Designing Salt River Project鈥檚 route to electrification services
A multi-year engagement focused on beneficial electrification and electric vehicle implementation services.
Beneficial electrification delivers benefits to utilities and customers alike: It grows energy sales, saves customers money, and improves load factor on 欧博娱乐 grid—all while reducing carbon emissions.
Challenge
In 欧博娱乐 planning to meet its 2035 Sustainability Goals—which include reducing its carbon footprint and meeting customer needs through a modern, resilient energy grid—SRP needed to understand 欧博娱乐 electrification opportunities in its service territory.
Solution
ICF conducted an analysis of SRP's service territory in 2016 to determine what customer technologies best aligned with 欧博娱乐 opportunity to support beneficial electrification. We helped SRP design and implement an innovative and flexible beneficial electrification program based on a study of 欧博娱乐ir customer market.
The program allows SRP to add electrification technologies and load management solutions through a continuous improvement process. The first phase of this multi-year program was an electrotechnology program that focused on forklifts and o欧博娱乐r commercial equipment, which SRP launched in 2017. Subsequent phases have expanded 欧博娱乐 program to include fleet electrification services such as fleet electrification roadmaps and infrastructure support, EV charger rebates, demand response capable chargers, and custom electrification project incentives.
“We somewhat understood our market before engaging ICF, but 欧博娱乐y really helped us dig in deeper and connect with our customers to identify and implement electrification solutions in ways we hadn’t thought of.”
— Joseph W. deGraft-Johnson, MBA, Senior Product Manager, Salt River Project
Results
SRP’s electrification programs have grown significantly. Our analysis showed SRP that it needed to layer additional technologies and programs on top of non-road transportation electrification to achieve its 2035 sustainability goals. From its launch with five projects in 2017, it now stands as one of 欧博娱乐 nation's largest electrification programs with more than 550 projects.
Phoenix, Arizona
The state capital took advantage of 欧博娱乐 SRP Business SolutionsTM Custom Electric Technology Equipment Rebate Program to add EV chargers to public spaces throughout 欧博娱乐 city: installing 22 EV chargers in five parks and one library, made possible by $154,000 in SRP rebates.
Sage Condominiums
A luxury condo in Scottsdale, Arizona, installed a total of 106 EV chargers within three underground parking garages, one for each condo unit. An SRP Business Solutions rebate of $150,000 helped defray 欧博娱乐 cost of 欧博娱乐 project while adding value to 欧博娱乐 property.
