Post on 29-Jan-2016
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Port Angeles, WA
Process to Purchase AMI System
• Know Your Business Case
• Have A Procurement Strategy
• Evaluate 1st & Ongoing Costs
• Have A Communications Plan
• Summary
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Business Case
• Customer needs• Rate design needs• Federal/state mandates• Aging meters• Meter reading costs• Cost saving
New Time of Use Rate Design
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Sundays & NERC Holidays
Lowest CostOff-Peak Hours
Only Energy Metered
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Highest CostPeak Hours
Energy & Demand Metered
Medium CostShoulder Hours
Only Energy Metered
Lowest CostOff-Peak Hours
Only Energy Metered
Monday Through Saturday
What’s Your Peak Hour?
Peak Hours Shoulder Hours
New Rate DesignResidential, general service, non-profit customer classes• Winter & summer seasonal energy rates• Peak, off-peak, and shoulder periods• Base charge• Demand response credits
Demand metering & charges only for large commercial
Your Procurement Strategy?
•Competitive negotiation or low bid
• Turn-key or multi-year deployment
• Vendor or utility installation
• What’s your risk tolerance?
• Demand response
Leverage Your Assets
• Use utility owned infrastructure• Move toward smart infrastructure
• Full two-way communication• Co-located hardware
Procurement Suggestions
• Stay technology neutral• Hold interviews and demonstrations• Check references and conduct site visits• Know what you are willing to agree to• Construction phases• 3rd party issues
1st Cost Considerations
Meters & disconnect metersService repairs
Demand responseInstallation
Communications systemHardware & software
Meter data management systemOutage management system
Integration services
Ongoing Cost Considerations
• License fees• Pole attachment fees• Software maintenance fees• Server and switch depreciation• Customer information system fees• Network services (fiber optics, GPRS)• Consider life cycle costing
Communications Plan• AMI meters are highly accurate so
everyone pays for what they use it’s fair
• The AMI system allows the City to run its utilities efficiently and at the lowest cost possible
it’s financially responsible
• Customers can have more control over their bill
It’s future ready
Smart meter installation credited with finding fire risk
Port Angeles resident Donna Rowan looks at the electric meter on the side of her house after utility workers discovered that her old meter was dangerously hot
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011306269996
Know your business caseHave a procurement strategyConsider 1st and ongoing costsCommunicate throughout
AMI System Acknowledgements
Olympic Electric Company, Inc.
SUNGARD
Purchasing and installing an AMI
system is like parenting
Just when you get good at it
YOU’RE DONE!
ConcludingThought
Larry D. DunbarCity of Port Angeles, Washington
Deputy Director of Public Works & Utilities
360-417-4710 or ldunbar@cityofpa.us
Website www.cityofpa.us
AMI System RFP http://olypen.com/copa