- Establish a detailed understanding of the current state of metering processes and systems at the City.
- Review and refine architectural requirements based upon established and emerging technologies and product roadmaps
- Support the definition of any necessary technology or product pilots as well as the analysis of pilot findings
- Assist in the development of a Request for Proposal (RFP) document.
- Identify target vendors from whom to solicit RFP responses
- Support the completion of an RFP process with review, clarification and consultation on the scoring of responses, resulting in final technology package to support the SVP AMI / MDM implementation
- Identify best practice examples and solutions from peer utilities and leading vendors relating to architecture, RFP and implementation planning
- Act as a technology, product and implementation practices resource to the SVP AMI program office.
- Support cost/benefit analysis and cost justification of selected technologies and vendors
- Supply sample RFP documents to be used as potential templates
- Support collaboration requirements both remotely and on site at the City, as needed.
Silicon Valley Power (SVP) is a not-for-profit municipal electric utility owned and operated by the city of Santa Clara, Calif. Silicon Valley Power service territory encompasses 19.3 square miles and provides power for more than 50,000 customers. The residential sector includes nearly 43,000 customers; the bulk of the remaining customers are included in the Commercial/ Industrial category, including nationally recognized companies such as Applied Materials, Intel, National Semiconductor, and Yahoo!
EnerNex is providing consulting services to assist SVP in the design and implementation of an Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and Meter Data Management System (MDMS) working under the guidance of NexLevel IT, Inc. which is functioning as the Project Management Office (PMO) leader.
Among the services provided are the following:
