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Electricity Consumption in the Region is
growing at 7-10% per annum (2x by 2020),
driven by:
The world’s highest per capita consumption
Population growth
Increased regional development and prosperity
Dramatic seasonal and daily demand variations
Strong regulations and high service standards
Difficulty and Cost of increased production
For Oil & Gas producers, the real cost is
revenue loss and reduced reserves
Strong Desire to be Environmentally
Friendly
Focus on Renewable Technologies and
Sustainability
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Extra High
Voltage
High
Voltage Low Voltage
Distribution Transmission
Rural Network
City Network
Industrial Customers Industrial
Power Plant
Wind
Farm
Nuclear Power
Plant
Oil/Gas
Power Plant
Retail Operations Generation
Solar
Farm
Regional Smart Grid Priorities Understanding Demand
Consumer and commercial meter reading
Measuring hourly or sub-hourly consumption patterns
Automatic Control Remote meter read/ connect/ disconnect
Distribution SCADA Management, near
real time Outage and Load Management, etc.
Improving Operational Efficiency Access to real time operational data
Improving response times
Reducing manpower and costs
Accurate and reliable billing and revenue collection
Enhancing Customer Satisfaction
Maintain Security
Cost Effectiveness
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Distribution Area Network Core Utility Network
Distribution
System
Transmission System
Power Plant
Core Utility
Systems
Redundant Ring fibre architecture
Connects high and medium voltage substations
High security mesh Bridges for SCADA connection in LV substations (where fibre not available)
Sub-GHz NAN Mesh APs connected to fibre/ wireless/ cellular backhaul
Lamppost/ substation-mounted Access Points and Repeaters
Meters with built-in comms modules connect to NAN mesh
Total redundancy at all comms layers
Fiber, copper infrastructure connecting utility operational systems
Corp. Office
Neighborhood Area Network
BRIDGE
BRIDGE
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City Wide Guaranteed
Connectivity – Chicago, IL
Sub-GHz wireless effectively penetrates structures
Meters, repeaters, access points mesh inside and outside buildings
Self-forming, self-healing M2M optimised wireless infrastructure
>99% reliable connectivity at 100 - 300Kbps
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Proven Performance Track Record
Celebrating a decade of success
The leader in open energy networks
Global reach
17M Silver Spring-enabled devices
delivered
The broadest ecosystem, with 75+
partners
Proven performance every day
30 billion+ data reads and counting
99+% system availability
Represented by Technology Partners
in the MENA Region
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Business case Projects $2.8B in benefits
from smart grid deployment
$22M saved in 2011 due to avoided truck
rolls $20M added to cash flow
$99.6% reduction in number of estimated
monthly bills
Achieving 11-33% peak demand reduction
in DR
$550M in CapEx avoided for new peaking
generation
100s of truck rolls avoided in aftermath of
Hurricane Irene First utility to fully recover
(450k customers)
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5.2+ Million Smart Meters deployed to date
Focused on:
Improving billing operations
Increased customer service
Speeding outage recovery
Pacific Gas and
Electric Company®
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Customer Engagement Portal
UtilityIQ
MD
US
EAM
Data
Service
Provider
Data
CRM/CIS
Data
Device
Master
Data
Meter &
Energy
Data
for Utilities
Meter & Energy
Data Management
Meter & Device
Management
Billing & CRM
Management
Intercompany
Data Exchange
Enterprise Asset
Management
UtilOS
Device
Comms.
Network
Management
& Monitoring
Gridstream MDMS
Enterprise Service Bus
On-Demand Read,
Disconnect, etc.
Advanced Billing
Support (TOU, etc.)
Outage Restoration/
Validation
Revenue
Protection
Virtual Metering &
Aggregation Data Sync.
Service Order
Creation
Customer &
Utility
Portals
Meter
Data
Repository
Internet
Utility
Backhaul
Network
AMI Data
Network
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Direct Access to the Smart Meter In The Sap Interaction Center
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Smart Grids can revolutionise utility operations across the Entire Value Chain
Saving costs, saving precious resources, reducing emissions
Smart Grid is not just AMI
• Smart Grid requires end-to-end planning and implementation
– Multi-meter AMI strategy and deployment
– Reliable and expandable communications infrastructure
– High performing data collection and MDMS systems
– Fully integrated CRM, Billing and O&M components
• A Balanced System will:
– Optimise CAPEX and save OPEX
– Be more secure
– Be more reliable
– Be more expandable
– Provide the foundation for Demand
Response Programmes
Tel: + 971 4 367 1393 www.tpfz.com Fax: + 971 4 390 8070
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