Resources for Applicants

Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the NY Prize competition are closed. For more information on the competition, see RFP 3044 NY Prize Community Grid Competition [PDF].

NY Prize Community Microgrid Benefit-Cost Analysis Information:

A spreadsheet model will be used to analyze the benefits and costs of establishing community microgrids. The model includes two worksheets that facilitate data entry to the NY Prize applicant study awardees:

White Papers

Community Microgrids: A Guide for Mayors and City Leaders Seeking Clean, Reliable and Locally-Controlled Energy
The 18-page publication provides big-picture insight into the community microgrid trend, as well as specific advice to help municipalities that are considering microgrid development.
A Guide for Mayors and City Leaders Seeking Clean, Reliable and Locally-Controlled Energy
How Reliable is Your Microgrid?
This white paper is an insurer’s perspective on risk drivers for distributed resources.
How Reliable is Your Microgrid [PDF]
Microgrids Integrate Reliability and Renewables
This white paper is by Philip Barton, Microgrid and Advanced Reliability Program Director at Schneider Electric.
Microgrids Integrate Reliability and Renewables [PDF]

Webinars

NY Prize Microgrid Project Finance Webinar - Session #3
This webinar will take place on 4/26/18. Education for potential Stage 3 participants on the process and structure of financing microgrid projects. Document covered:
- Attachment E: Standard Commercial Terms for Project Counterparty Agreements [PDF]
NY Prize Microgrid Project Finance Webinar - Session #2
This webinar took place on 3/30/18. Education for potential Stage 3 participants on the process and structure of financing microgrid projects. View helpful documents covered:
- Microgrid Project Financial Model [XLSX]
- Financial Model Accompanying Notes [DOCX]
- Representative Project Organization Chart [PDF]
NY Prize Microgrid Financing and Developer Experience Informational Webinar
This webinar took place on 2/28/18. Education for potential Stage 3 participants on the process and structure of financing microgrid projects.
- View Webinar Slides [PDF]
An Introduction to Financing Community Microgrids NY Prize + NY Green Bank Webinar
Recording of a 3/3/16 webinar for NY Prize project awardees, municipal officials, project developers, and prospective microgrid developers, investors, and financiers about project financing options for microgrid developments.
- View the NY Prize + NY Green Bank Webinar
- Webinar Presentation [PDF]
Microgrid Benefit-Cost Analysis Webinar
Recording of a 12/2/15 NYSERDA-hosted webinar for Stage 1 Award Winners to answer questions on filling out the cost-benefit analysis questionnaires. A written summary of the session is available here, along with a recording of the webinar and several presentations developed to guide teams in completing the questionnaires.
- View the Microgrid Benefit-Cost Analysis Webinar
- Q&A Webinar Summary [DOC]
- Webinar Overview [PPT]
- Microgrid Questionnaire [PPT]
- Facility Questionnaire [PPT]
- Model Overview [PPT]
Microgrid Competition and Resiliency Study Webinar
Recording of Powering a New Generation of Community Energy: The NY Prize Community Microgrid Competition and Critical Facility Resiliency Study Webinar. This webinar was live on 2/23/15 and the recording is currently available.
http://www.agrion.org/sessions/agrion-int-NY_Prize_Competition_New_Generation_of_Power_with_Microgrids.htm
NY Prize Stage 2 RFP Webinar
Recording of 5/17/16 webinar. Attendees learn about the NY Prize Stage 2 RFP objectives, timing, evaluation criteria and process.
View the NY Prize Stage 2 RFP Webinar
NYS Smart Grid Consortium Webinar
The New York State Smart Grid Consortium is a unique public-private partnership that promotes broad statewide implementation of a safe, secure, and reliable smart grid.
http://nyssmartgrid.com/microgrid/community-microgrid-webinar/

Organizations

Brookhaven National Lab
The Distributed Energy Resources Customer Adoption Model (DER-CAM) is an economic and environmental model of customer DER adoption. This model has been in development at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab since 2000. The objective of the model is to minimize the cost of operating on-site generation and combined heat and power (CHP) systems, either for individual customer sites or a microgrid. For assistance in using the DER-CAM model, contact Robert J. Lofaro, PE Group Leader, Renewable Energy Group Sustainable Energy Technologies Department Brookhaven National Laboratory:
Tel: 631-344-7191
E-mail: lofaro@bnl.gov
http://www.bnl.gov/SET/renewable.php
Clean Energy Group’s Resilient Power Project
This project has identified financing tools that can be used to implement projects that will attract private capital on highly favorable terms, thereby reducing the cost of solar and resilient power installations.
http://www.cleanegroup.org/ceg-resources/resource/financing-for-clean-resilient-power-solutions#.VFflyfnF8t4
Community Microgrid Overview
The Pace Energy and Climate Center’s mission is to protect the earth’s environment through solutions that transform the ways society supplies and consumes energy so as to mitigate climate change, minimize pollution, and enhance society’s resilience against unavoidable climate change.
https://energy.pace.edu/
Microgrid Institute
Microgrid Institute is a collaborative organization that focuses on key issues affecting microgrids and distributed energy assets around the world. Efforts address market development and analysis, regulatory and financial models, and project feasibility and structuring.
http://www.microgridinstitute.org/resources.html
Microgrid Resources Coalition
The Microgrid Resources Coalition is a consortium of leading microgrid owners, operators, developers, suppliers, and investors.
http://www.microgridresources.com/
Performance Excellence in Electricity Renewable (PEER™) Program
Performance Excellence in Electricity Renewable (PEER™) Program The PEER Program is the driving force behind the vision to transform the way power systems are regulated, designed and operated. Modeled after the Leadership in Environment and Energy Design (LEED) program for buildings, PEER is the nation’s first comprehensive, consumer-centric, data-driven system for evaluating power system performance.
http://peer.usgbc.org

Technical Resources

Choosing a Project Consultant
NYSERDA’s FlexTech Program offers a wide range of flexible technical services to help businesses operating in New York State make informed energy decisions. A dedicated team of engineers, technology experts, and energy consultants work with the customers to create a customized assessment that identifies specific opportunities and costs. Customers may work with a NYSERDA FlexTech Consultant or an independent service provider.
FlexTech Program
NYS Microgrid Study and Other Electric Power Delivery Reports
NYSERDA has supported studies and research and development studies on various topics that are detailed in technical reports.
Electric Power Delivery - R&D Technical Reports
Oncor Microgrid and Technology Demonstration and Education Center (TDEC)
The microgrid will improve energy efficiency and power reliability for Oncor customers while maximizing newly installed energy storage and renewable generation. The state-of-the-art facility also includes an integrated demonstration center for Oncor to showcase the microgrid’s advanced capabilities and customer benefits.
Oncor Microgrid and Technology Demonstration and Education Center (TDEC)

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Feasibility Assessment Consultant – Use and Selection
NY Prize Feasibility Assessments may be conducted by a NYSERDA FlexTech Consultant who can help Community participants make informed energy decisions. Alternatively, Community participants may use their own independent consultant to perform the NY Prize Feasibility Assessment.

Assistance with consultant use and selection may be obtained from NYSERDA's Joanna Moore.

FlexTech Consultants with microgrid, distributed generation, combined heat and power, and resiliency experience are listed below:

Flextech Consultants

Firm	Contact Info	Firm Info
Antares Group Inc	James Olmstead p:315-445-2237 jolmsted@antaresgroupinc.com	ANTARES has performed feasibility assessments that include community-based energy projects that involve bioenergy and have assisted clients review campus CHP-based energy projects. ANTARES partners with Electrical Distribution Design (EDD), which specializes in grid modeling and optimization at the level of distribution system design and operation.
ARCADIS	Matt Yonkin p: 518-250-7356 Matthew.Yonkin@arcadis-us.com	ARCADIS has experience with condition assessments, feasibility studies, site master planning, resiliency and hardening studies, design, and implementation of distributed generation sources and electrical infrastructure for campus and multi-building facilities.
Barton & Loguidice	Dean Mason p: 315-457-5200 dmason@bartonandloguidice.com	B&L has provided engineering services for landfill and digester gas fired cogeneration as well as emergency generator projects.
CDH Energy Corporation	Hugh Henderson p: 315-655-1063 hugh@cdhenergy.com	CDH has experience performing feasibility studies related to micro-grids and on-site power generation. CDH also has been operating the economic dispatch system at Burrstone CHP Plant in Utica for more than 5 years. This multi-generator 3.7 MW system provides electrical power to multiple entities including a hospital, a college, and a nursing home.
CHA	Richard Rappa p: 585-262-2640 rrappa@chacompanies.com	CHA has experience performing microgrid feasibility and district energy studies. Services included feasibility study, site master planning, utility provisions, development of energy centers, and micro-grid system modeling.
ERS	Mark D’Antonio p: 978-521-2550 mdantonio@ers-inc.com	ERS provides feasibility and evaluation services for combined heat and power, district energy, renewable power, and microgrids. The full range of microgrid services ranges from evaluation of utility service territories for optimal candidate sites to sizing of generation equipment and optimization of efficiency and demand response on the microgrid.
Genesys Engineering	Stephen Eber p: 914-633-6490 ext. 147 seber@genesysengineering.net	Genesys Engineering has experience with CHP, DER, central plant, and electric distribution feasibility and design, as well as utility master planning.
Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI)	Bill Burke p: (518) 281-9200 william.j.burke@jci.com	JCI has been active in evaluating commercial and institution application of micro-grids, and specifically cogeneration, renewables (primarily solar PV), demand management and distribution.
L&S Energy Services	Dennis Landsberg p: 518-383-9405, ext. 215 dlandsberg@ls-energy.com	L&S Energy Services along with team member Green Energy Corp provides microgrid, combined heat and power, energy storage, renewable generation, load management, and controls technology consulting and evaluation services. The team also has extensive ADG and life cycle cost analysis experience which supports the evaluation of microgrid systems.
O’Brien & Gere Engineers, Inc. (OBG)	Chris Campbell p: 518-724-7254 chris.campbell@obg.com	O’Brien & Gere delivers a wide array of microgrid and community/utility based energy services to clients from municipalities to campus communities and utilities. Our services include feasibility assessments, technology evaluations, and modeling to determine the most economic system wide solution that balances resiliency and efficiency requirements for the large number of stakeholders these systems often serve. O’Brien & Gere’s national experience in the design of utility interconnection, energy storage and distributed generation solutions offers a broad perspective for the design, development and ultimate implementation of microgrid solutions.
Smith Engineering	Travis Smith p: 212-671-2420 tsmith@smith-eng.com	Smith Engineering has experience performing microgrid feasibility studies and designs.
Taitem Engineering, PC	Umit Sirt p: 607-277-1118, ext. 128 usirt@taitem.com	Taitem’s microgrid services integrate expertise in CHP, renewables, energy storage solutions, energy efficiency, demand management, and power delivery engineering. Taitem partners with TRC, which develops microgrid projects including secure communications systems, site assessment, permitting, and utility T&D.
TRC Energy Services	Brian Dattellas p: 212-221-7822, ext. 159 bdattellas@trcsolutions.com	TRC provides microgrid feasibility, planning and design services with expertise in all aspects of microgrid development. From power delivery engineering, energy efficiency, environmental permitting to renewables, energy storage, and communications. TRC’s microgrid team helps build smart and resilient communities.
Waldron Engineering	Stacey Burrus p: 603-772-7153, ext. 133 sburrus@waldron.com	Waldron Engineering has performed microgrid feasibility studies as well as provided microgrid design services.
Willdan Energy Solutions	Frank Evans p: 212-701-7255, ext. 1255 fevans@willdan.com	Willdan’s engineers have experience studying and constructing microgrids as well as combined heat and power systems.

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