AMI project details, active utilities, and operational statistics in California state, USA - Class presentation - University of Tabriz 2020

1. Case Study:
United States
(California)
A review from:
AMI Case Book Ver. 2 - 2014
Presenter: H. Vatankhah
Prof. S. Ghasemzadeh
2020

2. What we will learn
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Market & Consumption
AMI Implemented Utilities
Lessons & Best Practices
Future Steps
General Info
Grid Specification

3. General Info
37 M AMI meter,
45 M AMR meter
10.5 M AMI
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4. Grid Specification
51,499 Km
75 Utilities or load serving entities
77%
Of customers served
by 3 large investor
owned utilities
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5. Market & Consumption
Running Transmission market
Acquiring Ancillary Services
Running an ‘imbalance’ energy (spot) market
Locational marginal pricing
ISO doesn’t own the grid but it is capable of:
14.9
M
285
TWh
70%
in-state
30%
import
58
GW
Number of
Retail
Customers
Consumed
Electricity
Consumed
energy
shares
Peak demand
for power
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6. AMI Implemented Utilities
California AMI Project Details
Sacramento Municipal
Utility District (SMUD)
Glendale Water &
Power (GWP)
Burbank Water &
Power (BWP)
San Diego Gas &
Electric
Customer Served 672,860 84,343 51,858 1,377,197
AMI meters 617,502 85,349 52,163 1,093,312
Web portal Yes
Pricing
TOU; TOU+CPP;
Tiered+CPP
TOU TOU TOU; CPP
IHD 4,079 15 (120 planned) -- --
Remote Service Yes
Approximate AMI cost Approx. 131 M$ Approx. 23 M$ Approx. 13 M$ Approx. 572 M$
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7. Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Drivers:
• Operational Efficiencies
• Improved Reliability and Reduced Line Loss
• Solar PV Integration
Current Status:
• Approx. 670,000 meters deployed with network
and billing systems (full operational)
• Opt-out: 127$ initial fee, 14$ per month
recurring fee
Complementary Tech & Sys:
• DAS Installed, fully operational in summer 2014
• Solar PV and Storage system with inverter-
meter comm.
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8. Glendale Water & Power
Drivers:
• Operational efficiency and loss prevention
• New customer services
• Planning for future systems
Current Status:
• Approx. 85,000 meters installed
• Out of 40,000 residential costumers, approx.
100 on delay list
Complementary Tech & Sys:
• Energy storage for peak shifting (162 thermal
storage units are approx. equal with 1.27 MW)
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9. Burbank Water & Power
Drivers:
• Modernizing business, Com. and delivery syst.
• Empowering customers
Current Status:
• Cisco optic fiber, Trillian/GE AMI meter, eMeter®
DMS dashboard
• Opt-out: 175$ initial fee, 10$ per month recurring
fee (digital meters with no radio modules)
Complementary Tech & Sys:
• Tropos city-wide wireless mesh network
• Thermal energy storage for peak shifting (2MW
controllable demand goal considered)
• 11 controllable plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
(PHEV) charging points
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10. San Diego Gas & Electric
Drivers:
• Safety, reliability, efficiency (until 2009)
• Leveraging AMI for distributed generation and
customer energy efficiency
Current Status:
• Fully implemented Green Button data platform
• High Satisfaction: 0.016% claims and complaints
rate; 0.05% of customers joined the “delay list”
• Opt-out: 75$ initial fee, 10$ per month recurring
fee (10$ initial, 5$ recurring fee for low income
customers)
Complementary Tech & Sys:
• 57,000 programmable controllable thermostats
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11. Lessons & Best Practices
Customer
Engagement
Organizational
change
Business
Case
System
Integration
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12. Future Steps
Solar Neighborhood
SMUD – NREL joint program
Green Button Initiative
SGD&E program
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13. What we have learned
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How much it cost to implement the AMI program
Which Utilities and hardware were involved
What lessons learned from operation
What features are to be added for further improvement

14. Thanks for your attention!
Data driven from: AMI Case Book Ver. 2 - 2014