Lead paragraph
By mid-2021, design a 5-year pilot program and 10-year development plan for creating an inventory of managed distributed energy resources that reduces electric peak loads and absorbs surplus energy production.
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RE.5Distributed Energy Resources
Progress
- Not started
- Planning
- Implementation
- Completed
On time
Plans developed in conjunction with Platte River, including the DERMs Roadmap and DER Forecast and Potential Study, are completed. SmartGrid Roadmap slightly behind schedule.
Description
When the planning process began in 2021, City staff opted to participate in efforts being led by Platte River Power Authority. This adjusts the timeline for planning but allows the City to be better aligned with Platte River and the other owner communities to strategically enroll and manage distributed energy resources for distribution grid resilience and electric market response.
Tasks
What has been done?
- 05/01/2025
Develop a Smart Grid Roadmap + CIP
- 01/07/2025
Platte River Power Authority Distributed Energy Management System (DERMS) Evaluation
Longmont, Platte River and the other communities collaborated to evaluate and select distributed energy management system (DERMS) vendor(s).
- 12/31/2024
Mapping of Existing Distributed Energy Resources
Staff completed mapping the locations and types of known distributed energy resources (DERs) in LPC service territory via data acquired from an improved permit tracking process. Mapped DERs include heat pumps, electric vehicles (EVs), solar, and battery storage and map is being used for internal DER programming decision making.
- 07/01/2021
Platte River Power Authority Distributed Energy Resource Strategy
Platte River Power Authority and its owner communities of Estes Park, Fort Collins, Longmont and Loveland developed this distributed energy resource (DER) strategy to meet a growing customer interest in DERs, and to help achieve Platte River’s Resource Diversification Policy and individual owner community goals.
City staff has finalized work with consultants on the Smart Grid Roadmap to evaluate the distribution grid relative to increased load, areas for investment/improvement, areas of vulnerability, the best placement for battery energy storage, and smart grid technologies. The roadmap includes a capital improvement plan for the next 5-20 years. The plan was completed in Q1 2025.