Economic analysis of grid infrastructure

A non-transitory machine readable media storing instructions, comprising:

• instructions configured to
• receive customer information, the customer information further comprising:
• a customer name of the customer;
• a contract start date;
• a contract term;
• a cost to deploy a service vehicle;
• a plurality of endpoint types, further comprising at least one of an electric endpoint type, a water endpoint type and a gas endpoint type;
• a total number of endpoints by endpoint type;
• a monthly disconnect rate by endpoint type;
• a prepay monthly disconnect rate reduction for each endpoint type;
• an average bill by endpoint type;
• a total monthly service revenue by endpoint type;
• a truck roll cost;
• a cost per occurrence of move ins and move outs;
• a plurality of grid components, further comprising at least two of:
• an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), an outage management system (OMS), a distribution management system (DMS), a geographic information system (GIS), a customer information system (CIS), an interactive voice response (IVR) system, a power plant component, a gas processing plant component, a water processing plant component, an electrical distribution grid component, a water distribution grid component, a gas distribution grid component and a utility control center component;
• and
• a first suite of offerings and a second suite of offerings of a plurality of energy offerings from one or more manufacturers or service providers;
• compute, by a processor, costs of the customer acquiring the first suite of offerings and to compute the costs of the customer acquiring the second suite of offerings by:
• multiplying each of a market pricing of an application of each of the plurality of grid components by an integration factor related to each of their installation to calculate a cost with integration for each of the plurality of grid components;
• dividing the cost with integration for each of the plurality of grid components by the total number of endpoints to compute a cost per meter;
• multiplying the cost with integration for each of the plurality of the grid components with an annual support rate percentage for each of the grid components, divided by twelve months, and further divided by the total number of endpoints, to compute an annual support per meter per month;
• summing the cost per meter by the annual support per meter per month to calculate a total per meter investment;
• computing, using the total per meter investment and the total number of endpoints, a total investment for each of the plurality of grid components;
• summing each of the market pricing of the application of each of the plurality of grid components to calculate a total technology cost;
• summing the cost with integration for each of the plurality of grid components to calculate a total cost with integration;
• multiplying a percent refreshment rate to the total technology cost to compute a cost of refreshing current technology;
• computing a technology refreshment cost spread over time using the cost of refreshing current technology;
• summing the technology refreshment cost spread over time and the total cost with integration to compute a total cost of ownership;
• dividing the total cost of ownership by the total number of endpoints and further by the twelve months to compute a total cost of ownership per meter cost;
• multiplying a personnel count by a labor cost to compute a total labor cost;
• dividing the total labor cost by the twelve months and by the total number of endpoints to compute a cost of labor avoided per month per meter by using the second suite of offerings;
• adding the total cost of ownership per meter cost to the cost of labor avoided per month per meter to compute a total cost of ownership per meter per month;
• and
• multiplying the total cost of ownership per meter per month by the total number of endpoints to compute a total cost of ownership per month;
• compute, by the processor, a revenue generated by the customer acquiring the first suite of offerings and compute the revenue generated by the customer acquiring the second suite of offerings by:
• multiplying the monthly disconnect rate by endpoint type with the total number of endpoints by endpoint type to compute a total number of meters by endpoint type disconnected per month;
• multiplying the total number of meters by endpoint type disconnected per month with the prepay monthly disconnect rate reduction by endpoint type to compute a monthly disconnect rate reduction;
• subtracting the monthly disconnect rate reduction from the total number of meters by endpoint type disconnected per month, and multiplying by the average bill by endpoint type, and dividing by the total number of endpoints by endpoint type to calculate a revenue improvement per meter per month;
• multiplying the average bill by endpoint type with the total number of endpoints by endpoint type to compute a total monthly revenue;
• multiplying the truck roll cost by an avoided track roll monthly occurrence to compute a monthly track roll costs avoidance;
• dividing the monthly track roll costs avoidance by the total number of endpoints by endpoint type to compute an avoidance of truck rolls per meter per month;
• multiplying the cost per occurrence of move ins and move outs with a number of move ins and move outs prevented and dividing by the total number of endpoints by endpoint type to compute a percent prevention of move ins and move outs per month;
• multiplying a theft caught by prepay loss by endpoint type with the total monthly service revenue by endpoint type and dividing by a theft rate prevented by prepayment value to calculate a loss prevention benefit;
• and
• dividing the loss prevention benefit by the total number of endpoints by endpoint type to calculate a per meter theft prevention benefit;
• calculate, by the processor, an as-is net revenue that does not include costs of the customer acquiring the first suite of offerings or the customer acquiring the second suite of offerings;
• calculate, by the processor, a capital expenditure net revenue by subtracting the costs of the customer acquiring the first suite of offerings from the revenue generated by the customer acquiring the first suite of offerings;
• calculate, by the processor, a grid intelligence quotient net revenue by subtracting the costs of the customer acquiring the second suite of offerings from the revenue generated by the customer acquiring the second suite of offerings;
• compute, by the processor, an as-is cumulative revenue, a capital expenditure cumulative revenue and a grid intelligence quotient cumulative revenue from each of the as-is net revenue, the capital expenditure net revenue and the grid intelligence quotient net revenue;
• and
• display, by the processor, each of the as-is cumulative revenue, the capital expenditure cumulative revenue and the grid intelligence quotient cumulative revenue as a textual representation, a graphical representation, or a combination thereof, of cumulative revenue against time for analyzing economic differences of the customer implementing the first plurality of offerings, the customer implementing the second plurality of offerings or the customer not implementing any of the first plurality of offerings or the second plurality of offerings.

A method comprising:

• receiving customer information, the customer information further comprising:
• a customer name of the customer;
• a contract start date;
• a contract term;
• a cost to deploy a service vehicle;
• a plurality of endpoint types, further comprising at least one of an electric endpoint type, a water endpoint type and a gas endpoint type;
• a total number of endpoints by endpoint type;
• a monthly disconnect rate by endpoint type;
• a prepay monthly disconnect rate reduction for each endpoint type;
• an average bill by endpoint type;
• a total monthly service revenue by endpoint type;
• a truck roll cost;
• a cost per occurrence of move ins and move outs;
• a plurality of grid components, further comprising at least two of:
• an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), an outage management system (OMS), a distribution management system (DMS), a geographic information system (GIS), a customer information system (CIS), an interactive voice response (IVR) system, a power plant component, a gas processing plant component, a water processing plant component, an electrical distribution grid component, a water distribution grid component, a gas distribution grid component and a utility control center component;
• and
• a first suite of offerings and a second suite of offerings of a plurality of energy offerings from one or more manufacturers or service providers;
• computing, by a processor, costs of the customer acquiring the first suite of offerings and to compute the costs of the customer acquiring the second suite of offerings by:
• multiplying each of a market pricing of an application of each of the plurality of grid components by an integration factor related to each of their installation to calculate a cost with integration for each of the plurality of grid components;
• dividing the cost with integration for each of the plurality of grid components by the total number of endpoints to compute a cost per meter;
• multiplying the cost with integration for each of the plurality of the grid components with an annual support rate percentage for each of the grid components, divided by twelve months, and further divided by the total number of endpoints, to compute an annual support per meter per month;
• summing the cost per meter by the annual support per meter per month to calculate a total per meter investment;
• computing, using the total per meter investment and the total number of endpoints, a total investment for each of the plurality of grid components;
• summing each of the market pricing of the application of each of the plurality of grid components to calculate a total technology cost;
• summing the cost with integration for each of the plurality of grid components to calculate a total cost with integration;
• multiplying a percent refreshment rate to the total technology cost to compute a cost of refreshing current technology;
• computing a technology refreshment cost spread over time using the cost of refreshing current technology;
• summing the technology refreshment cost spread over time and the total cost with integration to compute a total cost of ownership;
• dividing the total cost of ownership by the total number of endpoints and further by the twelve months to compute a total cost of ownership per meter cost;
• multiplying a personnel count by a labor cost to compute a total labor cost;
• dividing the total labor cost by the twelve months and by the total number of endpoints to compute a cost of labor avoided per month per meter by using the second suite of offerings;
• adding the total cost of ownership per meter cost to the cost of labor avoided per month per meter to compute a total cost of ownership per meter per month;
• and
• multiplying the total cost of ownership per meter per month by the total number of endpoints to compute a total cost of ownership per month;
• computing, by the processor, a revenue generated by the customer acquiring the first suite of offerings and computing the revenue generated by the customer acquiring the second suite of offerings by:
• multiplying the monthly disconnect rate by endpoint type with the total number of endpoints by endpoint type to compute a total number of meters by endpoint type disconnected per month;
• multiplying the total number of meters by endpoint type disconnected per month with the prepay monthly disconnect rate reduction by endpoint type to compute a monthly disconnect rate reduction;
• subtracting the monthly disconnect rate reduction from the total number of meters by endpoint type disconnected per month, and multiplying by the average bill by endpoint type, and dividing by the total number of endpoints by endpoint type to calculate a revenue improvement per meter per month;
• multiplying the average bill by endpoint type with the total number of endpoints by endpoint type to compute a total monthly revenue;
• multiplying the truck roll cost by an avoided track roll monthly occurrence to compute a monthly track roll costs avoidance;
• dividing the monthly track roll costs avoidance by the total number of endpoints by endpoint type to compute an avoidance of truck rolls per meter per month;
• multiplying the cost per occurrence of move ins and move outs with a number of move ins and move outs prevented and dividing by the total number of endpoints by endpoint type to compute a percent prevention of move ins and move outs per month;
• multiplying a theft caught by prepay loss by endpoint type with the total monthly service revenue by endpoint type and dividing by a theft rate prevented by prepayment value to calculate a loss prevention benefit;
• and
• dividing the loss prevention benefit by the total number of endpoints by endpoint type to calculate a per meter theft prevention benefit;
• calculating, by the processor, an as-is net revenue that does not include costs of the customer acquiring the first suite of offerings or the customer acquiring the second suite of offerings;
• calculating, by the processor, a capital expenditure net revenue by subtracting the costs of the customer acquiring the first suite of offerings from the revenue generated by the customer acquiring the first suite of offerings;
• calculating, by the processor, a grid intelligence quotient net revenue by subtracting the costs of the customer acquiring the second suite of offerings from the revenue generated by the customer acquiring the second suite of offerings;
• computing, by the processor, an as-is cumulative revenue, a capital expenditure cumulative revenue and a grid intelligence quotient cumulative revenue from each of the as-is net revenue, the capital expenditure net revenue and the grid intelligence quotient net revenue;
• and
• displaying, by the processor, each of the as-is cumulative revenue, the capital expenditure cumulative revenue and the grid intelligence quotient cumulative revenue as a textual representation, a graphical representation, or a combination thereof, of cumulative revenue against time for analyzing economic differences of the customer implementing the first plurality of offerings, the customer implementing the second plurality of offerings or the customer not implementing any of the first plurality of offerings or the second plurality of offerings.