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Achieving Utility Digitalization with a Strategic Roadmap Wake Electric

Quick Facts Number of Member-consumers 47,000+ Total Annual kWh Sales 720 million Average Residential Monthly Electricity Usage 1,275 Miles of Line (Approximately 3,400) Transmission 58 Overhead 1,750 Underground 1,900

Seven Steps of a Digitalization Roadmap AMI 1) Telecommunications Evaluation Telecommunications Platform(s) • Public network availability • Terrain study (vegetation, elevation changes, etc) SCADA • Tower infrastructure 2) Digitalization Foundational Technologies (Data Gatherers) • Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) GIS • Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) • Geographic Information System – Digital Mapping (GIS) • Customer Information System (CIS) CIS

Digitalization Roadmap AMI Telecommunications Platform(s) 3) Data Management (VEE) • Data Management (VEE) Validation • Editing SCADA • Estimation Data Enterprise 4) Data Integration System • Validated data in a common GIS database • Cloud hosted? CIS

Computing Life Cycle Functionality and Scope Plug in & Go! Use As Needed Low Cost Right Sized, Fully On Demand Pay Per Use Utility Hosting Ops Staff, IT Over Built or Under Built Infrastructure Highest Cost of Maintenance Data Center, NOC Traditional Infrastructure Utility In 201 198 199 200 201 0 0 0 0 5 House

Digitalization Roadmap Cyber Security AMI Telecommunications Platform(s) Data Management (VEE) 5) Cybersecurity • Firewall Management SCADA • Data Password Management Enterprise • Vendor provided tools System GIS CIS

Digitalization Roadmap Cyber Security Outage Management AMI Telecommunications Platform(s) Distribution Data Management (VEE) Automation SCADA Demand Response Data Enterprise System Efficiency System Studies GIS DER Management CIS Member Engagement 6) Critical Tool Creation

Example - Understanding Meter Tampers

Data Flow Conservation Voltage Wake Reduction SCADA Hosted AMI DNP 3.0 RTU Wake Wake Substation AMI Wake Operations

Digitalization Roadmap 7) User Interfaces and Automation Cyber Security Outage Management AMI Telecommunications Platform(s) Customizable Distribution Data Management (VEE) Dashboards Automation SCADA Demand Response Data Enterprise System Efficiency System Studies GIS System and DER Management Process Automation CIS Member Engagement

Seven Steps of a Digitalization Roadmap 1. Telecommunications Evaluation 2. Foundational Digitization Technologies (Data Gatherers) 3. Data Management (VEE) 4. Data Integration 5. Cyber Security 6. Critical Tool Creation 7. User Interfaces and Automation

Thank you. Don Bowman Wake Electric 919-863-6487 don.bowman@wemc.com