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The Secrets to Successful AMI Deployment – The Ontario Experience Paul Murphy, President & CEO Independent Electricity System Operator February 19, 2007
The Secrets to Successful AMI Deployment – The Ontario ExperiencePaul Murphy, President & CEOIndependent Electricity System OperatorFebruary 19, 2007
Ontario at a Glance(year-end 2006)
Installed Capacity 30,000 MWRecord Summer Peak 27,000 MW
(August 1, 2006)Record Winter Peak 25,000 MW
(December 20, 2004)
Total Annual Energy Consumed
151 TWh
Customers 4.5 millionOntario Import Capability
4,000 MW
Transmission Lines 30,000 km (18,600 miles)
$ $BillingPayments
Dispatch Dispatch
Offers/Schedules Bids
The Ontario Electricity Market
Suppliers
Generators~30
Wholesale Sellers
~20
Consumers
Local Distribution Companies
~90
Wholesale Consumers
~90
Retailers9 active
Transmitters5
Tariffs $
Contracted/Regulated Prices$
Ontario’s Smart Meter Initiative
• 4.5 million smart meters to be installed in total– 800,000 smart meters to be installed by
end of 2007; remaining by 2010– Almost 400,000 installed to date
• Total investment of $1 billion (CAN)• Cost recovery through distribution rate
base
The Smart Metering System
Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
Control Compute
rRegional Collector
LocalArea
NetworkMeters
Communications Device
Wide Area
Network
Wide Area
Network
Meter Data Management/
Repository Functions (MDM/R)
Wide Area
Network
Customer Information
& Billing Systems
LDCs, Retailers and other
Billing Agents
Monitors and Displays
Customer Benefits
Current Time of Use Rates
Summer Weekdays
Weekends and Holidays
Winter Weekdays
On-Peak9.7 cents per kWh
Mid-Peak7.1 cents per kWh
Off-Peak3.4 cents per kWh
Load Duration Curve – 2006
Load Duration Curve - 2006
Percent of Hours
20,000
21,000
22,000
23,000
24,000
25,000
26,000
27,000
28,000
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
MW
Ontario Demand
125 (1.4%) hours – Average Price 11.9¢/kWh
58 (0.7%) hours – Average Price 14.3¢/kWh
32 (0.4%) hours – Average Price 15.0¢/kWh
Focus on the Customer
The Secrets to Successful AMI Deployment – The Ontario ExperiencePaul Murphy, President & CEOIndependent Electricity System OperatorFebruary 19, 2007
