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The Intelligent Utility Network:From Concept to Reality

Andres CarvalloCIO, Austin Energy

May 2007

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Agenda

The Future UtilityAbout Austin EnergyIT at Austin EnergyOld ChallengeNew GoalHow?Summary


The Future Utility


About Austin Energy

10th largest public power utility in the USAOver $1.2 billion in annual revenuesServicing 380,000 premises representing around 41,000 businesses and 1 million consumersLeader in conservation and renewable energyLeader in the use and management of distributed generationLeader in using the best IT solutions to deliver a fully-integrated and self-healing utility


IT at Austin Energy Today

100 projects per year380,000 meters, 150 enterprise apps, 300 servers, 1500 PCs/laptops, 600 phones, 200 pagers, 30,000 thermostatsMonitoring around 165,000 devices in real-time today500 sq miles of fiber network, 1 voice circuit network, 3 wireless data networksOver 260,000 calls per year10 terabytes of real-time data per week3 terabytes of security data files per month500k billing transactions per month$1 billion in hedging transactions per year4 million data transactions per week$3.5 billion in assets


Old Challenge: Legacy, No trust, etc.

CISeCOMBS

Oracle

SmallWorld

IMS

StormsAvantis

AFS2

PowerOnFeederAll

ED3

DataOne

MS OfficeProfessional

Magic

Banner

TimeSheets

EBPP

CRM

AssetManagement

FSAQSE

SCADAEMS

Risk Mgmt.

PIAC

REIP

MMS

ComplexBilling


New Goal: Energy SOACorporateHuman Resources

Purchasing

LegalRegulatory Affairs

EH&SDSM

Risk ManagementAsset Management

Contract Management

Executive Dashboard / Portals / Web Services

Workflow / Business Intelligence / DWs / DBs

Budgeting and AccountingFinancial ManagementTreasury Management

ControllingRegulatory Accounting

GenCo TransCo & DisCo RepCo

Energy Trading

Metering

CRM / CIS / Billing

Call Center

Clean Energy Programs

Distribution Automation

Work Management

Portfolio Management / Project Management

EMS / SCADA

Materials Mgmt / Asset Mgmt / Facilities Mgmt / GIS

Load BalancingDistributed Control Sys

Emissions Mgmt Sys

CAD / CAE Applications and Tools Value-Added Services

PDAs / Smartphones / PCs / Servers / IT Management System / Email / MS Office / App Servers

Voice and Data Networks (Wired / Wireless)

QSE

Lab Mgmt Sys


New Standalone Dashboards


New Integrated Dashboards


New Intelligent Grid

ISO/RTO

GenerationFleet

TransmissionSystem

DistributionSubstation

Industrial Customer

ResidentialCustomer

TransmissionSubstation

DistributionControl Center Mobile Field

Force

DistributionSystem

“On-Demand”Response

Information Bus

Energy Bus

Embedded Line/PremiseSensors

Embedded Asset Sensors

Electric/Gas/Water Meters

Pervasive/Wireless Bus


Video SurveillanceAnd Valued Added

Services

Outage StatusCircuit Status

Substation Power Quality

Outage StatusOff-Cycle Reads Theft Detection

Curtailment StatusChiller Flow Data

Critical Peak Pricing

Interval Meter ReadsLoad Profiles

Demand UsagePower Quality

AMR

Conservation

CustomerCare

Distribution / Substation Automation

SecurityAnd ValuedAdded Services

Outage DetectionFrom Manual Reads to AMR

Energy Mgmt Services

Demand ResponseLoad Shedding

Load as a ResourceTOU Rates

Outage Notification Billing Consolidation

Trouble Account ManagementCustomer Loyalty Programs

Mobile DataReliability Enhancement / Outage Restoration

T&D PlanningAutomated Controls

Asset ProtectionHomeland SecurityInternet and VOIP

More DataApplications Program Impact: Enhancements and Additions

New Integrated Applications


Network Technology Choices


Wireless Technology Choices

HomeRF

WAN

MAN

LAN

PAN BluetoothUWB (802.15)

ZigBee Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi Mesh WiMAX (802.16), MeshNetworks

802.20(proposed)

400Mhz, 800Mhz, 900Mhz, 2.5G, 3G


New Intelligent Home

NetworkNetwork

Circuit

Contact

Premise

Account

Field Technician

Outage Management

System

Billing and Customer Service

Web Usage Display

Distribution OperationsData

Center

Firewall

Load Control

Smart Thermostat

In-Home Display

Program Management

AMI Operations

Network Module

Electric Meter

EndUser

Other Smart Appliances

Electric Service Point

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New Benefits

For Customers• Faster notification and restoration times from

outages• Receive usage information to better understand and

manage their bills, and ability to participate in energy efficiency and demand response programs

• Reduced inconvenience by no longer needing to unlock gates and tie up dogs for meter reads

• Improvements in timeliness and accuracy of billing, fewer estimated bills

• Remote service turn-on and shut-off• Customer can call Utility Customer Service for real-

time meter read or via data on in-home display/portal• Customer can manage DSM appliances via portal• Ability to participate in other tariff options


New Benefits

For Utilities• Reduced operating costs (less truck rolls)• Improved outage management – ability to quickly

determine if power is off or on• Reduced number of delayed and estimated bills• Reduced energy theft• Lower procurement costs• Improves Load Profiler• Improves Distribution Load Management and Planning• Greater Historical Load and Usage Data• Better Asset Management and Maintenance• Time-Of-Use Pricing, pre-paid, and flat bill programs• Reduces need for additional generation and transmission

capacity• Supports any PUC’s price-responsive tariff requirements


Summary: The Intelligent Utility Network

1. Lead transformation with SOA and DW/BI (MDM)

2. Follow with AMI program to reach every meter and key assets

3. Feed DMS and build connection to OMS, GIS, and AMS/MMS.

4. Feed SCADA/EMS and Planning Tools as needed.

5. Feed CIS to enable new DSM/DR programs and billing rates

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