1. 1 © 2010 by Elster. All Rights Reserved. MARC 2010 Ed Gray VP, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs Elster Solutions June 2010

2. 2 © 2010 by Elster. All Rights Reserved. A worldwide leader in electricity, gas, and water metering 4 million US-made smart endpoints shipped Industry partners use Elster AMI radios in distribution automation products. A3 (C&I) or REX (residential) metering radios are used depending on DA applications requirements. Who is Elster?

3. 3 © 2010 by Elster. All Rights Reserved. Grid Modernization Distribution Automation (DA) What is DA? Electric power industry and IEEE defines DA as: “A set of technologies that enable an electric utility to remotely monitor, coordinate and operate distribution components in a real-time mode from remote locations.” The “missing link” … Communications – without communications there is no “remote”

4. 4 © 2010 by Elster. All Rights Reserved. Cost of Communications Number of Points Generation Transmission Distribution AMI Enables Economical Communications AMI AGI Initiative: Intersection of AMI and DA

5. 5 © 2010 by Elster. All Rights Reserved. DA Applications Voltage conservation (distribution transformer load tap changes) Capacitor bank switching Demand response on industrial motors Electric vehicles Volt/VAR optimization Load monitoring Demand response and others…

6. 6 © 2010 by Elster. All Rights Reserved. Thank you