Benefits of AMI/HAN for Retail Electric Providers Glen Stancil VP, Retail Planning and Development

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1 Benefits of AMI/HAN for Retail Electric Providers Glen Stancil VP, Retail Planning and Development Reliant Energy ZigBee Powers Energy Efficiency - HAN Webinar August 14,

2 Reliant Overview Wholesale Overview 16,000 MW Diversified fuel portfolio (coal, gas/oil) Concentration in PJM, MISO, West Characteristics Manage commodity inputs to generate electricity Capital intensive and cyclical Key long-term drivers Commodity prices Supply/demand balance Short-term earnings impacted by weather and commodity price volatility Retail Overview 67.3 TWh annual sales (2006) 1.9 million customers Mass market in Texas and C&I in Texas and PJM Characteristics Procure and supply electricity to end users Low capital investment requirement with relatively stable earnings Key long-term driver = competitive intensity Short-term earnings impacted by weather and competitive tactics Focus on Competitive Electricity Markets Reliant Energy ZigBee Powers Energy Efficiency - HAN Webinar August 14,

3 Texas Retail Electric Market January 2002 Retail Electric Market Opens Enabling Customer Choice for 6.1 Million Texans Retailers (REPs) enroll customers by providing multiple products with pricing and promotion options. Transmission and Distribution Service Providers (TDSPs) are responsible for poles, wires and metering. Reliant Energy ZigBee Powers Energy Efficiency - HAN Webinar August 14,

4 Customer Choice in Texas Volumetric Load Served by CREP 80% Dec % 60% 50% Commercial 68% Commercial 40% 30% 20% Residential 38% Residential 10% 0% Jan-02 Apr-02 Jul-02 Oct-02 Jan-03 Apr-03 Jul-03 Oct-03 Jan-04 Apr-04 Jul-04 Oct-04 Jan-05 Apr-05 Jul-05 Oct-05 Jan-06 Apr-06 Jul-06 Oct-06 Customers of all sizes are executing their Power to Choose Reliant Energy ZigBee Powers Energy Efficiency - HAN Webinar August 14,

5 Advanced Metering (AMI) in Texas Advanced Metering will provide the foundation for the next phase of competition in Texas. The real-time telemetry, communications, and remote on/off capability create pricing plan and service model innovation. Enables demand to compete with supply in real-time by responding to system economics in each 15 min interval. Opportunity to shift peak demand, reduce overall consumption, and avoid future generation build. Possibilities include time-based rates, direct load control, critical peak pricing, pre-pay, automated price-response, energy displays, energy analysis tools, energy smart thermostats, etc, etc Reliant Energy ZigBee Powers Energy Efficiency - HAN Webinar August 14,

6 Advanced Metering (AMI) in Texas Rollout of advanced metes has begun in Texas and should accelerate in Q1 of Oncor (Dallas area) holds advanced meter workshop and begins installation of advanced meters using Powerline Carrier (PLC) and Broadband over Powerline (BPL) technology CenterPoint Energy (Houston area) holds advanced meter workshops and installs 10,000 Itron Open Way meters with ZigBee technology Reliant Energy ZigBee Powers Energy Efficiency - HAN Webinar August 14,

7 Opportunities for AMI/HAN The AMI/HAN combination opens new era in customer choice with a standards-based ecosystem of energy aware devices. HAN provides a core platform for turning AMI capabilities into actionable customer decisions These devices empower customers to manually or automatically respond to changing market conditions. Competitive markets will create more value in AMI/HAN due to a focus on customer needs rather than cost recovery. Reliant Energy is piloting services using AMI network and seeking opportunities with other technology vendors. Reliant Energy ZigBee Powers Energy Efficiency - HAN Webinar August 14,

8 Current Challenges Need to drive market to plug and play options with AMI Extension to rules to enable the full potential of AMI/HAN Detailed understanding of which meters have what capability Standards for access to customer AMI data Settlement for TOU and interval AMI data Reliant Energy ZigBee Powers Energy Efficiency - HAN Webinar August 14,