Many states and cities across the US are promoting or succumbing to additional customer-sited Distributed Energy Resources (“DER”) such as solar and storage. As the number of grid interconnections increase, the following challenges (and effects) are arising: 1. Managing the manual approval process – straining the utility’s ability to meet service levels 2. Lack of consolidated data from installed DER’s – limiting the utility’s ability to plan its system, respond to outages, or account for resources in planning, operations and system load forecasting 3. Limited collaboration and communication tools between cities and utilities as they inspect systems – resulting in inefficiencies and redundancies 4. Difficult to forecast distributed generation – impacting system load requirements As a refresher, Connect-the-Grid™ provides utilities, municipalities, and cooperatives the ability to: 1. Ease the application submission process through use of electronic forms by customers and contractors 2. Leverage workflow management features to better allocate staff resources 3. Utilize the master data set for DER asset tracking and reporting/dashboards 4. Deliver automatic notifications to utility staff when applications approach approval time requirements 5. Perform real-time distributed generation forecasting and more! Contractors and electricity customers also benefit from the use of Connect-the-Grid™ through an improved customer experience.

1. BUSINESS
CONSULTANTS
DEEP
TECHNOLOGISTS
Improving the Distributed
Generation Process with
ConnectTheGrid
June 10, 2015

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 Speakers
 West Monroe Partners
 Interconnection Process Findings
 ConnectTheGrid
 Features
 Demo
 Benefits
 Exclusive Offer
 Questions
Agenda
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Agenda

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Speakers
3
Speakers
Product manager,
ConnectTheGrid
Sean Murphy
Lead technical architect,
ConnectTheGrid
Chris Miller
Lead front-end
developer & designer,
ConnectTheGrid
Kailin Johnson

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West Monroe Partners
West Monroe Partners
West Monroe Partners is large enough to tackle our clients’ toughest challenges and
nimble enough to adapt to unique requirements with custom solutions.
Established in 2002
Founded by a team from Arthur Andersen,
West Monroe is a full-service business and
technology consulting firm.
People
Over 500 career consultants, confident
enough to engage in constructive debate
and understand that it’s okay to disagree.
Organization
We are 100% employee owned. We answer
to our people and our clients only.
Global reach but geographically close
We serve global clients, locally by partnering
with BearingPoint Europe and Grupo Assa.

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Interconnection Process Findings
West Monroe works with municipalities and utilities to improve DG
interconnection processes
 Led DG process
improvement for utilities
in IL, MN, WI
 Project funded under
DOE Rooftop Solar
Challenge II
 Helped create
Community Solar
Economic Model
 Helped develop a runway
for community solar
projects within Cook
County
 Project funded under
DOE SunShot 3
 Functioned as technical
advisor for NV Solar
Rooftop Initiative
 Improved DG business
processes
 Project resulted in a
state-administered
website for solar
applicants
 Improved
interconnection business
processes
 Partnered with ComEd to
design, develop, and
deploy a DG enrollment
solution

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Standardized and
automated
applications can
save customers,
contractors, and
utilities time and
energy
Application
Customers would
like to see
transparency in
application
requirements and
tracking throughout
the process
Information Access
Timely application
processing depends
on established
utility review and
customer response
expectations
Processing Time
Having defined
procedures (forms,
cost, time) and city
coordination allows
customers to
efficiently complete
their system go-live
Inspections
Through these engagements, we have identified 4 main opportunities for
improving DG interconnection processes
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Interconnection Process Findings

7.  A modular, cloud-based application suite
 Focused on DG-related process
improvement for utilities
 Master data source for DG-related
interconnection and reporting
ConnectTheGrid
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Contractor
Interconnection
Manager
Technical
Reviewer
ConnectTheGrid facilitates interaction between three different roles
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ConnectTheGrid  Overview

9. ConnectTheGrid: Demo
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10. ConnectTheGrid: Benefits
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 Customers
 Utility DG Interconnection
 Utility IT

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Faster application submission
Understand your progress via an overall
progress bar, section status icons, and
field validation messages
Reduced data entry
Only fill out the necessary fields
Quicker problem resolution
Get answers right away with contextual
help icons
Increased transparency
Understand where your application is
at in the utility approval process
Real-time notifications
Receive real-time alerts whenever
there is activity on your application
Easier communication
View messages from the utility and
reach out with questions -- all in a
simple-to-use message center
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ConnectTheGrid  Benefits
ConnectTheGrid benefits utility customers & contractors

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Enhanced customer experience
Driving customer satisfaction
Reducing risk of errors
Accelerated enrollment times
Streamlining the interconnection
process for customers and stakeholders
Ongoing DER forecasting
Improving planning accuracy and
reliability
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ConnectTheGrid  Benefits
ConnectTheGrid benefits utility DG Interconnection
Reduced soft costs
Saving time and resources via online
workflow and message center
Increased DER transparency
Supporting safety and reliability
Customized reporting
Meeting internal, regulatory and other
stakeholder requirements

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Cloud Hosted  Minimal Setup
ConnectTheGrid  Benefits
Built on Microsoft Azure
Ensures security and scalability
Minimal IT Touch
We only require a few things from
the utility IT department to get
going
Fully Configurable
We work with utilities to configure
the application forms for their state,
implement their interconnection
approval workflow, and much more
during our assessment
Future Integration
Start small by automating
interconnection enrollment and
processing
Later, add point-in-time or real-time
data integrations with other systems
ConnectTheGrid benefits utility IT

14. ConnectTheGrid: Getting Started
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On-Site Assessment On-Site User Training
(optional)
Production
Deployment
UAT
Deployment
Marketing ReviewMarketing Content Sharing
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ConnectTheGrid  Getting Started
ConnectTheGrid can go live within 4-6 weeks
Week 1 2 3 4 5 6
Specification
Gathering
Change Management Planning
Security Review
Legal / Regulatory Review
Solution Configuration
User Acceptance
Testing (UAT)
Issue Resolution
Support
West Monroe
Utility

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ConnectTheGrid is extending an exclusive offer
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ConnectTheGrid  Getting Started
Sign Up
 Sign up for a 2-week trial
of ConnectTheGrid by
7/31/15
Evaluate
 After the trial, complete
the product evaluation
form
 Help influence future
requirements
Save
 If you proceed, we will
waive the start-up costs
 On-site assessment
 Customization
 Deployment

17. Questions?
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Please reach out to us to schedule a demo or receive additional information
ConnectTheGrid contact information
Contact Us
SEAN MURPHY
Product Manager, ConnectTheGrid
630.363.6716
smurphy@westmonroepartners.com
DEBORAH ZELTEN
Business Developer
312.447.6557
dzelten@westmonroepartners.com
West Monroe Partners
SERVICES
•DG Enrollment Process Optimization
•Integration Services
SOLUTION
•ConnectTheGridTM
Helping utilities manage DG systems from
enrollment to operations