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44 AMI Feasibility Report I Client Name: City of Santa Ana S. Identify the project yearly costs savings by transitioning from a traditionally read meter and billing solution to an AMI solution. 10.1.1 Project Costs The cost component of an AMI implementation can be divided into two main categories: one-time costs and long-term or recurring costs. There are several major costs that combine to form the bulk of the one-time costs: 1. Metering Costs - Metering costs for the project account for replacing 37,739 meters, installing an AMI MTU on every meter in the field (44,565), and the likely replacement of meter box covers with a composite cover to allow the transmission of the AMI signal. The metering costs for the project are spread over the deployment period, which is assumed to be 3 years for the City. 2. AMI Network Costs - Network costs for the project are made up of two major components: network component procurement and network installation. The network cost is spread over the first year of the project as the network will be deployed over the complete area of service. Network data collector units will be owned by the City and maintained by the AMI vendor. 3. AMI, MDMS and Customer Portal Costs - Software and implementation costs to deploy, configure, and integrate the MDMS includes vendor, City, and integrator costs. AMI HES and MDMS will be hosted and managed by the AMI Vendor. Customer portal will be hosted and managed by the vendor. 4. Business Process and Change Management Costs - The introduction of the AMI system into the utility will result in business process redesign and organizational change. Displaced meter readers, job classification changes, and organizational changes must be managed and addressed. S. Project Management Costs - These capture the cost of the City resources as well as third - party resources working on the City's behalf for the project. 6. System Integration Costs - There are costs associated with the integration and testing of the end-to-end solution that are not captured in the above categories, typically a mixture of vendor, City IT, and party system integrator costs. Just like the one-time costs, long-term AMI implementation costs fall into several key categories. The major categories are as follows: 1. AMI Operations Team - The costs associated with operating and managing the AMI system and MDMS are captured based on the assumptions stated earlier. 2. Network Maintenance - There is a cost to manage and operate the network whether City does this itself or uses a managed service from the AMI vendor. This also includes backhaul communications costs and may include license fees depending on the technology chosen. It is assumed in this estimate that the network will be maintained by the AMI vendor. 25G-162