Smart Grid Visualization Improve Grid Reliability with Faster Field Response

Agenda

• Introductions

• AMI data challenges and opportunities

• Clevest Smart Grid Visualization solution

• Future plans

• 87,493 meters • 4 AMI operations staff • 90 vehicles with AVL • AMI: Aclara TWACS

• MDMS: NISC • CIS: NISC • GIS: Futura (Esri) • OMS: ABB CADOPS

Challenges: AMI data not presented intuitively

New data not in an easily consumable format Difficult to make insights Challenging to quickly roll a truck

Does this look familiar?

AMI not integrated to operational systems

Using multiple applications takes time

Correlating data from multiple systems hinders decision-making

Even fewer are integrated to MWFM

How do you turn that data into useful information?

How do you make that information actionable?

Desired solution would enable BECM to..

Blink data Voltage Power outage Tamper

Visualize blink data on a map

Analyze trends and identify problem areas

Take preventative action

e.g. vegetation management

Vision and collaboration to develop a solution

Clevest Smart Grid Visualization

Visualize assets + alerts Assess

determine action

Respond in the field

View smart meter status within context of GIS assets and satellite imagery

View and filter meter data to highlight areas at risk

The tamper flag for meter 10714509 has been triggered

Identify bellweather meters and make on-demand reads

Drill down and investigate

Create a work order and dispatch a crew

Bridging the gap between determining action and taking action in the field

This enables BEMC to:

Make more insightful, data-driven decisions Take faster action in the field to resolve issues Know sooner with real-time data from the field

Delivering key benefits to BEMC and our members

Increased service reliability Identifying risks before they become problems

Lower cost to serve More effective decision-making, faster field response

Improved member satisfaction Better service with greater efficiency

What’s next for BEMC?

• Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR) program • Control 50 of our 110 circuits to achieve 2 - 3.5% reduction • 0.8% reduction can result in $85,000 for that hour

• Voltage data map overlay so that BEMC can:

• Visually represent voltage data to identify anomalies

What’s next for BEMC?

MWFM Service Orders to seamlessly dispatch a crew and automate service work in the field

Questions?

David Adams Manager, Information Services Tel: (910) 755-4222 E-mail: david.adams@bemc.org www.bemc.org

Robin Cairns Product Manager, Smart Grid Tel: (604) 214-9700 E-mail: robin.cairns@clevest.com www.clevest.com

Thank you!