The SPIDERS (Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for Energy Reliability and Security) program developed and demonstrated secure microgrid technologies to increase energy security and mission assurance for military installations. Phase 1 tested a circuit-level microgrid at Hickam AFB incorporating renewables, diesel generators, and energy storage. Phase 2 expanded this to a larger smart microgrid with vehicle-to-grid storage at Ft. Carson. Phase 3 implemented an entire installation cybersecure smart microgrid with battery storage and islanding capability at Camp Smith. The program developed technologies, lessons learned, and guidance to transition microgrid capabilities to other military facilities and support critical infrastructure resilience.

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Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for
Energy Reliability and Security (SPIDERS) Lessons
and Observations
EPRI-Sandia Symposium on Secure and Resilient
Microgrids
29 AUG 16
Harold R Sanborn, ERDC-CERL

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SPIDERS Overview and Objectives
Program Objectives:
- Energy Security (measured by off-grid mission endurance)*
- Increase Renewable Energy Contribution during contingency
- Reduce Environmental Impact of Facility Operations
- Increase Cyber Security of Facility Operations
Remember, in DoD its “Mission Assurance”

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Operational Benefits of SPIDERS?
• Operational Visibility - Significant Energy System Visibility and
Control via secure, real-time HMI/GUI
• Operational Flexibility - Isolation of critical operations and
optimization to maximize off-grid mission endurance for
contingencies. Economic opportunities: demand response, V2G,
storage, & power factor correction
• Operational Redundancy - Critical energy stakeholders/
tenants supported with redundant generation assets
• Operational Sustainability - Cleaner, EPA Certified generation is
controlled using state-of-the art distributed controls and energy
storage to improve system efficiency

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SPIDERS Good Design Protocols
• Minimize/improve existing infrastructure and maximize use
of functional assets, upgrade where necessary
• Avoid complexity where possible, reduce failure points
• Minimize disruptions for installation operations during
construction and testing (tough to do and coordinate)
• “N+1” generation redundancy for critical operations
• Do No Harm: Built in fail safe modes revert to traditional
(facility-dedicated) back up power operations
• Built for future expansion

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SPIDERS Phase 1 “Key Results”
– Nearly 30% fuel savings: Seamless design parallels to
commercial grid when the micro-grid reconnects to utility power
(no interruption to the critical load during testing, reduced O&M
impact to mission)
– Power export during loaded generator testing: over 1MW net
export - effectively “slowing the meter” during monthly
generator testing (could be applied in future to support utility
demand response).
– Successful fully loaded black start operation with out use of
energy storage flow battery
– Paralleling and synchronization of diesel generators over
fiber over multiple distribution busses

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SPIDERS Phase 2 “Key Results”
– Serves multiple critical mission buildings with distributed
generation
– Developed bi-directional PEV charging and integration to
provide energy storage and VARS support, grid services, PF
Correction and ancillary services for economic benefit
– Sustained large contributions of renewable energy
integration
– Improved cyber security architecture with enclave based
protection scheme busses

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SPIDERS Camp Smith
• SPIDERS Camp Smith – the BETA Template for
Emergency Generation Synchronization/Optimization
• NAVY CYBER – First of class
• NAVFAC owns and will operate – policy adapts to
reality
• SPIDERS Camp Smith represents many “firsts”
– First DoD Installation Scale Microgrid
– “ “ OSD/COCOM sponsored Microgrid
– “ “ DoD Microgrid with EPA Tier 4I Generation (going beyond emergencies)
– “ “ Microgrid with Blinkless Energy Storage
– “ “ fully DoD IA accredited Microgrid with rigorous cyber experimentation
– “ ” first installation JCTD to combine R&D and MILCON Investments
•Camp Smith DEMO

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Good News (listen carefully)
• Acquisition Excellence – combining MILCON and RDTE
– Having KO’s and Lawyers on board early
• Trust me, this was lucky and smart
• Floods, Fires, Furloughs/Sequestration, Joint Service Equities
• Real Property vs Demonstration (Carson/Camp Smith)
• Believe what you see – if it was perfect…it wasn’t that good
• Commissioning – infrastructure whack a mole!
• Understand complex electricity wants to ruin your day

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Questions?

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Smart Power Infrastructure for Energy
Reliability and Security (SPIDERS)
Operational Problem:
• The ability of today’s warfighter to command, control, deploy, and
sustain forces is adversely impacted by a fragile, aging, and fossil fuel
dependent electricity grid, posing a significant threat to national
security.
Transition:
• CONOPS, microgrid design, technology assessment data, training plans,
lessons learned, guidance on system interfaces, unified facilities criteria,
energy mgmt control system, ICS cyber security, residual equipment will
transition to each military facility and will be shared with DHS, DOE, Industry
Specifics:
• Phase 1 (Jul 2011-Jan 2013): Circuit Level Micro-Grid Demo - Hickam
AFB, HI. Incorporate existing renewables, diesel generators and energy
storage. Validate cyber security strategy on SCADA .
• Phase 2 (June 2012-Oct 2013): Larger smart micro-grid with cyber
defense and vehicle-to-grid storage leverage - Ft Carson, CO.
• Phase 3 (MAY 2014-Sept 2015): Entire installation cyber secure smart
micro-grid with battery storage & islanding capability - Camp Smith, HI.
Technologies:
• Industrial Control System (ICS) Cyber Security Enclave
• Smart Grid technologies & blinkless generation
• Secure microgrid generation & distribution (i.e. generators, switches)
• Integrating distributed & intermittent renewables (photovoltaic, wind)
• Demand-side management (i.e. energy management control system)
• Redundant back-up power and storage systems (i.e. battery)
Requirement:
• Protect task critical assets (TCAs) from loss of power due to cyber attack
or utility interruption
• Integrate renewable and other distributed generation electricity to
power TCAs in times of emergency
• Sustain operations during prolonged power outages - extend endurance
• Manage installation power/consumption – Optimize for conditions
• Develop business case metrics, lessons learned, acquisition insights and
provide platform for evaluating smart grid systems on military
installations
Competing Technology:
• Renewables disabled/useless when grid goes down – common problem
• Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) industrial control
systems, expanding network engagement w/o C2 network
COCOM Sponsor: PACOM and NORTHCOM; OE: Ms. Lenny Lopez XM: NAVFAC EXWC TM: ERDC-CERL, Tarek Abdallah
1 Energy Conservation Investment Program (ECIP) Military Construction
2 Rapid Innovation Funds for Government Furnished Equipment (Generation/Storage, Controllers)
Funding ($K) FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 TOTAL
Army 1,500 1,120 0 330 0 2,950
Navy 1,000 796 204 0 0 2,000
OSD (I&E)1 8,090 3,100 0 7,960 0 19,150
PACOM 0 0 380 0 0 380
NORTHCOM 0 0 0 150 0 150
DOE 4,500 2,500 1,500 500 0 9,000
DHS (S&T) 0 0 0 100 0 100
RIF2 0 0 6,678 0 0 6,678
OSD/JCTD 4,421 1,584 600 1,175 300 8,080
TOTAL 19,511 9,100 9,362 9,735 300 48,448

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The SPIDERS Notional Concept
The SPIDERS Notional Design Concept is a representative model of the SPIDERS
system to used to help conceptualize design principles and system operations
A notional microgrid model incorporates features similar to the fielded SPIDERS microgrid. This diagram depicts the buildings acting
as (consumers) loads on the system, a loss of primary utility power, diesel generators supplying power to the microgrid, as well as
renewable energy from PV and stored energy