Digital EnergyCommunications

GE MDSCommunications Network for AMI

Protection & ControlMultilin

Relays, Controllers, Meters, Fault Recorders

Communications

Wireless & Optical Network

MDS, LentronicsPower Quality

Auto-Transfer Switches, UPS, Paralleling Switchgear, TVSS

ZenithPower Sensing

CTs, PTs, VTs, Test Switches and Control Switches

ITI

Smart Grid Electricity Advisory Committee

Interoperability & Cyber Security

Industrial Control Systems WG

BOREAS Cyber Security WG

Board of Directors

Interoperability WG

Implementation WG

Legislative and Policy WG

State Legislative and Policy WG

Home 2 Grid (H2G) WG

Business and Policy (BnP)

Smart Grid Task Force

Home Plug Alliance

Activities in Smart Grid StandardsBoard of Directors

Power & Energy Society (PES) Past President

PES Intelligent Grid Coordinating Committee

Power System Relaying Committee

Interoperability Standards P2030

Smart Networks Council

Smart Grid Task Force Technology

Smart Grid Task Force Policy

Smart Grid Task Force Standards

Energy Storage Council

Smart Grid Strategic Group 3

US Principle

US TAG

US National Committee (USNC) VP, Technical Activities

Study Committees

Advanced Metering Infrastructure

NERC

GE Digital Energy CommunicationsOur Business

• MDS Rochester, New York• Lentronics – Burnaby, British Columbia• GE Digital Energy is a GE Company, one of the largest US

corporations• Financially sound, very profitable, and strong credit rating• Low risk option, proven track record

Our Commitment• To our Utility Customers • Corporate alignment and focus of Smart Grid• Application focused• Industrial and Substation hardened, secure and reliable solutions

Our Solutions• Industrial Wireless• Fiber Multiplexers• Industrial Switches • Network Management• Professional Services

Our Experience• Over two-million devices installed worldwide• Field proven to Utilities World-Wide• 75 of the top 100 Utilities rely on GE MDS for mission-critical

GEDE Smart Grid Communication Solutions

Advanced Metering Infrastructure -Neighborhood Area Network Mercury 3650 - Industrial WiMax at 3.65GHziNET - High Speed, Long Range WirelessWiYZ – Intelligent Wireless Data Acquisition

Network Management& Operation Services24 x 7 NOCHosted/Managed Solutions

Backhaul Networks –Microwave Backhaul & Fiber Backbone SolutionsMultiplexers – T1/SONET/SDH fiber multiplexers, substation hardened, ring topologies, 3ms protection switching Intrepid – High-capacity, microwave, licensed and unlicensed

Wireless Wide Area Networks - Substation LAN & Distribution Automation Radios: Offering a variety of radios, both licensed and unlicensed, in a variety of frequencies DGT - Wireless fast transfer tripMultiLink - Hardened Ethernet switches

Multilink Mercury 3650Mercury 3650Multilink

Intrepid

DGTJungleMUX

JungleMUX

Mercury 3650

Hydro-ElectricGeneration

Transmission SubstationDistribution Substation Residential AMI

SONET/SDH Network

Wireless Backhaul

Control Center

Mobile Data NetworksMercury 900 - High Speed, Long Range Wireless Middleware – Mobility software solutions

Digital Energy’s MDS Mercury provides the wireless communications for AMI • Long distance, high speed, 2-way communications using WiMAX technology at 3.65GHz

• Secure data handling through data encryption and user authentication

• Network Management using PulseNET

Smart Grid Communications

• Serves more than 2.5 Million customers • Collects concentrated meter data and transmits to data center • Enables WiMAX wireless network for Smart Grid

Customer Highlight | wireless smart metering

ResidentialMetering Data

Remote Access Point

MDS Mercury 3650

MDS Mercury 3650

MDS Mercury 3650

Utility Data Center

Goals and AssumptionsGoal:

• Create a backhaul network from Itron Cell Relay Nodes to CMP substations

Assumptions:• Assume there are approximately 1,565 Itron CRNs• Assume there are approximately 1,500 DA/SCADA

devices• Assume that there are 280 substations that can be

used as network infrastructure• Assume a height of 100 ft. for installing antennas at

substations• Assume a height of 30 ft. for installing remotes at

CRNs (poles)

Actions:• How do we deliver coverage (range), speed (data

rates), reliability (strong signals)?• How do we make the infrastructure manageable? i.e.

cost efficient, secure, easy to deploy and easy to manage

Metering/Neighborhood LAN

Home/business to collection point

Wireless Wide Area Network

Pole to collection point

Backbone Network InfrastructureBackhaul from collection point to operations

Intrepid HC JungleMUX

Meter

Meter

Meter

Meter

Meter

Meter

Meter

Meter

Collection Point

Mercury 3650Fixed Remote

Meter Collection

GE MDS WAN

Mercury 3650Access Point

Collection Point

Collection Point

Mercury 3650Fixed Remote

Meter Collection

GE MDS WAN

Mercury 3650Access Point

Collection Point

Intrepid HC JungleMUX

Utility Fiber-Optic &Wireless Backhaul

Network Architecture

GE Wireless Backhaul