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Kumi Premathilake, Senior Vice President, Aclara

Advance Metering Infrastructure: Innovation Whose Time Has

Come

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Aclara Overview

6 million consumers actively engaged.

Serving 780+ utilities including 40

of the largest 100 utilities

Over 27 million endpoints with over a billion

readings per day.99% customer retention rate -

Customer loyalty.

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Manual

AMI

Hourly data

Optimizes workforce

Highly reliable

Cross-functional use

Highest ROI

Lower emissions

AMR

Manual

Labor intensive

Error prone

Billing estimates

Technology Evolution

AMR

Limited data

Billing use only

More truck rolls and

additional emissions

Smart

Infrastructure

Operational

efficiency

Leak detection

Data analytics

Consumer

engagement

Metering Beyond Billing

AMI SIS

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Smart Infrastructure Solutions for

Utilities

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California Shared Infrastructure Pilot

Benefits

Leverage investment

Reduce redundancy

Reliability

Promotes

collaboration

Lowers time to entry

for water utilities

Headend Infrastructure

Gas Data

Water Utility A

Meter Data

Water Utility B

Meter Data

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AMI Cross-Functional Benefits

Billing flexibility

Customer service

Service-call reductions

Theft detection

Leak identification

Distribution

management

Actionable information

Behavior modification

Conservation

Bill analysis

Utilities Consumers

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San Francisco Public Utilities

Commission

Service Territory – 190,000 water meters

Problem – Eliminate manual water meter reads and improve customer engagement

Solution – Aclara’s AMI network

Results –

Daily usage data

Understand water use and conserve

Constant usage notifications

Enhanced customer satisfaction

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Leak Detection

Some of the Nation’s more than one million miles of

underground water mains date back to the Civil War

There are approximately 240,000 water main breaks in the U.S.

per year

Approximately 16% of water produced is lost due to leakage

Leakage costs 2.8 Billion annually excluding property damage

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AMI Benefits

Improves utility

operational efficiency

4.15 million less meter reading miles driven

each year = 2 million pounds coal burned

Helps customers

better manage water use and

control

16% reduction in non revenue

water