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James Salter, President

1st FTTH Build – Began in 2001Borough of Kutztown, PA (3,000 Homes)

32nd FTTH Build – 2012Google Fiber, Kansas City (More than 3,000

Homes)

Our FTTH Footprint

Up to now, I’ve only had 4 Ideas, and I’m not sure any were original?

1. The Demand for Bandwidth Will Not End

2. Fiber is the only answer to bandwidth3. If a Community believes they need

bandwidth, they should build it themselves

4. Open Access won’t work in US model

My 5th Idea….

1. US is 15% built with FTTH2. US should be 100% built with FTTH3. Electric Utilities should build, or at

worst partner, on the remaining 85%

Why Electric Utilities?1. Don’t believe Major ILEC’s nor MSO’s

will significantly ramp FTTH builds – wireless is king

2. Biggest hurdle to FTTH build is access to ROW – electric utilities own 80% of easements in US

Our FTTH Footprint

Why Electric Utilities?1. Don’t believe Major ILEC’s nor MSO’s

will significantly ramp FTTH builds – wireless is king

2. Biggest hurdle to FTTH build is access to ROW – electric utilities own 80% of easements in US

3. Second biggest hurdle to FTTH is recovering cost in lower density areas – electric utilities can significantly close that financial gap IF they ACTUALLY implement REAL SmartGrid

Utility Capital Investment Per Customer…...

$2,500

$3,140

$2,620

$10,500

$14,100 $13,470

What is total investment in Electric system?

Generation = $7,500/Customer

Transmission = $1,500/Customer

Distribution = $3,500/Customer

TOTAL INVESTMENT = $12,500 PER CUSTOMEROr $1,750,000,000,000 !!!

Total Generation Capacity in USA – 900,000 MW

Average Generation Needed in USA – 450,000 MW (50% Load Factor)

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Base Generation @ 2 cents/KWH

Intermediate Generation @ 5 cents/KWH

Peak Generation @ 10 cents/KWH

Cost of New Generation?

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Approximate New Generation Cost by Type

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Dollars per KW of New Generation

Why aren’t Electric Utilities with me on this?

1. They don’t have any regulatory incentive to do real SmartGrid – they get a return for a new coal plant, they don’t get a return for technologies that avoid a new coal plant - We must change politics of regulation

2. They don’t believe you need big data requirements to do SmartGrid – We must show them they are shortsighted – Ask Chattanooga

3. They don’t want to be in the retail telecom business and they don’t want to partner with anybody – We must convince them that cyber security and common infrastructure aren’t mutually exclusive