History of the Galvin Electricity Initiative
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Pillars of Transformation |
April 2005
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Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking |
July 2005 |
“Transforming Electricity Service, Reliability and Value for the 21st Century”: Work Plan Summary for the Galvin Electricity Initiative developed and published.
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Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking |
June 2006 |
The Galvin Electricity Initiative initial Microgrid Workshop was held in Chicago and attended by industry leaders to engage the microgrid and related technology community with the Galvin Electricity Initiative.
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Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking |
November 2006 |
Development of Master-Controller Requirements and Specification for Perfect Power Systems as defined by the Galvin Electricity Initiative.
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Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking |
October 2007 |
The Galvin Electricity Initiative worked with the Illinois Institute of Technology on a Perfect Power System design for the University’s campus. |
Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking
Build prototypes that demonstrate the possibilities
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December 2007 |
In New Mexico, the Initiative designed a Perfect Power System for Mesa del Sol, a mixed-use community built on a 20-square-mile parcel of land on the edge of Albuquerque. |
Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking
Build prototypes that demonstrate the possibilities |
September 2008 |
Published by McGraw-Hill and widely distributed, the Perfect Power Book co-authored by Bob Galvin and Kurt Yeager, entitled “PERFECT POWER: How the Microgrid Revolution Will Unleash Cleaner, Greener, and More Abundant Energy”. Book was launched at the Washington, D.C. National Press Club 9/23/08.
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Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking |
July 2010 |
Galvin Electricity Initiative published and distributed the Digest, “An Electric Revolution, Reforming Monopolies, Reinventing the Grid and Giving Power to the People”.
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Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking |
May 2011 |
The Perfect Power Seal of Approval (PPSoA) was released by the Galvin Electricity Initiative. The PPSoA was developed to measure and improve efficacy of smart grid programs throughout the country.
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Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking |
October 2011 |
The Galvin Electricity Initiative completed and published the “Declaration of Perfect Power Transformation”, A Declaration Calling for the Transformation of the Electricity System To Empower Consumers, Enable Innovators and Reshape the Regulatory Compact and to be used as a basis for national electricity quality transformation legislation.
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Leverage quality methods and unconventional thinking |
September 2012 |
PEER is the nation’s first comprehensive, consumer-centric, data-driven system for evaluating power system performance and is modeled after LEED.
PEER is the culmination of all of the Galvin Electricity Initiative efforts providing a learning system to help electricity stakeholders build the capability to innovate and drive system transformation |
Improve performance measures and pursue perfection or the upper limit |
