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Port Angeles, WA

Port Angeles, WA. Outline. Process to Purchase AMI System Know Your Business Case Have A Procurement Strategy Evaluate 1st & Ongoing Costs Have A Communications Plan Summary. Business Case. Customer needs Rate design needs Federal/state mandates Aging meters Meter reading costs

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Port Angeles, WA

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  1. Port Angeles, WA

  2. Outline • Process to Purchase AMI System • Know Your Business Case • Have A Procurement Strategy • Evaluate 1st & Ongoing Costs • Have A Communications Plan • Summary

  3. Business Case • Customer needs • Rate design needs • Federal/state mandates • Aging meters • Meter reading costs • Cost saving

  4. New Time of Use Rate Design

  5. What’s Your Peak Hour? Peak Hours Shoulder Hours

  6. New Rate Design • Residential, general service, non-profit customer classes • Winter & summer seasonal energy rates • Peak, off-peak, and shoulder periods • Base charge • Demand response credits • Demand metering & charges only for large commercial

  7. Your Procurement Strategy? • Competitive negotiation or low bid • Turn-key or multi-year deployment • Vendor or utility installation • What’s your risk tolerance? • Demand response

  8. Leverage Your Assets • Use utility owned infrastructure • Move toward smart infrastructure • Full two-way communication • Co-located hardware

  9. Procurement Suggestions • Stay technology neutral • Hold interviews and demonstrations • Check references and conduct site visits • Know what you are willing to agree to • Construction phases • 3rd party issues

  10. 1st Cost Considerations • Meters & disconnect meters • Service repairs • Demand response • Installation • Communications system • Hardware & software • Meter data management system • Outage management system • Integration services

  11. Ongoing Cost Considerations • License fees • Pole attachment fees • Software maintenance fees • Server and switch depreciation • Customer information system fees • Network services (fiber optics, GPRS) • Consider life cycle costing

  12. Communications Plan • AMI meters are highly accurate so everyone pays for what they use • it’s fair • The AMI system allows the City to run its utilities efficiently and at the lowest cost possible • it’s financially responsible • Customers can have more control over their bill • It’s future ready

  13. Smart meter installation credited with finding fire risk Port Angeles resident Donna Rowan looks at the electric meter on the side of her house after utility workers discovered that her old meter was dangerously hot http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011306269996

  14. Know your business case • Have a procurement strategy • Consider 1st and ongoing costs • Communicate throughout

  15. AMI System Acknowledgements SUNGARD Olympic Electric Company, Inc.

  16. Concluding Thought • Purchasing and installing an AMI system is like parenting • Just when you get good at it • YOU’RE DONE!

  17. Larry D. Dunbar • City of Port Angeles, Washington • Deputy Director of Public Works & Utilities • 360-417-4710 or ldunbar@cityofpa.us • Website www.cityofpa.us • AMI System RFP http://olypen.com/copa

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