Smart Metering InitiativeADWEA Program

Saeed NassouriTechnical Advisor

Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority (ADWEA)

Dec 2010

Content

• Company Background

• SMART GRID Basics

• AMI Project Strategy

• Project Scope

• Implementation

• Status

• Challenges

• Next Step

Background

• In 1998 the Water& Electricity Department Privatized & ADWEA Was established

• The sector Evolved into distinct Generation, Transmission, Distribution, and into 9 separate companies

• Independent Regulation & Supervision Bureau (RSB)

• There are two distribution companies AADC & ADDC

Background ……continue

• The companies set goals to:

– Offer future proof solution for energy

– Improved Customer service , CRM & Billing and

– Comprehensive Energy data management

– Paving the way towards a SMART network

• CRM / Billing project was completed in 2005

• AMI project was established in Aug 2006

Corp Office

Industrial Facility

Transmission Station Transmission

System

Power PlantDistribution SystemDistribution

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Residential Consumer

Power Plant

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Wind Tower generation

Solar Generation

Battery Power Storage

Industrial Facility

Residential Consumer

Corp Office

Electric Cars

Basics

SMART GRID – BASICS

Drivers and Comparisons – An Outlook

Conventional Networks Smart Grid Networks

• Unsustainable Energy System . Sustainable Energy System .

• Generation Follows Load . Load Follows Generation .

• Fossil Energy Sources. Integration of Renewable Energy Sources

• Centralized Power Generation. Decentralized Power Generation .

• Outages and restoration are fault driven Outage Prevention & Restoration

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ADWEA - AMI Project Strategy

• Towards High performance Business

• Corporate Strategy alignment

• Incorporate Innovation process

• Change & Program Management

• Master schedule - Strategic goals

Project Scope

• Objective: Implement a fully automatic meter reading and meter intelligence monitoring and data capturing system to encompass the entire consumers of water & electricity in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi

• Key Performance Indicators (KPI): Reliable and timely meter reading, instant meter read & two way data sharing between meters and CRM/Billing systems

• Benefits for ADWEA: Improved consumer bill accuracy, faster revenue collection, ability to push consumption data to consumer, accurately aggregate consumption within Distribution network. Pave the way for a SMARTER NETWORK.

VISION

Distribution Area NetworkHOME APPIENCE

NETWORKCore Utility Network

Substation

Distribution System

Transmission System

Corp Office

Power Plant

Utility Core Systems

Meter Aggregation Network

DESIGN

• Water & Electric meter data collected by “End Point Units”

• A multi point system collects data via Power Line Carrier (PLC) at the base of high rise buildings

• Data is then transmitted via Meshed wireless & Fiber Optic network to the servers

• Locations where the meters are far apart, RF technology is utilized instead of PLC

TopologyUtility

Operations

Wireless Collector

WirelessElectricity Meters

High-Rise Collector

Wi-Fi CPE Meshed Wireless Network

Ethernet over Power Line/ MBUS

Network

Meter Management

System

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Implementation

• Four Phase Approach

1. Collection & Initial Validation of meter data

2. Verify & Analyze data for the purpose of billing

3. Integrate into the CRM & Billing system (bi-directional process)

4. Integration into the entire ADWEA SMART network

Controls

Head-End Systems MDMS CC&B

Billing Data

Exchange/info

•Premise ID

•Customers ID

•Customer

Profile

•Accounts ID

•Billing

•Tariff

Schemes

Meter Data

Exchange

•Validation

•Estimation

•Analysis of Meters

Data

•Consumption

Calculation

•Trends & demands

•Forecasting

Wi-Fi Network

•Register a meter

•Receive Meter

Reading

•Perform Initial

Validation

•Change / Reset a

Reading

•Detect Alarms

•Connect /

Disconnect a Meter

AMPEPAMR Application

AAS-WEBAmplight Appl.

LVLV Application

GIS

ERP

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Implementation

• Design

– Flexible solution that satisfy company needs and regulatory demands

– To cater for immediate and future requirements

– Proven, current and fail safe technology

– Implementation with minimum interruption to customers

Shoebox-sized radios unobtrusively mounted on sub-stations and street light poles

Connected through ADWEA sub-station fiber infrastructure

Leveraging ADWEA Assets

AMR Metering Points:Abu Dhabi Island

AMR Metering Points:A Close-up

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SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF THE AUTOMATED METER READING (AMR) TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM

Contract No. G-3923 - (Original & VO1 )OVERALL PROGRESS S-CURVE

REV (0)OVERALL 'S' - CURVE FOR ORIGINAL & VARIATION1

Challenges

• Technical issues

• Challenges Communication(TRA) & Asset Installation

• Risks (Reliability & Interoperability)

• Villas, buildings, farms

• Multiple meter manufacturersRF

Next Step

• Building blocks towards the SMART GRID

• Mobile workforce management

• LV AMR enabling

• Distribution NMS

• Alternative Generation

• In Home monitoring devices

High VoltageSub-Station

DIR IDSSDHCP

DNS

ISP POPRADIUS

Etc.

AMR NOCDHCP

TROPOSControl

ADWEA NOC

RADIUS

10GE Ring

10GE

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100FX

100FX

Low VoltageSub-Station

High VoltageSub-Station

1GE

StreetLight

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