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1 SmartMeter Program Overview
Jana Corey Director, Energy Information Network Pacific Gas & Electric Company

2 Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Energy Services to about 15 M People: 5.2 M Electric Customer Accounts 4.4 M Natural Gas Customer Accts 70,000 square miles with diverse topography ~20,000 Employees Regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Time: 1 minute

3 Environmental Sustainability
Balancing Competing Priorities Environmental Sustainability Reliable Service Reasonable Cost Smart Grid

4 Smart Grid Will Enable A Sustainable Electric System
Link back to company vision Renewable Electric Generation Efficient Electric Delivery Managed Electric Demand

5 PG&E’s SmartMeter Program
Automated meter reading for all customers 10 million meter upgrades A communications network IT systems Frequent meter reads - daily for gas, hourly or 15 minute interval for electric Enhanced customer benefits over time Automated meter reading Secure online access to detailed energy usage data Better billing; reduction in call volumes Outage management Remote connect / disconnect, load-limiting Home area networking Time Estimate: 1 minute

6 SmartMeter Dual Network Architecture
Radio Frequency Mesh Electric Network Network Access Point Time: 2 minutes Data Collector Unit Radio Frequency Gas Network

7 SmartMeter Timeline Time: 1 minute Key Functionality Milestones 2007
10.1 million meters installed Key Functionality Milestones 2007 Replatform IT systems for high data volumes Anchor bill on automated reads 2008 Bill on interval reads (for select customers) Secure customer online access to interval usage data Successful rollout of SmartRate (res. CPP) 2009 (targeted) Outage management Electric remote connect / disconnect Time: 1 minute December 2008 – 1.7 million meters installed Millionth meter installed 9/5/08 Project start Vacaville Test Fall 2006 – Begin Full Deployment 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

8 SmartMeter Deployment Challenges
Meter Issues Meter access Obstructed meters Multiple meter designs Handling for special meter types (e.g. TOU meters) Evolving Electric Technologies Maintaining deployment momentum Vendor Issues Ramping supply chain to deliver required volumes Deployment vendor resource flexibility Network Siting Availability of overhead structures for RF network equipment Optimizing Realization of Program Benefits Variety of obstructed gas meters

9 SmartMeter IT Challenges
Comments on memory and processing capacity from Eugene Psoter: The raw numbers are: 20 MIPS, 12 MB memory which at 5.5 million meters gives: 110,000,000 MIPS of processing power 65,000 GB of processor memory These numbers apply only to the SSN meters. As you note, there are the servers in the data center also, which are not accounted for here, which is probably OK as they would add another couple of percent only. ______________________ A PlayStation 3 is about 10,000 MIPS, so you could use the comparisons of 11,000 PS3's. 65,000 GB is 63.4 TB as, technically, each step up (kilo, mega, giga, peta) divides by so yes it is 63.4 Terabytes. However, I think the GB number would resonate with people more since they will naturally come across this with iPod's, camera memory cards, memory sticks, etc. If you had a 65,000 GB iPod, you could store 14 million songs on it.....or about 9 years of video playback. Scale & Complexity Establishing IT platform to handle huge volumes of data Scaling meter data management Integration complexity – many system interfaces Standards Immature industry standards Driving an open, standards-based solution with multiple vendors Vendors Vendors’ early-stage products; limited experience and resources Distributed Computing How to best leveraged distributed processing capacity Ensuring robust security

10 Successful deployment of SmartRate pricing plan
Recruitment 94% of SmartRate participants were motivated to sign up for the program by the ability to reduce their bill - the highest rated reason, but 83% were also highly motivated by having more control over their energy costs. Participation Q.19 "What, if anything, did you do to reduce or shift your energy during the most recent SmartDay you have experienced?" (multiple responses ok) Top 5 responses: 38% Turned off and/or unplugged electronics, computers and chargers not in use 40% Shut off AC during SmartRate period 37% Used less AC 38% Avoided doing laundry during SmartRate period 34% Turned off unnecessary lights Retention 81% of SR customers were very satisfied with the program, and 90% of customers stated that they plan to continue on the SmartRate program after the summer. Recruitment 10,000 voluntary participants in summer 2008 Experience Across 9 called events, achieved average residential customer reduction of 16.6%, and an average non-CARE residential customer reduction of an impressive 22.6% 7 of 10 customers saw a reduction in their cumulative summer bills Retention 90% of customers intend to stay on the plan in 2009 Rollout follows SmartMeter program deployment

11 Online Customer Access to Usage Information
Displays energy usage by billing cycle, month, or week Displays hourly electric usage by day Ability to overlay temperature SmartRate customers view usage “framed” by peak periods Customer service reps able to view same graphs online Time Estimate: <1 minute

12 Smart Grid Expands Sensing And Control Into Customer Premise
In-Home Network Network Access Point Public Wireless Network Time: 2 minutes SmartMeter™ Electric Meter

13 Home Energy Management
Advanced Enhanced Basic Fully automated intelligent energy management system Other automated/ programmable appliances Electric vehicle charging / storage Distributed generation and storage More comprehensive in-home displays (usage, cost, time) Programmable Communicating Thermostat (PCT) Simple high-low indicator

14 Home Area Network (HAN) Integrated Energy Management
End-Use Technologies Devices Services Home Area Network (HAN) Energy displays Smart appliances & electronics Programmable communicating thermostat Advanced lighting controls Customer generation / storage monitoring controls Smart xEV charger Integrated Energy Management Usage information & analysis Pricing options – variable, pre-pay Automated demand response Time-based lighting Fully-leveraged customer generation and storage capability Time- or rate-based xEV charging Smart Grid Pervasive Sensing, Communication, Computing, and Control SmartMeter Automated Metering Infrastructure Infrastructure

15 Automated Energy Management Generates Negawatts
Martinez, CA office building electricity use with and without automated demand response, June 21, 2006 15

16 Smart Grid Enables Electric Vehicle Smart Charging
GWh Time-shifting Electricity Home Area Network AMI/SmartGrid

17 At PG&E, We Are Committed to Sustainability

18 Discussion


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