OVER 10 YEARS AGO . . . CALIFORNIA RECEIVED NATIONAL CALIFORNIA - - PDF document

TOM TAMARKIN

President & CEO

(Div. of USCL Corporation)

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OVER 10 YEARS AGO . . .

CALIFORNIA RECEIVED NATIONAL CALIFORNIA RECEIVED NATIONAL ATTENTION

USCL and the State of California lead the way... Revolutionizing metering and AMI

• January 2001 California makes world wide headlines

Revolutionizing metering and AMI

• January 2001 USCL begins development of prototype

EMS-2020 A il 2001 USCL il ki EMS 2020 t t t

• April 2001 USCL unveils working EMS-2020 prototype at

an Open house attended by California State Senator Tom Torlakson

• USCL receives letter from the White House regarding its

innovative Smart Meter and Customer display products

• Senator Torlakson introduces Senate Bill SB-1976;

Approved by the California Governor September 24, 2002

• Senate Bill 1976 leads to two year SPP pilot project

C lif i P bli U ili i C i i (CPUC)

• California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)

begins to mandate AMI for the state’s three Investor Owned Utilities Q2 2004; over 12 million old fashion Owned Utilities Q2 2004; over 12 million old fashion electro-mechanical power meters will be replaced in California by 2012 Ca o a by Southern California Edison (SCE) files negative

• Southern California Edison (SCE) files negative

business case model with CPUC for AMI; Vice President provides negative testimony at CEC and President provides negative testimony at CEC and CPUC public hearing November 2004

• USCL prepares detailed letter and AMI Team

Roadmap PowerPoint for SCE President Robert Foster and personally delivers documents to Mr. Foster’s office January 29 2005 Foster s office January 29 2005

• SCE files 480 page five volume positive AMI

business case model largely based on USCL’s l tt d AMI R d M h 30 2005 letter and AMI Roadmap March 30, 2005

• Tom Tamarkin files testimony with the California

Public Utilities Commission on the importance of in-home customer energy displays in August 2005

Utilities state-wide are now l i th i i t ll d replacing their installed base of old fashioned l t i l t electrical meters with communicating digital meters digital meters.

• California: 13 million

N ti id 150 illi

• Nationwide:150 million

Often times these are called Smart Meters Meters But are they Smart? But are they Smart?

These meters say they’re smart. But, are they?

P b bl t t! Probably, not so smart!

Meters Meters can be can be made smart! made smart! Here is how . . .

Is Josh Hart in the room?

Who is Josh Hart? Jay Leno’s upcoming joke . . .

Josh Hart, leading anti-Smart Meter advocate: Used PC with his wireless router Printed material using wireless PC interface g Verified data with his Blackberry PDA Spent 45 minutes on cell phone with media . .

SMART for the utility VERY SMART SMART

for EVERYONE

• Customer

U ili

• Utility
• Environment
• Economy
• The future of

The future of energy

As smart meters help utility customers b t t become smart customers . . . Simple ratepayers are transformed into Simple ratepayers are transformed into smart customers

A truly smart meter will support a

“plug and play” energy dash board inside the customers home or office.

Car makers knew this 30 years ago.

meter The econom T

A smart energy dash board will also present gas information.

And, water information

Think about it. When you fill up the car you know what

the gasoline cost is and how much you are buying. the gasoline cost is and how much you are buying.

EnergyCite™ presents such a smart energy dash board for utility customers . . . . Plug & play; no difficult installation steps required

U.S. Patent: 7,379,791 E.U. Patent rights granted Additional patents pending ; U.S., China, E.U., & Israel

Let’s go under the cover.

What’s In A Smart Meter?

• Volt meter (volts)

Volt meter (volts)

• Current meter (amperes)

C l l t (W tt kW VARS)

• Calculator (Watts, kW, VARS)
• Clock (Watt hours, kWh, accumulated)
• Memory (parameter registers, ANSI)
• Micro-computer chip (runs everything)

Micro computer chip (runs everything)

• Radio transceivers (LAN-WAN)

VARS

• All electrons are created equally.

All l t t d li d ll

• All electrons are not delivered equally.

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• Work performed by electrons is a function
• Work performed by electrons is a function
• f power quality. 1 HP = 744 Watts

Reactive Power Formula

IMPROVED OPERATIONS: CSUM systems can collect primary data such as voltage, current, and g phase angle. A wealth of additional information such as power factor information, such as power factor, can be derived from the primary data This information is valuable for

• data. This information is valuable for

both utilities and their customers. SUBSCRIBER SIDE BILLIING: Subscriber side billing is another Subscriber side billing is another example of how a CSUM system can reduce costs for both utilities and their reduce costs for both utilities and their

• customers. Such a meter system is

bl t (1) l l t d di l h able to (1) calculate and display each customers’ monthly bill, (2) reconcile each bill at the end of the month with taxes, credits and regulatory offsets . . . , g y

CREDIT LIMIT AND PREPAID CREDIT LIMIT AND PREPAID SERVICE: In addition to its ability to calculate thl bill CSUM t ith monthly bills, a CSUM system with subscriber side billing will make it easy for utilities to establish a credit limit for each customer and also to t o eac custo e a d a so to

• ffer a prepaid service . . .

SECURE COMMUNICATION AND SECURE COMMUNICATION AND HACKING DETECTION: A CSUM system will (1) securely t ll i ti t t encrypt all communications to prevent unauthorized access to private information, (2) detect any cyberspace hacking attempt by those seeking to ac g atte pt by t ose see g to do harm to the nation’s transmission and distribution system and distribution system . . .

NEW TARIFF OPPORTUNITIES: A CSUM t ill l t th A CSUM system will also support the future use of a variety of new rate tariff

• structures. These can be time of use,

peak demand, and critical peak p , p demand tariffs currently in use or proposed for use proposed for use CLASS OF SERVICE: Examples of Class of Service include: Examples of Class of Service include: (1) maximum current in amperes, (2) d i i d f i guaranteed maximum period of service interruption, (3) guaranteed minimum and maximum over and under voltage and (4) guaranteed levels of power and (4) guaranteed levels of power factor deviation and harmonic content.

REMOTE CONNECT, DISCONNECT & CLASS OF SERVICE CHANGE: A CSUM system can remotely connect, disconnect and change the class of disconnect and change the class of service saving the utility money. This feature is especially helpful when feature is especially helpful when people move into and out of id It i l i t t h

• residences. It is also important when

enforcing collections. SUPPORTS ELECTRICITY RETAILERS: A CSUM greatly enhances the effective operations of electricity retailers in deregulated markets by g y directing meter data to a specific retailer retailer.

REMOTE UPDATE: L tl b di t f CSUM REMOTE UPDATE: Lastly, any embodiment of a CSUM system must provide for the remote download of updates and improvements of the software- p firmware operating system. This will insure that hardware paid for today insure that hardware paid for today will not become obsolete . . . .

EnergyCiteTM EMS-2020 Real Time Burn Rate Screens Screens Customer Benefits: Manage electricity usage by: Manage electricity usage by: Di l f l i i i f i

• Display of electricity cost information
• Real time consumption and

accumulated cost to date.

• Establish, monitor, and control

Establish, monitor, and control customer established budget.

Customer Benefits, cont’d

• Integration with HAN and

communicating “Smart Appliances ” communicating Smart Appliances.

• Offers payment choices such as . . .

p y

• Displays information on a remote

t PDA hil th t computer or PDA while the customer is away from the premise

• Displays locally generated power

(solar) in a feed in tariff environment (solar) in a feed-in tariff environment

Customer Benefits, cont’d

• Monitors “health” and efficiency of

major electricity consuming ajo e ec c y co su g appliances . . . f

• Local data archiving for customer

review.

• Cost effective choices for new

appliances based on man fact rers’ appliances based on manufacturers’ ratings and historical use within the premise.

Customer Benefits, cont’d

• Customer real time interactive link to

utility customer service department u y cus o e se ce depa e

• Provides for the down load of energy

related or other media content

• Allows for the simple operation of
• Allows for the simple operation of

Electricity Retailers in deregulated en ironments thereb offering the environments thereby offering the customer a choice of electricity companies, plans and programs 30 Years Later, We Return To The Automobile

Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu & Tom Tamarkin discuss Israel Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, & Tom Tamarkin discuss Israel’s plans to convert all autos and trucks to electric vehicles and the need for new energy sources. Other countries will surely follow.

Proper implementation

• f Smart Meters:
• Transforms Ratepayers into smart customers.
• Builds the customer into the Smart Grid and
• Builds the customer into the Smart Grid and

Smart Meter system; complaints related to meter inaccuracies and even the “health meter inaccuracies and even the health concerns” go away.

• Creates a win-win situation for utilities, their

customers, and meter manufacturers.

TOM TAMARKIN

President & CEO 2433 Garfield Avenue Carmichael, CA 95608 916-482-2000 • 916-482-2032 (fax)

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Many of the features described in this paper are the subject of USCL USPTO patent no. 7,379,791,

• Div. of USCL Corporation

Many of the features described in this paper are the subject of USCL USPTO patent no. 7,379,791, USPTO publication number, US 2009/0109065 A1, EU rights granted for 7,379,791, and additional patents pending in the U.S., Europe, China & Israel.