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Korbitron AMI (Pty) Ltd Business Profile and Strategy Presentation

Agenda

Competition

Our Products and Services

Financial Plan

The AMI Business Opportunity

Project Goals and Objectives

Operational Infrastructure

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Risks and Rewards8

Market Strategy9

Key Issues and Next Steps10

E f fe c t i v e AM I s o lu t i o n s , de l i v e r e d

Introduction

Index


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The Service Level Agreement

Offering

3.4

3.1 Cost Optimisation Diagnostics

3.2

Fraud Management Services

RFP AMI Systems Development

3.9

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3.6

3.5

3.3

3. OURPRODUCTSANDSERVICES3 . 1 S L A O F F E R I N G


Turnkey Smart

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Grid Solutions

Line Loss and Leakage Tracking

Demand Response

3.7 STS Prepayment Services

QoS Data Warehousing

Utility Revenue Collection


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3.1



Cost Optimisation Diagnostics

SLA Offering

This is the thorough interrogation as well as manipulation of a

prospects cost per unit against their consumption and production

patterns in order to yield savings and possible refunds

Advanced data analytics and modern

break-even techniques are employed


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SLA Offering

This is the Design, Supply,

Installation and Initial

administration of a self-funded

pilot AMI.The pilot is tendered to the

prospect as a localised proof-

of-concept initiative in order to

solicit the rollout-procurement

as well as secure qualifying

functionality in the point system

demanded by the competitive

tender process.

RFP AMI Systems Development

3.2


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3.3



SLA Offering

Its widely recognized that to have a truly transformative smart grid solution,

it must be self-healing, which means that it can automatically detect, respond to, and

solve outages and other problems caused by weather, accidents, vandalism, crime or

even equipment failure. This is the hallmark of Korbitron AMI Smart Grid Solutions

offering.


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3.4



SLA Offering

Synergistic Registered Anomaly Alerting

Periodic System and Billing Audits

Incident Registry with Reporting

Energy Fraud circumvention

Cable theft monitoring in real time


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SLA Offering

3.5

The System can track and manage

the following events:

Un-normative consumption

Illegal Connections

Under-Frequency Response

Water Leakage

Renewable Energy Output

These events are monitored

cons tant ly to maintain

distr ibut ion integr i ty as a service

to the cl ient and i ts cus tomers.


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3.6



Demand Response

SLA Offering

The system gathers and analyses information in real-time at important

junction points in the grid (domestic consumer, industrial consumer,

city, entire grid) in order to determine whether the grid is at risk by

high demand at certain points or if instability may effect the living

grid.


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3.7



STS Prepayment Services

SLA Offering

The Regulator has mandated the

immediate application of Regulation773:

All tariffs to be cost-reflective

ToU application on prepaid

Standard Token encryption

Automatic alerts by SMS/Email

Improve revenue collection

Change consumer behaviour

Encourage load shifting


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3.7



Quality of Supply Data Warehousing

SLA Offering

This is an NRS requirement for energy distributors to collect, record

and report on the quality of the energy supply to all consumer

distribution nodes while conforming NRS and SANS protocol.


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3.7



Utility Revenue Collection

SLA Offering

An integral part of the NDP is the

Security of Revenue project, which isprominent in all municipal IDPs.

While Korbitron AMI does not handle

cash directly, it is able to guarantee

security of the distribution assets

including energy purchases through

its management framework. Various

innovative vending applications and

equipment are deployed to this effect


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3. OURPRODUCTSANDSERVICES3 . 2 S U P P O R T E D H A R D W A R E P R O D U C T S

3.2 Supported Hardware Products

PLC/GPRS Gateway and corresponds with up

to 2000 smart meters for both utilities;

The RDP housing programme distribution champion

includes metering optional capability of class 1;PLC technology applied causes significant savings in

telecoms costs.

Key I nno va t i v e Fea t u r e s I n c l u de :


Data Concentrator Units : The PCCG340


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Built for measuring the current being supplied

by distribution transformers;

Allows Korbitron AMI to offer a real time AMI solution, for

line loss analysis, demand response and under-frequency;

The meter has IEC, SABS, IEC62052-11, IEC62053-21 and

ISO 9002 performance certification approvals.

CT Master Smart Meter : The PCR423B5PC


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Powerful single-phase smart electricity meter

built for residential applications;

It enables reading, controlling and interfacing with other

sensors or devices.Using open protocols enables the PCR421 collect

information from any 3rd party meter/sensor manufacturers.

Supports renewable energy sources (PV and Wind).



Single Phase Smart Meter: The PCR421


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The PCR423 series is a three-phase smart

electricity meter built for residential and

commercial applications with demand larger than 60A.

It also combines advanced metering technology, state of- the-art communications and an internal relay unit.

The meter has IEC, SABS and STS approvals.



Three-phase Smart Meter: The PCR423


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It has an external regulating device;

It has a magnetic drive with lower transmission

resistance;

It has a magnetic shield for an external magnetic field;Radio frequency band is ICASA and SABS approved



RF Water Smart Meter : Multi-jet Dry Type Vane 1 -1.5


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The measuring mechanism can be removable

from the body for checking, maintaining and replacing, and

the body neednt be dismantled from the pipe.

It has inter-exchangeable parts, low pressure loss and canhandle 50B~200B, for hot water up to 90

Radio frequency band is ICASA and SABS approved



RF Water Smart Meter : Woltman Water Meter


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The KY121 is a Consumer Interface Unit (CIU) and

integrated part of the Korbitron AMI "Smart Grid" solution.

It displays to the consumer a range of information such as

consumption, demand data, rate of consumption, andallows credit renewing and input of STS prepaid tokens.

The consumer can initiate communication back to the meter

through the keypad.



Keypads: The KY121 CIU


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The device collects the consumption information,

including historical data, and presents it to the customer;

The units also communicates with smart devices such as

socket meters and appliance control units inside the houseand allows the customers to monitor and schedule their

operation (geyser, air conditioning, under- floor heating, as

well as the swimming pool pump.



Inhome Displays : ANDROID BASED 7 TABLET


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Key Competitive Differentiators

The Korbitron AMI smart meter has

the flexibility to switch between pre

- payment and post-payment from

the control centre without having to

change the meter.

Remote Post and Prepaid Switch

The system constantly detects and alarms

possible meter fraud. Each type of event

can be configured to send an automatic

alert to the designated personnel when

they occur. Alerts can be sent to these

personnel by SMS, E -mail, or both.

Advanced Alerting and Demand Response

The system uses the most advanced

Powerline communication specification

including ESK1 and Prime.

Advanced PLC Technology

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