Smart Metering Activities of Linz AG Paris, 29. September 2010 LINZ STROM Netz GmbH 1
Agenda Quelle: Wikipedia LINZ AG an innovative multi-utility company SMART functionalitys new energy market, costs vs. benefit SMART Metering project of LINZ AG Improving customer benefits through smart metering 2
Network Supply Production and Trading Network Supply Production and Trading Network Supply Production Network Supply Production Telekom Services Network Supply Mob Assets Quelle: Wikipedia SMART Services Activities of LINZ AG Electricity Gas, Dist-Heat Water Sewage Telekom Publ- Transp Projekt IRON (FFG) Projekt esesh R&D Projekts Projekt Opera - SMART Metering, - Switching DG Generation Street lighting SMART Metering SMART Metering Products Fibre, Bandwidth, Services (Internet, VoIP, Process Communicatio etc.) Passenger Display Videocam IEM, RC, SCADA, GOC,... Systems Safety of Transport Active Telecommunication Infrastructur (Quality, Procedures) (EU-Projekt OPERA) Passive Telecommunication Infrastructur (Lines, Fibre Optics) (Projekt NETQUEST (FFG)) 3
IEM Intelligent Energy Management EXPECTED BENEFITS AND ADDITIONAL EXPENSES FOR THE DSO Quelle: Wikipedia today Field services at customer site Meter reading Connection Disconnection Trouble management Meter Management Power limit in case of late payment tomorrow Potential of savings -80 % -80 % - 50% -30 % -80 % Additional expenses System Operation Data Transfer Licenses EDV Equipment Data Processing Expenses for SMART Metering today are higher than for business as usual of DSO! 4
IEM Intelligent Energy Management RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MARKET PARTICIPANTS Quelle: Wikipedia Supplier Benefit: Better Information by SMART Metering Customer Benefit: Cheaper energy by SMART Metering New offers TSO Control area responsible Who will pay for SMART Metering? Supplier: Fee for Benefits? Customer: Individual Costs or socialisation by network fee? DSO: Costs are considerd by regulatory authority! Balancing responsible DSO Expenses: Investment into SMART Metering, Operating costs Benefit: Cheaper procedures Trader Benefit: Impoved forecast by SMART Metering Generator Benefit: Efficient operation by SMART Metering 5
SMART Metering-Project of LINZ AG 6
PROJECT STATUS Metering - Readout of billing data for 49.000 meters - Daily load information for about 2.500 meters for research reasons and for customer information on the basis of individual contracts - Management of 400 data concentrators Load Management - Management of 2.500 load management modules Street Lighting - Control of street lights by means of load management modules - Sunrise and sunset computed by an astronomic calendar Enterprise Application Integration - Integration to IS-U from SAP (CRM-/Billing application) - Integration to Smallworld from GE Energy (GIS application) 7
ROLLOUT PLAN Rollout 2008-2015 Area: Linz city 170.000 meters (appr. 10% fin.) Rollout 2009-2010 Area: Mauthausen 10.000 meters (appr. 65% fin.) Rollout 2009-2010 Area: Baumgartenberg 10.000 meters (appr. 85% fin.) Rollout 2008 Area: Enns 10.000 meters (finished) 8 Seite 8
The individual customer services of LINZ AG PLUS 24 - Unique registration (by the customer) - Login with username and password - Benefit: more comfort (unique sign on for all services) more service (data privacy, exclusivness) 9
E.I.S ENERGY INFORMATION SYSTEM a service of LINZ AG by request of a customer Multy-Utility - Consumption data for electricity / gas / water / heat Transparency - Comparison of actual values with historical data in a clear manner Benchmarking function - Comparison of individual energy consumption with normalized values Energy tips / - consulting - In case of increased energy demand tips and consulting by request 10
Summary Pre-requisite for an economic roll out of SMART Functions - Cheap area-wide telecommunication network Technology - Technology for Smart Metering is available Acceptance by customers - Acceptance of customers is low (marginal benefits, data privacy) Incentives for investments - In the regulatory model of the liberalized energy market there are not adequate incentives for investments 11
Many thanks for your attention! LINZ STROM NETZ GmbH, Linz Fichtenstrasse 7, 4021 Linz http: www.linzag.at Dipl- Ing. Dr. Karl Derler k.derler@linzag.at 12