{"id":17175,"date":"2016-07-20T17:28:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T00:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=17175"},"modified":"2020-02-20T17:55:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T00:55:20","slug":"obama-connects-to-5g-with-wireless-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=17175","title":{"rendered":"Obama connects to 5G with wireless initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gnt_ar_by\">Mike Snider \u00a0&#8211; USA TODAY \u00a0July 15, 2016<\/div>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_vp__tavp\" aria-label=\"Video - RevlonOneStep\">\n<div class=\"\" data-g-r=\"vp_tp\" data-c-vt=\"teal\" data-t-pl=\"teal-automatedvideoplayer\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-g-s=\"vp_ld\">\n<div class=\"teal-video-wrap teal-ad-playback\">\n<div class=\"tealplayer-ad-container integral-vid-b41664ddf419fbb22fc17b5020c7c5a2 integral-vid-276aba8a5b531dff799a3f505f6ae592\" data-integralas-id-45b2e3b1-ab53-335d-df2b-1d14a4852f7d=\"\" data-integralas-id-35f5a75a-693d-30c1-6ce3-3dc64e70374a=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tealplayer-spinner tealplayer-spinner-hidden\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"gnt_ar_b\">\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/6cb1805ed21501471751d73cc63b4ef0032db380\/c=0-21-3000-1716\/local\/-\/media\/2016\/07\/15\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636041739523207054-XXX-PRESIDENT-OBAMA-DEPARTS-WHITE-HOUSE-FOR-LAS-VE-83354794.JPG?width=660&amp;height=373&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/6cb1805ed21501471751d73cc63b4ef0032db380\/c=0-21-3000-1716\/local\/-\/media\/2016\/07\/15\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636041739523207054-XXX-PRESIDENT-OBAMA-DEPARTS-WHITE-HOUSE-FOR-LAS-VE-83354794.JPG?width=1320&amp;height=746&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" alt=\"U.S. President Barack Obama holds up his Blackberry after he ran back into the White House after forgetting the mobile phone while departing for a domestic trip November 21, 2014 in Washington, DC.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_em_img_ccw gnt_em_img_ccw__cap gnt_em_img_ccw__crd\" data-c-caption=\"U.S. President Barack Obama holds up his Blackberry after he ran back into the White House after forgetting the mobile phone while departing for a domestic trip November 21, 2014 in Washington, DC.\" data-c-credit=\"Win McNamee, Getty Images\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">President Obama is lending his support to the development of faster, more robust 5G wireless networks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The president on Friday announced\u00a0a $400 million Advanced Wireless Research Initiative to boost research for next-generation mobile networks. As part of the research, four\u00a0city-sized testing grounds for 5G wireless services will be established, beginning in fiscal year 2017, which starts Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The move comes one day after the Federal Communications Commission <a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/news\/2016\/07\/14\/fcc-approves-spectrum-5g-advances\/87081242\/\" data-t-l=\"|inline|intext|n\/a\">voted to open more spectrum<\/a> for 5G development and\u00a0use.\u00a0These 5G services would provide improved speeds of up to 100 times faster than delivered by today&#8217;s 4G wireless networks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Funding for <a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2016\/07\/15\/fact-sheet-administration-announces-advanced-wireless-research\" data-t-l=\"|inline|intext|n\/a\">the initiative<\/a> will come from the National Science Foundation and $35 million in\u00a0investment from companies such as\u00a0AT&amp;T, Intel, Sprint, T-Mobile and\u00a0Verizon (for complete list go to the <a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2016\/07\/15\/fact-sheet-administration-announces-advanced-wireless-research\" data-t-l=\"|inline|intext|n\/a\">White House website<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/news\/2016\/07\/12\/fcc-set-approve-5g-spectrum-swath\/86992392\/\" data-t-l=\"|newrecircinline\">5G wireless? FCC is about to give it a big push<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Expected breakthroughs listed in the administration&#8217;s plan include mobile phones and tablets that can download a movie in less than five seconds, improved self-driving vehicles, virtual reality job training simulators, live high-res video transmissions from first-responders to emergency rooms, and Gigabit-speed wireless broadband available in public places and\u00a0businesses.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<div id=\"ad-slot-7103-usatoday-native-article_link-tech-news-2\" class=\"gnt_x_sl gnt_x_al\" data-g-r=\"\" data-gl-method=\"lazyLoadX\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Already, there are more than 370 million Net-connected smart phones and other devices, with global growth expected to 200 billion in less than five years, said NSF director\u00a0France A C\u00f3rdova in a video message to attendees at an advanced wireless research gathering Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">That growth rate, driven by the advance of the Internet of Things and its connectedness of appliances and gadgets to the Net, will result in an average of 25 connected devices per person, she said.\u00a0\u00a0&#8220;We are witnessing our household appliances, cars and physical infrastructure becoming increasingly connected to the Internet,&#8221; said C\u00f3rdova, who noted that it was the <a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/about\/history\/nsf0050\/internet\/launch.htm\" data-t-l=\"|inline|intext|n\/a\">NSFNet<\/a>, created three decades ago, that developed into today&#8217;s commercial Internet.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_tw\" data-g-r=\"\" data-gl-method=\"loadTwitter\" data-v-id=\"753967235379724291\" aria-label=\"Twitter Embed\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSF\/status\/753967235379724291\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSF\/status\/753967235379724291\" data-tweet-id=\"753967235379724291\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\">\n<p><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSF\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"National Science Foundation (screen name: NSF)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/83610990\/nsf1_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/83610990\/nsf1_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/83610990\/nsf1_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\">\n<p><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"National Science Foundation\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">National Science Foundation<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--verified \" title=\"Verified Account\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Verified Account\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">&#x2714;<\/b><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@NSF\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@NSF<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Investing in America&#8217;s future through <a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/advancedwireless?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">advancedwireless<\/span><\/a> research <a class=\"link customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/29OlufU\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KLD1AexLPi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/29OlufU\" data-scribe=\"element:url\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">http:\/\/<\/span>bit.ly\/29OlufU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>via @whitehouseostp blog &amp; <a class=\"PrettyLink profile customisable h-card\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSF_CISE\" data-mentioned-user-id=\"23445279\" data-scribe=\"element:mention\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">@<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">NSF_CISE<\/span><\/a> AD Jim Kurose<\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-card\">\n<div class=\"PrerenderedCard is-constrainedByMaxWidth is-loaded\" data-card-name=\"summary\" data-css=\"https:\/\/ton.twimg.com\/tfw\/css\/syndication_bundle_v1_73385286cca9d2256f6bf3993470820d4827b058.css\" data-scribe=\"component:card\">\n<div class=\"TwitterCardsGrid TwitterCard\">\n<div class=\"TwitterCardsGrid-col--12 TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerBottom CardContent\">\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-contentContainer TwitterCardsGrid-float--prev\">\n<div class=\"SummaryCard-content TwitterCardsGrid-ltr\">\n<h2 class=\"TwitterCard-title js-cardClick tcu-textEllipse--multiline\" dir=\"ltr\">Investing in America&#8217;s Future through Advanced Wireless Research<\/h2>\n<p class=\"tcu-resetMargin u-block TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerTop tcu-textEllipse--multiline\" dir=\"ltr\">Administration launches Advanced Wireless Research Initiative to support advanced wireless research over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"u-block TwitterCardsGrid-col--spacerTop SummaryCard-destination\" dir=\"ltr\">obamawhitehouse.archives.gov<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"TweetInfo\">\n<div class=\"TweetInfo-like\">\n<div data-scribe=\"element:heart\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--heart \" title=\"Like\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Like\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"TweetInfo-heart\" title=\"Like\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/like?tweet_id=753967235379724291\" data-scribe=\"component:actions\"><span class=\"TweetInfo-heartStat\" data-scribe=\"element:heart_count\">15<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"TweetInfo-timeGeo\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSF\/status\/753967235379724291\" data-datetime=\"2016-07-15T14:59:31+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: July 15, 2016 14:59:31 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2016-07-15T14:59:31+0000\">6:59 AM &#8211; Jul 15, 2016<\/time><\/a> \u00b7 <a class=\"u-linkBlend customisable-highlight\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=place%3A319ee7b36c9149da\">Arlington, VA<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tweet-InformationCircle\" data-scribe=\"element:notice\"><a class=\"Icon Icon--informationCircleWhite js-inViewportScribingTarget\" title=\"Twitter Ads info and privacy\" href=\"https:\/\/support.twitter.com\/articles\/20175256\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">Twitter Ads info and privacy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"CallToAction-icon\" data-scribe=\"element:profile_icon\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--profileCTA \" title=\"View profile on Twitter\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"View profile on Twitter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"CallToAction-text\" data-scribe=\"element:profile_text\">See National Science Foundation&#8217;s other Tweets<\/div>\n<div class=\"CallToAction-chevron\" data-scribe=\"element:cta_chevron\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--chevronRightCTA \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-shrink\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;All of us rely on the Internet daily,&#8221; she said.\u00a0&#8220;In order to meet the skyrocketing demand with ultra-fast speeds and high degrees of reliability, responsiveness and robustness, we will need a new generation of wireless communication infrastructure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With major tests set to begin next year &#8212; and deployment and new devices expected in 2020 &#8212; 5G wireless can &#8220;provide a whole new level of mobile broadband connectivity, supporting use cases never before deemed possible for wireless,&#8221; said Dean Brenner, senior vice president for government affairs at Qualcomm, in a\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualcomm.com\/news\/onq\/2016\/07\/12\/upcoming-fcc-vote-will-pave-path-5g-advancements-mobilize-mmwave\" data-t-l=\"|inline|intext|n\/a\">statement<\/a>\u00a0issued in support of the FCC&#8217;s 5G vote. Qualcomm is another tech company supporting the president&#8217;s initiative.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/f6284dded4e596d6bd00fd53f3939caf8e701bf2\/c=0-24-1649-956\/local\/-\/media\/2016\/07\/15\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636041765871619953-NSF1102-MIMO-ant-lg.jpg?width=660&amp;height=374&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/f6284dded4e596d6bd00fd53f3939caf8e701bf2\/c=0-24-1649-956\/local\/-\/media\/2016\/07\/15\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636041765871619953-NSF1102-MIMO-ant-lg.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=748&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" alt=\"Rice University's Argos Network will use base stations with more than 100 antennas apiece to share spectrum by beaming information directly to many users simultaneously on the same frequency.\" data-g-r=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/news\/2016\/07\/15\/obama-connects-5g-wireless-initiative\/87122374\/\">https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/tech\/news\/2016\/07\/15\/obama-connects-5g-wireless-initiative\/87122374\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel-pane pane-custom pane-1 clearfix\">\n<div class=\"videos-intro-field videos-intro-forall-body forall-body\">\n<div class=\"whr-read-more-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"press-article-header-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"press_article_heading\" class=\"press-article-heading\">\n<div id=\"press_article_heading_title\" class=\"heading-title\">The White House<\/div>\n<div id=\"press_article_heading_subtitle\" class=\"heading-subtitle\">Office of the Press Secretary<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"press_article_subheading\" class=\"clearfix press-article-subheading\">\n<div id=\"press_article_immediate_release\" class=\"press-article-release\">For Immediate Release<\/div>\n<div id=\"press_article_date_created\" class=\"press-article-date\">June 16, 2016<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-pane pane-node-title\">\n<h1>FACT SHEET: Obama Administration Announces Federal and Private Sector Actions on Scaling Renewable Energy and Storage with Smart Markets<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-pane pane-entity-field pane-node-field-forall-body\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-forall-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden forall-body\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>President Obama believes in the need to transition to a cleaner, more reliable, and affordable 21st century power grid. Under his leadership, transformations in how we produce and consume electricity are decreasing carbon pollution, scaling up renewable energy, and generating savings on consumers\u2019 energy bills. Since 2009, renewable energy generation has increased at a record pace, while costs have decreased dramatically.\u00a0 Building on this <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-record\/climate\">progress<\/a>, smart electricity market reforms, enhanced transparency, and flexible energy resources such as storage and demand response have the potential to further accelerate the development of a cleaner and smarter grid.\u00a0 In fact, in 2015 alone, the United States doubled the installed capacity of advanced energy storage to 500 megawatts (MW) and deployment of this key resource is projected to continue to expand.<\/p>\n<p>With this dynamic progress as the backdrop, today the White House is hosting a Summit on Scaling Renewable Energy and Storage with Smart Markets.\u00a0 The Summit brings together regulators, power companies, municipalities, and energy developers that are leading efforts to promote smart electricity markets and greater grid integration of renewable energy and flexible resources such as energy storage.<\/p>\n<p>The Administration is announcing new executive actions and 33 state and private sector commitments that will accelerate the grid integration of renewable energy and storage.\u00a0 Together, these announcements are expected to result in at least 1.3 gigawatts of additional storage procurement or deployment in the next five years. These actions include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new report by the White House Council of Economic Advisers on the technical and economic considerations and opportunities relating to the grid integration of renewable energy resources.<\/li>\n<li>The federal government committing to increasing its storage and microgrid capacity through programs that will make our federal and military bases more resilient and provide funding for microgrids in rural communities.<\/li>\n<li>The U.S. Department of Energy promoting access to and standardization of energy data.<\/li>\n<li>Sixteen developers and power companies in at least eight states announcing new storage procurement and deployment targets for the next five years.<\/li>\n<li>Investors announcing $130 million in new funding commitments for energy storage.<\/li>\n<li>In aggregate, these new procurement, deployment, and investment commitments announced today could lead to approximately $1 billion in investments in energy storage.<\/li>\n<li>Power companies and developers committing to deploy smart water heaters, smart meters, and demand response programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Federal Executive Actions on Smart Markets and Energy Storage<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>White House Council of Economic Advisers <\/strong>is releasing a report titled \u201cIncorporating Renewables into the Grid: Expanding Opportunities for Smart Markets and Energy Storage.\u201d\u00a0 One of the report\u2019s key findings is that current and projected levels of variable renewable energy resources are opening up opportunities for technologies such as energy storage and demand response to ensure the reliable and cost-effective supply of electricity.\u00a0 The report also finds that wholesale market reforms are already helping to enable these technologies to participate in some markets.\u00a0 Ongoing cost reductions and advancements in communication infrastructure are expected to further enhance the potential for these technologies going forward.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Increasing the Federal Government\u2019s Storage Capacity: <\/strong>U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announces that it intends to issue a Request for Information about building-level energy storage to explore a number of possible storage solutions, in particular for emergency back-up (potentially to replace diesel generators), for enhancing resiliency, and for aiding in demand response management of peak loads.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Making Our Military Facilities More Resilient: <\/strong>The Navy\u2019s Renewable Energy Program Office (REPO) and U.S. Air Force announce the following new projects and activities:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>U.S. Navy:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>A new 50-100 MW grid-scale battery project that will be developed by a third-party developer at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach in California.<\/li>\n<li>A new 7 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) system with a 6 MW (18 MWh) battery system that will be developed by a third-party developer on the local grid at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) in California.\u00a0 The project will serve NBVC during electric outages, covering over 65% of the base\u2019s peak loads for up to 3 hours.<\/li>\n<li>A battery second use (B2U) pilot project in Indiana with Naval Support Activity Crane, Duke Energy, and other stakeholders.\u00a0 The project will repurpose the Navy\u2019s fleet of decommissioned submarine batteries into distributed energy resources to serve mission-critical loads.\u00a0 If the battery fleet is repurposed rather than recycled, the Navy\u2019s overall battery capacity is projected to grow to 44 MWh by 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>U.S. Air Force<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The Air Force\u2019s Resilient Energy Demonstration Initiative (REDI) announces the release of a Request for Information to energy developers and technology companies to provide energy assurance services to critical facilities at Beale Air Force Base (AFB) in California.\u00a0 Concurrently, the REDI program is announcing the launch of a new energy assurance collaboration with industry at Beale AFB.\u00a0 The REDI program, which develops and deploys innovative energy resilience technologies and business models, will create a comprehensive energy assurance plan for Beale AFB by the end of 2016.<\/li>\n<li>The Air Force Research Laboratory and the Hawaii Air National Guard announce the launch of the design phase of a new distributed energy microgrid project at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The project will demonstrate the ability to integrate and demonstrate multiple renewable energy and energy storage technologies, and provide the ability to power critical mission assets during energy disruptions.<\/li>\n<li>The Air Force announces the launch of the Forward Operating Base of the Future project at Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA). The project will integrate renewable energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage technologies into a simulated deployed environment. The project is expected to reduce the amount of fuel required to power forward operating bases by more than 85%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Promoting Microgrids in Rural Communities: <\/strong>Navy\u2019s Office of Naval Research announces funding for the Alaska Microgrid Innovation and Commercialization project at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.\u00a0 The project will develop practical and cost-effective solutions for operating microgrids that incorporate significant renewable power generation, with a focus on the Arctic and other remote locations and austere conditions.\u00a0 This project builds on the Administration\u2019s Clean Energy Solutions for Remote Communities initiative.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enhancing Data Access and Sharing: <\/strong>The Department of Energy (DOE) announces the following pilots, studies, partnerships and other actions to continue enhancing data sharing and access for utilities and consumers:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>DOE\u2019s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability<\/strong>, in keeping with the Administration&#8217;s commitment to Smart Disclosure, will undertake an analysis of the private sector Green Button Alliance effort to ensure the pilot program is responsive to the consumer protection and privacy principles embodied in the DataGuard energy data privacy program.\u00a0 This analysis will promote confidence among customers who consent to contribute their data to the effort that their wishes for anonymity are respected, and among participating utilities that customer data privacy is part of the fundamental design of the program.<\/li>\n<li><strong>National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)<\/strong> has developed a sophisticated model of the Eastern Interconnection to understand power system operations with hundreds of gigawatts of wind and solar meeting 30% of electricity needs.\u00a0 NREL commits to releasing in August 2016 the results of its study, including the power system model and visualization tools to enable academia and industry to explore the transition to renewable energy with more resolution than ever before.\u00a0 NREL also announces that it recently established the Utility Rate Data Working Group (URDWG), which will identify an appropriate machine-readable data standard for utility rate data and potentially demonstrate a proof of concept in collaboration with utilities, data users, and other relevant stakeholders.\u00a0 The URDWG will leverage the foundational work of the Utility Rate Database (URDB), which is produced by NREL on behalf of DOE\u2019s Solar Energy Technologies Program and includes more than 39,000 rates for over 3,700 utilities.\u00a0 The development of an easy-to-use machine-readable data solution will make it easier to update utility rates as they change over time, and also make utility rate information more accessible for utilities, energy companies, consumers, researchers and policymakers across the country.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)<\/strong> released, in April 2016, Phase I of a study for the California Public Utilities Commission leveraging smart meter data to estimate the potential for demand response and advanced behind-the-meter storage to provide cost-effective resources as part of California\u2019s future electricity system.\u00a0 LBNL will continue to support research and analysis on grid modernization across the United States and is expanding on its Phase I with a Phase II report in the fall of 2016.\u00a0 The Phase II report will explore the potential for demand response and distributed energy resources to meet capacity, ancillary services, ramping, and flexibility needs in California.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Energy Information Administration (EIA)<\/strong> recently joined San Diego Gas &amp; Electric\u2019s Green Button Connect program, in which residential and commercial customers in San Diego can name EIA as an electronic recipient of their daily energy consumption data.\u00a0 EIA will use this to test direct data collection protocols that could be deployed on a larger scale.\u00a0 EIA will also launch a pilot collection in 2017 to sub meter and record consumption by end use consuming devices within typical American homes.\u00a0 Emerging sub metering technology will provide direct measurements of electric, natural gas, and water consumption and more accurate estimates of household demand than current modeling efforts allow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>State, Power Company and Non-Profit Announcements <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today, 16 leading grid operators, power companies, and community organizations in at least eight states are announcing new storage projects, procurement targets, pilot projects, and partnerships.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>California Independent System Operator (CAISO) <\/strong>recently released draft study results demonstrating that a regional market would promote more renewable energy at a lower cost in the Western United States.\u00a0 CAISO commits to exploring the possibility of expanding its balancing authority across a larger geographic footprint to more efficiently optimize the grid and integrate renewable energy resources.\u00a0 CAISO also commits to developing business rules and procedures to coordinate operation of the transmission system with distribution systems operators that are experiencing a proliferation of distributed energy resources.<\/li>\n<li><strong>California Public Utilities Commission <\/strong>commits to developing a regulatory framework that enables a flexible, efficient, clean and reliable power grid.\u00a0 To accomplish this goal, California will continue to allow customers to effectively and efficiently choose from an array of distributed energy resources and promote the collection, analysis, and, where consistent with customer privacy protections, dissemination of smart meter and grid condition data.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Commonwealth of Massachusetts <\/strong>announces, as part of its Energy Storage Initiative, an initial $10 million investment for demonstration projects and a comprehensive study in order to identify the potential benefits of incorporating advanced storage technologies into the state\u2019s energy portfolio.\u00a0 Conducted by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), the study seeks to analyze the national and Massachusetts storage industry landscape, review economic development and market opportunities for energy storage, and examine potential policies and programs that could be implemented to better support energy storage deployment.\u00a0 Following the release of this study in mid-2016, DOER and MassCEC will work with stakeholders to begin testing and implementing both the regulatory and the policy recommendations detailed therein, including grant opportunities to begin demonstration projects to further test the viability of energy storage technology and innovations in the Massachusetts energy market.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Community Storage Initiative (CSI) <\/strong>announces that it has been joined by over 40 organizations, including utilities, manufacturers, and technology suppliers.\u00a0 CSI was launched in February 2016 by the American Public Power Association, Edison Electric Institute, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Peak Load Management Alliance and the Natural Resources Defense Council.\u00a0 The CSI also announces the Inaugural CSI Leadership Forum on July 20 and 21, 2016 at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Over 100 leading practitioners will meet to exchange their experiences in and ideas for coordinating distributed energy storage resources that are located throughout a community.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Con Edison <\/strong>announces a new partnership with<strong> Siemens<\/strong> to use data from Con Edison\u2019s Advanced Metering Infrastructure rollout, which will cover 4.8 million customers, to enable consumers to benefit from cost-effective renewable energy integration.\u00a0 The new system will make available detailed data for use by consumers and renewable energy providers for planning and economic analysis purposes, as well as time-varying price signals for when renewable energy production is most valuable to the grid. The initiative includes implementing Green Button Connect to allow customers to share data with third parties.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Duke Energy <\/strong>commits to deploy at least five megawatts of energy storage in the Asheville region of North Carolina.\u00a0 Energy storage, coupled with more efficient natural gas generation, solar power, and innovative customer solutions, will enable Duke Energy to maintain a high degree of energy reliability while also reducing its carbon footprint by closing all of its coal-fired power plants in the Asheville community.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Green Button Alliance<\/strong> announces its commitment to explore a pilot program to provide aggregated and anonymous energy usage information for research and the public benefit.\u00a0 The potential energy usage data pilot would entail a database of anonymous energy-use information from participating utilities that would be collected from smart meter deployments.\u00a0 By customer consent, the data would be made available in the standardized Green Button format to universities and research entities to study energy use patterns which could then be used for grid reliability and forecasting, infrastructure planning, or integration of distributed energy resources.\u00a0 Participants considering the viability of a potential pilot include Green Button Alliance founding utilities: Pacific Gas &amp; Electric, Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas &amp; Electric, and London Hydro.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Green Mountain Power (GMP),<\/strong> building on its eHomes program, announces its partnership with Vermont&#8217;s Energy Efficiency Utility, Efficiency Vermont, and the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation to pilot a community-scale comprehensive energy transformation in Panton, Vermont in June 2016.\u00a0 The year-long project is expected to decrease energy usage, energy costs and carbon pollution.\u00a0 It will include town buildings, local businesses, 80% of the homes in Panton, and utility-scale solar paired with battery storage to microgrid parts of the town.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indianapolis Power &amp; Light Company (IPL<\/strong>), an AES Company, announces the commercial operation of a 20 MW energy storage array.\u00a0 This is the first grid-scale battery energy storage system in the 15-state Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) region.\u00a0 It is also the first grid-scale energy storage system in the United States that will be used to provide primary frequency response, an essential reliability service.\u00a0 IPL\u2019s energy storage will enhance system reliability and help reduce costs and emissions across the electric system.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) <\/strong>plans to procure 24 MW of energy storage by 2016 and commits to a target of 178 MW by 2021.\u00a0 LADWP also plans to procure 60 MW of demand response by 2016 and commits to target the procurement of 200 to 500 MW by 2026.\u00a0 LADWP will dedicate up to $2.9 million in funding for its Interval Data for Energy Efficiency effort in order to identify approximately 40 GWh in actionable savings at commercial and industrial customer sites.\u00a0 LADWP will also deploy its Sustainability Analytics Tool to premier accounts and major customers over the next year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NextEra Energy\u2019s Florida Power &amp; Light (FPL)<\/strong> announces a pilot project to test storage technology applications under real-life conditions.\u00a0 FPL will install different types of battery systems in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties to research energy storage benefits, including: improved reliability for isolated areas and microgrid foundations via a battery back-up system to be built at the southern tip of Everglades National Park; reuse of electric vehicle batteries and \u201cpeak shaving\u201d via small-scale installations in residential areas in Miami and repurposing \u201csecond-life\u201d batteries from more than 200 electric vehicles; and mobile storage capacity to prevent power interruptions at major economically important events via a portable system to be tested during the 2017 Miami Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on Key Biscayne.\u00a0 These applications will also help with renewable integration as FPL continues to expand its use of solar energy to serve its 4.8 million customers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pacific Gas &amp; Electric (PG&amp;E)<\/strong> plans to invest approximately $3 billion a year through 2020 to make the grid more resilient and facilitate its vision of a grid that will integrate distributed solar, energy storage, electric vehicles and other low-carbon technologies.\u00a0 To facilitate the integration of distributed energy resources (DERs), PG&amp;E is proposing five pilot projects to demonstrate: Dynamic Integrated Capacity Analysis methodology for integrating all line sections or nodes within a specific distribution planning area (DPA); Optimal Location Benefit Analysis methodology for a DPA that has one near-term and one longer-term distribution infrastructure project that can be deferred due to DER integration; DER locational benefits; distribution operations at high penetrations of DERs; and DER dispatch to meet reliability needs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Portland General Electric (PGE) <\/strong>commits to implementing a new standard communication interface for smart water heaters that will enable customer-friendly and affordable large-scale residential demand response.\u00a0 PGE, Oregon\u2019s largest electric utility company, is co-leading a market transformation effort with the Bonneville Power Administration that would replace the region\u2019s 3.5 million water heaters with smart water heaters, creating a 10,000 MWh \u201cbattery\u201d for less than $40\/kWh, and will launch a mass-market water heater program pilot including these new technologies in 2017.\u00a0 PGE also commits to investing $366,000 in 2016 in energy storage research and development and early-stage technology deployment and to using smart meter data and distributed energy resources in its resource planning and investment decisions, including launching a second generation energy information system by the end of 2016.\u00a0 PGE is also announcing a pilot on time-variant prices for residential customers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>San Diego Gas &amp; Electric (SDG&amp;E)<\/strong>, as part of a pilot program, is planning to install 3,500 electric vehicle charging stations at businesses, in multi-family communities, and in underserved neighborhoods, all while maximizing the use of renewable energy to charge the cars.\u00a0 SDG&amp;E recently signed a contract for a 20-MW energy storage facility, which would be the largest in the San Diego region, and expects to reach 165 MW of storage capacity by 2020.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Southern California Edison (SCE) <\/strong>commits to procuring at least 580 MW of energy storage projects by 2020 (which must be operational by 2024) to support grid optimization, renewable energy integration, and greenhouse gas reduction.\u00a0 SCE is also committing to offset local load growth through an additional planned procurement in 2016 of a minimum of 100 MW of clean energy resources.\u00a0 SCE will launch requests for offers for energy storage projects in 2016, including projects that could help maintain grid reliability to mitigate risks of outages caused by the limited operation of the Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Facility.<\/li>\n<li><strong>U.S. Green Building Council <\/strong>and its sister organization Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), in partnership with Urban Ingenuity, announce a public-private convening on July 11 to support the District of Columbia\u2019s efforts to encourage microgrid development.\u00a0 GBCI and the National Association of State Energy Offices commit to co-sponsoring at least two regional webinars in 2016 to engage utility and state stakeholders on smart grid development using PEER \u2013 the first ever rating system for power system performance \u2013 to advance innovative, more flexible, and affordable grids.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Developer, Manufacturer, and Investor Announcements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today, 17 leading developers, companies, manufacturers and investors are announcing new pilot projects, storage and smart meter deployment targets and investment commitments.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Aclara <\/strong>commits to deploy 500,000 smart meters in partnership with utilities and customers with distributed solar by 2025 to provide data and communications infrastructure to enable the optimal grid integration of solar.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advanced Microgrid Solutions <\/strong>(AMS) commits to deploy 500 MWh of advanced energy storage by 2020.\u00a0 AMS projects\u00a0will\u00a0provide advanced energy storage, demand side management software, and microgrid control technologies. AMS\u2019s projects include the first fleet of hybrid-electric buildings, providing 60 MWh of reliable capacity to the\u00a0distribution system, as well as power quality, voltage support and demand management services to ratepayers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>DBL Partners <\/strong>commits to a goal of helping to create and grow at least three new significant energy storage companies over the next 7 years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Energy Impact Partners LP (EIP) <\/strong>commits to investing an aggregate amount of up to $30 million in the energy storage sector.\u00a0 EIP and its utility partners, Southern Company, National Grid and Xcel are also announcing the launch of a multi-utility working group to assess innovation and investment opportunities in the energy storage sector.<\/li>\n<li><strong>EnerNOC <\/strong>commits to piloting Green Button Connect My Data by the end of 2016.\u00a0 This standard has the potential to automate data collection and facilitate the delivery of Energy Intelligence Software and demand response to a broader customer base.\u00a0 EnerNOC is also committing to leverage accessible smart meter data in order to scale its operations, optimize its demand response portfolio, facilitate the integration of renewable energy resources, and support efficient and reliable grid operations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hannon Armstrong <\/strong>commits to invest up to $100 million in commercial scale, proven battery-based energy storage projects by 2017.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ice Energy <\/strong>announces the launch of a new ice-based home cooling system based on the company\u2019s ice battery for commercial and industrial AC systems.\u00a0 Ice Energy\u2019s home cooling system is intended to replace the conventional home AC compressor and can cool a home for 4 hours without using any electricity to create cooling, thereby removing AC load during peak hours and reducing peak demand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Invenergy <\/strong>commits to double its total deployment of advanced energy storage from 68 MW in 2015 to 136 MW by 2020.<\/li>\n<li><strong>IPKeys<\/strong> commits to develop and co-fund a pilot for using smart meter data as measurement and verification inputs to various server and end point technologies certified by OpenADR 2.0, the U.S. Smart Grid standard supported by DOE and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Microsoft and Primus Power <\/strong>announce a pilot program to advance energy storage at Microsoft\u2019s datacenters globally. The program will be carried out in collaboration with NRG Energy, the University of Texas at San Antonio, and battery technology providers including Primus Power.\u00a0 Microsoft&#8217;s global operations purchase approximately 3,500 GWh of electricity per year, 100% of which is met with renewable energy.\u00a0 This new initiative will test storage technologies that use batteries to act as grid resources to improve reliability, energy efficiency and usability of renewable energy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Opower <\/strong>commits to leverage smart meter data to scale its behavioral demand response operations to 200,000 additional households and drive $1 million in additional customer benefits over the next year.\u00a0 These programs will enhance customer awareness around the importance of peak load management and support more efficient and reliable grid operations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>RES Americas <\/strong>commits to deploying 450MW of new energy storage in wholesale and distributed markets for grid stabilization, utility infrastructure, renewables integration, and peak energy\/load shifting applications by 2020.<\/li>\n<li><strong>sonnen, Inc. <\/strong>commits to deploying 20,000 behind-the-meter, distributed commercial and residential energy storage systems in the next three years throughout the United States.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stem <\/strong>commits to deploy energy storage systems for up to 100 commercial facilities totaling 4 MW (16 MWh) in Northern California through an innovative new smart grid program by the end of 2017.\u00a0 These installations will automatically reduce energy bills for these buildings and provide flexible, on-demand energy to strengthen the overall distribution grid.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sunrun <\/strong>commits to expanding its home solar plus energy storage offering from Hawaii to three states within three years, with the goal of deploying storage plus solar in the majority of its systems within five years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>UniEnergy Technologies (UET) <\/strong>commits to expanding tenfold the manufacturing capacity of its factory near Seattle, WA, from 10MW (40MWh) per year today to 100MW (400MWh) per year by 2020.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vaughn Thermal Corporation <\/strong>announces the introduction of a collaborative water heater leasing business model that can effectively remove the first-cost hurdle for homeowners and utilities. The business model provides immediate access to grid-enabled Electric Thermal Storage (ETS) water heaters through participation in a mutually-beneficial, utility-sponsored water heater leasing program.\u00a0 Instead of facing emergency &#8216;out-of-pocket&#8217; replacement costs, the homeowner has the &#8216;least cost&#8217; option of an affordable lease on a long-life, high-efficiency grid-enabled ETS water heater that can be controlled by the local electric utility for the purposes of load management, demand response, and renewable energy storage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2016\/06\/16\/fact-sheet-obama-administration-announces-federal-and-private-sector\">https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2016\/06\/16\/fact-sheet-obama-administration-announces-federal-and-private-sector<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Snider \u00a0&#8211; USA TODAY \u00a0July 15, 2016 President Obama is lending his support to the development of faster, more robust 5G wireless networks. 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