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ENERGATE:AN ONTARIO CASE STUDY

A fully integrated 2.0 Smart Grid…with Ontario Consumers

Presented by: Steve Dodds, COO, Energate Inc.

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Energate IntroductionLeaders in Consumer Demand Response Solutions

• Home Energy Management Solutions Platform for Utilities and Home Owners• Open Platform provides Full suite of Home Area Network hardware, open

API software, and communication choices • Providing Consumer Engaging Residential Demand Response Solutions

• Proven performance and versatile solutions at over 35 utilities across North America

Consumer Connected Demand Response Foundation™ For Future Consumer Value

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Energate across North America:Many Lessons Learned

Energate Employees

Energate Customers

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• OG&E has deferred construction of new power plant until at least 2020 with VPP

• Consumer Controlled 70MW peak reduction achieved in 2012 and again in 2013

• Verified over 1.9 kW per home average peak load reduction using Energate in-home technology

• Expanding to achieve OG&E’s future goal of over 200 MW

Energate Partners on solutions in OklahomaNorth America’s Utility of the Year

Off-Peak 4.5¢/kWh

Standard 11.3¢/kWh

Medium 23¢/kWh

High/critical 46¢/kWh

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Significant Shifts in Energy Supply/Demand MixSupportive and Progressive StakeholdersLarge Direct Load Control Program – ReinventedFull deployment of Smart MetersLegislated Dynamic Pricing – TOUSmart Grid Fund to take the Smart Grid to the Next Level

Ontario’s Smart Grid Context

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• Peaksaver® is a residential and small commercial demand response program that was launched in 2007. Over 100,000 homes deployed and expected to double with v2.

• The Peaksaver®PLUS program allows utilities to cycle various appliances on and off with minimal customer inconvenience and provide customers with the ability to see their consumption in real time via consumer information display.

• The peaksaver®PLUS program began rolling out across the province in early 2012. So far 17 LDCs are offering the program to their customers, which represents 71 % of residential customers in Ontario

2011: Energate software and hardware approved

province wide by Ontario Power Authority

Ontario’s Direct Load Control Program:peaksaver PLUS™

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Ontario Smart Meters

Smart Meters

Home EnergyManagement

Customer Information

& Billing

Meter Data Collection

Smart Meter Data Repository

Collectors Over 4.7 million smart meters deployed with five different industry leaders.

Interoperability for the home a challenge given the ongoing evolution of technology and standards.

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• There are over 4.4 million electricity consumers currently on TOU pricing.

• Consumers incented to shift

their usage through behavioural changes

• Technology enablement in the home the next frontier

Ontario Dynamic Pricing: Time-of-Use

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10.4 ¢kWh ON

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• In April, 2011, the Ministry launched the $50M Smart Grid Fund, a grant program that will provide financial resources to help companies and organizations demonstrate and commercialize the next generation of smart grid solutions.

Ontario’s Smart Grid Fund

• Develop and advance the smart grid in Ontario in the near term • Share advanced technology to all

markets inside and outside of Ontario• Reduce risk and uncertainty of

important electricity sector investments.

2012: Energate awarded $2.9M from Ministry of Energy toward $7.8M innovation and demonstration program with many partners.

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Consumer Engagement on the Smart Grid (CESG) 1000 home demonstration led by Energate with Six+ Ontario LDCs• Base solution features Energate’s platform SW and HW that qualify for

peaksaver PLUS™ and leverage Ontario Smart Grid data and networks• Innovation roadmap for Consumer Engagement including Mobile Apps,

Home Energy Management plus ties with EVs and DG

• Push, Engage, PullPush existing program-compliant in-home solutions to consumers, then Engage them in dialog, and ultimately let those consumers Pull the features they value into their homes.

• Expected ResultsConsumers that are delighted with their experience

engaging home energy management and Smart Grid

technologies.

Ontario Smart Grid Fund Program :Consumer Engagement for the Smart Grid

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From the Eyes of the Consumer:The Complexities of the Smart Grid are Irrelevant

SavingsComfort

Balanced

Now funded to be consumer innovation leaders on Ontario’s

Smart Grid

SimplicitySet and ForgetSegmentation

The Secret Sauce

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The Ontario Government and Ontario utilities have committed to Energate’s CESG program• Open to any electric customer of the participating LDC’s targeting more than 1000 participants

province-wide• Retired couples, young families, and single internet savvy consumers will all participate

• Base solution features Energate’s CCDR and Foundation Ontario™ that qualify for peaksaver PLUS™

• Participants will receive combinations of in-home technologies, mobile applications, and web portals

• Capacity to innovate further based on direct market feedback from consumers and utilities

Consumer Engagement for the Smart Grid

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Significant Shifts in Energy Supply/Demand MixSupportive and Progressive StakeholdersLarge Direct Load Control Program – ReinventedFull deployment of Smart MetersLegislated Dynamic Pricing – TOUSmart Grid Fund to take the Smart Grid to the Next

Level

PlusConsumer Engagement on the Smart Grid

Ontario 2013 - 2015

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• Here in the US, we can and should look at lessons learned north of the border

• DLC, DR, SG, TOU … Consumer Engagement 2.0 coming together in Ontario now

• Watch Ontario!

• Smart Grid and Demand Response results are real and tangible when supported by Consumer Engagement

•Consumer Engagement results are real and tangible when supported by Smart Grid and Demand Response

Conclusions

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Consumer Connected Demand Response™ CCDRAppendix: A Configurable Solution for Utilities

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Appendix:A Foundation for future consumers

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