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Lincoln Electric System (LES), the public power utility serving greater Lincoln, Nebraska has set up a microgrid with up to 29 MW of load to serve critical facilities.
Lincoln, Nebraska by Mihai Andritoiu/Shutterstock.com
The cost? Zero.
The microgrid in downtown Lincoln is based around an existing duel-fuel, 29-MW generating unit and a substation and its infrastructure, according to Scott Benson, LES manager of resource and transmission planning.
The project didn’t require any new equipment or a microgrid controller.
“It’s almost ready-made,” he said.
Model for other utilities
The LES microgrid, which became operable in October after key testing, could be a model for other utilities, Benson said. Some utilities may need to make upgrades to create a microgrid using their existing system, but they may already have ready-to-go or nearly complete microgrids, he said.