A Sample of Recent Projects

Progress Energy (formerly Florida Power Corp and Carolina P&L)
Plexus successfully guided the development of a complex RFP under tight time constraints for the acquisition of 2.7 million meters with AMR communications in three states, and the RFP for the installation of this system. The system deployment was completed in record time and stands as a case study in rapid deployment.

Unitil (Investor-owned utility in New Hampshire and Massachusetts)
This highly successful project won the 2007 DistrbuTECH AMI Project of the Year Award. This is a full two-way hybrid RF and PLC system on electric and gas in two states. Plexus guided Unitil through the process of needs assessment, detailed business case, technology assessments, RFP, procurement and early stage deployment support.

Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Developed rigorous benefits assessment and multi-dimensional business case, RFI and decision support tools in support of strategic initiatives in advanced metering and AMI.

National Grid USA (formerly New England Electric System)
Technical and business support in preparation and evaluation of business case and technical specifications for almost 4,000,000 gas and electric end points AMR system.

Seattle City Light
Guidance in development of AMI system requirements specifications, RFP, vendor and technology assessment and contract negotiation, into initial deployment of two-way AMI pilot system with large potential follow-on.

Florida Power & Light
Evaluation and assessment of emerging technology options for customer communications and innovative customer services.

Rochester Gas and Electric
Technical and business case development, preparation of RFP, vendor evaluation and contracting support for 550,000-point AMR system.

National Grid USA (formerly Niagara Mohawk)
Plexus provided extensive technical support, strategic guidance, planning, contracting support and field implementation specifications in very large electric and gas Implementation. This Plexus/NiMo project won the 2005 DistribuTECH AMR project of the year award.

Keyspan (formerly Boston Gas)
Technical Support and business case development in providing remote electric and gas metering services to municipal utilities in communities currently served by Boston Gas.

Cleveland Public Power
Application and needs assessment, technology evaluation and decision support for customer communications/AMR deployment.

Colorado Springs Utilities
Support in telecommunications options, asset value capture and customer communications strategies.

Southern California Edison
Support for evaluation of technology options capable of creating innovative service options for certain customer categories.

UNITIL
Support in selection and procurement of new CIS system. Support to metering technology and strategy development for service of utility customers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

City of Moncton, NB
Specifications and contract support documentation for telephone-based municipal AMI system for water metering, including specification of water meters and accessories.

Central Vermont Public Service
Development of detailed business case for AMI and load control. Technical and decision support services concerning use of paging in deployment of certain advanced load control applications.

Kansas City Power & Light
Assess impacts of technology selection and technology alternatives on certain customer service options.

EPRI
Advanced Technology Meter Market Assessment for Residential Applications
This work investigates trends, emerging technologies, communications issues, cost trends, meter and date ownership issues.

Advanced Technology Meter Market Assessment for C&I Application
This work leads to EPRI's planned release of RFP for development of prototyping tools and test bed to integrate low cost, advanced feature sets into future metering platforms.

National Accounts - Study of Metering & Telecommunications Requirements
Study examines customer perceptions of deregulatory trends and impacts on their businesses, with emphasis on customer needs for data communications, aggregation, integrated facilities management, etc.

Telecommunications Technology & Strategies - Phases I & II
This work includes a variety of technical analyses for sponsors including telecommunications asset value capture, interference issues in unlicensed AMR systems, utility business opportunities in telecommunications, and others.

Non-Intrusive Appliance Load Monitoring System (NIALMS)
Acquisition and analysis of field test and parallel metering data. Beta test management and product corroboration.

UCA Exchange
Create, operate and manage EPRI sponsored information clearing house, publish project profiles and newsletter relating to computing systems interoperability using the Utility Communication Architecture.

EA Technology (UK) & International Energy Agency
Guide to customer communications technologies for AMR, D/A and load control which are currently available or in use in North America.

Electric Council of New England
Design and presentation of a workshop on telecommunications business opportunities, asset value capture with PCS providers and options for customer communications and AMR.

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