1. AMI project for Israel Electricity Corporation
Beeper-Larotech
Ilan Friedland - CEO

2. Israel Electric Company - Background Information
Yearly income B $us
Total no’ of consumers - 2.5M
Production capacity ,500 MW
Electricity supplied (sold) ,145,000 MWh
Average Unavailability per consumer/year minutes (exceptionally low)
* IEC 2011 statistical reports

3. USA - Largest Utilities IEC
Rank
Entity
State
Class of Ownership
Number of Customers
Sales (MWh)
Revenue (1,000 $)
Average Retail Price (c/kWh) 1
Pacific Gas & Electric CA
Investor Owned
5,212,602
84,045,146
11,633,791
13.84 2
Southern California Edison
4,880,765
75,597,423
9,738,965
12.88 3
Florida Power & Light FL
4,515,032
105,003,376
9,835,774
9.37 4
Commonwealth Edison IL
3,743,215
43,609,598
4,957,578
11.37 5
Consolidated Edison NY
2,677,350
24,141,995
5,546,422
22.97 6
Georgia Power GA
2,359,765
87,160,371
7,508,794
8.61 7
Dominion Resources VA
2,304,117
76,895,671
6,454,222
8.39 8
Detroit Edison MI
2,117,878
42,490,936
4,164,536
9.80 9
Public Service Enterprise Group NJ
2,115,116
26,613,454
3,982,564
14.96 10
TXU Energy TX
Power Marketer
2,080,686
52,921,258
6,094,807
11.52
IEC

4. IEC AMI - Project Background
Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) decided to implement Smart Metering
Why smart metering?
Billing & Collection
Customer service Improvement
Demand Respond – peak shaving and production planning
Deployment in few stages
First stage : 8.5K Industrial customers (the largest AMI project in Israel)
Next stages: extend to 30K – 50K C&I

5. Israel Electric Company – Larotech AMI Project
Annual KWh Supply – Breakdown by Customer Type
AMI Phase II
60% of Annual Income
3.8B$))
AMI Phase I

6. Israel Electric Company - AMI Project
ROI for AMI Project
8,500 meters % of total revenues
Large customers billing - ~250K $US per month
Project cost per year K $US
2 faulty meter reading per month = AMI project cost per year
Customer service Improvement
Demand Respond – peak shaving and production planning

7. AMI - Typical Architecture
Objectives:
Meter reading & management by either Web2MTM system users or third party servers
Monitoring and control of the communication infrastructure
Main Larotec’s system components:
Interface & Communication Units (ICU) interfaced to the meters
Communication Server – management of meter reading, communication and asset management
The Web2MTM is integrated with additional system components:
Metering server: Reads the meters via the ICU
Radius Server: Responsible for the network IP assignment
GIS Server: displaying end device (ICU + meter) location and status on maps

8. IEC AMI - Robust Architecture
Comm. Server
Radius
Server
Metering
Larotec’s ICU
Fixed IP
Industrial
Meters
Private APN via
GPRS Network
reading success rate %

9. Web2MTM – Consumption Reports

10. Web2MTM – Readings of Current value (1st phase)

11. Web2MTM – Readings of Power Factor value

12. Multiple operating modes
Transparent mode:
“Transparent Bridge” between 3rd party Metering Server
and the system
Listening mode:
ICU waits for requests from the metering or communication servers while still performing its regular procedures
Command mode:
FOTA (firmware over the air)
Data on Demand
Configuration update

13. Additional features for IEC project
Communication Management
Monitoring:
Cell ID: tracking the active cell serving the ICU
Rx level: tracking level of GPRS Radio Frequency signal reception
Commands:
Get Data Now: enabling data acquisition at any required time
Activation: remotely enable/disable meter reading services
Communication parameters: Configure parameters on the fly from remote location
Remote s/w update
Templates: pre-defined profile assigned to any hierarchical group via the communication server

14. Project Status - 2012 6,850 installations
Deployment – Nation Wide since 2010
Meter Reading success – 99.7%
Data Collection Interval – 2 times per day
Meter Reading Interval – 15 min

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22. Thank You!