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RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES <br /> <br />Board Memorandum <br />BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIESDATE: <br />MARCH14, 2016 <br />ITEM NO <br />: 6 <br />File ID –16-0748–Consent <br />SUBJECTMASTER LICENSEAGREEMENT WITH ON-RAMP WIRELESSFOR <br />: <br />COMMUNICATION SERVICES OVER TEN YEARS AND NET COST REDUCTION <br />ISSUE <br />: <br />The issuefor Board of Public Utilities consideration is approvalof a master license agreementwith On- <br />Ramp Wirelessfor grid sensor communication services. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br />: <br />That the Board of Public Utilitiesrecommend that the City Council: <br />1.Approve the Master License Agreementwith On-Ramp Wireless; and <br />2.Authorize the City Manageror his designee to execute the Master License Agreementand site <br />licenseswith On-Ramp Wireless. <br />BACKGROUND <br />: <br />On January 18, 2013, the Board of Public Utilities (Board) approved Work Order No.1309568 in the <br />amount of $960,000 to procure and install equipment as part of theoverall Distribution Automation <br />Program. On October 17, 2014, the Board approved a Professional Services Agreement in the amount <br />of $96,500 with On-Ramp Wireless (On-Ramp)of San Diego, California for the On-Ramp Total Reach <br />Communications Networkto support the first phase of distribution automation grid sensors in the Canyon <br />Crestarea. <br />This Master License Agreement (Agreement) compliments the Professional Services Agreement by <br />providing the necessary expansion at a cost savings,and reducing implementation time for grid sensor <br />expansion throughout the city. RPU will gain significant cost savings from reduction in equipment cost, <br />installationexpense, maintenance, and monthly fees. <br />On-Ramp utilizes a secure hosted network and has been deployed on a large scale at neighboring <br />utilities and across southern California. On-Ramp is a component of the Distribution Automation <br />program and is a specialized solution to communicate outage information from wireless gridsensors <br />directly to RPU’s Utility Operations Center. Real-time information from the sensors enables dispatchers <br />to send personnel directly to theoutage areareducing the time required to locate the outage cause,and <br />restore service. <br />The first phase of RPU grid sensors were deployed in 2015. This included two On-Ramp access points <br />and 63 grid sensors, covering 15% percent of the electric system. Seven additional access points are <br />required for the additional 1,450 grid sensors necessary to cover the entire system. <br />Page 27 <br />