Abstract
The City of Auburn's SmartGRID project involved deployment of a city-wide advanced metering infrastructure system, a meter data management system, a customer web portal, a distribution management system, and distribution automation equipment on ten circuits: automated switches, capacitors, voltage regulators, fault indicators, smart relays, and equipment sensors.Contact Information
Stuart Tuttle
Electric Superintendent
City of Auburn
sltuttle@ci.auburn.in.us
At-A-Glance
Recipient:
City of Auburn, IN
HQ State:
Indiana
NERC Region:
RFC
Total Budget: $4,171,374
Federal Share: $2,075,080
Funding Program:
- Investment Grant Program
Project Type:
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure
- Customer Systems
- Distribution System
- Pricing
Equipment:
- Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) / Smart Meters
- Automated Capacitors
- Automated Distribution Circuit Switches
- Backhaul Communications
- Customer Web Portal
- Distribution Automation
- Distribution Automation Communications Network
- Distribution Management System
- Meter Communications Network
- Smart Meter - Industrial
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Communications Network
Targeted Benefits:
- Reduced Electricity Costs for Customers
- Reduced Meter Reading Costs
- Improved Electric Service Reliability
- Reduced Costs from Theft
