Maureen TrumbleJack Hobbick

 

AMI – Providing the Smart Grid Foundation

                                                               

• Project Objectives• Functionality• Requirements• Architecture

AGENDA

• Enhance the customer experience • Enable demand response / load

management• Reduce operating costs• Invest in the utility with minimal

impact on the customer bills• Enable Smart Grid

Project Objectives

Customer Outage Detection

Demand ResponseTheft ID

Remote TFTN

Remote Meter Programming

Load Control

Price Signals

sent to Customer

New Rate

DesignAMR

AutomatedMeter Reads

AMR Capability+

AMI

Smart GridAMI Capability+

Remote detection

Central and distributed analysis

Correction of disturbances

on the grid

Optimizes grid assets

Hourly RemoteMeter Reads

Customer Voltage Measurement

Load Profiling

Functionality

AMR

1 Read / MonthLast GaspOutage reports

On DemandReads and Control

Hourly Reads

1 / Day

AMI

Smart Grid

AMI Capability+

Even finer resolution data

potentially approaching SCADA

of 10 seconds or less

Ability to interface multiple

protocols and devices

Requirements

15 Min Reads

1 / Day

Field Architecture

DA, OMS, DRAACS, etc.

AMI Work

Management

Customer

Billing

DA

Customer

Billing

Work Management

MDM

Existing Systems

Current Industry IT Strategy

Critical Infrastructure ???

DA, OMS, DRAACS, etc.

AMI

Work Management

Customer

Billing

AMI

EXTENSION

SOA

INTERFACE

Critical Infrastructure

Shed More than 300MW ???

NERC – CIP

METER

&

GRID

HISTORIAN

Consumers IT Strategy

METER

&

GRID

HISTORIAN

SCADA RTUs

Enterprise Application Suite