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Smart Metering, Networking and Operations Summit
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Operationalize AMI Projects, Manage Customer
Interface and Ensure a More Stable Grid
Date: December 7-9, 2009 • Location: Washington, DC Metro Area
Real life case Engage with your industry peers to build a NEW BUSINESS
studies from MODEL for smart grid projects, ensure that you are making
Investor Owned, the RIGHT INVESTMENT in technology and secure PUBLIC
Municipal and Co-op SUPPORT for your AMI pilots by attending discussions on:
Utilities including: SMART GRID OPERATIONS – advanced grid observation, control, quality and
reliability
• Austin Energy
GRID OPTIMIZATION – optimize the assets and resources (i.e. workforce and
• Centerpoint Energy equipment)
• Pacific Gas and Electric DEMAND RESPONSE MANAGEMENT – retail, customer care, pricing options and
control, visibility into utilization
• San Diego Municipal VALUE CHAIN INTEGRATION – enabling demand and supply management,
Utility distributed generation and load management
• Oncor Energy STRATEGY, MANAGEMENT AND REGULATORY – vision, planning, decision
making, strategy execution
• Hydro One MODERNIZED UTILITY ORGANIZATION & STRUCTURE – communications,
culture, training
• Salt River Project
SMART TECHNOLOGY – information, engineering, integration of information
• Pepco Holdings Inc. and operational technology, standards
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2. Smart Metering Operationalize
AMI Projects, Manage
Customer Interface and
Networking and Operations Summit Ensure a More Stable Grid
Date: December 7-9, 2009 • Location: Washington, DC Metro Area
Who Will Attend:
Dear Colleague, CFOs, CIOs, SVPs, VPs, Directors and
Managers responsible for:
With federal funds being released • Smart Grid and AMR/AMI/MDM
for utility companies throughout the Metering
nation to upgrade transmission and
distribution facilities to “smarter”
technologies, companies are facing • Distribution Operations
the very serious reality of designing
implementing grid components. The and Asset Management
Smart Metering Networking & •
Operations Summit is a practica
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grid, from required components to le • Distributed Generation
recognition of realistic deadlines for
deployment of advanced technolo the
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control over energy consumption greater • Information Technology
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3. Pre-Conference Workshops
Monday, December 7, 2009
12:15 pm – 3:15 pm (Registration at 11:30 am)
A Projecting the Economic Value of an Investment in Smart Grid and Building the Business Case
Smart grid projects are capital intensive, impact different departments • Quantifying societal benefits such as avoided generation
within the utility organization and affect the cost of energy and investment, reduction of a carbon footprint and assessing
service levels for the end-users. This workshop will guide participants intangible customer benefits
through steps required to perform an analytic assessment of the
economic value of a smart grid project before committing to actual How you will benefit:
deployment or before making a decision to scale up an existing • Understand the choice of a project within the constraints of limited
Automated Metering Initiative. finances and in situations where working capital recovery is limited
by the regulatory process
What will be covered: • Avoid making common generic assumptions that may compromise
• Modeling assumptions present in regional variations such as the financial success of your project
regional conditions of service reliability criteria, cost of building a • Identify sensitivities in your risk assessment and benchmark against
new generation, information requirements for customers and tax your industry peers
laws
• Estimating the timing and sequencing of benefits and costs of a Workshop Leader:
project Joseph Messick, Strategy and Operations, Deloitte
B 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm (Registration at 3:00 pm)
Integrating Smart Grid Analysis and Valuation into Utility Enterprise Business Planning
Smart grid technology and smart grid projects are fairly new to the How you will benefit:
industry but accurate evaluation of smart grid performance and • Enhance the robustness of your business case
impact on existing assets and operations is essential for utility business • Plan and account for environmental compliance and sustainability
forecasting. This workshop will guide participants how to execute • Monitor your project's performance and identify areas for corrective
business planning initiatives that account for these new and changing action
business considerations. In this session, you will gain a clear approach
for properly integrating Smart Grid and business planning. Workshop Leaders:
Jere Jacobi, Partner, ScottMadden
What will be covered: C. Scott Wilson, Partner, ScottMadden
•
An analytic framework to determine business and operating model
impacts of smart grid projects
• Accounting for reliability benefits, operating efficiencies and savings
•
Quantifying financial and operational implications of renewables
and distributed resources integration
• Capital planning and budgeting implications
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4. Main Conference Day One
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
network. The addition of sensor technology, communications
7:30 Registration & Coffee infrastructure and IT will help optimize the performance of grid in
real-time, improving reliability, efficiency and security. However,
8:00 Chairperson’s Welcome and Opening Remarks what are the key features to ensure system-wide visibility?
• Real world aware systems: complex event processing, monitoring
8:15 Keynote: Developing a Utility Business Model and control
to Promote Energy Efficiency • Leveraging advanced measurement technology to get more
The evolution from traditional electric delivery to a modernized
precise readings of transmission flows throughout the grid
grid fundamentally impacts the utility revenue generation model. • Isolating and responding to system issues automatically to
Utilities are moving away from selling electricity on volume,
prevent cascading failures
focusing on advanced control systems and are rethinking
business operations. In order to achieve these goals, structural Bob Frazier
changes and committed leadership need to pave way for Director of Technology
overcoming asset management, financial, technological and CenterPoint Energy
workforce challenges. Learn how Oncor identified obstacles to
adoption of new technology, reinvented its relationship with its 11:30 UTILITY IT ROADMAP
customers and prepared to respond to Texas energy efficiency
Future Proofing Utility Systems Architecture
directives.
• Smart grid drives organizational changes (addressing aging
Utilities must adequately understand and implement the systems
architecture and technical requirements necessary to support both
workforce, culture issues, etc)
• Smart grid measures on balanced scorecard
present AMI projects and future smart grid planning. In contrast
• Consistent leadership across LOBs
to the historical paradigm of “one-off” improvements, smart grid
• Adoption of matrix or overlay structure
necessitates continuous upgrading. Therefore, it is imperative to
develop an underlying platform that will support future
Mark Carpenter applications so that a future systems has full compatibility with
Vice President and CIO the systems being deployed today.
• Security
Oncor Energy
• Network management
• Data management
9:00 GRID OPTIMIZATION through DATA
• Other core capabilities
Leveraging Greater Access to Grid Data to
Improve Critical Energy Infrastructure John Heflin Baker, Jr., P.E.
The promises of a faster grid include better reliability, faster Chief Strategy Officer
system recovery and a higher level of resilience as the system Austin Energy
moves towards a self-healing grid. Making these promises a reality
requires strong management of data and incorporation of 12:15 Networking Luncheon
information fuelled insights into grid operation. This session
focuses on how utilities are changing their business in the face of 1:15 UTILITY IT ROADMAP
new technology and information.
• Data flows end to end (i.e. customer to generation)
Breaking through IT Silos
• Predictive modelling and near real time simulation, analytics
Smart Grid efforts lag when utility departments work only within
their own area and fail to collaborate with one another. The vision
drives optimization
• Enterprise wide security to protect data, privacy
for the Smart Grid becomes narrow rather than comprehensive.
Ensuring that AMI system can properly communicate with meter
Ralph Carlson data management (MDM), customer care and billing systems (CIS)
Rate and Pricing Advisor and outage management systems (OMS) is imperative to a
San Diego Municipal Utility project’s success. To break through these barriers, utilities need to
be willing to try some new approaches. This session will examine
10:00 Morning Networking Break four solutions that can help utilities move Smart Grid projects
through existing bottlenecks:
• Cultivating a cross-functional perspective
10:45 GRID OPTIMIZATION through CONTROLS
• Developing a strong business case
Enhancing Operational Efficiencies for Utilities • Relying on open standards
Through “Smart Monitoring” for System • Pacing investment and deployment
Reliability, Operational Efficiency and Asset
Utilization and Protection Pat Hogan
In the current push for overall grid efficiency, utilities look to grid Senior Vice President
optimization to leverage digital control over the power delivery National Grid
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5. 2:15 METER DATA MANAGEMENT 3:45 DEMAND RESPONSE MANAGEMENT
Risk Management of the Enhanced Information Double Session: Re-Imagining and
Loop Between Utilities and Customers Re-Engineering the Utility Relationship with
The ongoing transformation of the electric grid introduces Consumers through Deploying Technology in
additional system security issues, especially as it pertains to the the Home to Drive Changes in Consumer
flow of consumer information from home to control centers in Behavior
utilities and then utilization of this information throughout the
Part I. Case Study Presentations
utility. Therefore, added layers of security standards, controls,
The twin goals of a smart grid vision is better informed consumers,
policies and procedures are necessary to keep the control of
taking an active role in managing their consumption of energy, and
power generation and keep transmission and distribution
more intelligent utilities, providing customers with complete
equipment robust and safe from unreliability and tampering.
information about energy use. However, a present challenge for
Security and risk management concerns must be addressed as a
utilities is education of consumers about this new approach to
high priority. In this session, learn how to:
• Identify threats and vulnerabilities in information flows
electric consumption. The issue becomes particularly pressing when
• Achieve increased visibility at meter points through different
the actuality of incorporating technology hits the residential home.
What strategies can utilities deploy to encourage consumer
data capture techniques
• Synthesize data into actionable intelligence and automated
engagement in electric data management? What are some proven
strategies to incentivize changes in consumer behaviour?
decision-making
Part II. Peer to Peer Roundtable Discussion
Mark Fabro
Session attendees will break into small groups for in depth discussions
Chief Security Scientist & Panelist for Subcommittee on
around the following topics highlighted in the main session:
Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity and Science and Technology
• Forecasting and managing customer behaviour
Department of Homeland Security
• Workforce training program, specifically for customer care
representatives and outage managers
3:00 Afternoon Networking Break • Structuring education programs for residential customers – what
does the consumer care about?
Richard Bertolo
Hydro One
Kara Young
Senior Engineer
Salt River Project
5:30 Close of Day 1
Main Conference Day Two
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
7:30 Registration & Coffee • Leveraging government and private funding for clean energy
investments
8:00 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks • Stimulus funding allocation
• Building strategic partnerships with suppliers and vendors
8:15 The Financial Outlook of the Smart Grid Mark Townsend Cox
Economy – Follow the Dollars! Managing Partner
In spite of the weakened economic conditions, electric power
New Energy Fund, LP
utilities continue to make financial commitments in smart grid
building blocks and related automation programs. Regulatory
9:15 SMART TARRIFF STRATEGIES
pressure and mandates for service reliability improvements;
obsolescence of existing grid infrastructure equipment; and the Evaluating Hourly Pricing, Peak Time Rebate
development of government funded stimulus programs such as and Critical Time Pricing Structures – Lessons
the U.S. ARRA provisions for funding some electric power from the PowerCentsDC Pilot
investments in smart grid technology are just some of the drivers Utilities can create real markets for electricity with process that
in this space. This session will convene a panel of financial vary by the minute but consumer groups have often resisted
industry experts to discuss the future of the smart grid economy flexible pricing. What is the best choice for a utility between
and specifically: mandatory, default or voluntary flexible structures? In this session,
learn how the Pepco smart metering project in DC:
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6. • Modelled costs to the utility and savings from energy conservation • Cyber security
using smart metering pilot testing different pricing structures • Communications among regional market operators, utilities,
• Re-trained its customer care and customer management services service providers and consumers
to address user concerns over price of electricity and improve • Coordinating operation of the bulk power system with new and
customer information systems
emerging technologies for renewable resources, demand
• Leveraged models of customer behavior from the SMMIP
• Established relationships with DC regulatory stakeholders and consumer resources, electricity storage and electric transportation systems
groups to promote the company-wide DLC program in the area
Moderator:
Rick Morgan Dr. David Wollman
Commissioner Acting Group Leader
DC Public Services Commission NIST
Lawrence Daniels
Assistant People’s Counsel 2:15 LESSONS FROM THE FIELD
Office of People’s Counsel Implementing a Smart Metering Deployment
Charles Dickerson Strategy
Vice President Customer Care The Salt River Project for smart grid includes installation of smart
PHI meters and communications, system optimization correlating data
to allow fine-tuning of voltages and reactive power and
10:00 Morning Networking Break microgrids. Learn how the company identified and resolved
operational, technical and regulatory issues pertaining to network
10:45 SMART NETWORKING AND COMMUNICATIONS infrastructure deployments, including:
• Development and planning of the deployment strategy (and
Establishing Effective AMI Communication overall design basis coordination)
Networks: Alternatives to Power Line Carrier • Addressing the need to technical standards and selection of
Technology technology partners
In order to realize the true vision of Smart Grid, utilities will need • Coordination of enterprise SmartGrid applications to deliver
to run as many applications as possible over their field area
networks (FANs). Issues of reliability, scalability and cost will system and customer benefits across all applicable jurisdictions
continue to dominate the conversation, but bandwidth and latency
are emerging as important factors as well, especially as utilities Kara Young
prepare for real time demand response. Most importantly, several Senior Engineer
key features of smart grid require ability to speak to each other Salt River Project
and a reliable communication network must be established to
ensure data can be transmitted in real time. Developing a long- 3:00 Afternoon Networking Break
term technology plan in tandem with this network will ensure
scalability and protect against costly retrofitting.
3:30 40 Ideas in 60 Minutes
Zigbee session via Tendril Panel of experts will break down the tools and activities that had the
greatest impact on their business. The panel will also brainstorm next-
11:30 SMART TARRIFF STRATEGIES steps and outline key takeaways for the conference participants.
Selling Intermittent Power to Consumers Discussion will center on the following topics:
On some windy nights in Texas and California, utilities have more wind • Communication among regional market operators, utilities, service
power than they can use. But on some hot afternoons, when the wind providers and customers
fails, utilities have shortages. Reserve margins become very tight. As • Ensuring that bulk power system operators have wide-area
wind becomes an ever greater source of supply, this problem will grow
situational awareness with technology that allows them to monitor
larger. Time-of-use pricing doesn’t solve this problem.
and operate their systems
• Coordination of operations with new and emerging technologies
What is the best way to charge for wind power? Is it possible
match supply with demand? Can utilities use smart meters to help for renewable resources, electricity storage and electric
solve this problem? Traditional time of use rates are of limited transportation systems
usefulness in managing wind generated electricity. This talk
presents a new pricing strategy to exploit smart meters on the Elton Sherwin
smart grid. A strategy that doesn’t require huge batteries or Senior Managing Director
dynamic pricing, a strategy that even grandma can understand. Ridgewood Capital
Elton Sherwin Mark Carpenter
Senior Managing Director Vice President and CIO
Ridgewood Capital Oncor Energy
Andres Carvallo
12:30 Networking Luncheon
CIO
Austin Energy
1:30 STANDARDS ROADMAP ROUNDTABLE
DISCUSSION Bob Frazier
Director of Technology
Developing Interoperable Technology Standards CenterPoint Energy
– Industry Priorities and Regulatory Perspectives
In this interactive session you will break up into small groups and
exchange with your utility peers needs, ideas and initiatives for standards
4:30 Chairperson’s Closing Remarks and Close of
development and formulation surrounding the following topics: Conference
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