Imraan Mohamed Marketing Manager ITRON South Africa

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1 Imraan Mohamed Marketing Manager ITRON South Africa

2 Case studies - Smart Meter Project Implementation & rollout Lessons learnt from Europe, US and Africa. CONTEXT FOR SMART METERING Key Drivers for Smart Metering. Smart Meter Global Deployment Map Snapshot. Recap on Terminology CASE STUDIES (US,Europe, Africa) Europe: EDF, Netherlands, UK North America: US/Canada Africa: South Africa EMERGING TRENDS & SOME LESSONS LEARNT CONCLUSION

3 Electricity Smart Metering Key Drivers Market Deregulation Energy Efficiency Distributed generation Architecture for Smartgrid Deferred Generation Capacity Investment or Supply-side shortage. Supply-side shortage Revenue Protection: Fraud Revenue Collection: Prepayment Prestige

4 Smart Metering (AMI) & Prepayment Deployment Snapshot AMI Active AMI Imminent AMI Planning AMI/ Prepayment Planning Prepayment Planning Prepayment Active & AMI Planning Prepayment Active

5 First - Clarify Some AMI Terminology Product+Interface Communication Gateway System(s) CIU HAN LAN WAN or Back-Haul BACK END Route Collect Data Collection, & AMI Systems Manage Other applications Create/Local Manage

6 CASE STUDIES Europe France Netherlands UK North America South Africa

7 Electricity Case study. France. ErDF 1) Market Drivers Market deregulation To allow new resellers Architecture for smart grid Energy efficiency, 3) Mass Deployment Deployment Date: 2012 Quantities: points Functionalities 2 tariffs bank: one for distributor, one for the reseller. 4 Quadrant meter Integrated contactor 100 A Local communication for installation and commissioning Euridis II LAN communication: PLC sfsk PLAN Local link for end user: one way RS 232 type 2) Pilot Date Installation: 2010 Quantities : meters 2 areas: Lyon and Tours ( Urban and rural) 3 suppliers for meters & communication: Supplier 1 & 2: meters 3500 concentrators Supplier 3: single phase meters only 1 supplier for system and integration (ICT) Technical aspects: PLC for LAN : sfsk 2400 bites/sec GPRS for WAN

8 Electricity Case study. ErDF. Timeline

9 Electricity Gas Case study. Netherland. Key Drivers Energy saving objectives consistent with EU Directive about Energy Efficiency. Realize cost savings through more efficient network operations and data exchange Simplicity for the end consumer. Feedback Dutch Senate rejected proposed legislation including a compulsory roll out of smart metering for reasons of privacy and security. Proposed legislation and smart meter standards are now being revised. Compatibility and interoperability issues to be addressed. Collaborative effort with parties in energy sector defining the functionalities of the smart meter: National Technical Agreement (NTA 8130). In the mean time Oxxio (4 th largest energy supplier)has installed residential smart meters!

10 Case study. Netherlands Timelines

11 Electricity Gas Case study. United Kingdom Market Key requirements Large prepayment segment Complex tariffs (>5 million) Remote software and Dual fuel (electricity + gas) firmware upgrades -> 47 Million meters Real-time data to consumer Drivers Load management in the Moderate consumption at meter peak times Remote disconnection Boost energy efficiency /reconnection Reduce carbon emissions Smart Transform customer payment/prepayment experience Micro-generation and Evolve prepayment to smart export energy payment Feedback from trials Consumers very positive about in-home devices, ability to monitor consumption, ability to pay directly through the device

12 Case study. North America Market North America has the largest installed base of smart meters in the world > 65 Million contracted end points in the US & Canada (2008 to 2015) Pike research Multi-Energy (electricity + water+ gas) Drivers Demand Management. Market deregulation. Operational efficiency Energy Efficiency. Electricity Gas Water Heat Feedback from trials RF is preferred technology. Less sensitive to interoperability issues as smart metering systems can be in independant networks. Deployment schedules a major challenge [4000 to meter installations per day!]

13 Case Study. South Africa Drivers Generation Supply Shortage Revenue Protection Issues. Energy efficiency (PCP) Market High-end Residential Customers using >1000kWh p.p. (est. 670,000) What about Commercial and Industrial customers who contribute to the morning peaks? Feedback from trials Many POC s and pilots running. (from 10 meters to >20,000 meters) with many different vendors. Lack of available unified smart metering standards encompassing both prepayment and post payment needs. (Full interoperability) RF, PLC, Long wave Radio solutions. Many proprietary solutions installed. Lack of sufficient funding limiting pilot size Lack of end consumer involvement Key requirements Specified in NRS049 standards. Complex tariffs Real-time data to consumer Load restriction in the meter Load management Remote disconnection /reconnection Smart payment/prepayment Split metering Micro-generation and export energy considerations. (Solar panels) Remote software and firmware upgrades Modular communication options

14 Legislative changes for smart metering in South Africa Beginning of smart Previous deadline for 2012 metering rollout implementation Completion of smart metering rollout Electricity Regulation Act of 2006 Aims to minimise electricity load shedding and blackouts through compliance with all the technical and operational requirements for electricity networks Initial Timeframe Rollout Period Deadline for implementation: Jan 2012 Targeted Market Residential Consumers: 1000KWh of electricity consumption per month Estimated 700k customers Definition of a Smart Meter Contained in NRS049 smart meter specification. Being reviewed presently.

15 Main challenges for the implementation of smart meters in South Africa Long Term Product & System Compatibility Clear Strategy (Tariffs, Load management, 1 Price Competitiveness Load limiting, funding) 10 2 Delivery Time Communication Infrastructure Development 8 9 South African Smart Metering Market 3 4 Delivery Time After Sales Service and Support 7 5 BEE Compliance 6 User Friendliness Skills Shortages

16 Project Roll-Out - AMI Project Delivery Cost Drivers Project Duration Endpoint Qty & Mix Run vs. Operate Organization Size Size & Project Complexity Cost Drivers Architecture & Integration Complexity Testing & Installation Performance Acceptance Management Levels (SLA) It s much more than a technology choice!

17 EMERGING TRENDS

18 Where are we Today? UTILITY CHALLENGES Supply Capacity Shortages linked to tariff increases. Energy Efficiency directives. Accelerated Electrification Programmes. (Africa, South America, Asia) Increased need for Revenue Protection INDUSTRY CHALLENGES END CONSUMER CHALLENGES Need to be convinced of benefit and savings to them. Concerns about security & privacy Lack of involvement/education. Standardisation taking longer and issues not fully understood. Convergence of Technology well progressed but not fully there in totally inter-operable manner. Funding Issues - Many AMI Pilots planned but delayed.

19 EMERGING TRENDS Initial expected deployment ( projections) of smart metering not materialising. There are Large number of Pilots of varying sizes in progress to evaluate impact and learn while technical, legal and social issues are addressed. A significant slowing down of execution indicating a cautious approach. Initial lack of sufficient end consumers engagement and lobbing. (Dutch situation a case in point). Other pilots now improving on this (eg, UK), Wide selection of CIU s and web portals emerging for end consumer use to allow understanding of how they can contribute/benefit in the smart metering initiatves. Economic Barriers There are many parties involved, and the benefits of smart metering may accrue to parties than do not necessarily bear the costs Large scale AMI deployments are very long and costly. Opposition from regulators to increase the tariffs and ask final users to pay for it. Business case Justification or target segment strategy not always clear. Funding Issues - Many AMI Pilots planned but delayed.

20 Legislation Barriers EMERGING TRENDS Technical barriers coupled with some advances in smart metering system technology. Lack of interoperability between different smart meter systems. No open registered standards exists which properly scopes all of the different functions (metering, communications, presentation, and network). Availability of multi vendor Technology modularity progressing especially in larger scale multi-vendor pilots. (Eg EDF) Small pilots with single vendors and proprietary solutions are a No go, especially while issues like standardisation and required functionality are still work in progress. Lack of skilled resources and general capacity to deploy projects on a large scale without proper planning and prior to evaluation of pilot results.

21 Technical Challenges of Smart Interoperability System connectivity Building networks Communication media agnostic Metering IDIS STS CIM Power Line Carrier GPRS Radio, other, future G Combating fraud Split Metering Load Balancing Data Analysis End-to-end Approach Create Collect Manage Utilise 21

22 Smart Grids AMI AMR Drive-by Drive-by Walk-by Walk-by Changing Requirements Fixed Fixed N/W-AMR N/W-AMR Open Open Protocols Protocols 2-Way 2-Way Operational Improvements Revenue Cycle Improvements Meter Reading Cost & Efficiency Voluntary Time Based Rates / Opt In Outage Reporting Support for SmartGrid Demand Response Remote Disconnect / Prepayment Smart Meter Mandatory Time Based Rates / Opt Out Revenue Protection / Theft Detection Enterprise Meter Data Management TOU / Demand / Net Metering Home Automation RTP / CPP / Hourly Rates New Products & Services / Voluntary TOU

23 Open Solutions Solving one the Technological Challenges IDIS Interoperable Device Interface Specification DLMS/COSEM Industry-standard metering communications STS Standard Transfer Specification ZigBee Smart Energy Profile M-Bus

24 An Image From The Real World. Gudrun storm hit west Sweden in January 2005, during a smart meter project implementation phase. 25,000 metering points were affected for 9 months, with lots of consequential impacts. Supplier had project responsibility, but Utility could not restore their poles quickly in mid-winter.

25 How To Decide Whether To start with an AMI & With What? This decision should logically be based on the following: Well defined drivers to implement AMR / AMI today. Well defined performance level requirement. Carefully evaluated life cycle costs of the solutions available, which meet this performance requirement. Risk assessment: supplier, technology, environment, deployment, customer acceptance, security,.. Potential future additional requirements of the system. Learn from Experiences from all around the world. Need industry to evaluate what is happening and steer the ship in the correct direction

26 CONCLUSION The only way to meet the energy demand in a carbon constraint environment is through government policy and regulation but Politics is more difficult than Physics Clay Sell ( Deputy secretary DOE US)