Carnegie Mellon University
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Dr. Rahul Tongia
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Draft – Subject to Change
Implementation of Smart IT: Agricultural Barriers
–Incorporating
agricultural users
–They
(violently) resist Metering
–Without
Agriculture
–Lose
perhaps 2/3 of anti-theft benefits, much of the shiftable load
–But residential/commercial peaks
remain
–Consider:
Smart System BUT Dumb Agriculture
–Similar to
Smart System but sans agriculture
–Costs are
~ 50 – 70% of
Smart IT (depending on depth into rural areas)
–Benefits
2-3 times that of simply digital metering
–Still
covers
–Industrial/commercial users
–Paying 2/3+ of revenues
–Residential+Commercial Consumers – responsible for the peak
–Allows
migration to full Smart IT solution including agriculture