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Basics of Advanced Metering

Basics of Advanced Metering. APPA 2006 Customer Connections Conference November 7, 2006 David Werley Glen Smith. Overview. What is Advanced Metering? How does it work? What are its benefits to An electric utility Its end-use customers What is its future?. What is Advanced Metering?.

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Basics of Advanced Metering

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  1. Basics of Advanced Metering APPA 2006 Customer Connections Conference November 7, 2006 David Werley Glen Smith

  2. Overview • What is Advanced Metering? • How does it work? • What are its benefits to • An electric utility • Its end-use customers • What is its future?

  3. What is Advanced Metering? • Basic kWh Meter • Register only • Circle Chart – records demand • No time • No curve

  4. What is Advanced Metering? • Two-way communication to meters • On demand data • Outage / restoration reporting • Remotely read • Link to customer

  5. How does it work? Billing determinates such at kWh, peak kW, and fuel are… Substation, retail, pilot and large customer meter info is … Meter info database Producing the customer’s invoice and other reports. Date and time tables are applied to price tables … received by phone lines to… Calculated against price schedule…

  6. Benefits of AMR • Proactive discovery of outages • Real-time consumption information • Ability to read anytime • Meter tampering and energy theft detection

  7. Benefits - Utility • System Load Curve is a composite of • Industrial Loads • Appliances – space conditioning, water heating • Curve helps generation and transmission scheduling, rate design

  8. Benefits - Utility

  9. Benefits - Utility • Design rates • Workforce management • Integrate system with power grid • Automated meter reading • Improved working relations with customers through education • Grid Diagnostics

  10. Benefits - Customer

  11. Benefits - Customer • Schedule work in response to price • Manage operational costs per kWh • Assured meter accuracy

  12. What is its future? • Demand Response • Consumption Monitoring • Billing Enhancements • Smart Appliances • Automated Turn-on / Turn-off

  13. What is its future?

  14. Thank you.

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