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The included items are intended for use in the development of a commercial-scale microgrid and help identify the key actions to be taken during the project planning, design, procurement, and implementation phases.\nAgencies are encouraged to use Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) technical specification resources (\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.energy.gov/femp/technical-specifications-site-solar-photovoltaic-systems\" \u0014Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Technical Specification\u0015s, \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.energy.gov/eere/femp/articles/lithium-ion-battery-storage-technical-specifications\" \u0014Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Technical Specifications\u0015, \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.energy.gov/femp/articles/technical-specifications-site-wind-turbine-installations\" \u0014On-Site Wind Turbine Technical Specifications\u0015, and \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.energy.gov/femp/articles/geothermal-heat-pump-system-technical-specifications\" \u0014Geothermal Heat Pump Technical Specifications\u0015) and relevant checklists (\u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.energy.gov/femp/articles/battery-energy-storage-system-procurement-checklist\" \u0014BESS Procurement Checklist\u0015 and \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.energy.gov/eere/femp/articles/distributed-energy-interconnection-checklist\" \u0014Distributed Energy Interconnection Checklist\u0015) in developing their microgrid projects.\nAbbreviations and Acronyms\nAC\t\talternating current\nAHJ\t\tAuthority Having Jurisdiction\nATO\t\tAuthority to Operate\nBESS\t\tbattery energy storage system\nDC\t\tdirect current\nDER\t\tdistributed energy resource\nEPC\t\tengineering, procurement, and construction\nFEMP\t\tFederal Energy Management Program\nIP\t\tinternet protocol\nO&M\t\toperations and maintenance\nPV\t\tphotovoltaic\nPCC\t\tpoint of common coupling\nRACI\t\tresponsible, accountable, consulted, informed\nRFP\t\trequest for proposal\nSCADA\t\tsupervisory control and data acquisition\nSAT\t\tsystem acceptance test\nUESC\t\tutility energy service contract\nUPS\t\tuninterruptible power supply\nUSC\t\tutility service contract\nMicrogrid Project Scoping and Planning\n\u0003☐\u0004 Define high-level goals and requirements.\nDiscuss the team’s objectives and motivations for developing a microgrid. Common objectives and motivations may include improving resilience for critical site loads, reducing utility costs and/or fuel costs and greenhouse gas emissions, or any combination thereof.\nResilience: This is an important objective for critical facilities, off-grid systems, and/or those facing very frequent power quality/outage issues. Local threats and vulnerabilities will determine the resilience requirements. Vulnerabilities are weaknesses within infrastructure or a system, such as having a single utility point of connection to the site or having operators that are not knowledgeable in operating the microgrid. Threats could be natural, such as a hurricane, or man-made, such as a cyber or physical attack. For microgrid projects, identify and define which threats and vulnerabilities they should be designed to mitigate. Furthermore, identify the microgrid’s requirements (e.g., size of the microgrid system, outage survival duration, and critical loads) based on historical data of utility outages, severe weather threats, and critical loads.\nCost savings: Microgrids can bring potential economic benefits by reducing utility peak demand and/or energy consumption at peak or expensive time-of-use rates. Sites should conduct an analysis of the cost-savings potential, considering the on-site load profile and utility tariff. Sites with large and short-duration peak demands, higher potential for renewable generation, and/or favorable time-of-use tariffs are more likely to be cost-effective.\nDecarbonization: If the facility is served by a utility with a relatively high grid emission intensity, there could be emissions-reduction benefits to installing renewable generation as","cbCailvBDQoPZZoO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailvBDQoPZZoO","docx",617524,19,"English","# Microgrid Project Scoping and Planning\n## Define high-level goals and requirements\n### Resilience\n### Cost savings\n### Decarbonization\n## Identify project team\n## Ensure site staff and agency leadership buy-in\n## Perform data collection","[{\"question\":\"What high-level goals should agencies define during microgrid scoping and planning?\",\"answer\":\"Agencies should define objectives and requirements, commonly including resilience for critical loads, utility and fuel cost reduction, and greenhouse-gas emissions reduction. 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