Oncor Demo Center Tests DG, Storage – and Gives Visitors a Jolt

Oncor Demo Center Tests DG, Storage – and Gives Visitors a Jolt

Jan 19, 2017

by Margarita Fournier; Copyright 2016 by Competitive Assets, LLC.  All rights reserved

On 1/16/17, RTO Insider provided a story about Oncor’s test center near Dallas, where visitors are greeted with a loud “rumble of thunder.” “’We like to give people a little jump … and we’re only running the [sound system at] about 60%,’ Oncor Chief Technology Officer Michael Quinn says with an impish grin. That’s a key part of the experience in the “Immersion Room” at Oncor’s Technology, Demonstration and Education Center (TDEC) on the plains south of Dallas. The facility is a peek into the grid’s future, showcasing almost three dozen vendors and their technologies and testing whether solar power, battery storage, and micro-turbines can be integrated on a small scale to deliver reliable power to consumers.” “The facility has hosted more than 200 tours since opening in April 2015, including three busloads of engineers attending an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers conference. ‘We didn’t expect this to become a tourist destination,’ said Oncor’s Don Clevenger, senior vice president of strategic planning, during the Gulf Coast Power Association’s fall conference in October. It’s Clevenger’s hologram that welcomes visitors to the TDEC with a recorded message.”

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