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2016 Consumer Symposium
Distributed Generation:
The Next Wave in
Consumer Engagement
#SGCC2016
Distributed Generation - Panel
Rachel Meek, Business Efficiency
Program Coordinator at Gainesville
Regional Utilities
Kurt Sweetser, VP of Strategic
Alliances and Customer Engagement
at Smart Utility Systems
Jerry Murphy, Principal Electrical
Engineer at Reedy Creek Energy
Services/Walt Disney World
Amy Wharton, Senior Director of
Business Development at Tendril
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Who we are
INTRODUCTION
2004BOULDER
CODENVER
100+EMPLOYEES
ACQUIRE
ENGAGE
ACTIVATE
Privately
Held
150M150M in funding
to date (VC &
Strategic)
OPERATIONS
NORTH AMERICA / EUROPE /
AUSTRALIA
Providing
solutions to
utilities, new
energy providers,
and energy
product and
services
companies
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Solutions
OVERVIEW
MY HOME & OE | CPS
Energy Marketing
Behavioral Energy Efficiency
Prospect Conversion
Customer Engagement
Community Solar
Cross Sell / Up Sell
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The Tendril Platform
PLATFORM OVERVIEW
Building Science
Behavioral Science
Data Science
We process 2 terabytes of data every hour
Configurable Solutions
Embeddable widgets
REST API
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HOME SIMULATION MODEL
Physical
Science
Behavioral
Science
Data
Science
Learning
Algorithms
Energy
APIs
Energy
Analytics
Energy
Calculators
Personalized
Actions
The most scientific energy software on the planet
PLATFORM OVERVIEW
FEED-IN-TARIFF
LESSONS LEARNED
Rachel Meek
Business Efficiency Program Coordinator
February 8th, 2016
Presentation Outline
• Introduction and Overview
• NEM vs FIT
• GRU’s FIT
• Lessons Learned
• Summary
Gainesville Regional Utilities
• Municipally-owned Utility
– Electric, natural gas, water,
wastewater, telecom
• 93,000 customers
• 421 MW Peak
• 533 MW Capacity
NEM VS FIT
NEM Challenges
Customer’s
Perspective
• Net metering benefits limited to whomever has the utility account (not necessarily the property owner)
• Does not create cash flow for
financing
• System size limited to circuit
rating of building
• Payments not equal among
customer rate classes
GRU/City of Gainesville
Perspective
• Reduces local tax revenues
(City & County)
• Reduces Utility revenues
Feed-In Tariff
Addresses All of These Issues
• Predictable, performance-based financial
arrangements
• Creates opportunity for creative business models that
can capture tax benefits for customers
• Improves financial feasibility of solar PV for all
customer rate classes
• No impact to local utility or tax revenues
GRU’S FIT
Implemented first “European style”
Solar Feed-in Tariff
• Provides grid interconnection and “must take” provisions
• Involves a separate supply-oriented meter
• Designed to ensure profitability to owner for investment
• Different prices offered based on roof mount versus ground mount (not over asphalt, concrete or other non-porous surface)
FIT Pricing Schedule
Residential or Small
Commercial Commercial Commercial
Roof or Ground Mount Roof, Pavement or Ground Mount Non-Building or
Non-Pavement Mounted
10kW or Less
>10 kW to 300 kW
- or -
10 < Ground Mounted < 25 kW
Over 25 kW
2009 $0.32 $0.32 $0.26
2010 $0.32 $0.32 $0.26
2011 $0.32 $0.29 $0.24
2012 $0.24 $0.22 $0.19
2013 $0.21 $0.18 $0.15
2014 Suspended Suspended Suspended
2015 Suspended Suspended Suspended
2016 Suspended Suspended Suspended
Contract Entered
into Under This
Policy During
Calendar Year
Fixed Rate $/kWh Over Life of Contract
FIT Format
• 20 year fixed price by
contract
• Cap of 4 MW per year
to manage rate impact
• Limit ground mount
systems to 1 MW per
year per location
LESSONS LEARNED
Lessons Learned
• Reservation management
• Selling of capacity reservation not allowed– No change of size, location, or owner
• Engineering concerns with impact of large systems– Especially with small or constrained circuits
• Required a non-binding agreement for systems installed on leased property
SUMMARY
Program Stats
• 18.5 MW installed
• 259 Systems installed
– 166 commercial (17.8 MW)
– 93 residential (651 kw)
• Average monthly production 1,927,568 kWh (2015)
Great Side Benefits
• Media attention
• Chamber of Commerce embrace of environmental
technologies as part of “Innovation Gainesville”
• Recognition as #1 Florida Utility for energy efficiency
by Money Magazine, #7 Greenest City in US by
“Daily Beast”
Power
Water
Gas
Smart Utility Systems
Company Overview
CONFIDENTIAL
January 29, 2016
Company Overview
AWARDS
Smart Utility Systems (SUS) is the #1 fastest growing SaaS/cloud based platform addressing Energy Sustainability & Water Conservationchallenges by focused on delivering Smart Customer Engagement, Smart Mobile Workforce, and Smart Analytics to the Energy and Utility industry.
• Established in 2009, headquartered in Southern California; 360+ employees
• #1 Customer Engagement integrated platform /solution in utilities addressing Electric, Water, Gas
• 2015 Smart Grid Product of Year Award - Named hottest company to watch in Smart Grid with over 200% annual growth
• Management with several hundred years of collective utility experience along with strong technology team
• Energy and Utilities Industry commitment - SUS only works with Utilities
• Our customers include 5 of the top 10 IOU/Muni/Co-ops Utilities along with a number of small and mid-size municipal and co-op Utilities
WHO WE ARE
PARTNERSHIPS
SUS Clients, Partners & Alliances
CLIENTS(Some)
ASSOCIATIONS
SUS Core Products
SCM® - Smart Customer Mobile
• Billing and Payments• Energy Efficiency• Demand Response• Service Requests• Outages
• Smart Home Automation• Usage and Comparison• Notifications• Electric Vehicle
SMW® - Smart Mobile Workforce
• Work Orders• Notifications• Asset Management• Timesheet and Expense
• Enterprise Collaboration• Training & Learning• Scan Documents• Offline Mode
SiQ®/ WiQ® - Smart iQ / Water iQ• Customer Analytics• Conservation Analytics• Water Distribution & Demand Analytics • Grid Analytics• Operational Analytics• Leak Analytics
Demand Response• Load Analysis• Peak Load Management • Pre-Post Event Analysis• Load Forecasting• DR Program Enrollment
• Billing & Payments
• Usage
• Notifications
• Demand Response
• Outage Management
• Energy Efficiency
• Smart Home Automation
• Electric Vehicle
• Built-in Customer Service Analytics & Dashboards
#1 Customer Engagement Mobile /Portal Platform
SCM® is a single integrated platform that provides real-time two-way communication between utilities and its customers allow them toconnect anytime, anywhere and on any device (Web, Tablets, Smartphones).
Smart Customer Mobile (SCM®)
NotificationBilling Usage OutageMy Account Service Connect Me Compare Me Efficiency Smart Home EVDemand Response
Capabilities Value Delivered
• Reduced Call volume
• Increased Customer Satisfaction
• Improved User Experience& Communication
• Reduced Customer Care Expenses
• Better Peak Load Management
• Lower Energy Consumption
• Work Orders
• Assets
• Mobile Library
• Expense
• Timesheet
• Enterprise Collaboration
• My Performance
• Scan
• Analytics & Dashboards
• Work Notification
Gen X Mobile workforce Management Platform
SMW® is a single integrated platform designed for utilities’ mobile field workers and their management, to increase efficiency, complianceand safety
Smart Mobile Workforce (SMW®)
Capabilities Value Delivered
• Real time Access
• Regulatory Compliance
• Increased Operational Efficiency
• Performance Analytics
• Increased Worker Productivity
• Reduced / Elimnate Paperwork
Work Orders Mobile Library Timesheet Expense Assets Notifications Collaboration Forms My Performance
Capabilities• Violations
• Conservation Analytics
• Leak & Revenue Analysis
• Flow Analysis
• Revenue Protection
• Customer Programs
• Workforce Efficiency
• Customer Operations
• Load Profiling
• Demand Response
More Business Intelligence, Less Data
SiQ™/ SWiQ™ is a single integrated cloud based business intelligence platform integrated with a suite of applications that address keyutility business challenges to utilities ROI and improve real time efficiency, productivity, safety, and reliability.
Smart iQ (SiQ™)/ Smart Water iQ (SWiQ™)
Value Delivered
• Maximized Revenue
• Improved Water Use Efficiency
• Enhanced Demand Response
• Optimized Asset Performance
• Increased Safety
• Better Outage Management
• Improved Load Forecasting
• Energy Savings
Overview SUS DR Solution
Analyze• Post Event• Program Performance• Effectiveness• Program Cost• Segmentation, Type and
Geographic Comparisons• Program Spending &
Customer Saving• Revenue
• Load Reduction Forecasting • Pre & Post Event
Management • Program Management • Real Time Session
Monitoring • Smart Device Manager• Residential and C&I• OpenADR BMS
Act
Engage• Real-time Customer
Engagement• Notification • Opt in/out
• Program Enrollment• Post Event Customer
Performance Report
SCM®
SUS Demand Response Solution Flow
SDRMS® Integrates
Legacy Systems
Demand Response Management System SDRMS®SDRMS® is a complete system seamlessly integrating with existing utility systems providing end-to end plan, schedule, execute, & monitor capabilities in real-time.
Connect to your back-office IT systems
• Pre-built Siemens MDMS adapter
• MultiSpeak® & OpenADR integration
• Integration with CIS & billing systems
• Integration with distribution automation
& SCADA systems
Connect to your metering systems
• Send & Collect data to/from your AMI devices
• Integration with MDMS
• Receive real-time price information
Connect to your C & I customers
• Leverage OpenADR functionality
• Enable load management
• Zero-maintenance on-site demand
response controller available
Connect to your residential consumers
• Enable residential customers for load
management and variable pricing programs
Control electric vehicle charging
• Ability to group charging stations by
geography or distribution feeder
• Monitor electric vehicle charging loads
Connect to the market
• Receive real-time price information
• Respond to price signals
• Program-specific baselining & settlement
Reedy Creek Energy Services
Contractor to the Reedy Creek Improvement District
Walt Disney WorldWalt Disney World
Reedy Creek Improvement
District
Reedy Creek Improvement
District
Reedy Creek Energy
Services
District Area