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Community Smart Grids
October 2013
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Community Smart Grids – a new kind of gridCommunity Smart Grids are smart grids owned
and operated by local authorities and community
groups rather than by utilities.
Running on SODA, Community Smart Grids
securely gathers and stores meter readings which
are auctioned to energy generators, suppliers and
traders on a quarterly basis. This means no lock-
ins to a single supplier and the cheapest deals
every day from across the whole industry.
Revenue is also raised through the platform for
local authorities to use in community projects.
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Community Smart Grid Process
DECC & Energy
Switching3% commission on top of each bill
paid back to community operator
Almost 20 local authorities so far
Register
• Consumer signs up. SODA smart meter installation
• Consumer log in and choose package
Data
• Data gathered from SODA smart meter• Data secured end to end
Package
• Package demand profile generated• Package auctioned. i.e. 75% renewables, OAP.
Bid
• Energy suppliers log in and bid on packages.• Winner supplies to meet profile
Billing
• Bills dispatched• Money collected
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The auction
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48 slots every 24 hours for accurate billing
Predicted Actual Difference
Each quarter, the AI demand prediction engine creates a 3 month energy demand profile in 30 minute blocks with the profile sent to auction. This ensures a close match between energy supply and demand.
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Community Smart Grid comparison
Energy Switching Scheme
Community Smart Grids
Real usage data No Yes
Regular auctions No Yes
Avoid contract lock in No Yes
Specify personal drivers No Yes
Enable councils and researchers to query what consumers want
No Yes
Encourage innovation around green tariffs
No Yes
Raise regular funds for community projects
No Yes
SODA community extensions
No Yes
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SODA community extensionsSince community smart grids run on SODA,
the capacity exists to incorporate SODA
extensions including the following.
• Consumer educational gaming to educate
users about their impacts on the
environment and the changes they can
make to reduce those impacts and their
bills.
• Demand and availability prediction systems
• Home leakage detection system / price
calculators for energy used to keep devices
in standby mode in the home
• Mobile, web and postal reports and
management
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Community Smart Grid Scale
• Average UK annual energy bill is £1,127
• UK census predicts there will be 28 million homes in UK
by 2016
• 3% commission on each bill would generate £950 million
back to community projects
• If 10% of UK market subscribed it would raise £95 million
back to community projects
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Lancashire profile
• Average UK annual energy bill is £1,127
• 656,770 homes in March 2013
• 3% commission on each bill would generate £22 million for
community projects
• If 10% of market subscribed it would raise £2.2 million for
community projects
Figures taken from Lancashire council website.
http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/web/?siteid=6118&pageid=35435
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Oxfordshire profile
• Average UK annual energy bill is £1,127
• 271,310 homes in March 2012
• 3% commission on each bill would generate £9 million for
community projects
• If 10% of market subscribed it would raise £0.9 million for
community projects
Figures taken from government website.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/192169/LiveTable100.xls
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Develop a strong partnership network
> Reduced bills> Opportunity to
use collective buying power to
encourage utilities to
provide greener deals
> Take ownership of
personal data managed by new
smart grids> No lock in to a
single energy supplier
> No complex tariffs
> No running up debt over longer
periods since entire bill is
settled monthly
Consumer
> 3% return on every bill each
month> Opportunity to
help people to get our of debt
by lowering bills> Money
returned to invest in new
community projects
> Visibility of what people are
looking for when choosing an
energy supplier> Private
community grid connects the
authority with the community
Local Authority
> No need to invest in or run
smart grid> Simplified
process, bid on bulk orders with
no billing> Clear visibility
of the drivers each month from customers when
choosing a supplier
> Encouraged to innovate around tariffs including
greener deals
Utility
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Who pays for the meter?
•Company supplies meter
•Authority pays low rental fee for meter with contract
•Company pays for meter
•Authority uses 3% earnings initially to pay for meter plus interest
•Authority owns the meter
•Authority can move the meter
•Consumer buys and owns meter
•Consumer can keep and move meter
Consumer buys
Authority buys
Rental
Buy, Operate, Transfer contract
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Further benefits
• Extendible architecture to add more functions over time
• Consumers switch every day with no need to worry about
complex tariffs, being locked in to a single tariff or supplier
• Support for whitespace communications to provide low
cost of free rural Internet access via smart meter network
• Consumers own their data, not an energy supplier
• Extend to gas, electricity and water. Extend from
consumers to business users later