Meters and More Gateway Customer Interface for Value Added Service Alessandro Bertani – CESI (Italy) Leonardo Cavalieri – MAC (Italy)

Meters and More Association International non-profit association based in Brussels created in 2010 to maintain and support the open communication protocol for Smart Metering solutions Aims: support Smart Metering standardization process and ensure interoperability of devices and applications Founding members: e-distribuzione S.P.A. and Endesa Distribución Eléctrica S.L. Structured with a Board of Directors and three committees (for Protocol Specifications, for Product Certification and for Communication Activities) More than 45 members among world leading companies and institutions, have already joined the Association.

SMITP Meters and More Architecture … B-PSK PLC CLC/TS 50568-4 (2015) G2 M … C B-PSK PLC A/C-Band B-PSK PLC A-Band TCP/IP/Cell. SMITP CLC/TS 50568-4 (2015) CLC/TS 50568-8 (2015)

Beyond the Meter: the Energy Gateway The MandM Energy GW allows the communication between any ECD (end customer device) and the relevant SM is a LNAP (local network access point) could include an ECD or a IHD (in home Display) interface to the Meter (M2G) is the focus; it is based on a complete PLC-based SMITP profile and Data Model (with enhancements) interface to the ECD (M2E) shall be any, according to open standards or dedicated solutions ECD Meter GW M2G Interface G2E

Main characteristics: Energy Gateway Versatility Main characteristics: SMITP B-PSK power line technology, CENELEC A / C - Band CSMA-CA (collision avoidance) Two communication modes: Push (or NCM - Network Control Mode) where the Data Concentrator is always Master Pull (or ICM – Interactive Control Mode) where the Gateway can act as master of the communication with the Meter SMITP security and advanced pairing procedure Access to potentially any meter data, according to the Utility’s policy Real Time data update to the End User Flexibility facilitates the accomplishment of different National Authorities resolutions (e.g. Chain 2 in Italy)

Protocol Specifications - WP3 Committee for Product Certification Energy Gateway: the Roadmap Committee for Protocol Specifications - WP3 Committee for Product Certification General Requirements and Use Cases Lower Layers Tech. Specs Compliance Test Procedure update Appl. Layer and Data Model Tech. Specs Prototype Implementation Compliance Test Tool update Test Tools Implementation Prototype Testing 04/2013 10/2017 M 2018 Ready for the Association! Ready for every product certification!

THE GATEWAY ARCHITECTURE : the big picture Meters and More Gateway: Customer Interface for Value Added Service THE GATEWAY ARCHITECTURE : the big picture Smart Meter Smart Meter …new Business Model Energy as a Service

The MandM Energy GW : main advantage Meters and More Gateway: Customer Interface for Value Added Service The MandM Energy GW : main advantage Bidirectional multi frequency and multi mode PLC communication for a direct connection to the SM No need of additional device (no clamps, no repeater) Low cost solution (just one device) Easy installation: any plug of your house Reliability of communication Big amount of “real” data (rich data model) ECD Meter GATEWAY M2G Interface G2E

Accumulated consumption Historic consumption & tariff plan Meters and More Gateway: Data Specifications METERS AND MORE GATEWAY ARCHITECTURE : DATA MODEL Instant information Historic consumption Accumulated consumption Historic consumption & tariff plan Quality parameters Contract information / Tariff plan Text messages More data means more services

Meters and More Gateway: Use Cases – example 1 CUSTOMER AWARERNESS The customer is able to view and manage his electrical consumptions at any time, his energy production (in the case of prosumer), the amount of consumed power from the grid as well as the consumption of the intelligent devices present in home. The customer has knowledge of the costs / revenues of consumption and production. The customer is informed about the status of the contract and the cost of the time slots OVERLOAD MANAGEMENT Optimization of the use of power in order to avoid Home Domain Overload. The customer can define/modify the load shedding priorities and strategies in case of a Home Domain Overload, to be applied to smart and non-smart appliances.

ACTIVE DEMAND AND LOAD SHIFTING TO REDUCE CONSUMPTION AT PEAK TIME Meters and More Gateway: Use Cases – example 2 ACTIVE DEMAND AND LOAD SHIFTING TO REDUCE CONSUMPTION AT PEAK TIME Demand Response as changes in electric usage by end-consumers from their current consumption patterns in response to incentive payments designed to adjust electricity usage in response to the market prices or when system reliability is jeopardized. APPLIANCES TIMING OPTIMIZATION USING INFORMATION ABOUT CURRENT AND FORECASTED ENERGY PRODUCTION To notify suggestions about when an appliance should be used based not only on the current and forecasted consumptions, but also on the current and forecasted production of the photovoltaic plant MULTI-TARIFF ENERGY USE OPTIMIZATION IN CASE OF SMART AND NON-SMART APPLIANCES The customer can define/modify the house rules for the energy costs optimization in case of single or multiple appliances. For any appliances the customer can set parameters like the operational time interval allowed for the device. The Smart Appliances can activate enhanced features that guarantee to the whole set of devices to minimize user cost according to the variable tariffs.

THE GATEWAY ARCHITECTURE: hardware agnostic Meters and More Gateway: Tools and Final Results THE GATEWAY ARCHITECTURE: hardware agnostic Gateway is a logical implementation of a communication interface (M2G) This is how Meters and More define GATEWAY in specification documents. For test purpose we need to have a piece of HW where we can add the logical implementation of communication interface. For WP3 it is not important what the HW looks like. The only requirement is that we shall be able to test our protocol on that HW.

THE GATEWAY IMPLEMENTATION : commercial hardware Meters and More Gateway: Tools and Final Results THE GATEWAY IMPLEMENTATION : commercial hardware THE ‘QUEEN’ OF DIY MAKERS Raspberry pi 3 (wifi on board) + ST EvalKit modem 75MM + C Gateway source code

THE GATEWAY: TESTING ARCHITECTURE Meters and More Gateway: Tools and Final Results THE GATEWAY: TESTING ARCHITECTURE

Meters and More Gateway: Live Demo THE GATEWAY IMPLEMENTATION: Security and Pairing procedure How to associate a Gateway device to the Smart Meter in a secure way

FINAL RESULTS: M2G Interface Specification documents Meters and More Gateway: Customer Interface for Value Added Service FINAL RESULTS: M2G Interface Specification documents SMITP FRAMEWORK SUITE: “C Source Code“ Commercial hardware demo implementation Testing activity completed AVAILABLE FOR METERS AND MORE MEMBERS ECD Meter GATEWAY M2G Interface G2E

THE GATEWAY IMPLEMENTATION : WebServer @ SSID metersandmore Meters and More Gateway: Live Demo THE GATEWAY IMPLEMENTATION : WebServer @ SSID metersandmore

THE GATEWAY IMPLEMENTATION : web playground page Meters and More Gateway: Live Demo THE GATEWAY IMPLEMENTATION : web playground page

THE GATEWAY IMPLEMENTATION : smartphone APP Meters and More Gateway: Live Demo THE GATEWAY IMPLEMENTATION : smartphone APP

metersandmore Use your smart-phone and connect to the Access point: Meters and More Gateway: Live Demo Use your smart-phone and connect to the Access point: metersandmore Open the browser and call any http page….you’ll redirect to the gateway home page Enjoy it 

Visit us at the Meter and More Booth 1H57 Alessandro Bertani – CESI (Italy) Leonardo Cavalieri – MAC (Italy)