Fiber enables Santa Clara

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Fiber enables Santa Clara s Smart Wireless WAN
IEEE Communications Society - SCV Chapter
Larry Owens Manager of Customer Services December
14, 2011
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Agenda

• Silicon Valley Power
• Backbone made of glass
• An Enterprise is born
• If you build it
• SVP MeterConnectTM
• Why Wi-Fi?
• Smart3

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Silicon Valley Power

• The City of Santa Clara
• Population 117,000
• 19 Square miles
• 52,000 customers
• Peak load of 470 MW
• 300M annual revenue
• 1 of the States power

Lowest average power rate in California
Very, very high reliability
30 renewable power
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• Agilent Technologies
• Applied Materials
• Digital Realty Trust
• Equinix
• Hitachi Data Systems
• Intel
• Kaiser
• Marvel Semiconductor
• Microsoft
• National Semiconductor (TI)
• Nvidia
• Oracle America
• Owens Corning
• Santa Clara University
• Savvis
• Vishay Siliconix
• Yahoo!

Customer Base FY 10-11
KWh Sales by Type
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2000
Backbone made of glass!

• 26 fiber miles, 4 rings
• Connecting all SVP substations
• Two customers
• 10 or 20-year lease terms
• Project, not a program
• A champion from Admin working in spare time.
• Word-of-mouth marketing

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SVP Fiber Enterprise
2011

• 57-mile Dark Fiber Network
• In 25 Data centers (the cloud)
• Multiple rings/288-144 fibers
• Central Operations Office
• Flexible Leasing Terms
• Competitive Pricing
• Engineering and Design Services
• Unlimited Capacity
• Solid Security, Reliability
• 24/7/365 Response

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SVP Fiber Lease Customers

• Telecom service providers (fiber carriers)
• Data centers/colocations
• Web search company
• Semiconductor manufacturer (fiber campus build)
• Other Commercial customers
• Santa Clara Unified School District (26 schools
  and hub)
• City of Santa Clara
• Electric Utility Department (SVP)
• Electric LAN/WAN and SCADA
• AMI Project - SVP MeterConnectTM
• City IT/Communications Department
• Traffic and Public Safety

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If you build it, they will come
Yuriy Piksaykin - Fiber accounting 12/2/12
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SVP MeterConnectTM

• Mechanical meters no longer produced
• Modern digital technology
• Accurate
• Dependable
• Wireless reading
• Multi-channel measurement
• Events, alarms, remote control

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SVP MeterConnectTM

• Efficiencies For Utilities
• Secure, remote meter reading
• Power outage alerts for faster response
• Power/water early problem detection
• Grid loading analysis
• More powerful customer service tools
• Enables EV charging Solar tracking

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SVP MeterConnectTM

• Customer Benefits
• Minimizes estimated bills
• Stabilizes reading periods
• Reduces property intrusions
• Web portal
• Detailed usage charts and graphs
• Projected Bill features
• Email and/or text alerts
• High-bill troubleshooting

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Wi-Fi Mesh
Utility Communications Network
Fiber
Outage Support
Electric/Water Meter Mesh Network
Grid Monitor
GIS
Advanced Meter Systems
Billing
Mobile Devices
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Backhaul Why Not Wi-Fi?

• The MetroFi experience (2004 2008)
• Free Wi-Fi sell ad space model
• Metering? - not our business model
• SVP Purchase of SkyPilot WAN
• The Trilliant test (and marriage)

• Santa Clara Free Wi-Fi
• Its ours -- for better, for worse
• Two years of operation
• It Works (mostly)
• Customer Love - Loathe it

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Top desired features of Smart Grid
SVP Customers Love it
Few customers want to give up control
Base is all customers. Questions SM4a SM4k.
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and customers loathe it
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Old SkyPilot outdoor system New Tropos outdoor system
South Santa Clara Only 215 Access Points (AP) City-wide Outdoor Network 600 Access Points
802.11b/g 2010s b/g/n technology
lt 30 APs/sq. mi. Up to 40 APs/sq. mi.
Free bandwidth limit of 1 Mbps Free bandwidth increased to 2 Mbps
10 gateways concentrated at 4 locations 211 AP to Gateway ratio Over 60 distributed Gateway locations backhauled on SVP fiber 91 AP to Gateway ratio
RF output is at legal limit RF output is at the legal limit AND can backhaul on two frequencies
Interference mitigation Advanced interference mitigation
Mounted only on street lights Street lights, traffic intersections and other strategic city locations
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Picocell Design Sample
Courtesy of LinkPath
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Project Timeline
2011
2012
Proof of Concept Field Validation
Business Meters
AMI - Billing Systems Integration
Install Wi-Fi
Residential Meters
Lab/Field Testing Partial Network
Wi-Fi launch - Mar 2012
50 meter install - Nov 2011
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Smart3
Smart Meter
Smart Grid
Smart City

• Smart Meters
• Usage data, improved service, conservation
• Smart Grid
• Grid monitor and control, energy management
• Smart City (and Community)
• Mobile workforce
• Efficient service
• City monitor and control
• Emergency response

• Free Wi-Fi
• Visitors
• Residents
• Workers

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Thank you
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Extra Slides
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The SVP MeterConnectTM Promise

• We will upgrade our technology to support
  widespread adoption of solar energy, smart
  appliances and electric vehicles.
• We will follow a careful process and verify
  accuracy at every step.
• We will protect your data and your privacy.
• We will keep our system secure.
• We will utilize tried-and-true meters deployed
  successfully in millions of homes and businesses
  worldwide.
• We are committed to a fair resolution of any
  issues or concerns that arise.

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What Customers Will See
Old cone Wi-Fi radio
New Tropos Wi-Fi radio
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Security

• Security issues are a threat to the entire IT
  space
• Stuxnet shows us that all systems can be
  vulnerable
• Smart Grid is both wired and wireless
• Biggest security issue remains at the staff/human
  interface level.
• Active system monitoring and critical system
  redundancy
• Design security and privacy into the system from
  the start and TEST IT!