The document discusses smart meters and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) in the United States. It provides statistics on AMI installations through 2012, with 37 million completed and a projection of 65 million by 2015. The majority of installations have been by investor-owned utilities for residential customers. It then discusses how the value of smart meters may shift away from AMI towards other applications like outage management, demand management, and integrated distributed resources. The role of network "nodes" is discussed as a way to enable these distributed management applications by providing local processing, sensing, and routing capabilities at key points on the grid. Potential software applications that could be enabled by edge analytics and nodal networks are also outlined.
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Leidos Engineering, LLC
Jeffrey Norman
Vice President, Emerging Technologies
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Smart Meters in the United States thru 2012
*Source US Energy Information Administration
37 million AMI installations thru 2012 65 million projected by 2015
77% by IOUs - 90% residential
Type & Number of
Utilities with AMI
Number of AMI Installations by Customer Type
Residential Commercial Industrial Transportation Total
Investor
Owned
73 25,891,279 2,886,498 78,688 4 28,856,469
Cooperative 311 5,017,654 495,609 47,667 0 5,560,930
Municipal 84 1,116,675 149,323 4,870 0 1,270,868
Public & State 24 1,427,940 150,729 23,434 3 1,602,106
Totals 493 33,453,548 3,682,159 154,660 7 37,290,374
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Where do we focus as value shifts away from smart meters?
GROWING
Outage
Management
Customer
Initiated
Demand
Management
Advanced
System
Planning
Integrated
Distributed
Resources
Newly Envisioned Future
Full Range
Integrated System
Status Quo
Renewable
Integration
Asset
Management
AMI
Real Time
Demand
Forecasting
Distribution
Management
Low$BenefitHigh
1 Yr Immediate 5 Yrs Long Range 10 Yrs
Benefits Benefits
Next Steps What drives Architecture ? Applications or ?
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What is a Node?
What Role could a Node play in enabling Distributed Management ?
Physical nexus for an integrated network
WAN communications
LAN communications modularity
(Wi-Fi, PLC, ERT)
Distributed grid management enabled
by local processing and memory
Energy sensing applications current,
voltage, power quality, power factor
*Source: Duke Energy, Developing the Communications
Platform to Enable a More Intelligent Grid
WAN = Wide Area Network; LAN = Local Area Network; Wi-Fi = wireless
fidelity; PLC = power line communication; ERT = encoder, receiver,
transmitter; RF = radio frequency; PEV = plug-in electric vehicle
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Benefits of Nodal Approach Supports Multiple Functionalities
Serves as a data aggregator for
end points - legacy and Smart
Performs remote analytics and
appropriate control
Provides short-term storage for
end-point and local analytics data
Provides integrated input/output
options
Provides embedded intelligence into
the grid itself at key locations
Serves as a router that forwards data
between end devices, nodes, and
servers
Serves as a gateway and performs
protocol conversion, as needed
Source: Duke Energy
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Edge Analytics to support Potential Software Applications
Application Description
Voltage Monitoring
Utilizes voltage sensing at the transformer and meter to generate exception
reports which indicate voltage regulation problems
Transformer Overload Monitoring
Monitors loading on transformers and provides real-time alerts when
transformer is overloaded
Remote Fault Detection
Three-phase line devices that measure current (amps) and identify the fault
current and location of a fault
Outage and Restoration Notification Remote and automated notification of power outages
Integrated Volt/Var Management
Ability to remotely configure and control capacitor banks and regulators to
achieve specific power factor and voltage objectives on the grid
Demand Response Event Management
Remote control of customer equipment to manage peak capacity and grid
operation issues
Street Light Monitoring Monitoring of streetlights to ensure they are operating appropriately
PEV Monitoring Remotely identify in real time where PEV vehicles may be located and charging
PEV = plug-in electric vehicle