This survey was conducted to over 40 municipality representatives at the 2015 Municipal Smart Grid Summit to gain a better understanding of what challenges Municipalities are facing related to Smart Grid initiates.

1. BLACK & VEATCH
MUNICIPAL SMART
GRID SURVEY
2015 Survey Results

2. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR SUBSTATIONS ARE
OUTFITTED WITH SCADA MONITORING?
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2015 Black & Veatch Municipal Smart Grid Survey
80% have all substations outfitted with SCADA
Monitoring
0-49%
Monitored
50-99%
Monitored
100%
Monitored
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
7 July 2015

3. PLANNING TO UPGRADE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEMS, MODERNIZE SUBSTATION EQUIPMENT,
OR EXPAND SCADA SYSTEMS?
7 July 2015
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2015 Black & Veatch Municipal Smart Grid Survey
50% plan upgrades within the year
Now to 1 year
In the next 5 years
No plans
50%
20%
30%

4. ARE YOU PLANNING TO DEPLOY DISTRIBUTION
AUTOMATION OR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
SENSORS?
7 July 2015
4
2015 Black & Veatch Municipal Smart Grid Survey
About 90% plan to deploy distribution automation or
system sensors
Now to 1 year
In the next 5 years
No plans
64%
9%
27%

5. ARE YOU PLANNING TO DEPLOY SMART
METERS?
7 July 2015
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2015 Black & Veatch Municipal Smart Grid Survey
76% have or will have smart meters within a year
Now to 1 year
In the next 5 years
No plans
Deployment
Complete
44%
18%
32%
6%

6. DO YOU HAVE A ROADMAP FOR
TELECOMMUNICATION AND AUTOMATION
SYSTEMS?
7 July 2015
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2015 Black & Veatch Municipal Smart Grid Survey
73% don’t have a clear plan for telecommunication and
automation systems
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Yes
No
Don't know
Somewhat

7. DO YOU HAVE A STRATEGY FOR DATA
INTEGRATION AND ANALYTICS?
7 July 2015
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2015 Black & Veatch Municipal Smart Grid Survey
40% have a data integration and analytics strategy
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Yes
No

8. WHAT ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS DO YOU HAVE?
7 July 2015
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2015 Black & Veatch Municipal Smart Grid Survey
Only 6% use a data analytics platform to manage info
from multiple systems
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%
Outage Management System
OSIsoft Historian
Other Data Historian
Work Order Management System
Meter Data Management System
Data Analytics Platform

9. DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE ASSETS YOU WISH TO
MONITOR BUT CAN'T BECAUSE OF LACK OF
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY?
7 July 2015
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2015 Black & Veatch Municipal Smart Grid Survey
Nearly 60% lack communication technology to monitor
assets
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Yes
No

10. RATE YOUR BIGGEST OBSTACLES TO MORE
FULLY CAPITALIZING ON DATA ANALYTICS
OPPORTUNITIES.
7 July 2015
10
2015 Black & Veatch Municipal Smart Grid Survey
Budget, lack of in-house support are the biggest barriers to
data analytics
Budget Contraints
Justifying ROI
IT/data management infrastructure
Lack of in-house support
Data availability
Security concerns
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Black & Veatch conducted the survey to nearly 40 municipalities during the 2015 Municipal
Smart Grid Summit. Percentages are rounded. For more information, contact us.
GARY JOHNSON| MARKET MANAGER, UTILITY TELECOM & AUTOMATION
P +1 913-458-4734 | E JohnsonGS@bv.com
DAVE O’CONNOR | SOLUTION LEAD, SMART INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURE
P +1 913-458-3196 | E OConnorDC@bv.com