Project 1.1: Program Planning and Analysis Project
Project Manager - RER/Itron

Project Overview

Goals and Objectives

The goals of this project are to develop a formal means of assessing the potential for meeting sub regional needs with local renewable resources for one or two areas within California, and to apply this approach to the development of biogas and solar photovoltaic generation facilities for at least one of these areas. The project will cover assessments of regional energy needs, assessments of biogas and solar resources, and the evaluation of regional grid conditions through power flow modeling. The objectives of Program Planning and Analysis project are to:

• Determine the most appropriate renewable resources in the region of interest to fully serve the electric distribution grid
• Determine the most appropriate geographic and electric system boundaries of the electric distribution mini-grid
• Assess the technical and market electricity potential of these identified resources within the specified markets in the mini-grid
• Estimate the electric system public benefits of the full development of these renewable resources within the region of interest over the next 5 and 10 years
• Identify candidate sites to participate in the team's RD&D pilot program activities.

Projected Outcomes

The project will yield four primary products: an assessment of the potential for meeting subregional needs with integrated local renewable resources for up to two areas within California; a preliminary evaluation of the benefits of tailored development, including estimates of generation potential in these areas and in the state as a whole; estimates of economic and environmental benefits; and a detailed plan for developing specific biogas and solar photovoltaic generation facilities in at least one of these areas.

Publications, Reports and Other Deliverables for Project 1.1: Program Planning and Analysis Project

List of Publications, Reports and Other Deliverables

NOTE:  All finalized deliverables are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. To obtain a free copy of Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®, please click here.

Task 1.1.1:   Review Previous Statewide/Southern California Renewable Resource Technical and Market Potential Assessments and Define The Transmission/Distribution System Mini-Grid For This Project

• Assessment Review Report (PDF, 216 KB)
• Initially Defined Mini-Grid Map (PDF, 418 KB)

Task 1.1.2:   Develop Database of Agricultural Facilities in Southern California, Targeting the Chino Basin

• Inventory Report for Agricultural and Food Processing Facilities (PDF, 1.525 MB)
• Figure 1-1 to the Report: Project Site Map (PDF, 2.039 MB)
• Figure 1-2 to the Report: Dairy and Food Processor Locations (PDF, 2.039 MB)
• Figure 1-3 to the Report: Dairy Locations Showing Cow Totals by Type (PDF, 608 KB)
• Appendices A and B to the Report (PDF, 339 KB)
• Appendices C and D to the Report (MS Excel, 134 KB)
• Appendix E to the Report (MS Excel, 48 KB)

Task 1.1.3:   Inventory Landfill Facilities which Serve as Host for Bioreactor Demonstration Project

• Inventory Report for Potential Landfill Bioreactors (MS Word, 306 KB)
  • Figure 1-1 to the Inventory Report (PDF, 5.42 MB)
  • Figure 1-2 to the Inventory Report (PDF, 3.09 MB)
  • Appendix A to the Inventory Report: Landfill Database (MS Excel, 82.5 KB)

Task 1.1.4:   Collect Information on Sewage Treatment Plants

• PV Systems Potential Report (PDF, 3.7 MB)
  • Appendix A to the Report: Sewage Treatment Plant Database (MS Excel, 211 KB)
  • Appendix B to the Report: Technical Potential for BIPV (MS Excel, 231 KB)
  • Appendix C to the Report: Technical Potential for BIPV (MS Excel, 231 KB)

Task 1.1.5:   Collect information on PV system siting requirements and Identify Potential Candidate Sites for Commercial Photovoltaic Systems

• Commercial BI-PV Systems Database and PV Systems Potential Report (PDF, 155 KB)

Task 1.1.6:   Collect Information on Transmission/Distribution System

• T&D System Database (PDF, 397 KB)

Task 1.1.7:   Assess Electricity Market Potential (MW's) of biogas and commercial PV within the mini-grid region

• BI-PV and Biogas Market Potential Assessment for the Mini-Grid Region Final Report (PDF, 3.795 MB)

Task 1.1.8:   Develop generation profiles of the combined biogas resources and PV based upon 1) proposed program; and 2) fully realized mini-grid market potential

• Photovoltaic & Biogas Generation Profiles - Final Report (PDF file, 1.201 MB)
• Appendix A to the Report: Generation Profiles Database Guide (ZIP file, 16.130 MB)
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Task 1.1.9:   Conduct Power Flow Analysis within Mini-Grid

• 1.1.9a: Local Area T&D Model and Report (PDF, 472 KB)
• 1.1.9b: Results of Power Flow Analysis Within Mini-Grid (PDF, 1.4 MB)
• Appendices A through G to the Report (PDF, 8.511 MB)
• Appendices H through S to the Report (PDF, 11.424 MB)
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Task 1.1.10:   Prepare Prioritized List of Pilot Projects for PV and Biogas Systems

• Project Prioritization Assessment Final Report (PDF, 773 KB)
• Figure 4-1 Dairy Locations and Food Waste Facilities (PDF, 2.3 MB)
• Figure 4-2 to the Report: Map of Dairies in the Mini-Grid Area (PDF, 290 KB)
• Figure 4-3 to the Report: Landfill Site Map (PDF, 277 KB)
• Figure 4-4 to the Report: Wastewater Treatment Plants Site Map (PDF, 336 KB)
• Appendix A to the Report: Objectives Hierarchy Framework (PDF, 15 KB)

Task 1.1.11:   Prepare Final Report for Project 1.1

• Outline of the Final Report for Project 1.1 (PDF, 17 KB)
• Draft and Final Biogas and Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BI-PV) Pilot Facilities Development Report (PDF, 1.9 MB)
• Project 1.1 Planning and Analysis Report (PDF, 2.3 MB)
• Figure 1-2 Dairy Locations and Food Waste Facilities Map (PDF, 566 kB)

Task 1.1.12:   Coordination with Renewable Project Advisory Committee

• First Critical Project Review Meeting: February 27, 2003 (PDF, 734 KB)
• First Critical Project Review Meeting Agenda: February 27, 2003 (PDF, 56 KB)
• First Critical Project Review Meeting Minutes: February 27, 2003 (PDF, 76 KB)
• Biogas Inventory and Technical Potential (PDF, 540 KB)

Task 1.1.13:   Preparation of Measurement and Evaluation Plan

• BI-PV and Biogas Project Measurement & Evaluation (M&E) Plans (PDF, 224 KB)