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Client Name: City of Santa Ana ) AMI FEASIBILITY REPORT <br />Meter Reading Support Services Costs <br />Meter support clerk or similar <br />Uniform and Other Service Costs <br />annual costs of supplied uniforms or credits towards purchase <br />Recruitment/Staffing Costs Due to Ongoing <br />Annual turnover of meter readers <br />Turnover <br />Estimated cost to hire and train one new meter reader <br />Meter Reading Costs by Non -meter Reader <br />Charge back or cost allocation by other resources that <br />Classifications <br />perform meter reading activities <br />Meter Reading Software (e.g., MV -RS) Annual <br />Annual cost for software maintenance <br />Maintenance Costs <br />Meter Reading Software Upgrade Costs <br />Average internal between upgrades in years <br />Average vendor and internal IT costs for one upgrade <br />Meter Reading Software Hardware Upgrade <br />IT hardware upgrades to support meter reading software - <br />Costs <br />amount and interval required <br />Avoided Communication Costs -- Cell Phones <br />Total cell phone costs or number of phones and average cost <br />for meter readers and supervision <br />Annual Software License - Route Planning <br />Annual software costs of route planning software, if used <br />Avoided Purchase of Existing Meter <br />Annual purchase of AMR technologies that would be replaced <br />Automation End Points <br />by AMI endpoints <br />Reduced Injuries and Claims (self-insured) <br />Annual costs of injury claims for meter reading activities <br />Annual cost of claims by customers due to meter reading <br />activities <br />Self-insured? <br />Avoided Communication Costs -- POTS, Two <br />Number of remotely read meters with POTS or cellular <br />Way Radio or Cellular <br />connection <br />Cost of each POTS or cellular line <br />Handheld Costs --Yearly Maintenance and <br />Annual maintenance or warranty charge for handheld devices <br />Repair <br />Annual repair costs for handheld devices <br />Salvage of Handheld Equipment <br />Number of existing handheld devices in use <br />Handheld Costs --Avoided Purchases <br />Number of handheld devices replaced per year <br />Cost of each handheld device <br />Handheld Costs --Avoided Operating System <br />Cost if anticipated in next three years <br />Upgrade <br />Avoided Purchase of Load Research Meters or <br />Number of recording or specialty meters used for load <br />Recorders <br />research or similar purposes <br />BLACK & VEATCH I Appendix A. Base Cost Data Information Collected 63 <br />25G-181 <br />