Title page
Contents
Background 3
Volume 1: Findings, Insights and Recommendations 4
Executive Summary 8
AMI Data Collection Insights 8
Submeter Data Collection Insights 9
Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Review 12
Summary of Utilities with AMI in the U.S. 12
Methodology 12
Green Button Initiative 14
Summary of AMI Privacy Law Regulation 15
Methodology 15
Utility AMI Interviews 17
Overview of process and criteria used to identify AMI utilities for interview 18
Conclusions/Insights 20
Sample AMI Data Collection 27
Overall Insights - AMI 29
Submeter Review 30
Submeter Technology Company Assessment 30
Submeter Technology Landscape 30
Submeter Technology Landscape Analysis Results and Conclusions 31
Submeter Technology Company Interviews 36
Criteria to Identify and Interview Submeter Technology Companies 36
Submeter Technology Sample data: Trends and Differences 36
Submeter Technology Phone Interview Results and Conclusions 39
Utility Submeter Programs Assessment 39
Utility Submeter Interviews 39
Case Study: Pecan Street Energy 40
Submeter Conclusions and Insights 41
Assessment of Residential Submeter Data for RECS Volume 2: Appendices 43
Introduction 46
State Public Utility Commissions 47
Summary of State Level Review 48
California 49
Texas 52
District of Columbia 56
Florida 58
Vermont 60
Ohio 62
Maryland 64
Illinois 66
Wisconsin 68
Oklahoma 70
Michigan 72
Massachusetts 74
Select National Level Data Privacy Initiatives 77
Volume 2: Appendices 42
Appendix A: AMI Data Privacy: State Level Legislative and Regulatory Review (February 14, 2014) 46
Appendix B: Utility AMI Interview Response Sheets 80
Austin Energy 81
Braintree Electric Light Department 86
Cleco Power, LLC 91
Consumers Energy 95
Dominion Power 100
Duke Energy 104
Florida Power and Light 108
City of Kings Mountain Municipal Utility 112
Lakeland Electric 116
Madison Gas and Electric 121
Oncor 125
Pepco 130
San Diego Gas and Electric 134
United Power 138
Wisconsin Power and Light 142
Appendix C: Submeter Company Interview Response Sheets 147
Brultech Research, Inc 148
eGauge Systems, LLC 152
PowerWise Systems 157
Energy, Inc. (The Energy Detective) 161
Think Tank Energy Products 165
Appendix D: Utility Submeter Interview Response Sheets 170
Boulder Community Power Partnership 171
California Public Utilities Commission 176
Duke Energy 181
Pecan Street Energy 184
San Diego Gas & Electric "Smart Energy Community" in Civita, California 187
Appendix E: Residential AMI Data Summary 193
Appendix F: AMI and Submeter Sample Data Screenshots 196
AMI Utility Sample Data 197
Austin Energy 197
Oncor 197
Pepco 198
San Diego Gas and Electric 199
Submeter Sample Data 200
eGauge Systems, LLC 200
PowerWise Systems 201
Energy, Inc. (The Energy Detective) 202
Think Tank Energy Products 202
Table 1. Number of Residential AMI Meters by Utility Ownership Type for 2012 13
Table 2. Residential AMI meters by NERC Region 13
Table 3. Summary of State-Level Legislative and Regulatory Review 16
Table 4. Utilities selected for AMI interviews 18
Table 5. List of Utilities for AMI interviews 20
Table 6. Summary results from AMI utility interviews 25
Table 7. Submeter technology landscape analysis information. Note that certain companies offer multiple products 33
Table 8. List of submeter technology companies interviewed 36
Table 9. Data measurements collected for submeter products from each interviewed company 37
Table 10. Utility Submeter Program Interview Results 40
Figure 1. Green Button Logo 14
Figure 2. Relationship between parties involved in usage data access 15
Figure 3. Interview results showing the number of utilities that provide customer's access to their residential AMI data. Only 14 of the 15 interviewed utilities are present in these results because Madison Gas and Electric has only deployed AMI for commercial customers 21
Figure 4. Interview results displaying the AMI data types that utilities provided to residential customers 22
Figure 5. Interview results showing the intervals of AMI data that utilities offered to residential customers 23
Figure 6. Austin Energy sample daily AMI cost data in Excel format 27
Figure 7. Oncor sample 15-minute AMI data in CSV format 28
Figure 8. SDG&E sample hourly AMI data in CSV format 28
Figure 9. Raw data collected from Energy, Inc.'s, TED Pro Home monitor 37
Figure 10. Sample raw 1-minute submeter data from Powerhouse Dynamics' SiteSage circuit-level monitor 38
Figure 11. Processed submeter data from Powerhouse Dynamics' energy management platform for the SiteSage monitor 38
Figure 1. Austin Energy sample daily AMI cost data in Excel format 197
Figure 2. Oncor sample 15-minute AMI data in CSV format 197
Figure 3. Pepco sample hourly AMI data in CSV format 198
Figure 3. SDG&E sample hourly AMI data in CSV format 199
Figure 4. Sample data collected from the eGauge circuit-level monitor. Note that this is the first of two sample data screenshots 200
Figure 5. Sample data collected from the eGauge circuit-level monitor. Note that this is a continuation of the data from the first screenshot 200
Figure 6. Sample raw 1-minute submeter data from PowerWise Systems' SiteSage circuit-level monitor 201
Figure 7. Sample processed submeter data from PowerWise Systems' energy management platform for the SiteSage circuit-level monitor 201
Figure 8. Sample data collected from Energy, Inc.'s, TED Pro Home circuit-level monitor 202
Figure 9. Light bulb (60 watts) sample data collected from Think Tank Energy Products' "Watts Up?" circuit-level monitor 202
Figure 10. Refrigerator sample data collected from Think Tank Energy Products' "Watts Up?" plug-load monitor 203