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Your Power. Your Data. One Wireless Network.
COMMUNICATIONFOR THESMART GRID
Eric MurraySenior VP, Sales Business
Operations Smart Metering West Coast August 2007
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Facing Challenges

• Numerous, Daunting Challenges
• Changing SupplyDemand Balance
• ? Environmental Impact Concerns
• Aging Infrastructure
• Disappearing Knowledge Base
• Evolving Pricing Rules/Expectations
• Complex Regulatory Environment
• Increasing Customer Expectations
• Growing Distributed Device Count
• Varied Data Needs
• Data Mgmt Analysis Critical

Increasingly complexbusiness and technology
environment
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Change Drivers

• Smart Meter Data requirements expanding to
  include all aspects of energy use - consumption
  - demand - power quality - end-use information
  (equipment processes)- voluntary and
  controlled grid - outages and event records -
  billing data - general customer service data
• Inter-relationship of data sets becoming
  increasingly critical
• Timeliness of data dramatically impacts usefulness

Multiple SourcesMultiple UsesDriving Change
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Smart Meter Evolution

• 2000 Wish List
• AMR only Automated Meter Reading
• Dominated by limiting technologies
• Save money via remote, automated meter reads
• Improve reading / billing accuracy
• Identify outages
• Daily data

• Todays Wish List
• All that and moreAMR / AMI
• Demand Response - dynamic pricing / load
  shedding
• Geared to Improving Billing, Regulatory
  Conservation Efforts
• End-User Engagement Conservation, Emissions
• Data Integration with MDM(R) AMI Bus
• Support Multiple Resources electricity, water,
  gas
• Voltage Network Stability Measurements
• Real-Time Communications
• Meter reads, device interactions
• Multi-application functionality- OMS, PQM,CIS,
  remote disconnect
• Surgical deployment
• Regulatory accuracy SAIFI / SAIDI

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Moving Forward

• Develop ways to process and manage electric,
  water, gas data.
• Expand customer interactions communicate more
  frequently on increasingly complex issues
  (relevant).
• Perform more meaningful and complex analyses to
  predict network asset performance.
• Accurately anticipate changes in demand to
  optimize price margins and keep pace with load
  growth.
• BUT THATS JUST THE BEGINNING

Need to embrace proactive business practices to
streamline operations improve efficiency.
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Smart Meter Essentials

• What Makes a Meter Smart?
• Interval measurements what was consumed and
  when
• Automatically transmits data no manual reads
• Capable of two-way communications listens
  talks
• Over the Air Reconfiguration
• What Makes it a Smart Network?
• Scaleable capacity as applications grow
• Multiple applications, running simultaneously
• Supports device interaction asset synergy
• Delivers operational enhancements
• Enables other applications through data
• Evolves as Drivers Change (Evergreen)

Defined a meter thatcan intelligently measure
electric, gas or water consumption and interact
within a Smart Network.
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Point-of-Sale ParadigmThe Cash Register isnt
an Isolated Device

• Wal-Mart revolutionized retail- Point-of-Sale
  data collection - Take costs out of supply chain
  for Just-in-Time purchasing
• Collected data and distribute to multiple
  stakeholders- warehouse / inventory control-
  purchasing- accounts payable / receivable-
  marketing consumer profiles- shipping
• Became essential decision making tool for
  multiple stakeholders
• Made it possible to tightly control operations -
  access to real-time data

Balanced. Simplified.Synchronized.
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New View

• Leverage Smart Meters to collect a full range of
  data
• Distribute to stakeholders within the
  organization
• real time for critical situations
• broad based for operations customer service
• post mortem for analysis optimization
• warehoused for reporting regulatory purposes
• Support advanced services
• prepaid billing
• load control optimization
• dynamic pricing
• network optimization
• distributed generation
• web presentment
• medical alerts
• Evolve to Smart Grid Applications

Optimize Information.
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Chatham-Kent Hydro

• Goals
• Full, two-way communication to support critical
  peak pricing, real-time outage, and customer
  signaling
• Validate impact of Smart Metering
• Multi-commodity electric, water gas
• Engage end-users in Conservation efforts

• Results
• Smart Metering program runs at 40 Ontario
  Energy Boards estimated cost
• Interfaces between TUNet and billing, CIS, and
  MDM/R
• Future plans for OMS, GIS, and SCADA
• Online usage presentment via web 6 net
  reduction in customer heating bills
• Operational improvements from automated real-time
  voltage monitoring, outage/restoration reporting
• More accurate readings on customer moves, and
  verification that service is restored after
  outages
• Now deploying load management as an integral
  solution in pilot mode to learn how to engage
  end-users in conservation efforts.

• Profile
• Based in Southern Ontario
• Local Distribution Company
• 32,000 residential 450 CI customers
• Leader in provincial Smart Metering initiative
  full AMR by 2007
• 1800 sq. mile (4800 sq. km) service area
• 22 substations CK Hydro Middlesex

Winner 2006 Utility Planning Network Best
Metering Data Integration Initiative
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Saint John Energy

• Goals
• Stabilize costs energy consumption
• Introduce advanced metering and establish
  backbone network to support dynamic pricing and
  load control
• Rapid deployment freedom to install anywhere in
  service territory

• Results
• Private utility RF communications network
  provides reliability, cost stability and no
  unexpected rate increases
• Single radio tower enables SJE to place smart
  meters anywhere within service area targeted 40
  distinct locations / demographics
• Reliable communications during critical events
• More accurate SAIDI / SAIFI reports
• System for cost labor saving programs-
  virtual disconnect / reconnect- shortened
  billing cycles- line loss location- improved
  load factor
• Easy economical expansion of TUNet to include
  load management, interval billing and water
  metering.

• Profile
• Based in Saint John, New Brunswick
• 35,000 customer municipal utility
• Frequently hit by North Atlantic gales ice
  storms
• 125 sq. mile service area (323 sq. km)
• 13 substations / 75 distribution feeders

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TUNet Simple Infrastructure

• Two-way, real-time data communications for
  electric, gas water utilities
• Long-range 220 MHz WAN provides nominal range of
  16 miles (25 km) urban, rural challenging
  areas
• Multiple radio channels provide room for growth
  high density and low density metering / advanced
  services including DA
• Other communications options include cellular and
  Ethernet networks
• 900 MHz LAN interconnects local network
  multiple meters communicate with Sharkfin
• Suitable for residential, apartment, and
  commercial industrial accounts as well as with
  distribution infrastructure

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Wireless Hybrid Networks

• Flexible System Design
• Design in Contingencies
• Surgical Deployment ? Improved NPV
• Scaleable to Meet Future Needs
• Expand as Applications Added
• Add Capacity as Access Frequency ?s
• Service Area Coverage
• Supports Multiple Commodity Connection (W,G,E,P)
• Rapid WAN Coverage Assurance Prioritization
• Connection Redundancy at All Levels
• Self-authenticating, Self-healing Network
• Multiple Paths to Network Server
• Future WAN Network Options
• Ease of Deployment
• Single Endpoint skus by Application
• Simple Coverage Validation
• Relevant Data Delivery
• Ability to Prioritize Data Delivery
• Data Independent of Power System Operation

Its about identifyingthe root cause!
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Whats Next

• Smart meters are quickly becoming the standard
  for metering.
• Smart Grid becoming less about individual
  applications, and more about interoperability.
• Main focus is providing relevant information into
  the organization, not collecting data.
• Enable automated activities
• Drive/support new applications
• Regulation and Market driving other application
  requirements.
• Networks trending toward fixed (RF)- easier
  connection water, gas, electric- next
  challenges like DG also require stand-off
  connection- not limited by capacity, network
  performance, etc
• No one-size-fits all solutions, but some better
  suited than others for smart metering

Multiple SourcesMultiple UsesDriving Change
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Your Power. Your Data. One Wireless Network.
www.tantalus.com Eric MurraySenior Vice
PresidentSales Business Developmentemurray_at_t
antalus.com
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