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Combination of:
- switches.
- fuses. Convert the voltage of
electricity flowing in the
Circuit breakers used to control, circuit
protect and isolate electrical
equipment.
Feeder Pillar
Interconnected Network
Radial System
Ring System
Mesh Network
Interconnected
Network
OVERVIEW:
Since January this year, Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB), has undertaken the installation of 310,000
smart meters in Malacca in stages, before expanding it to 8.8 million users in the peninsula.
Worse still, smart meters have become an impediment to, rather than a necessary tool for, the
liberalization of electricity retail. The meters were originally meant to accumulate data, which
then would be transmitted to power retailers via the major regional power monopolies. Only
through this process will it become possible to calculate charges for individual customers.
PROPOSAL OF POTENTIAL DESIGNS OR
WAYS OF THE SUPPORT
What is a time-of-use (TOU) tariff? What is innovative about this project?
▪ If there is the capacity to measure ▪ First, TOU plans can vary in the number of sub-rates they
offer, the time of day these rates are applied, and the size of
when people actually consume their the charge applied in the periods. Furthermore, the plan
electricity, then there is potential to requires updating to account for behavioral and seasonal
changes.
reward those who are willing to switch
off the peak consumption periods with ▪ Most importantly, no demographic or personally identifiable
data was used by the algorithm – eliminating the time,
lower rates and customized energy expense and privacy concerns surrounding this data
plans. By charging different rates at collection.
different times of the day, TOU tariffs ▪ Second, there was no widely applicable solution for
provide a direct financial incentive to understanding how a customer’s consumption would
consumers to change their energy change in response to a proposed plan or how much savings
could be feasible achieved. Once the tariff structure is
habits and reduce demand peaks, decided, typical analysis would apply historical energy
allowing the savings to be passed consumption (for example, usage over the past year) to
determine how the customer’s bills would change.
directly to the consumer in the form of
lower energy bills.
PROPOSAL OF POTENTIAL DESIGNS OR
WAYS OF THE SUPPORT
How does the TOU tariff offering work? Why is this project important?
▪ The participants will earn points for reducing their energy ▪ When properly designed, a TOU tariff plan would incentivize
consumption against this baseline. Savings will be tracked and the customer to switch their consumption to off-peak times,
displayed via app and web interface. reducing the total peak demand. This is an important step
for reducing grid stress and emissions, and when acting on
▪ Simple tariff structure – The TOU tariff will have two steps – a their flexibility to shift consumption customers can receive
peak period and off-peak period – to make the tariff plan easy lower energy bills as a result.
to understand.
▪ This result is especially relevant for at-risk populations, such
▪ Gamification element – Each participant will be assigned to as the elderly or those in social housing, whose limited
one of three teams that accumulates points based on budget makes energy bill savings relatively more valuable.
collective demand reduction. A cash credit on the total energy Furthermore, the offering of such plans has the ability to
bill will be offered to each member of the winning team. increase competition in the marketplace, as utilities can
seek to attract new customers with plans made.
▪ Digital interactive elements – SMAP has adapted an existing
suite of data visualization APIs to create a mobile app for ▪ TOU tariff planning is also immensely scalable as it relies
participants to track both personal savings and team progress. only on the utility’s existing data resources and
communication channels. Effectively, SMAP’s solution
▪ Limited window to receive benefits – The first instance of the transforms smart-meter data directly into bill savings and
TOU tariff will be applied for 3 months in the summer period. increased profitability, making a pathway for any utility to
Participants will only receive the benefit during this period, make digital offerings.
incentivizing them to maximize participation.
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