NEWS RELEASE
R. W. Beck Selected to Guide Planning Workshops for ComEd’s Scaled AMI Deployment
DENVER – November 19, 2008 – The Executive Director of the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) has selected Plexus Research, Inc., an R. W. Beck company, to facilitate a series of Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) workshops that will guide planning for the scaled deployment of up to 200,000 advanced meters and associated infrastructure at Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd), a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation that provides service to 3.8 million customers in Chicago and Northern Illinois.
The AMI workshops will begin in early December and continue over six months to develop strategies, goals, timelines, and evaluation and technology selection criteria for the AMI pilot program. Mark Gabriel, Vice President and Principal for Plexus Research and R. W. Beck, will serve as primary workshop facilitator and will be supported by a team with AMI technology and business case expertise, and related Smart Grid and management consulting capabilities.
“Their technical expertise will be essential to drive the success of this initiative,” said Tim Anderson, ICC Executive Director. “The Plexus team has the experience facilitating stakeholder input and consensus building among diverse constituencies, highly qualified and resourceful personnel, and the ability to be an impartial and objective facilitator.”
“This collaborative process will help us understand and assess the operational, customer service and societal benefits of AMI technology, and build a solid business and technology foundation for investment decisions moving forward,” said Anne Pramaggiore, Executive Vice President, Customer Operations, Regulatory and External Affairs, ComEd.
“We look forward to partnering with ComEd and its stakeholders to support a successful initial deployment of AMI technology,” said Tim Wolf, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Plexus Research.
Plexus Research, Inc., an R. W. Beck company, provides utility industry consulting services in the technologies, applications and economics of advanced energy systems, especially in the areas of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Automated Meter Reading (AMR) applications, load management, premises automation, telecommunications, customer communications and demand response. The company celebrates its 25th anniversary this year (1983-2008).
R. W. Beck (rwbeck.com) is a group of technically based business consultants serving public and private infrastructure organizations, and financiers worldwide.
