03.Par.39209.File Smart Grid Pulse Check

8/3/2019 03.Par.39209.File Smart Grid Pulse Check

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SAP Utilities & PennEnergy Webcast:

Lisa Dalesandro, Senior Industry Principal Utilities at SAP America, Inc

Dorothy Davis, Power Editor, PennEnergy

Stacey Schmidt, Group Publisher, PennEnergy

Smart Grid Pulse CheckMarch 2011


2/15

Which of the following services does your companyprovide?

68.2%

14.5%

25.5%21.8%

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

80.0%

Electric Gas Water Electric&Gas


3/15

How many customers does your company service?

50.5%

8.4%

9.3%

10.3%

21.5%

Fewerthan150,000

Between150,00and500,000

Between500,000and1M

Between1Mand2M

Greaterthan2M


4/15

Is your company planning for or implement ing a SmartGrid - AMI strategy, If so what are t he main business

drivers for doing so?

15.7%

50.0%

21.6%

8.8%3.9% RegulatoryCompliance

OperationalEfficienciesand

Improvement

SupportingSmartGrid

Initiatives

DemandResponse

ProgramEnablement

CapitalCostAvoidance


5/15

What business systems will be integrat ing with yourSmart Grid AMI System?

37.3%

54.5%

29.1%

40.9%37.3%

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

GIS OMS/SCADA MDM CIS,CRM,

CustomerPortal

Work/Asset

Management


6/15

What role will mobility and providing mobile applications play in yourSmart Grid Deployment?

23.1%

36.5%

26.9%

4.8%

8.7%

Somewhatimportant

Important

Veryimportant

Missioncritical

Notimportant


7/15

What type of communications technology do you plan touse for AMI?

11.9%

25.7%

14.9%

32.7%

14.9%

FixedRF

MeshRF

PLC-PowerlineCarrier

Broadband

Other


8/15

When implement ing Smarter Grids and AMI smartermetering, how important will performance and

scalability be?

2.9%

23.8%

46.7%

22.9%

3.8%

Somewhatimportant

Important

Veryimportant

MissionCriticalNotimportant


9/15

Wha t a re s ome o f th e adv an tages you r c ompanyexpec t s to rece ive f rom ado pt ing a Smar t G r id AM I

s t ra tegy?16.3%

18.3%

10.6%

4.8%

50.0%

Enabling customer participation to managing energy usage,

costs, energy eff iciency and demand response pro grams

Impro ved eff iciency in custo mer service, billing activit ies,

emergency response and load management

Improved reliability and efficiency/capacity of the grid t hrough

enhanced asset management, monit or ing, and self -healing

capabilities

Preparing the Smart Grid for integration of renewables,distributed energy resources from wind, solar, bio-gas, and

plug- in hybrid electr ic vehicles

All of the above Responses


10/15

What are some of the key benef its that you expect toachieve by implementing AMI technology?

16.8%

8.9%

3.0%

14.9%

56.4%

Reducesestimatedbillsandmeterreadingerrorsimprovedrateoptions

andprograms

Reducestruckrollsandtheneedto

accesscustomerproperty

Abilitytomonitorenergytheftand

metertampering

Onlineinformationtobettermanage

yourenergyusageandcosts

AlloftheaboveResponses


11/15

If you have implement ed or will implement demandresponse programs, what best describes the programstructure for maximizing customer part icipat ion?

40.2%

30.4%

4.9%

4.9%

19.6%

CustomerIncentivesto

reducemonthlybill

FinancialRewardfor

CustomerParticipation

Customermustoptoutof

program

OtherCustomerBenefitor

Incentive

Wearenotimplementinga

DemandResponse

Program


12/15

Do you have a customer communications programs toeducate customers on Smart Meter aspects? And if sowhat messaging are you providing to the cust omer?

16.7%

21.9%

17.7%2.1%

41.7%

CustomerServiceBenefits

achievedfromAMI

EnvironmentalandEnergy

Efficiency

ExplanationsofwhySmart

Metersarebeinginstalled

DiscussPrivacyorSecurityImplications

AlloftheaboveResponses


13/15

Does your Smart Grid strategy include the adoption ofPHEV - plug in hybrid electric vehicles and the

installation of a charging infrast ructure? I f so over whattime frame?

6.9%

19.6%

24.5%7.8%

41.2%

0to1Year

1Yearto3Years

3Yearsto5Years

5Yearsorgreater

PHEVnotinscope


14/15

What impact does sustainability - carbon impact andreducing GHG's- play in your Smart Grid Strategy?

21.0%

31.0%22.0%

9.0%

17.0%

Somewhatimportant

Important

Veryimportant

Missioncritical

Notimportant


15/15

When do you th ink you will achieve a positive ROI f romthe project?

4.1%

20.4%

33.7%

23.5%

18.4%WeexpecttoseeROIwithin

0to1yearWeexpecttoseeROIwithin

1to3years

WeexpecttoseeROIwithin

3to5years

WeexpecttoseeROIafter5

years

WedonotexpecttoseeROI

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