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Transcript: Feature — AEP gridSMART Demonstration Project

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2. Close up shot: Model house and hand placing a CES power box on miniature lawn. Shot of lights turning on in multiple model houses. Medium close shot: Ray Hayes in an office behind model of multiple houses with miniature electrical grid. Title on screen reads: “Ray Hayes, Advanced Technology Testing Manager, AEP.”

   Ray Hayes (Voiceover):

   AEP is one of the nation’s largest investor-owned utilities. We serve 5.4 million customers in 11 states.

3. Medium close shot: Karen Sloneker. Title on screen reads: “Project Director, AEP Ohio gridSMART.” Shot of AEP logo on glass wall in an office. Shot of multiple Smart Meters in a testing facility and close up shot of Smart Meter.

   Karen Sloneker (Voiceover):

   GE and AEP have been partnering for a number of years on a variety of innovative projects. Currently, we’re working together on the gridSMART Demonstration Project.

4. Montage of shots of AEP Ohio logo on sign outside with power lines in background; power lines in middle of large field with trees in Columbus, Ohio; neighborhood houses in winter with power lines. Shot of AEP worker standing in snow installing Smart Meter outside of a house. Close up shot of Smart Meter.

   Ray Hayes (Voiceover):

   GridSMART is AEP’s foray into Smart Grid technologies. And gridSMART has a few major objectives: That’s to improve service to the customer, reliability, power quality, and also to improve the service into the customer’s home.

5. Medium close shot: Karen Sloneker. Montage of shots of Smart Meter in-home display tool.

   Karen Sloneker (Voiceover):

   We feel that gridSMART will allow our customers to have enhanced understanding of their energy consumption and will allow them to control their energy usage, and therefore save money.

6. Medium close shot: Darryl Scott in the kitchen of his home. Title on screen reads: “Darryl Scott, AEP gridSMART residential customer.” Shot of compact fluorescent light bulb. Shot of dishwasher door closing. Shot of inside of clothes dryer spinning. Medium close shot: Darryl Scott.

   Darryl Scott (Voiceover):

   I think what it’s going to do is allow the opportunity to have dialogue with my family. We can have conversations around turning lights out, what time of day dishes are washed or clothes are run — little things like that, that could make a difference in our energy usage.

7. Medium close shot: Jack Workman. Title on screen reads: “Jack Workman, AEP gridSMART small business customer.” Shot of cakes in large refrigerated display case. Montage of shots of a worker preparing an ice cream order. Shot of employee serving order to customer, employee smiling.

   Jack Workman (Voiceover):

   One of the biggest challenges we face by owning our own business is when we need the power, we need the power. By having a Smart Meter, we’ll be able to see what power we use and when we use it the most. If we can conserve a little bit here and a little bit there, over the long term, we should save some money.

8. Medium close shot: Tom Jones in office with whiteboard and electronics in background. Title on screen reads: “Tom Jones, Research Programs Manager, AEP.”

   Tom Jones (Voiceover):

   GE really understands the customer; we understand the utility system — what it takes to supply customers. The two come together to make a really good team.

9. Shot of person plugging electrical cord into wall socket. Montage of shots of GE smart appliances: microwave, close up of washing machine cycle options and clothes dryer. Shot of two employees looking at multiple computer screens. Medium close shot: Ray Hayes. Shot of three light bulbs. Shot of Smart Meter. Shot of wall socket. Shot of inside of clothes dryer spinning and close up of washing machine cycle options. Shot of GE logo and fade out.

   Ray Hayes (Voiceover):

   This is a great time for the American utility industries. There’s so much opportunity to look into new technologies. To be able to be part of the birth of the next version of that grid, that’s very exciting, especially for us engineers. It’s a very exciting time.

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