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Performance Measurement
Bring your jurisdiction the recognition it deserves for all your efforts at data-driven management and communication.
ICMA Executive Director Robert J. O'Neill recognized certificate recipients at ICMA's 100th Annual Conference in Charlotte/Mecklenburg County. Among those honored were Johnson City, Tennessee (City Manager Denis Peterson pictured), and Dallas, Texas (Kimberly Martin, Benchmark Coordinator pictured below with Randall H. Reid, director of ICMA's Center for Performance Analytics).
The ICMA Center for Performance Analytics awards certificates each year to recognize local government performance management programs, encourage comparative analysis, and reward transparency. Any local government is eligible to participate in the certificate program, regardless of whether or not they participate in ICMA Insights. Applications for 2015 are currently under review; recipients will be announced on June 26, 2015.
Certificate Application 2015
Certificate Criteria 2015
This year's recipients will be recognized at ICMA's 101st annual conference in Seattle/King County, Washington, September 27-30.
If you care to explore the achievements of past certificate recipients, check the documents linked below. A full list of 2014 recipients follows.
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Certificate Criteria
Public Reporting
Use of graphs, color-coding, dashboards, etc., to highlight performance above/below expectations or varying significantly from past or comparable data.
2014 – Budget Transparency – Austin, Texas
2014 – Public Health Measurement – Kansas City, Missouri
2014 – Human Resources Analysis – Peoria, Arizona
2013-Data reporting- Oklahoma City, OK
2013-Street maintenance- San Francisco, CA
2013-Monthly performance report- Bloomington, IL
2012-Data Reporting- Albany, Oregon
2012-Data Reporting- Suwanee, Georgia
2012-Data Reporting-Queen Creek, Arizona
2012-Data Reporting- Wichita Kansas 1
2012-Data Reporting- Wichita Kansas 2
2012-Data Reporting- Wichita Kansas 3
2012-Data Reporting- Woodbury, Minnesota 1
2012-Data Reporting- Woodbury, Minnesota 2
2012-Data Reporting- Woodbury, Minnesota 3
At least one informational or training session during the past year for other jurisdiction staff dealing with performance measurement issues, or coordination of staff's attendance at alternate training sessions. Consideration of the particular needs of new employees in performance measurement training efforts.
2013-PeoriaStat Training- Peoria, AZ
2013-Training- New Orleans, LA
2012- Business Plan Training- Austin, Texas
Adoption of policies for holding staff accountable to report performance data and work toward continuous improvement.
2012- Accountability- Wichita, Kansas
2011-Accountability- Loveland, Ohio
Discussions and Process Improvement
Participation on at least two occasions in email/phone communications with staff and/or online discussions about performance measurement issues and/or template revisions. Feedback may also take the form of internal process improvement efforts.
2012-Process Improvement- Bloomington, Illinois
Sharing of performance measurement experiences/lessons learned with other communities.
2012- Networking- Loveland, Ohio
2012- Networking- Kansas City, Missouri
Strategic Planning and Budgeting
Consideration of performance data in measuring progress toward strategic plan goals (for the overall organization, departments, or individuals), making management decisions, or considering financial issues.
2014 – Strategic Plan Performance Audit – Durham, North Carolina
2014 – Solid Waste Data Report - Bloomington, Illinois
2014 – Paperless Council Packets (Quantified) – Bayside, Wisconsin
2013-Animal Control Business Planning- Miami-Dade County, FL
2013-VitalStat- Peoria, AZ
2012-Strategic Planning- Wichita, Kansas
2012-Strategic Planning- Wichita, Kansas 2
2010- Strategic Planning- Vancouver, Washington
Internal emphasis on performance measurement that makes it pervasive in the organizational culture, and external leadership in networking, presentations, and data sharing.
2012-Leadership- Olathe, Kansas
Citizen Satisfaction
Conduct and reporting of customer satisfaction surveys, both of internal customers (employees) and the general public.
2013-Internal Customer Satisfaction- Fort Collins CO
2012-Citizen Satisfaction- Fairfax County, VA
2012- Citizen Surveys- Woodbury, Minnesota
The 2014 recipients were honored at ICMA's 100th Annual Conference in Charlotte/Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, September 14-17.
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Those who hold office must take their oath very seriously
The dictionary defines an oath as a solemn appeal to God to witness one's determination to speak the truth or keep a promise.
As an elected official, I took an oath to uphold and follow the tenets of my office. This is a promise I made to follow those rules and regulations.
I can honestly say I have done just that and will continue to do so. All one can give is their word when a pledge or oath is taken. It is something not to be entered into lightly. Whether the oath is to a sorority, a fraternity, club, or political party group, the oath is a solemn promise to be governed by the tenets of that organization. Membership in a group often requires an oath.
Those of us who have served entrusted with the promise given in an oath need to keep it — no matter what. Integrity is something that cannot be bartered, traded, or compromised in any manner. The oath of office is one of the highest pledges one can make.
We need to adhere to the solemn pledges we make with no deviation — regardless of time, circumstance, race, or personal enmity or gain.
Delores T. Womack, Youngstown
Use ballot box to change Obamacare
For as long as I can remember most elected officials have used the moistened-finger decision making method. Now it seems that when it comes to this unconstitutional disaster known as "Obamacare," many of them have chosen to sail against the hurricane force winds of public opinion.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi have decided to use the negotiating method I remember from grade school: Name calling.
I have much better weapons today, and they are more effective and also available to everyone. The most important one is the ballot box.
If every voter held their candidate responsible for his choice on this debate, I believe we could find solutions to improve without destroying the best health care system in the world.
Robert J. Husted, New Springfield
SN once again you are WRONG!!!! The only people who have spoken are the stupid and lazy. To which group do you belong?
Give the man a fish & he will eat for a day. Teach the man to fish & he will eat for a lifetime.
2013 Version
Give the man a welfare check, a free cellphone, free internet, cash for clunkers, food stamps, section 8 housing, free contraceptives, 99 weeks of unemployment, free medicine, & he will vote Democrat the rest of his life even after he's dead.
Union boss, Wade Rathke, has left ACORN to become Obamacare Navigator.
Obama's beloved ACORN members will now become Navigators. They will be paid up to $48.00 an hour.
Thank God I don't have to deal with these people.
Instead of passing a large comprehensive health law that no one had the time to read before it was passed, why didn't the Senate & House just pass smaller bills that would have fixed specific problems? The answer is that the Dems had a majority in the House & Senate & could do whatever they wanted.
Well, now they don't have that majority & they are crying because someone with common sense is trying to fix the problem they created by passing a law they didn't read.

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Iam one of the few admirers of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. I also have a lot of respect for him despite some of his shortcomings. My admiration of him was born out of two or three encounters I had with him shortly before his election and while he was in the Presidential Villa. I could notice in him a man who has a great passion for the peace and progress of Nigeria. He seemed to have worked tirelessly to achieve his lofty ideas and vision. The General felt that two terms in office allowed by the constitution were not enough and so he tried to amend the Constitution to pave way for a Third-Term which was aborted by the National Assembly with active collaboration of the Press. I must admit here that I wrote an article then to support the Agenda because of the faith I had in his vision. Even though my respect for the elder-statesman has not changed, however I am beginning to have a second thought that the current socio-economic and political challenges that the nation is facing may not be unconnected with the abortion of the third-term agenda. It seems Baba Iyabo actually laid the foundation for the failure of the successive administrations after his tenure. He seems to be the main architect of the problems that this country is facing today, with his insistence on handing over power to the late President Umaru Yar'Adua who was terminally sick then, was anything to go by. And to complete the scheme, he also ensured that another candidate that was ill prepared for the Presidency became President Umar Yar'Adua's running-mate.
General Ibrahiim Babagida has ascribed to himself the title of an evil-genius but the current mess in our polity that is remotely linked to General Olusegun Obasanjo seems to have made him the same. General Obasanjo has the same capacity to do both good and bad. And he pursues them with great passion. I may be wrong in my observations and I stand to be corrected, but the PDP Board of Trustees Chairman needs to stand up now and clean the current mess which he cannot just wave aside. The General should note that good success without a good successor is a failure. The former President late last year lamented at a Civic function held in his honour that the $35 Billion he left in the country's foreign reserves for the rainning day has been depleted by his successors who claimed that the rainning day is already here. That is part of the price the whole nation is paying just because the General did not allow normal democratic process to take place in the selection and election of his successors.
This lamentation further serves to buttress the fact that the current mess in our polity is traceable to General Obasanjo. We therefore admonish him to own up and clean-up the mess so that foul-air can stop.
The late Yar'Adua may look weak and fragile because of his ill-health but the man had a mind of his own. If this administration should fail, the nation may find it difficult to forgive former President Olusegun Obasanjo for his political permutation that has led the country to this crossroads.
To start with, General Obasanjo should assist the Jonathan Administration to tackle issues of insecurity, corruption and inequalities. A lot of politicians who have looted their states and national treasuries who should be behind the bars are still calling the shots in their respective political parties. Besides, the General should emulate American millionaires who shed part of their excess wealth and pledged to donate to charity foundations. Baba Iyabo and his colleagues should lead by example and teach this generation of politicians, businessmen and women in the country that there is more blessing in giving than in receiving. The probe being conducted by Ad-Hoc Committee on the Oil Subsidy regime has shown how some businessmen, bureaucrats and politicians have turned themselves into a cabal that is ripping off the nation of billions of Naira that is meant as a welfare package to the public. In other words, less then 0.01% of the nation's population has hijacked the subsidy benefits to themselves.
Succinctly put, our leaders (both temporal and spiritual) should lead by example and save this country.
Oluwagbemiga Olakunle,
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Tampa Bay Rays Press Release ST. PETERSBURG, FL The Tampa Bay Rays have acquired four prospectsoutfielder Wil Myers, right-handed pitcher Jake Odorizzi, left-handed pitcher Mike Montgomery and third baseman Patrick Leonardfrom the Kansas City Royals in exchange for right-handed pitchers James Shields and Wade Davis as well as a player to be named. Myers, who turns 22 tomorrow, began the 2012 season with Double-A Northwest Arkansas and earned a May 16 promotion to Triple-A Omaha. He hit a combined .314 (164-for-522) with 37 home runs (second most in minor league baseball), 26 doubles, 109 RBI, 61 walks, a .387 on-base percentage and .600 slugging percentage in 134 games. After the season, he was named the consensus Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America, USA Today and ToppsMinor League Baseball. In addition, he was ranked by Baseball America as the No. 1 prospect, Best Hitter for Average and Best Power Hitter in the Royals farm system. Myers was a mid- and postseason ...
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2)... where the hell was I?!?!?!?!?
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Henrik Lundqvist took a ride up to the New York Rangers' practice rink on Tuesday morning, thinking he would have that night off when the Winnipeg Jets came to town. A bout with the flu for backup Martin Biron changed all that for New York's All-Star goalie. Instead of resting during the last game before the break, Lundqvist went out and put up the 40th shutout of his stellar NHL career. Lundqvist made 22 saves in his surprise start, and Ryan Callahan, John Mitchell and Brad Richards provided the offense in the Rangers' 3-0 victory over the Jets on Tuesday night. Lundqvist (22-10-4) made his fifth consecutive start for the Eastern Conference-leading Rangers, his busiest stretch since he played in New York's first six games. ''Four games in a row,'' said Lundqvist, who was surprised when told it was actually five. He sarcastically added that he is ''pretty banged up'' before giving a true assessment. ''I feel great,'' Lundqvist said. ''When you're winning, you're more relaxed an...
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A well placed song in a movie can truly pack an emotional punch. Tears, laughter, wonder, joy can all be inspired by awesome rock and roll product placement. Today on The List-7 of the most memorable songs from memorable movie moments-
You Can't Always Get What You Want-Rolling Stones-Big Chill
Perfectly sets the tone of the movie
Eye of the Tiger-Survivor-Rocky III
Makes us want to punch the crap out of a side of beef
Twist and Shout-Beatles-Ferris Buellers Day Off
Matthew Broderick Lip Synchs and the whole City of Chicago is in
In Your Eyes-Peter Gabriel-Say Anything
I think I fell in love with John Cusack when he went Boombox
Tiny Dancer-Elton John-Almost Famous/
Leave it to Cameron Crowe to turn an Elton John song into the new 99 bottles of beer on the wall
Dude Looks Like a Lady-Aerosmith-Mrs. Doubtfire
If I have to watch Robin Williams dance in a Fat Granny/Nanny/Tranny suit, at least give me a great rock vocal to go along with it
Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen-Waynes World
The 8 Track properly inserted into Garth's Mirth mobile...let the headbangin' fun begin
Not on this list-Pete Townshend's "Let My Love Open the Door' I omitted it in protest of it's constant appearance in films! What would you add?
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Hillary Clinton's favorability rating fell slightly in June to 58%, from 64% in April. That is the first sub-60% rating Americans have given her since 2008. Clinton's unfavorable rating now stands at 39%, up from 31% in April.Sure, Clinton is still really popular, but the key to these numbers is that she barely has a majority of independents who approve.
The results are based on a June 1-4 Gallup poll. While Clinton has long been the most popular official, past or present, in the Obama administration, recent congressional testimony about the Benghazi controversy from so-called whistleblowers has called into question her leadership during her tenure at the State Department.
This poll shows only slight changes in the public's overall assessment of Clinton, with her unfavorable rating now marginally higher than at any time since 2008. However, there is no telling what the future might hold, as members of the House Oversight Committee have publicly speculated that Clinton may have to testify before the Republican-led committee again.
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scikit-bio is currently in alpha. We are very actively developing it, and backwards-incompatible interface changes can and will arise. Once the API has started to solidify, we will strive to maintain backwards compatibility. We will provide deprecation warnings wherever possible in the scikit-bio code, documentation, and CHANGELOG.md.
Note: Deprecation warnings will be issued using Python's DeprecationWarning class. Since Python 2.7, these types of warnings are silenced by default. When developing a tool that uses scikit-bio, we recommend enabling the display of deprecation warnings to be informed of upcoming API changes. For details on how to display deprecation warnings, see Python's deprecation warning docs.
Installation of release version (recommended for most users)
To install the latest release version of scikit-bio you should run:
pip install numpy pip install scikit-bio
Equivalently, you can use the conda package manager available in Anaconda or miniconda to install scikit-bio and all its dependencies, without having to compile them:
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Finally, most scikit-bio's dependencies (in particular, the ones that are trickier to build) are also available, albeit only for Python 2, in Canopy Express.
You can verify your installation by running the scikit-bio unit tests as follows:
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cd nosetests --with-doctest skbio
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Badgers' Melvin Gordon to return for junior season
(AP) Running back Melvin Gordon will return to Wisconsin for his junior season in 2014. The 1,400-yard rusher said in a statement released by the team Friday that he had room for growth, and that he hoped to get the 19th-ranked Badgers back to the Big Ten title game. He also cited a desire to complete his degree.
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By Annette Hinkle
The stars will come out early this weekend in Sag Harbor — and we're not talking heavens here, but theatre. Specifically, the Bay Street Theatre, which, on Saturday, dedicates its new 99 seat Annie & Eli stage — a theatre within the theatre — named for that consummate acting couple, Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach.
"The Annie & Eli Second Stage" (as it is officially known) gets its first workout on Saturday when family, friends and colleagues of Jackson, 83, and Wallach, 94, pay tribute to the talent and shear longevity of the couple. Actors Zoe Caldwell, Brian Murray and Peter Riegert will offer scenes from theatrical pieces which originally featured Jackson and Wallach. Also on hand will be Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal and playwrights Murray Schisgal and Joe Pintauro. In addition, there will be video messages from Barbara Cook, Harvey Keitel, Al Pacino, Mike Nichols and a host of others.
Bay Street's Co-Artistic Director, Murphy Davis, notes that Jackson and Wallach are akin to acting royalty and represent the last in a long line of theatrical couples like Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn or Vivian Leigh and Laurence Olivier.
"There aren't that many couples left that hold that place in theatrical history … Naming it the 'Anne & Eli' – that was a no brainier," says Davis of the stage's moniker. "That was immediate for us. They have been so great to us since Bay Street's inception with emotional and financial support. They're what we call 'pals.' They come to every gala."
The 99 seat Annie & Eli is actually a smaller theatre carved out of Bay Street's existing 299 seat house. By using false walls bolted to the floor and blocking off the seating on the far sides of the theatre, a new smaller stage is created. The idea is flexibility. Salaries can often determine whether a theatre chooses to produce a play or not and a smaller house means a lower pay scale for union actors. With the blessing of Actors Equity, Bay Street can now choose which size theatre will best suit a given production.
"The idea is we are expanding and contracting the theatre based on the population and the needs out here," explains Davis, who notes that a prime motivation for the new stage is Bay Street's desire to present plays year round.
"One of the things we're aware of is there's no off-season here anymore. That's the message we want to put out — the idea is to offer theatre to a savvy and interested, but smaller, crowd from September to May."
Davis says the goal at Bay Street is to eventually offer two plays in fall and two in spring, in addition to the mainstage summer season.
"The idea is for us to expand our producing options. We'd be focusing on new plays and developmental work," adds Davis. "These are plays that probably aren't right for the summer months. They might be a little more edgy, more challenging in terms of subject matter."
"And if something worked in the 99 seat house, it gives us the opportunity to bring it back to the mainstage," he says.
In fact, Davis notes that Bay Street's first mainstage production of the summer season, Damian Lanigan's "Dissonance" which opens June 1, will be presented on the Annie & Eli stage.
"On the first show we usually get smaller audiences and there's a psychological component for both audience and actor when you're in a theatre that doesn't feel full," explains Davis.
The Annie & Eli returns again in October for The Workshops, in which artists spend a week working on a new theatre piece, and perform it live on the final night. The piece, "Raindogs," is a musical version of Lanford Wil-son's play "Balm and Gilead."
Audiences can expect more productions on the Annie and Eli Stage for the 2011-12 season once the budget is set, but this Saturday, it's all about Annie and Eli themselves. Davis reports that when Anne Jackson heard that the stage would be named for she and her husband, she burst into tears.
"They were thrilled," says Davis. "It's great because one of their dear friends was Elaine Steinbeck for whom our mainstage is named."
"We love the idea of this stage being imbued with the spirit of Anne and Eli," adds Davis. "For us, they're the embodiment of everything theatrical. And everything that's good about theatre."
Tickets to "The Annie & Eli Second Stage" dedication are $100 and include a wine reception in the theatre lobby at 6:30 p.m. followed by the 7:30 p.m. performance. A limited number of $500 tickets are also available, which includes dinner with the stars at The American Hotel following the show. Call Bay Street Theatre (Long Wharf, Sag Harbor) at 725-0818 to reserve.
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In the spirit of the season, we share photos submitted to us from officials at operations around the country showing what they've done to celebrate Christmas, Halloween and Easter over the years, including participating in parades, decorating buses and organizing "Stuff the Bus" events.
Check out these action-packed shots of an emergency training event in Van Buren County, Mich., in which participants got to experience what it feels like to be in an overturned school bus as well as one filled with smoke. Submitted by Mark Niewoonder, transportation supervisor for Van Buren Intermediate School District.
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Here, we highlight the recipients of our Contractor of the Year award from the past 11 years. These individuals and their companies have made notable efforts in their local communities and in the broader pupil transportation community.
SBF Contractor of the Year
Here, we share the recipients of our Administrator of the Year award from the last 10 years. These individuals have made significant contributions to the school bus industry at the local, state and national levels.
SBF Administrator of the Year
Here, we share shots taken during the National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) conference and on the trade show floor in Memphis, Tenn., as well as shots from around the host city. Photos by SBF Executive Editor Thomas McMahon and SBF Managing Editor Kelly Roher.
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Here's a variety of shots from inside the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services conference and from around the host city, Memphis, Tenn. Photos by SBF Executive Editor Thomas McMahon.
There are many people who love the school bus industry, and this collection of amusing and interesting photos shows their passion for it both on and off the job.
To see photos from "A Love for School Buses, Part 2," click here.
Here, view a variety of shots from this year's school bus technician and inspector event, which included written and hands-on testing, classes and an engine plant tour. Thanks to Mike Bullman for the photos.
Here, we share photos submitted to us by pupil transporters throughout the country that were featured in the Snapshots department of our July, September and November 2012 issues.
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This Ohio district recently conducted a full-scale emergency exercise involving the Columbus bomb squad responding to a possible improvised explosive device (IED) at Holt Crossing Intermediate School and on a school bus. The district tested its new emergency plans and interoperatble digital radios. (Photo gallery courtesy of Campus Safety magazine, which is also published by Bobit Business Media.)
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The new M14 Garruk has been revealed (Garruk, Caller of Beasts)!
What are your thoughts on his playability? In which formats will he shine? Is he an auto-include in all green Commander decks?
Weekend Deal - [Friday, September 19th - Sunday, September 21st] - 50 Random Bulk Rares ~ $7.49 (reg. $8.99)!
Abby Howard (the artist) and Dylan Kimmell (one of our silent auction winners), posing with an incredible, one-of-a-kind Planeswalker watercolour piece at our recent MTG Charity tournament!
Congratulations to Christian Trudel, winner of our most recent Invitational Qualifier! Piloting a classic Jund list, he was able to secure himself a spot for our Season 5 Invitational Tournament this November!
There are tons of larger Standard events happening this weekend, including GP Miami, Canadian PTQs in Ottawa and Victoria, B.C., an online PTQ, and our GPT for Calgary, among others.
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The Existential Threat to Utilities, and Why Transactive Energy is the Answer
Distributed generation (DG) has been called an existential threat to electric utilities. But it doesn't have to be a doomsday scenario, and there's interesting work going on in the field of Transactive Energy that envisions a much more pragmatic future of the Smart Grid.
Consider this. Society functions best when individuals or systems act in coordinated ways to cooperatively share their systems and resources. Water infrastructure is a prime example. We don't all dig our own wells and septic systems, we share infrastructure that provides a better means of distribution and management of fresh and waste water. People who live in rural areas do have their own personal infrastructure, but when it comes to aggregations of people in villages, towns, and cities, shared infrastructure is the only sensible solution. Energy is another example of the benefits of shared infrastructure. But while it is highly unlikely that the business models for water infrastructure will substantially change, the future portends significant transformations for electric utilities.
The utility business model has been organized on the principles of very centrally controlled generation and variable demand or consumption of electricity. Generation was predictable, consumption less so. The "just in time" nature of electricity – delivering just what is needed, not more or less – is what utilities control to keep the lights on without frying them.
DG, whether at individual levels, organized into microgrids, or aggregated into virtual power plants (VPPs) will disrupt this business model. Generation gets less predictable. Consumption gets more predictable. These aren't bad Smart Grid trends, as long as we keep in mind that with very few exceptions, "no man is an island" in the North American distribution grid. There aren't too many DG assets or microgrids that function solely as standalone islands and don't need integration to the utility grid for supplementary or backup purposes.
Utilities recognize that their customers want more energy independence and sources of energy that are sustainable. Renewables are a good choice to eliminate CO2 emissions, and especially when it comes to solar, can cost-effectively scale from small to large privately-owned systems. One challenge is that even when fully or partially self-sufficient from the utility grid, there is an expectation from DG customers that the utility grid will be there to supply power if their independent systems fail. But customers with DG may actually require more services or equipment investment from utilities to support these interconnections. That triggers the second challenge of allocating costs and fees in fair and equitable methods.
The GridWise ® Architecture Council (GWAC) has been working on a Transactive Energy framework document that addresses the operational and business aspects of these utility transitions. Transactive energy enables the integration of renewables in the forms of DER, microgrids, and VPPs on a vast scale in the larger grid with an emphasis on maintaining the safety and reliability of the grid and proposing business models that maintain fair allocation of costs and fees.
Ben Franklin had the right idea. He said, "We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately," to a group of rebellious colonists signing the Declaration of Independence. This idea is implicitly at the core of Transactive Energy. A utility with significant DG assets interconnected to its distribution grid must cooperatively accommodate those assets and coordinate them to keep the grid balanced. Conversely, all DG that has an interconnection to the larger grid has to function cooperatively and in a coordinated fashion with that grid. These principles must apply to re-architecting the utility business model and grid of the future. That's one of the primary goals of the GWAC group as they work on the Transactive Energy Framework. This framework can help utilities ensure that DG is not an existential threat and that we get a grid that lasts the next 100 years.
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Bob Meinetz says:
Christine, there are a wide variety of opinions on distributed generation, with more radical elements advocating the overthrow of utilities entirely.
I'm not convinced significant DG will ever see the light of day, for several reasons:
1) Cost. As things stand now, about the closest thing we have to distributed generation is net metering. Those fortunate enough to have their own solar arrays love this concept, but it's not hard to see why: utilties are forced to buy their energy, whether they need it or not. Most of the time this happens at the most profitable time for utilities to sell their own energy, so they lose money. Since their charters allow them to bill customers for these losses, well-to-do customers are subsidized at the expense of poorer ones.
2) Reliability. Though there seems to be a growing opinion that successful cogeneration is largely a problem of coordination, anyone who is familiar with the history of public electricity knows it's a miracle utilities are able to provide reliable power with the limited number of sources we have now. In truth, we've already been down the DG road - that pretty well sums up the state of affairs in the 1880s, and it was a nightmare of outages, fires, and competing standards which served no one very well. Utilities were the solution to many of those problems.
3) Efficiency. Whenever generation starts up or shuts down, energy is wasted. Energy is wasted every time a relay is thrown, and every time extra wiring is needed to connect a wind farm or distributed solar. These inefficiencies are multiplied with thousands of separate systems. Though they are transparent to the public, they are not transparent to an unforgiving climate which is keeping track of every wasted megawatt and (when backup is required) the carbon emitted to create it. One can hardly underestimate the urgency of squeezing every watt-hour out of the energy sources we have, and the public utility model is ideal for that
4) Security. "Travel Bob's Highway - Take Bob's 'Short Cut' to Work For Only $29.95, With No Speeding Tickets - Guaranteed!" This is absurd - no one would consider privatizing public highways. But what many don't realize is that as the most highly regulated industry in America, utilities are largely a state institution. Their rate structure is severely limited, and their operation is watched over by several eagle-eyed government agencies. Their CEOs, on average, make less than any other industry. What DG will end up doing, in essence, is privatizing this shared resource. Will granting thousands of independent interests access to it increase our vulnerability to price gouging, and the possilbility that a single malicious user or group could bring the entire system down?
To sum up: there are significant benefits of the utility model which have been acquired over a century of experience in what works and what doesn't. Before we go too far down the distributed generation road we need to examine exactly what we'll be giving up in the bargain.
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Bob -
I don't think you could have done a better job of capturing the perspective of the IOUs. But let's actually look at some of your points...
1) Cost - you say regarding net metering: "utilties are forced to buy their energy, whether they need it or not. Most of the time this happens at the most profitable time for utilities to sell their own energy, so they lose money"
Actually no - the utilities receive energy from a DG source and immediately resell it to the guy next door. Depending on how the rate structures of the DG source and the guy next door compare, that transaction might be a push, or the utility might make money on the sale. They are not "losing money."
But net metering does erode the IOUs bottom line - and that is what this fight is really all about.
2) Reliability - to equate modern DG with "the state of affairs in the 1880s" is just silly. Plenty of studies indicate that DG actually makes the grid more resilient and more reliable, thereby providing a net benefit to utility customers. From one of those studies:Grid security enhancement, 2‐3¢/kWh : because solar generation can be synergistic with peak demand in much of the US, the injection of solar energy near point of use can deliver effective capacity, and therefore reduce the risk of the power outages and rolling blackouts that are caused by high demand and resulting stresses on the transmission and distribution systems.Solar Power Generation in the US: Too expensive or a bargain? 3) Efficiency - you insist that adding DG makes the grid less efficient when every study I've ever seen, even those from utilities, concedes the opposite. You say "Energy is wasted every time a relay is thrown, and every time extra wiring is needed to connect a wind farm or distributed solar. " Frankly, this doesn't make any sense. If you are talking about the need to run new transmission to reach a remote source, there are certainly costs associated with that process, but there is no reason that energy delivery would be less efficient that sending electrons down any other transmission line - and given that the new resource is just that, newer, it is likely more efficient. But for true DG - such as roof top solar - you are avoiding sending that energy down any transmission line at all! And no carbon was burned to produce it. Significantly more efficient than any other energy source. 4) Security - you say: "This is absurd - no one would consider privatizing public highways" - really? We have toll roads in SoCal that are privately owned and you pay to use them so I'm not sure how absurd it is. But then you go on to moan about the travails of being an IOU: "Their rate structure is severely limited, and their operation is watched over by several eagle-eyed government agencies. Their CEOs, on average, make less than any other industry." Really? Less than any other industry? The CEOs of the IOUs in California are all making multiple millions of dollars per year (check their SEC filings) with millions more in stock options. The IOUs themselves get a guaranteed return - even when their nuclear plant goes offline (forever). And they have monopoly status in their service area. Raw deal, indeed. Sorry - but the reality is that the present utility model is doomed. It cannot and will not survive any more that Ma Bell survived. Technology and social need has rendered it obsolete.
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