Request for Information Response Template. SCE s Advanced Metering Infrastructure Program. Next Generation Metering System

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1 Request for Information Response Template SCE s Advanced Metering Infrastructure Program ext Generation Metering System December 2, 2005

2 Table of Contents Response Sections Introduction and Purpose of the Response Document. 3 Company Information AMI Solution Provider Company. 3 ext Generation AMI Solution 7 AMI - Metrology. 9 AMI - Communications Solutions.. 11 AMI Security AMI Product Profile.. 17 All rights reserved. Page 2 of 19

3 Introduction SCE provides electricity service (delivery and commodity) to over 4.5 million customers in Southern California and is seeking to identify vendors that have, or are actively developing, a next generation Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) solution. SCE s concept of an AMI solution includes advanced digital metering plus communication interfaces with distribution network and customer endpoint devices. This RFI is intended, in part, to better understand your company s development efforts and to determine which products and companies align with SCE s AMI program objectives. After reviewing the associated SCE_AMI_RFI background document (included with this solicitation as a separate attachment), and if you would like to have your company be evaluated as a potential AMI meter and/or communications solutions provider to SCE, please complete and return the following questionnaire. Company Information - AMI Solution Provider Company 1) Please identify your company s principle market segments. (Please circle the appropriate response). a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 1 and 2 e. 1 and 3 f. 2 and 3 g. 1, 2, and 3 Meter Select Key Functionality Metrology PQ Metrics Remote Disconnect MCU / Memory Telecommunications Local Area etwork Wide Area etwork Home Area etwork Interface In-Premise Devices In-Home Display Devices Load Switches Smart T-stat Solid State Controls 2) Corporate model & principle sources of funding (Please place check marks as appropriate and provide responses in the spaces provided) a) Public company Legal name: Exchange listed: Symbol: b) Privately held (If privately held, please indicate if any utility investors & principal source of funding) i. Are there any Utility investors (Please mark the appropriate response) Yes o ii. Private equity (Lead investor: ) iii. Venture capital (Lead investor: ) iv. Operational cash flow 3) umber of years in electric metering solution business? ( ) All rights reserved. Page 3 of 19

4 4) Facility locations and principle operations (Please fill-in the blanks). Facility # Facility ame City / State / Country Facility Type EXAMPLE Corp Headquarters Redding, CA. USA Administrative offices, manuf, etc ) Scale of principle operations: Area Engineering Manufacturing Assembly Marketing / Sales Admin / General Customer / Technical Support Other ( ) umber of Employees Significant Outsourcing (Yes/o) Please describe any significant outsourcing contracts / relationships 6) Contact information Contact Information Primary Contact Chief Technology Officer Lead Engineer ame Title Mailing Address address Office Telephone # Cell # Primary Fax # All rights reserved. Page 4 of 19

5 7) Annual revenues Estimated 2005 $ $ $ $ $ $ 8) AMI solutions product shipments Estimated 2005 Installed Units: Installed Units: Installed Units: Installed Units: Installed Units: Installed Units: 9) ext generation AMI installations (planned or underway) Deployments Pilot / Trial Commercial product installations Planned for 2006 In-premise units (non-meter end points) End- Points # Collectors (if any) Location (State/Province) Expected Duration 10) Please provide references for the above referenced deployments. Project ame End- Points Utility ame & Title of Primary Contact Telephone # All rights reserved. Page 5 of 19

6 Corporate Profile 11) Please provide the corporate structure, as appropriate. Holding Company (if different) Subsidiary (if any) #1 Subsidiary (if any) #2 Subsidiary (if any) #3 Subsidiary (if any) #4 ame Location Principle Business Type 12) Holding company annual revenues (If different) Estimated 2005 $ $ $ $ $ $ a. Is your company currently involved in any legal proceedings related to intellectual property or commercial relationships? Yes o b. Are there any known potential conflicts of interest with any competitors? Yes o End of Company Profile Section All rights reserved. Page 6 of 19

7 ext Generation AMI Solution SCE is currently employing a systems engineering approach to define the functional and non-functional requirements, and system architecture. To provide directional guidance in advance of this work, the conceptual capabilities set below identifies functionality that is currently being evaluated. High Level Conceptual Meter & Communication Device Functionality Open Design and Standards Internal / External expansion Input / Output interoperability Software enabled functions Data structure & security standards Messaging / control protocol standards Metrology & Intelligence ASI C12.19 compliant Distributed generation detection Power quality monitoring & reporting et metering capabilities Meter data captured in non-volatile memory Remotely programmable / configurable Self diagnostics and remote reporting Remote disconnect / current limiting capabilities 15+ year MTTF Communications 2-way communications to meter High reliability Multiple WA options Meter self registering at install Home Area etwork communications 2-way communications & control (e.g. load switches, communicating thermostats, misc. sensors) Ancillary device self registry Gas / water meter readability Emergency event notification / confirm 13) Regarding your company s next generation technology development, please respond to the following questions: Development Activity Yes o a) Is your company currently working on a next generation AMI technology solution? b) Does it closely relate to the types of functional capabilities outlined in Figure 1? Figure 1 c) Is your company interested in working with SCE to incorporate additional capabilities? d) Is your company interested in working with a utility consortium to meet their objectives surrounding interoperability and security capabilities? e) Does your company expect to have commercial product available for SCE to test within the next 12 months? f) If product will be available for testing sooner, please indicate the anticipated date Date: All rights reserved. Page 7 of 19

8 14) Regarding the current status of your company s next generation AMI technology solution as it most closely aligns with SCE s conceptual capabilities (figure 1, above), what is the current level of product maturity? (Please place an X in the status column next to the most appropriate stage description, and indicate the date anticipated for movement to the next sequential stage, for letter a-e). ext Generation AMI Solution Product Stage Status Target Date a) Engineering design but no prototype b) Alpha product under testing c) Pre-commercial beta product d) Commercially available e) Other please specify: 15) Please provide brief responses to the following (ote: for the following question and all other questions where text boxes are provided for open ended responses, please craft response to fit within the space provided). a) Overview & status of your company s AMI product development efforts b) Willingness to enhance product to accommodate SCE s functional and non-functional requirements All rights reserved. Page 8 of 19

9 AMI Metrology 16) For meter manufacturers, (those respondents that classified themselves as such in accordance with your self-selected market segment as captured in your response to question #1 (e.g. you circled response a,d,e, or g) please indicate the level of alignment with the following METER capabilities. If you classified your company as taking part in the meter manufacturing segment, please respond to the following question and then skip to question #27. If you did not classify your company as falling into the meter manufacturing segment, please skip to question #17. a) How do the following (Meter/ Metrology) characteristics fit within your company s solution? (Please place an X in the appropriate column and include the planned date of availability as appropriate). Ref # Description ot on Road Map i ii iii iv v vi vii Is your company s solution based on current state-of-the-art solid state meter component technology Time stamped meter data Integrated remote disconnect or current limiting device? Usage data recorded on unique channels to support ET metering (inflow/outflow) Remote tamper detection Remotely programmable / upgradeable firmware Will your company s solution include partitioned firmware (e.g. boot loaders) to keep the meter running during upgrade (e.g. communication parameters, clock, tariffs, security, etc.) viii Available in meter form type 1S? ix Form type 2S? x Form type 12S? xi Form type 16S? xii Form type 3S? xiii Form type 5S? xiv Form type 9S? xv 2S class 320? Possess capability of remote programming for the level of xvi interval granularity (e.g. 5 min interval vs. 15 min interval) xvii Residential meter capable of storing at least 35 days of 15 min interval data in non-volatile on-board memory xviii Integrated RFID tag in meter for asset tracking xix xx xx Minimum 15 year MTTF 1 for meter Compliant with ASI C12.19 Standard? Will your company s solution be in compliance with SCE Specification E-100 SSM (appendix C)? In Development Available When? 1 MTTF is a basic measure of reliability for non-repairable systems. It is the mean time expected until the first failure of a piece of equipment. MTTF is a statistical value and is meant to be the mean over a long period of time and large number of units. For constant failure rate systems, MTTF is the inverse of the failure rate. If failure rate is in failures/million hours, MTTF = 1,000,000 / Failure Rate for components with exponential distributions. All rights reserved. Page 9 of 19

10 b) If your company has or are currently developing an integrated disconnect for residential meters, please elaborate on the device characteristics? (Please place an X in the appropriate yes/no column). Disconnect Device Characteristics Yes o i. 200 Amp continuous rating ii. If other than 200 Amp, please specify ( ) n/a n/a iii. Is the device s make / break capability rating the same as continuous? iv. Current limiting capabilities (incremental reduction)? v. Customer reset switch / button vi. Minimum 15 year MTTF on device vii. Please list the form types to be available ( ) n/a n/a c) What power quality measurement capabilities does/will your company s residential solution contain? (Please place an X in the appropriate yes/no column and provide a brief response regarding time interval (instantaneous, RMS average over cycles/seconds, etc.). Power Quality Measurement Yes o Time Interval (cycles or seconds) i. Voltage ii. Current iii. Frequency iv. Please specify IEEE 1159 phenomenon s your company s solution will be capable of measuring. (Please specify): iv. Other (Please specify) v. Other (Please specify) vi. Other (Please specify) d) Regarding AMI communications supplier relationships, please provide which firms your company is currently working with, plan to work with, or are open to working with in AMI communication solution Providers Alliances and Partnerships Currently working with Plan to work with Open to working with All rights reserved. Page 10 of 19

11 AMI Communications Solutions 17) Regarding the current status of your company s next generation AMI metering solution as indicated above, can you please indicate the level of alignment with the following COMMUICATIOS capabilities? (Please respond in accordance with your self-selected market segment based on your response to question #1 e.g you circled response b, d, f or g). If you classified your company as providing a technology solution for segment 2, please respond to the following questions. If you did not classify your company as a Communications Solution Provider, please skip to question #27. How do the following COMMUICATIOS characteristics fit within your company s next generation AMI solution? (Please place an X in the appropriate column and include the planned date of availability as appropriate). Ref # Description i Solution provides for remote software update / firmware upgrade / programmability ii Minimum 15 year MTTF 2 for communication solution iii Two-way communications with the meter iv Minimal network system administration and maintenance v Will the metering device be IP addressable? vi Will the metering device use an alternate industry standard addressing scheme? Standard: ( ) vii Possess Home Area etwork (HA) communication capability (able to communicate with in-premise & around the premise devices, confirm receipt of node signals sent and received) viii HA communications capability under the meter cover ix Communications solution integrated with at least three (3) different residential meter manufacturers product x End-node device (meter, in-premise devise) self registry through the communications network xi Will the HA protocol support remote upgrades to end-node devices? xii Support multiple integrated WA backhaul options xiii Support the ability to acquire gas/water meter reads xiv Will your company s solution be compliant with the IEC Standard Common Information Models (CIM)? xv Please list which ASI C12.xx standards your company s solution complies with: ot on Road Map In Development Available When? /A /A /A 2 MTTF is a basic measure of reliability for non-repairable systems. It is the mean time expected until the first failure of a piece of equipment. MTTF is a statistical value and is meant to be the mean over a long period of time and large number of units. For constant failure rate systems, MTTF is the inverse of the failure rate. If failure rate is in failures/million hours, MTTF = 1,000,000 / Failure Rate for components with exponential distributions. All rights reserved. Page 11 of 19

12 18) The following graphic attempts to depict some basic possible AMI communications architectures. Please review and identify which if any of the following architectures best describes your company s next generation AMI technology solution. Various Communication Architectures 1 HA odes Meter Collector Device Device C O L L Aggregator Backhaul M Agg WA Utility System HA odes Meter Device M Metering Collector Aggregator CM Agg Backhaul WA Utility System 5 2 M C O L L WA M CM WA 6 3 M C O L L Agg WA M CM Agg WA 7 4 C O L L WA CM WA 8 M M one of the above = 9 Sub Categorization A = RF Peer-to=Peer Mesh etwork B = Meter to designated collector only C = Meter to various collectors (dynamic, but not peer-to-peer) D = Other All rights reserved. Page 12 of 19

13 Referring to the graphic above, please respond to the following questions. Communication Architecture Please Select One (Architecture #1-9 & A-D). Commercially available when? Is it evolving? If yes, to which? Anticipated evolved architecture available when? a) Based on the graphic above, please identify the architecture that best describes your company s current AMI solution. b) Please identify the architecture that best describes your company s next generation AMI solution (1-9, A-D). 19) Regarding your company s Home Area etwork communications interface or etwork control solution, please responds with a yes or no in each of the last two columns as appropriate. Home Area etwork Solution Description RF solution PLC solution Integrated PLC and RF solution Meter serves as gateway Concentrator / aggregator serves as gateway on-proprietary communications protocols (please specify) Available (yes/no) Planned (yes/ no) 20) Regarding product integration with a solid state metering product(s), please identify which firms your company is currently working with, plan to work with, or open to working with in Currently working with Plan to work with Open to working with All rights reserved. Page 13 of 19

14 21) Please identify any in-premise products commercially available (e.g. communicating thermostats, load switches, in-home display devices, etc.) that can be used with your company s existing or soon to be available HA solution. Item # Product Supplier Product description # Units deployed / piloted ) Regarding your company s Wide Area etwork interface: Wide Area etwork Available Additional Planned (& date available) Current communications mediums supported Future communication mediums / interfaces planned Multiple integrated backhaul options 23) SCE s deployment schedule for a successful Advanced Integrated AMI solution would commence in the 4th Quarter of The overall system is expected to have a minimum 15 year MTTF. Viable WA communication options are growing. How will your company s ultimate WA solution address this evolving technology/industry? All rights reserved. Page 14 of 19

15 24) What emerging WA technologies would your company recommend the advanced metering industry pay close attention to, and why? 25) Please identify which AMI communications interfaces your company plans to standardize, considering at least the following possibilities (note that interface may include physical connections, protocols, information models, etc.): Ref a b c d e f g Communication Interfaces Back office data management Wide area network (WA) Local area network (LA) (e.g. WiFi, WiMAX, Ethernet) Home area network (HA) (e.g. Z-Wave, Zigbee, Bluetooth) Interface to distributed generation Interface to transmission and distribution automation systems Interface to peripheral devices or expansion modules such as displays or switch panels. ot planning to Standardize Will be Standardized When? 26) Please name the communications standards your company would recommend for use in AMI. For each standard, please use the following table to identify: a) The organization responsible for publishing and updating the standard. b) Whether there are any licensing concerns with the standard, i.e. can any vendor use it without providing profit to a competitor? c) What type of standard it is, e.g. 1) protocol, 2) information exchange, 3) physical interface, 4) electrical interface, 5) Common Information Model (CIM) and Generic Interface Definition (GID). d) Why your company recommends this standard over other similar standards. All rights reserved. Page 15 of 19

16 26) Continued Standard a)responsible Organization b)licensing Concerns c)type of Standard d)why this standard over others? All rights reserved. Page 16 of 19

17 Security 27) Please list which security algorithms and technologies your company s products currently use and which it plans to use in the next generation technology solution, e.g. (SHA, AES, IPSec, TLS, SSH, etc.). Please identify for what purpose each is used. Security Currently Use ext Generation Algorithms Technologies How your company currently / will distribute and update security credentials to your products 28) Please describe any security measures used to protect data and authenticate commands issued to the meter. AMI Product Profile 29) Please identify your company s expected next generation AMI technology price ranges (not including installation or other system costs). Units Meter Device Per Unit Price Collector Device Per Unit Price (required to support meter unit volume) Aggregator Device Per Unit Price (required to support meter unit volume) 500,000 $ $ $ 5,000,000 $ $ $ All rights reserved. Page 17 of 19

18 30) What base product warranty does your company plan to offer for the above stated price? Units Meter Device Base Warranty Collector Device Base Warranty Aggregator Device Base Warranty 500,000 # Years = # Years = # Years = 5,000,000 # Years = # Years = # Years = 31) Where does your company plan to have the next generation product manufactured? Activity Performed on-shore / off-shore Geographic Location (or State) Daily Volume Capacity Annual Capacity Manufacturing Assembly Product Warehousing 32) What reliability measurement(s) is your company targeting related to data capture and overall performance? 33) What quality control or quality processes does your firm employ from design to manufacturing to achieve a high level of product reliability? Please briefly describe your quality control programs (e.g. Six Sigma, etc.) All rights reserved. Page 18 of 19

19 34) Is your company ISO 9000 / 9001certified? (Please place an X in the appropriate cells). Certifications Yes o In Progress ISO 9000 ISO ) What metrics will your company use to describe the reliability of its system? (e.g. 99% of interval reads transmitted daily). 36) What tests do/will your company conduct to validate that performance? (Please briefly describe) 37) SCE is looking to be actively engaged with vendors and manufacturers on their product development cycle. Based on this desired involvement: Questions surrounding product development collaborative activities Yes o a) Based on your company s existing road map, is there flexibility in adapting your product to SCE s functional and non-functional capabilities? b) Will your company provide its product development plan with milestone dates upon request? c) Will your company provide SCE with access to its engineering, testing and production processes to validate production status? d) Are there any conditions surrounding access to the above? e) If you responded with yes to the previous question, please provide a brief explanation. /A /A Thank you for your timely response! All rights reserved. Page 19 of 19