Tier 2 Power Supply Planning Workshop

Advanced AMI Benefits Overview

Key Performance Objectives

Goal – Leverage the City’s AMI System investment

Advanced features and functionality

Suggested Next Steps & KPO’sWater meter right-sizing

Electrical transformer right-sizing

Continue Demand Response program 

Implement annual meter inspection program

Utilize outage notification system

Water system main leak detection

Establish redundant fiber optics to collectors

Leverage meteorological data to predict system peaks

Continue Customer communications program

Distribution automation & Integration of SCADA

AMI

AMRRemote Usage

GatewayInto Home

System Modeling

InfrastructureSecurity

CustomerProfiling &

Data-logging

LeakDetection, Locating

and Repair

PredictiveMaintenance

Water Quality Monitoring

Outage Management

Emergency Shut-off and

Repair

GIS Mapping /Asset Management

On DemandReading

TheftDetection

CustomerWeb Access

RemoteDisconnect

CustomerLeak

DetectionBackflow Detection

Sub-meteringServices

Time of Use

Demand Response

Unmeasured Flow Reduction

Emergency Alerts

System Management

Planned Repairs and Maintenance

Audit and Revenue Enhancement

Vision System Inspections

Flow / Pressure Monitoring

Smart Water & Electric Smart Water & Electric InfrastructureInfrastructure

Contamination Monitoring

Equipment Status Monitoring

Repair / replace instructions

Smart Pipe & Pipe Pigs

Smart Infrastructure

Leverage AMI Hourly Data

Water Meter right-sizingBy monitoring the hourly flow through meters, the City could verify water meter sizing is appropriate and replace meters as needed

High flow – could prevent meter burst

Improves revenue by improving accuracy

Ensure Electric Transformers are not Overloaded

By aggregating the individual hourly meter data by transformer, the system can estimate the average load

Prevent emergency replacements

Better utilize under-loaded transformers

Easily Identify Potential Overload FailuresPlanned replacements instead of emergencies

Requires City Inventory & meter links

Transformer Loading

Continue Demand Response

The City is taking a major step with enabling Demand Response in 2011 and evaluating the benefits in 2012

Don’t stop now; Port Angeles could be a show case community in the U.S.

To maximize the benefits and better understand the impacts to both the City and it’s customers, the City should continue demand response recruitment activities in 2013 after our 2012 evaluation. 

Annual Meter Inspections

As part of the initial AMI system deployment, Mueller Systems is conducting a 100% audit

Water meter plumbing

Electric meter sockets; overhead clearance

Evaluating meter clearances against codes

This puts the City in a top notch positionRecommendation

Maintain - do not stop while you are ahead

How – implement an annual meter inspection program. Does not have to be 100% every year but there should be a plan to keep up

• Provide an even higher level of system reliability• GIS Tool—Plotted Notifications• Full outage list shown for sorting and prioritizing

work

Utilize Outage Notification

Distribution Side Leak DetectionMueller acquired Echologics in December 2010

Leader in acoustic leak detection technologyNo additional AMI infrastructure required

Devices magnetically attached to valvesLoggers activate and listen each nightResults are collected via Mi.Net Infrastructure

AMI Backhaul Reliability

There are two critical pieces to the AMI network infrastructure

AMI collectors to AMI metersMueller System is responsible

Fiber Network to AMI CollectorsThe City if responsible

Recommendation - Establish redundant fiber optics to collectors in 2012 to ensure high AMI System network reliability

Leverage Meteorological Data

The Mi.Net AMI System provides a direct feed to local meteorological data from the national weather serviceBy correlating AMI hourly consumption data with meteorological data, the system can help the City predict next day system peak hoursRecommendation – use the system to help anticipate system load

Continue Customer Communications

The City has started off the AMI system program with one of the most impressive and all encompassing customer communications programs in the nation

This was a key issue for other large systems

The City is doing everything right!

RecommendationContinue to promote the customer benefits

Key Areas

Time of use rates

Customer portal

Customizable alerts

Demand Response

Promote Consumer Portal

Utility Messages

Personalized Alerts and Notifications

Future - Distribution Automation

Mueller Systems owes the City a SCADA integration and Distribution Automation Plan in the Fall of 2011This is a new area of development for Mueller Systems and the details are still being developedRecommendation

Consider long-term (2013 and beyond) integration of the SCADA and AMI System

Consider AMI automation of the distribution devices such as switches and reclosers

Benefits – leverage the advanced system in which you are already investing