DRAFT USE CASE for PMRM-PMA Tool Sprint- V2.0

6 December 2016

DRAFT USE CASE FOR PMRM-PMA Tool Sprint- v2.0

 An electricity supplier conglomerate in the Netherlands (Utility 1) has installed 140 “smart” EV charging stations in a large number of locations in Amsterdam, Utrecht, and Arnhem, including commercial and residential locations.

 The EV charging stations are networked to the Utility 1 smart metering system. This enables registered customers the convenience of connecting their electric vehicles (EV) to any EV charging station supported by Utility 1 and to have the cost of the charge billed to their individual electric bills, irrespective of which EV charging station is used. This scheme provides an incentive for building the EV charging infrastructure, since the cost of using the stations is borne by the individual using the system.

 Commercial sites that host EV charging stations receive compensation, based on a percentage of the amount of electricity consumed at the EV charging station. Residential sites that host charging stations are not assessed usage charges for EV charging by vehicles not registered at the registered location, allowing friends to make use of the EV charging station if the friends have registered with Utility 1.

 To use the charging stations, Utility 1 customers with EVs register the EVs at the Utility 1 secure Website and become identified as EV Customers.

 The Vehicle Registration Information collected by Utility 1 from the EV Customer includes the Vehicle manufacturer, Model, Model Year, Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), and license registration number.

 This information is internally linked to Customer Information maintained by Utility 1, including Customer Name, Customer Home Address, Customer Account information.

 The EV Customer must review and consent to Utility 1’s privacy policies related to the collection and use of this information. EV Customers may also choose to consent to transfer of the Vehicle Registration Information to other utility companies that support EV charging and which have agreements with Utility 1.

 Residential customers who install a Utility 1 EV charging station and would like to allow friends or neighbors use it, must consent to allow such third party usage.  When the EV Customer charges the vehicle at any smart charging station supported by Utility 1, the system detects the connection and receives the vehicle’s VIN from the vehicles onboard computer.

 The location’s smart metering system transmits Core Information to the Utility’s charge management system: the VIN, the charging station’s ID, the connection/disconnection time stamps, and the amount of electricity used in the charging operation.

 Utility 1’s backend systems link the Core Information with Customer Information, the location of the charging station, and Utility 1’s billing system, and Utility 1’s Customer Web Portal.

 The Core Information is used by the Utility 1 billing department and smart charging and smart metering program management systems to establish the amount and cost of electricity consumed for charging the EV, to generate customer invoices, to display usage information to the EV Customer (including dates, times, durations, locations, and amount of electricity consumed), and for generating reports to the host smart charging station showing each instance when an EV has used the location’s smart charging station, flagging those instances where the billing is made to external Utility customers.

 One other electricity utility company (Utility 2) based in Cologne, Germany participates in this program, enabling their customers in Cologne and Dusseldorf to register with Utility 2 and use smart charging stations when they travel to cities served by Utility 1 in the Netherlands. Utility 2 has an operational agreement with Utility 1 to reimburse Utility 1 for charging costs incurred by EV Customers who use Utility 1’s charging stations in the Netherlands.

 Utility 2 has established equivalent registration systems, data collection and usage systems, and communications systems as Utility 1. Utility 2 EV Customers must consent to Utility 2 and Utility 1 privacy policies as part of the online registration process.

 The Vehicle Registration Information collected by Utility 2 from the EV Customer includes the Vehicle manufacturer, Model, Model Year, Vehicle Identification Number (VIN), and license registration number. However, only the VIN information is communicated to Utility 1 after a Utility 2 customer consents to participate in the scheme. This enables Utility 1 to identify EVs registered with Utility 2 and to generate appropriate consumption and billing information and transmit this and the Core Information to Utility 2.