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National Grid is receiving about $49 million from the U.S. Department of Energy for a project which will use advanced transmission technologies to help improve grid reliability, increase system efficiency and support growing electricity demand.
Officials said, what is called the Dynamic Rating Enhancement Advancements and Modernization, or DREAM, project will improve visibility into transmission line performance, enabling National Grid to make smarter operating and planning decisions and obtain more value from existing infrastructure across the company’s transmission network in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.
“The DREAM project will help deliver a more reliable, resilient and affordable electric system for our customers by giving us better information to make smarter operating and planning decisions,” said National Grid Vice President of Engineering and Network Strategy Andrew Schneller, adding, “By getting more value from the infrastructure we already have, we can strengthen the grid while helping keep costs as affordable as possible.”
Subject to negotiations and a final agreement, the award covers a four-year initiative, which would begin next year.
The award, part of the Department of Energy’s Speed to Power, or SPARK program, seeks to accelerate use of advanced technologies that can expand grid capacity, improve reliability and reduce customer costs.