Home Area Networks

…Expect More

Mohan Wanchoo

Jasmine Systems, Inc.

Evolution of the Smart Grid

AMR• Automated Meter Readings

AMI• Customer Voltage Measurement• Price Signals sent to Customer• Load Profiling/ Load Control• 15 min. remote meter reads• Remote meter programming• Customer outage & Restoration

detection, Theft Detection

Smart Grid Solutions• Optimization of Grid Assets• Efficient Corridor Management• Correction of disturbances on the grid

What is a HAN?

A Home Area Network (HAN) is a residential local area network (LAN) for communication between digital devices typically deployed in the home, usually a small number of computers and printers and mobile computing devices.

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How does it work?

The HAN can use ZigBee Wireless Communication protocol with a central controller that communicates with appliances.

The central controller collects appliance information wirelessly and presents the state of the household on a dashboard.

Why implement a HAN?

Show consumers their wasteful habits…

…and empower them with real-time data to save energy

Currently

With HAN Consumer can get their energy usage instantaneously and act on their wasteful habits

Previously

Consumer serious interest in energy savings

Consumer had to wait one month for their energy bill

HANs create an opportunity for customers to engage inUtility’s Demand Response programs

Via the HAN, consumers are able to cycle back appliances during peak hours and also turn off non-essential devices during peak hours. Consumers are now able to shift appliance energy usage patterns over time.

As a result, home energy consumption is monitored and adjusted to achieve the desired level of energy and financial savings.

Customers Can:

“Set it and forget it”Realize energy savings and compare against peers in their community

Establish a savings goal and view progress towards achieving that goal

The benefits of HAN technology are expansive

Consumers are provided data and metrics on:• Hourly / weekly

usage• Peer to peer

comparison

HANs provide real-time information on:• Detailed energy

usage information by device

• Energy savings• Temperature /

Weather• Curtailment

messages from Utilities

• Time of use pricing

HANs facilitate an awareness of energy cost and consumption and make energy conservation easy, fun, and engaging

Awareness Real Time Info Analytics

Typical communication environment with Utility

Significant Energy Savings for each Stakeholder

Government

UtilityConsumer

Stakeholders

Significant savings for each stakeholder include:

Utility GovernmentConsumer

• Reduce annual energy usage and cost by 10 -15 %

• Remotely control appliances / devices

• View energy usage and percentage of total consumption for each appliance / device

• Automatically reduce energy usage of appliances during peak hours

• Instantaneously view energy usage instead of waiting for next month’s bill

• Reduce peak demand• Improve customer service

by providing load control• Faster outage detection• Include residential and

commercial customers in DR programs

• Communicate with customers instantaneously

• Eliminate manual, on-site meter readings

• Reduce the need to build new power plants

• Reduce carbon footprint• Reduce air pollution• Decreased dependence on

foreign energy• Preserve the environment

Implementation of HANs could result in some data-centered challenges

Consumer Data Privacy

• Usage data available to public

• Consumers can operate in standalone mode or communicate with utility

Data Tsunami

• Massive amounts of usage data

• Opportunities for software vendors to provide creative programs to customers

Consumer Interest

• Savings main driver

• Green planet

Challenges are an opportunity for companies

Time-of-Use Pricing will influence consumer behavior

Utilities will communicate with customers in real time

Customers will respond to utilities in real-time

Dynamic Time-of-Use Pricing results in adjusted consumer behavior

Smart Grid is the vision of the future

Smart Grid Solutions

AMI

AMR

$338 billionEstimated cost of the Smart Grid

$2 trillionAnticipated economic benefit by 2030

Questions

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