Microgrid costs are driven by batteries, solar panels, distribution wires and installation.
The picture shows them sitting on both high voltage transmission wires (75-300KV 0r s0) distribution wire 10-20KVV) and either/or low voltage customer, ground/pole support or telco cables.
A portion of each payment goes to the utility for the use and maintenance of its transmission and distribution wires -- the only part of the power industry that remains a monopoly, with prices set by the Public Service Commission.
The program incorporates data sets on solar radiance and uses an algorithm to determine the best configuration of solar panels, battery packs, and distribution wires to power the greatest number of houses at the lowest cost.
In the project for installing microgrids in India, once the locations of houses are determined, the computer runs thousands of different variations of where solar panels, battery packs, and distribution wires could be located.
Homeowners, factories and businesses would have the choice of using the transmission and distribution wires of their old local utility companies for "direct" access to the power sold in these new wholesale markets or continuing to buy power from the utilities themselves.
For utilities, specifically, it would mean avoiding capital outlays for such things as power plants and distribution wires.
Its core proposal is for utilities to act as "Distribution System Platform Providers" (DSPPs), offering them the appealing Silicon-Valley-style proposition of "owning the platform". Now, utilities don't just have to be distribution wire hall monitors.
Iniki's high winds also downed 26.5% of the island's transmission poles, 37% of its distribution poles, and 35% of its 800 mile (1300 km) distribution wire system.
This should be where the power distribution wires enter the building.
