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• Worldwide 2050 annual energy use (all energy
sectors of transportation, electrical power,
agriculture and potable water production and
transportation) is 3.2 x 1021 (3.2 Zeta Joules.)
This is based on developing nations approaching
75% of Western nations projected 2050
consumption.
• Energy contained in world natural gas reserves:
6.9 x 1021 (6.9 Zeta Joules) All remaining natural
gas could power the entire 2050 world for 2.15
years.
• Energy contained in world petroleum reserves: 7.9
x 1021 (7.9 Zeta Joules) All remaining oil could
power the entire 2050 world for 2.46 years.
• Energy contained in world coal reserves: 2.4 x
1022 (24 Zeta Joules) All remaining coal could
power the entire 2050 world for 7.5 years.
Energy produced by every living plant in the world:
1.5 x 1021 (1.5 Zeta Joules) If every single living
land and ocean plant in the world was replaced by
solar cells having equal square area solar could
power 47% of the entire world.
As can be seen by the previous 5 bullet points, we
are faced with a problem. There are two solutions:
1. Reduce worldwide population by a factor of
ten. That is the Malthusian solution called for by
the “sustainability movement’s” doctrine and
Agenda 21.
2. Solve energy through mass to energy conversion;
E=MC2.
• Fission
• Fusion
• Matter anti-matter annihilation
In 1976, the Energy Research and Development
Administration, or ERDA—the predecessor to the
Department of Energy—published a chart showing
various policy and funding options for the magnetic
fusion energy research program. Each option, called a
Logic, described how the level of funding for the
research would determine when practical fusion power
would become available.
The most aggressive profile, Logic V, proposed that
a budget of approximately $600 million per year
would put the fusion program on a path to operate a
demonstration reactor by 1990. At the other end of
the scale, Logic 1, set at a level of about $150
million per year, was the option colloquially
described as “fusion never,” because the funding
never reached the level where the remaining
challenges in fusion could be overcome. The U.S.
fusion program has been at that “fusion never”
equivalent level, or below, for the past 30 years.
• Total 2011 U.S. expenditures for medical scientific
research exceeded $95 billion.
• 2014 U.S. DOE non-NNSA fusion research budget
$415 million; >95% pledged to ITER contractual
obligation fulfillment.
USCL and the State of
California lead the way...
Revolutionizing metering
and AMI
USCL has driven the utility
industry forward since 2001
• April 2001 USCL unveils working
EMS-2020 prototype at an Open
house attended by California State
Senator Tom Torlakson
• USCL receives letter from the White
House regarding its innovative Smart
Meter and Customer display
products
• Senator Torlakson introduces
Senate Bill SB-1976; Approved by
the California Governor September
24, 2002
• Senate Bill 1976 leads to two year
SPP pilot project
Tom Tamarkin files testimony with the
California Public Utilities Commission on
the importance of in-home customer
energy displays
2004: California Public Utilities Commission
(CPUC) begins to mandate AMI for the
state’s three Investor Owned Utilities Q2
2004; over 12 million old fashion electromechanical power meters will be replaced in
California by 2012
Southern California Edison (SCE) files
negative business case model with CPUC
for AMI; Vice President provides negative
testimony at CEC and CPUC public hearing
November 2004
USCL prepares detailed letter and AMI
Team Roadmap PowerPoint for SCE
President Robert Foster and personally
delivers documents to Mr. Foster’s office
January 29 2005
SCE files 480 page five volume positive
AMI business case model largely based on
USCL’s letter and AMI Roadmap March 30,
2005
SCE receives approval from CPUC to
proceed based on USCL’s suggested RFI and
RFP for new innovative technology
providing a robust set of new consumer
oriented features as well as new utility
features
• SCE issues RFP for 5 million AMI meters
and communications systems January
2007; USCL is one of 9 approved bidders
• SCE show cases it’s “SmartConnect™"
efforts to the public
• SCE receives numerous awards for most
innovative AMI deployment in the USA
In April 2006 Southern California Edison
announces:
"Advanced metering will be the most sweeping
change in the way SCE and its customers
manage electricity use in Edison's 120 - year
history. It will provide new ways to control costs
and improve service response."
-Alan Fohrer, SCE, Chief Executive Officer
In November 2006 USCL was approved as one of only
four company’s world wide approved to respond to SCE’s
meter RFQ (bid process) for 5 million meters.
WHY?
WE WROTE THE SPEC…
DM-06 meter specification is the most advanced
residential application meter in the world meter.
USCL protected its key IP rights with proper patent filings
in the U. S. and abroad.
In May 2008 Tom Tamarkin, et al, was
granted U. S. Patent N umber 7, 379,791
as assigned to USCL Corp.
What does this patent cover and why is it
important?
Tamarkin U.S. Patents 7,379,791 – 8,306,668 – 8,639,390
Patent Pending
Status of the patents:
•3 United States Patents Granted
•EU Granted, Continuation Pending
•Israel Granted, Continuation Pending
•China Granted
•USPTO Third Patent Notice of
Allowance received. Will issue by
02/15/2014; 26 claims
The Power of the USCL IP:
In July 2008, Southern California Edison (SCE) filed a patent
application substantially similar to USCL’s themselves.
In a First Office Action, the USPTO rejected all claims as not being a
novel invention in view of the USCL application and issued patent.
Why is this important?
SCE planed to offer a license of its patent to all other utilities
blocking USCL and other companies rights to recover money from
their IP.
Utility and Manufacturer Consortium
• USCL is organizing a consortium of Electrical
Utilities including
 Investor Owned Utilities
(135)
 Municipal Utilities
(250)
 Rural Electric Cooperatives
(935)
 Federal Irrigation Districts
(10)
• Appliance Manufacturers
• Thermostat Manufacturers
• Utility Meter Manufacturers
• Utility AMR Software Companies
• Meter network communications Companies
USCL Consortium End User Coverage
Fusion Power Development incubator
• “Single User” licensed non-infringer is Utility
company who owns the utility meter
• 65 million smart meters will be installed by 2014
• 100 million smart meters will be installed by 2018
• A monthly license fee will be absorbed in rate
base as a utility cost; utilities will accept this and
regulators will approve this
• Annual U.S. license fee revenue >$500 million to
fund fusion incubator and USCL operations
Utility customer benefits
• Customer receives PC and/or smart phone based
EnergyCite® system
• USB transceiver
• Downloadable application software
• In-home Smart Meter Network “anti-virus, antiintrusion & safety peace of mind
• PDA applications
• Worldwide real time “energy dashboard”
• Media delivery; science for the masses in every
home