中国储能网讯：在智能电网联盟”(GridWise Alliance)今年11月份发布的美国2017年电网现代化指数中排名中，加利福尼亚州排名最高，雄居榜首。伊利诺伊州排名第二，德克萨斯州排名第三。马里兰州和俄勒冈州分别排名第四和第五。亚利桑那州、华盛顿特区、纽约州、内华达州以及特拉华州分别排名前六到前十位。

电网现代化是指智能电网联盟根据电网的现代化程度，对美国所有50个州和哥伦比亚特区进行的评估和排名。

智能电网联盟首席执行官Steve Hauser表示：“我们很高兴为我们的电网现代化指数提供这个更新的排名，我们致力于与所有电力行业利益相关者合作，为国家和地方层面的重大决策提供信息，其中包括清洁能源，能源存储，电动汽车和其他电网相关技术成本下降，电网现代化活动拓展等方面事项。”

GMI-4基准规定了广泛的电网现代化政策、投资和活动，并提供了有关的国家政策和法规，客户参与和公用事业投资之间在电网现代化方面的一些关系和联系的见解。这个最新的指数排名再次表明，美国各州都正在努力解决与电网现代化相关的问题。

随着现代化步伐的加快，公用事业部门将继续优先考虑可靠性和成本效益，同时寻找融合新技术的有效途径。这些系统越来越多地部署在有意义的地方，从而提高了现有资产的利用率，提高了系统效率和恢复能力，降低了环境影响。

Centerpoint能源公司首席执行官兼智能电网联盟主席Scott Prochazka说：“我们从最近所发生的飓风和野火中看到对电网运行的严重影响，这凸显了重视电网现代化的必要性。电网对于经济的成功至关重要，虽然美国各州都面临着自己独特的挑战，但都必须应对不断变化的能源格局和客户需求。”

该指数提供了七个关键要点，为快速现代化的电网提供经验教训和最佳实践。内容包括：

•电网现代化建设步伐加快，特别是在政策方面。

•最近的飓风和其他极端天气事件，以及人为造成的网络安全和人身安全威胁，使人们关注电网的弹性。

•美国一些州继续向全面电网现代化迈进。

•其他各州正在开始自己的电网现代化工作。

•一些早期的推动者可能会看到他们的发展势头缓慢，特别是在电网运营方面。

•公用事业部门正在优先努力满足客户的更多选择和管理自身能源使用的需求。

•美国各州、城市和企业的清洁能源目标正在推动公用事业的发展，以适应分布式能源（DER）的快速增长。

2017 Grid Modernisation Index rankings

3 December 2017

California is the highest-ranked state in the 2017 Grid Modernisation Index, published by the Gridwise Alliance in November.

California has a nine-point lead over second-place Illinois, while Texas ranks third. Maryland and Oregon rank fourth and fifth respectively. Rounding out the top ten are Arizona, Washington, DC, New York, Nevada, and Delaware.

The Index assesses and ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia based upon the degree to which they are moving toward a modernized electric grid.

"We are pleased to provide this update to our Grid Modernization Index," said Steve Hauser, CEO of the GridWise Alliance. "The Alliance is committed to working with all electric industry stakeholders to inform key decisions being made at the state and local level as clean energy, energy storage, EV, and other grid-related technology costs decline, and grid modernization activities expand."

GMI-4 benchmarks states on a wide range of grid modernization policies, investments, and activities, and provides insights into some of the relationships and connections between state policies and regulations, customer engagement, and utility investments in modernizing the grid. This latest Index edition shows once again that more states than ever are working to address grid modernization related issues.

As the pace of activities has increased, utilities have continued to prioritize reliability and cost-effectiveness while finding effective ways to integrate new technologies. These systems are increasingly being deployed where and when it makes sense, resulting in higher utilization of existing assets, greater system efficiency and resilience, and lower environmental impact.

"The recent serious impacts we've seen from major storms and wildfires underscores the need to take grid modernization very seriously," said Scott Prochazka, CEO of Centerpoint Energy and Chairman of the GridWise Alliance. "The electricity grid is essential to the success of our economy and while each state faces its own unique challenges, it is imperative for states to address both changing energy landscapes and customer needs."

The Index offers Seven Key Takeaways, providing lessons and best practices for a rapidly modernizing grid. Takeaways include:

the pace of grid modernization efforts has accelerated, particularly on the policy front;

recent hurricanes and other extreme weather events, as well as human-caused cybersecurity and physical security threats, are focusing attention on grid resilience;

leading states continue to make progress toward comprehensive grid modernization;

many states are just beginning their own grid modernization efforts;

some of the early movers may be seeing their momentum slow, particularly in the Grid Operations category;

utilities are prioritizing efforts to address customer demands for greater choice and the capability to manage their own energy usage; and

clean energy targets by states, cities, and corporations are driving utility efforts to accommodate rapid growth in DERs.

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