RMS Organization

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RMS Organization
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Feasibility

• The Issue
• Demand for a Solution
• Our Solution
• Budget
• Schedule
• Target Market
• Competition
• Conclusion

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The Issue
Increasing demand, wasteful usage, and finite
resources lead to resource shortages.
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Energy Use Per Capita
Energy use per capita and per dollar of gross
domestic product, 1970-2025(index,1970 1)
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Energy Consumption by Fuel
Energy consumption by fuel, 1970-2025
(quadrillion Btu)
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Spot-Checked global electricity
consumption source US Department of Energy
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Using energy wisely is no secret. It's simply a
matter of awareness, knowledge and planning.
Dominion Virginia Powers Website Virginia
Power also maintains that by being informed and
improving efficiency, energy consumption can be
reduced by 15
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Demand for a Solution
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Energy Production Consumption
Total energy production and consumption,
1970-2025 (quadrillion Btu)
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Energy Price Projection
Energy price projection, 2001-2025 AEO2002 and
AEO2003 Compared (2001 dollars)
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RMS Survey Result Number 12Do you think you
are using your resources as efficiently as
possible? Yes 40 of 138No 98 of 138
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Our Solution to the Problem
How RMS can increase efficiency and reduce waste
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What is RMS?
Online tool to bring real-time consumption data
to the consumer. Allows for online bill
payment, access to current usage data, water/gas
leak warnings, and usage statistics Functiona
l Component Diagram
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Hardware

• Application Server
• Database Server
• Cisco Router

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Software

• Red Hat Linux (Latest Version)
• Oracle 9i
• Apache Web Server
• Java Server Pages (JSP)

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Other Components Involved

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Goal
To develop a cost-effective utility monitoring
system to enable consumers to make informed
decisions in consuming resources more efficiently.
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Preliminary Schedule
Planning 3 Months Web design and
programming 3 - 4 Months Database Design and
Programming 3 - 5 Months Hardware Environment
Configuration 2 - 6 Months Testing and
Debugging 2 - 3 Months
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Preliminary Schedule
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Budget

• Software
• Database and Application Server Oracle9iAS -
  10,000 per processor license
• OS RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2,499
• SSL Certiticate - 200
• Hardware
• T3 Line - 15,000/month
• Cisco PIX Firewall - 32,000
• Cisco Routers - 3,000 to 5,000 ea.
• Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch - 2,600 ea.
• Servers - 4,000 ea.
• RAID Storage - 5,400 ea.
• Workstations - 3,000 ea.
• Laptop PCs - 2,500 ea
• Labor
• Oracle Certified DBA - 80,000/year
• Oracle Developer - 60,000/year
• Systems Administrator (RHCE) (CCNA) -
  80,000/year
• Java Developer/Webmaster - 50,000/year

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Preliminary Sizing Calculations

• 2 web servers 2 spares 4 web servers
• 100,000 users x 10 concurrent users 10,000
  users
• 10,000 users x 1 database server/500 users
  20 database servers
• 20 database servers x 1 raid storage/db server
  20 raid storage
• 2 processors/server x 20 servers 40
  processors
• 2 NICS / server x 24 servers 48 network
  connections.
• 48 network connections x 24 / switch 2
  switches 2 spares 4 switches

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Preliminary Sizing Calculations

• Software
• Oracle 9iAS 40 processors x 10,000/processor
  400,000
• RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2,499
• SSL Certificate 200 x 2 400
• Software Total 402,899
• Hardware
• T3 Line 15,000 month x 12 months 180,000
• Cisco PIX Firewall 32,000
• Cisco Router 5,000
• 24 servers x 4,000 96,000
• 20 RAID Storage x 5,400 108,000
• 4 Gigabit Ethernet Switch x 2,600 10,400
• 6 Workstation x 3,000 18,000
• 6 Laptops x 2,500 15,000
• Hardware Total 464,400

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Preliminary Sizing Calculations

• Labor
• 1 Oracle DBA x 80,000 x 1.4 OH factor
  112,000
• 1 Systems Administrator x 80,000 x 1.4 OH
  factor 112,000
• 2 Oracle Developers x 60,000 x 1.4 OH factor
  168,000
• 2 Java Developer/Webmaster x 50,000 x 1.4 OH
  factor 140,000
• Labor Total 532,000
• First Year Total Cost 402,899 464,400
  532,000 1,399,299

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Funding

• Federal
• The Inventions and Innovation (II) Program -
  U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
• Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
  Energy (EERE), Office of Industrial Technologies
  (OIT) Grant Program
• The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
  Program - DOE SBIR program fund grants
• The STTR Program, created by Title II of the
  Small Business Research and Development
  Enhancement Act of 1992
• USDA SBIR Program
• National Industrial Competitiveness through
  Energy, Environment, and Economics (NICE³) Grant
  Programs
• State
• Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology
  (CIT) Programs
• Virginia's Federal and State Technology (FAST)
  Partnership Program

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Target Market

• RMS will be packaged as a service that utility
  companies can offer their customers
• Multiple utility companies sign up with RMS to
  consolidate utility data
• Risks www.cs.odu.edu/kimtiaz/cpi/risk.php
• Limitations www.cs.odu.edu/kimtiaz/cpi/goals_o
  bj.php

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Competition
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Conclusion
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Questions
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Status of State Electric Industry Restructuring
Activity -- as of February 2003 --
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Potential Market
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