An American Success Story
• Over 150 Years in the Utility Business
• Fortune 1000 Company
• 1.4B Annual Revenues
• 5,300 Employees
• The Leading Manufacturer of Water Infrastructure
and Flow Control Products and Services
What is AMI?
Advanced Metering Infrastructure,
is the complete automation of the process of
determining how much electricity has been
used by the customer for any time period
and producing a bill to the customer
for that usage.
How The Process Works
It all begins with power useage…
RF-Thermostat
900 MHz RF
Electric Meter
Electric Meter with Under
the Glass (MIU-LF) Gateway
to RF-Thermostat
Load Management/
Energy Conservation
900 MHz RF
Electric Meter
How The Process Works
Usage data is communicated to the collector and Internet…
NC (Collector)
GSM/GPRS/Broadband/
Private network
How The Process Works
Usage data is then communicated to utility host server
Utility
Host
Server
How The Process Works
Utility host server communicates data to
Third Party Billing software, Cell Phones/PDAs and the web user Interface.
Utility
Host
Server
Third party
billing
software
Web user interface
Cell phone/PDA
How The Process Works
NC (Collector)
GSM/GPRS/Broadband/
Private network
RF-Thermostat
900 MHz RF
Electric Meter
Electric Meter with Under
the Glass (MIU-LF) Gateway
Utility
Host
Third party
billing
to RF-Thermostat
Server
software
Load Management/
Energy Conservation
RF-Thermostat
900 MHz RF
Electric Meter
Cell phone/PDA
Web user interface
Five Major Components of Mi.Net
Five Major Components of Mi.Net
Five Major Components of Mi.Net
Five Major Components of Mi.Net
Five Major Components of Mi.Net
Mi.Net System Components
Mi.Node-E
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Integrated Into Meters From Landis+Gyr
− Integration Into Focus, S4E, and Focus AX In Development
• Features
− Tamper Detection & Notification
− Power Outage Detection/Restoration with Automatic Notification
− Load Profiling, Demand, & TOU Calculations w/Integral Clock
− Power Quality Monitoring – Line Voltage, Blink Count, Outage Count
− Consumption Measurements - +kWh, -kWh, Net kWh, & Added kWh
− Non-Volatile Data Storage, 45D
Two Way Communication
Mi.Net System Components
One Way Communication
Mi.Node-W
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Soft disconnect
Hot Rod
Alarms, and alerts
Leak detection
Revenue protection and fraud detection
Web access for consumers, etc
Meter Right-Sizing
Lithium battery
has 20 year life
Mi.Node
Mi.Node
Mi.Node
Two Way Communication
Mi.Node
Mi.Gate
Mi.Net System Components
Mi.Gate
— Central and Communication Module
Power
• 120 volts AC
− 10W idle
− 15W active
or
• 12 volt DC solar power
Communication
•
Cell, Ethernet, Wi-Fi or Radio
Size and Weight
• 7” x 10” x 3”
• 2.5 Lbs.
Mesh Networking
Engineered routes between nodes
•
Nodes can all connect to each
other via multiple hops
•
Self-healing = very reliable
Star Networking
In a star network environment, communication signals are transmitted from each
meter to the receiver and then to the utility.
Mesh or Star Technology – Mi.Net is both
•
900 MHz Radio Technology
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Stable technology
•
Battery backup
Mi.Net System Components
Mi.Host
— Host server where all the information is processed
• 120 volts AC
Host Server and user Interface
Mi.Host
• Windows SQL Server
• On-demand Two-way Reading
• Hosted or Utility Owned Options
Host Server and user Interface
Mi.Host
• Windows SQL Server
• On-demand Two-way Reading
• Hosted or Utility Owned Options
• Consumption Profiling
• Leak Detection Reports
• Meter Tampering Reports
Host Server and user Interface
Mi.Host
• Windows SQL Server
• On-demand Two-way Reading
• Hosted or Utility Owned Options
• Consumption Profiling
• Leak Detection Reports
• Meter Tampering Reports
• GIS Routing tools and Outage Management
• Time of Use (TOU) billing
• Transfers Appropriate Billing Data
Host Server and user Interface
Mi.Host
• Windows SQL Server
• On-demand Two-way Reading
• Hosted or Utility Owned Options
• Consumption Profiling
• Leak Detection Reports
• Meter Tampering Reports
• GIS Routing tools and Outage Management
• Time of Use (TOU) billing
• Transfers Appropriate Billing Data
• Customer Account Access
• Real-time e-mail and SMS Messages
• Temperature and Precipitation Data
User Interface
Easy Navigation
ALL Meters
User Interface – By Account
Intergrated
CIS Data
On-demand Reads
“to the Meter”
User Interface – Reports
Numerous
Report Formats
On-Line Graphs
to Export to
Excel
GIS Tool – Outage Management
If you click the
Outage tab in
the upper left
corner
GIS Tool – Outage Management
Full Outage list is then shown for sorting and prioritizing work
GIS Tool – Outage Management
Click on an icon
and you can see
address detail
Consumer Home page
Easy Navigation
Linked from Utility
Message from
Utility
Consumer Alerts,
also Emailed
Weather Data
Consumer Settings Page
Consumer
Managed Email
List
Consumer Selected
Units
Consumer
Managed
Thresholds
Consumer Daily Consumption
Year, Month
or Hourly
Consumer
Threshold
Consumer Hourly Consumption
Hosting
Eliminates
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Capital investment costs for Host
Server hardware
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Upfront software costs
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Tasks associated with the
host server
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Town need to monitor & manager
daily operation of the system
Provides a carefree experience
Benefits of Core Functionality
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Re-deploy Meter Reader resources
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Reduce Meter Reader vehicle expense
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Eliminate lost time accidents
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Reduce clerical billing expense
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Reduce meter reading/billing errors
Additional Benefits Obtainable
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On-demand meter readings
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Detect meter tampering
•
Detect meter theft
•
Detect customer outage and duration
•
Remotely reconfigure meter
Benefits Beyond metering
•
Monitor customer and system
loading
•
Real time loading of distribution
equipment
•
Detect customer-owned
generation backfeed into utility
•
Enable logging of power quality
data
•
Correlate load demand with
ambient weather conditions
•
Allow use of advanced tariffs
(TOU)
Benefits for the Consumer
•
Provide real-time electricity
pricing
•
Option to allow demand response
with associated cost saving
•
Allow totalization of physically
remote locations into one bill
•
Opens up various tariff options
Information Access
Web access of meter data by:
Utility
Customer
Empowering Consumers and Utility Personnel
PC
Cell Phone
PDA
Enterprise Resource management
Smart Meters
• Electric, Water, Gas
•Residential
•C & I
Maintenance, Operation
• Power Outage Management
• Tamper Detection
• Remote Hard Disconnect
• Remote Soft Disconnect
• Transformer Loading
Billing Services
• Support for existing
Billing System
• Rate, TOU, Demand
• Virtual Metering
Customer Access
• Remote Thermostat
• Home Display
Support for ISO DR
• Certified Vendor for ISO-NE
•Carried over to NY ISO
Energy Management
• Remote control of
Thermostat
• Remote Control of
any Load
Enterprise Resource Management
• Customer Information System
• Global Information System
• Meter, Transformer
High Bill Complaints
Improve Customer Relations
I called one of our Selectmen after his use was picked out by our variance
report.
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Was able to give specific hours with
high use
•
Blamed us first
•
Blamed kids second
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Blamed wife third
•
After we had the first snow of the year,
I called him the next morning and told him
that his use remained low that night
•
He realized that it was his engine block heaters
from trucks that had previously been garaged
at another location
Improve Customer Relations
Last month high bill complaint
•
Went into his history and asked —
what did you begin doing at 10:00
on January 20th?
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You could see by the look on his
face that he knew what the
problem was. He left, then called
back a few hours later to see if his
use had returned to normal.
Pilot Project
What is it?
Why do it? Test drive before you buy.
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20 Electric meters & Mi.Nodes
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20 Water meters & Mi.Nodes
Gain operational experience with a real
AMI system
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Get comfort with our software & user
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1 Collector
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Hosted Data Collection
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Demonstrate Mi.Net/WiFi compatibility
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Practice use of our Software
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Gain confidence on our communications
interface
scheme
– Meter-Radio-Collector-Host-YOU
Migration Path – Hybrid Solution
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Water AMI (1-way instead of AMI (2-way)
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Electric AMI (2-way)Water data jumps from water meter…
to electric meter…
then to collector…
then to server (host)
Pro — cost savings on water radio module
Con — reduced feature set for water customers
Pop Quiz
What do the following have in common?
• Last
• Fast
• Week
• Weak
• Next
• Text
• Home
• Rome
One LETTER difference, but
VERY different meanings
Extra Credit
What is the difference?
Lower Cost Hybrid AMI System
• AMR Module (Hot Rod) able to communicate with Mi.Node Electric Radio
• Clear Migration Path to AMI
• Allows for “Hybrid” Installations
• Offers Lower Cost Full AMI One Way/ Two Way Deployment
Our Experience
Water Metering
AMR Systems
Electric Metering
AMI Systems
• Our products are deployed in thousands of water and electric utilities
• We have shipped hundreds of thousands of AMR radios
• Our Service Division has installed numerous AMR/AMI systems across the U.S.