Moving Beyond AMI with the
Internet of Things
Paul Nelsen
Senior Director, Smartgrid Solutions APAC
A CHANGING
LANDSCAPE
Increasing
Demand
Rising Fuel
Costs
New Energy
Sources
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“A Smart Grid is an electricity network that can intelligently integrate the actions
of all users connected to it – generators, consumers and those that do both – in
order to efficiently deliver sustainable, economic and secure electricity supplies.”
Source: The European Technology Platform Smart Grid (ETPSG)
The previous generation of Advanced
Metering Infrastructure does two things very
well: measures and communicates.
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Outage Response
THE BENEFITS OF
FIRST GENERATION AMI
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Reduced cost of field operations
Enables flexible energy rate structures
Customer engagement for energy savings
Annual Benefit per Customer
25
Energy Savings
20
Demand Response
15
Capital Avoidance /
TLM
10
Revenue Assurance
5
Customer Service
Benefits
0
AMR
AMI
Meter Reading
Benefits
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THE LIMITATIONS
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Benefits primarily focused on “meter to cash”
Data is still returned to central systems for
analysis and action
Response times are better, but still dependent
on human intervention
Operational and Safety benefits are limited by
lack of integration to operational systems
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AMI 1.0
• Lots of meters sending lots of data back
• Value creation largely focused on meter to cash business
process
Smart Grid 1.0
• Collecting non-revenue data, beginning to utilize the data for
distribution side benefits, value-added services, etc.
• Application of analytics in utility back office
Smart Grid 2.0
• Coordinated analysis and action to the edge of the network
and endpoint
• Interoperation of diverse grid devices/assets
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50
Volt/Var
THE BENEFITS OF
Smart Grid 2.0…
ANNUAL BENEFITS PER CUSTOMER
45
CVR
40
35
Predictive Outage
30
Outage Response
25
Energy Savings
20
Demand Response
15
Capital Avoidance /
TLM
Revenue Assurance
10
5
0
AMR
AMI
Smart Grid
Customer Service
Benefits
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EVOLUTION OF THE IOT UNLOCKS THESE
BENEFITS
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Standards Enabled Interoperability
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IEEE 802.15.4/4e/4g (RF link) (2012)
IEEE 1901.2 (narrowband PLC) (2013)
IEEE 802.1x (for authentication - EAPOL)
IETF RPL routing protocol
IETF IPv6 networking protocols
IETF EAP-TLS
Extensions to standards to fill technology gaps
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Computing Power at the Edge
• An iPhone or PC on every meter and grid device?
• A unified software platform running multiple apps,
protocols
New Communication Capabilities
New Technology Options
• Multi-modulation, multi-media, peer-to-peer, local
broadcast
• The intelligence to choose among them
Locational Awareness
• On the distribution system (feeder, phase,
transformer, other meters, etc.)
• Continuously and intelligently updating
Multilingualism
• Support for multiple communication and application
protocols
• Smart metering, DA, Load Control/DR, HAN
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The smart grid becomes an IOT network populated with
devices that not only measure and communicate, but
make decisions and take action in real time.
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Intelligent meters and sensors positioned
throughout the system, enabling efficiency,
conservation and cost-effective balancing of supply
and demand
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Location-aware devices detect and identify
equipment problems or safety concerns, as well as
provide accurate, timely information for events like
outages and leaks
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Provide businesses and consumers with detailed
consumption information, enabling them to become
more resourceful about their energy and water
consumption
Welcome to the active Smart grid.
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Itron® Riva™
Now true intelligence can be
found throughout any
network, not only on the
computers and hard drives
back at the office. Itron Riva
is a revolutionary sensing
and communications platform
for the Internet of Things.
Pushing Intelligence
to the Edge
Itron Riva makes an
entire network visible by
putting computing power
and adaptive
communications in field
devices. Now Information
can be analyzed and
acted upon immediately.
Instant Results
With real-time
communication between
devices, they can actually
work together –
automatically – to decide
how information is
efficiently applied.
Adaptive
Communications
Technology
This breakthrough
platform can even be
customized with
applications that live
within field devices,
allowing a wide variety of
networks – utility and
otherwise – to save time,
resources and money.
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Adaptive Communications Technology
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Single network solution incorporates two
communications technologies -RF and PLC - on
the same chip set
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Continuously monitors network for most reliable
and fastest communication path
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Network dynamically self-selects best
communication path, from available media and
modulation schemes
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Assured connectivity at highest available speed
Performance to support applications beyond
smart metering (i.e. smart grid, smart cities
applications)
RF Mesh
Power
Line
Carrier
(PLC)
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Solves Key Connectivity Challenges
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Simplified, zero-touch deployment
Maximizes network coverage minimizes
mitigation
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SINGLE MEDIA
10%
More options for connection (RF or PLC depending on
best path)
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Assured connectivity at highest possible speed
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Dynamic link (RF/PLC), modulation and data rate
selection
ADAPTIVE
COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY
Cost / Difficulty
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Cost / Difficulty
Adaptive Communications Technology Benefits
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
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SMART ENERGY
AND WATER
Together can make
a smart city.
Beyond utility infrastructure, the active
grid network can integrate once
disparate systems, such as traffic
control, emergency response and
other municipal systems to create
more resourceful communities.
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BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.
As cities around the world face aging infrastructure,
growing urban populations, government mandates and
shrinking budgets, managing energy and water is critical
to ongoing economic prosperity and social well being.
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THANK YOU
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