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Benefit Anlaysis of Energy Storage for Cordova Electric Cooperative

Schenkman, Benjamin L.; Vandermeer, Jeremy B.; Mueller-Stoffels, Marc M.; Koplin, Clay K.; Benson, Cole B.

This report is a follow on to a previous study performed by Sandia National Labs and Alaska Center for Energy and Power which investigated the use of an energy storage system (ESS) providing spinning reserve within the Cordova Electric Cooperative (CEC) grid. The study provided the savings using the ESS as spinning reserve through reduced fossil fuel consumption and runtime on the diesel generators. In this report, the saving values are used from the previous study to determine the benefit-to- cost ratio for various ratings of ESS performing spinning reserve and quantifying other applications that are applicable to CEC.