply)      11.63%

Integrate renewables            9.66%

Public/environmental benefits   14.40%

5. When Utilities Plan to Deploy Additional Smart Grid Systems

2010                                                                                                                                                        25.85%

2011                                      22.6%

2012                                      9.7%

Next 5 years                              41.9%

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6. Cost of Planned Smart Grid Deployments(USD)

<$1 million                     16.1%

$1 - $5 million                 21.0%

$5 - $10 million                22.6%

$10 - $25 million               12.9%

$25 - $100 million              12.9%

> $100 million                  14.5%

 

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7. Smart Grid Systems Employed Now or Planned in Next 5 Years

AMI(Advanced Metering Infrastructure)          79.0%

Telecommunication infrastructure               51.6%

Distribution automation                        64.5%

Substation automation                          59.75

Load control & monitoring                      64.5%

Equipment monitoring & security                41.9%

Mobile workforce management                    27.4%

Operational information systems                45.2%

Business information/process systems           21.0%

Demand Response                                38.7%

Distributed energy resources                   33.9%

HAN(Home automation networks)                  27.4%

FACTS & power flow control devices             17.7%

 

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8. Stage of Overall Smart Grid Development

Initial or early planning stages                              37.1%

Planning complete，scope of implementation to be determined   9.7%

Projects being proposed internally or requesting              8.1%

Proposals awarded, early design stages                        12.9%

Implementation stage, devices and systems being installed     24.2%

Implementation stage, information systems being integrated    6.5%

Commission stage, ensuring interoperability before in service 1.6%

Maintenance stage                                             0.0%

9. Areas in Which Utilities will Likely Seek Assistance

Planning(analysis, studies, business case)     56.55%

Design(device and systems)                     48.4%

Field installation                             59.7%

Operating systems integration                  62.9%

Business systems integration                   40.3%

Program management                             32.3%

Compliance reporting                           27.4%

Cyber security                                 35.5%

10. How Utilities Intend to Deploy Smart Grid Systems

Existing staff                             47.70%

Management consultants                     11.18%

Engineering consultants                    18.70%

Vendor/product suppliers                   21.44%

Construction contractors                   19.205

Others                                     5.29%

 

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11. Current Investment Priority for Smart Grid Infrastructure

Metering/billing/CIS                       2.49%

Distribution/CIS                           2.65%

Distribution operation & automation        2.93%

Substation operation & automation          3.59%

Transmission monitoring/control            4.21%

Distributed resource                       4.63%

 

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12. Priority of Technology Platforms/Systems(1 is highest rank)

AMI System deployment                                2.92%

Telecommunications infrastructure(backbone)          3.00%

Operations monitoring & control device deployment    3.74%

Information systems – reliability                   4.71%

Information systems – demand control/management     5.16%

Information systems – mobile workforce management   5.88%

Integration of distributed energy resource           5.42%

Data management systems                              4.23%