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Client Name: City of Santa Ana I AMI FEASIBILITY REPORT Table 13 Project Timeline RFP Process and Contract Award 4 BP Redesign and Organizational Change 4 Management Implementation of MDMS, AMI System Services 4 and Software Interfaces for Billing Processes Network Deployment 12 .. ___ _ -- _____ _- _ i. ___ _ __ ___, .,._____, Full Scale Deployment 36 ■ ■ ' ■ Refinement of Operations and Testing of Monthly 12 Billing (Optional) ■ The overall project period is 3 years from inception, the City will initiate the RFP process for the project and will use the details contained herein to initiate the process. In the first year, business process, organizational management activities, MDMS and AMI systems integration and network implementation will take place. Once the network has been installed, meter deployment will begin in the first year and will continue until full meter deployment is accomplished by the end of third year. A lot of these activities can run in parallel with other tasks. In year 3, stabilization of the AMI system will be completed. A slower pace process is possible, but little would be gained other than incurring more costs and delaying benefits. 11.4 METER DEPLOYMENT PLAN Careful attention must be provided while developing the optimum meter deployment plan. Each utility has unique constraints and service area logistics, there are several common elements that every deployment plan must contain: ❑ The meter deployment must be done geographically to allow for efficiencies in the meter deployment process (i.e., the installer will work at adjacent customers on the same street or vicinity). 17 Meter deployment is normally done to allow for meter reading routes to be migrated from manual to AMI billing. This requires that meters on the route be changed over to the AMI system in order to eliminate significant inefficient manual readings. Having too many routes in the process at one time can delay meter reading and cost reduction benefits. El The AMI -enabled water meter deployment must follow the AMI network (collector/tower) installation. Normally, there is a lag of several weeks/months to allow the network devices to be installed, configured, stabilized, and if necessary, issues investigated and resolved. 17 The locations to start deployment can be based on areas that can maximize the business benefits. This could be areas with the oldest meters that could be less accurate or areas with the most significant write-offs or other drivers. An assessment of the benefits overlaid on the customer BLACK & VEATCH I Project Roadmap 25G-175 57