BGE
Enterprise Info Mgmt for
Smart Meter, Smarter Grid
January 4, 2008
Hahn Tram
CMU, March 10 2009
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Focus: Smart Grid/Smart Metering Data Mgmt
To facilitate operation and maintenance of the
Smart Grid/Smart Metering infrastructures
To achieve benefits throughout the utility
enterprise
System planning & operations
Customer service
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Technology & Enterprise Integration
CIS
Utility Enterprise Service Bus
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Load Mgmt
DR Apps
Technology Integration
Meter Data
Mgmt
DR
Controls
PCT HAN
Home
LCS HAN
Automation
PHEV HAN
AMI
Head-Ends
Meter Comm
Integrated
Adv.
Metering Meter Comm Communication
Infrastructure Meter Comm
SCADA
EMS / DMS
Front End
Processor
FCI Comm
Network
ASR Comm
Automation
VVO Comm
ERP
OMS
WMS
FFA/MWM
Enterprise
Integration
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Smart Grid/AMI Asset Mgmt
Asset data management
Deployment
O&M
Restoration after storm
O&M represents >25% of total cost of ownership
Becoming critical infrastructure for utility ops
Cash register – revenue management
Energy mgmt – energy conservation and efficiency
Distribution operations and management – reliability
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Asset Management
Tracking the data from order to inventory, from installation
to O&M and retirement
Physical data – make and model, etc.
Installation data – location and connectivity
Configuration and configuration settings
Operating status
Testing, maintenance, work schedule/status…
Smart Grid/Smart Metering asset challenges
Volume, geographic distribution, configurability
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System of Record?
System-of-Record (SOR) decisions make big differences in
integration architecture, system integration efforts, and asset mgmt
processes
CIS
ERP
GIS
App (MDM,
SCADA, etc.)
Comm
Head-end
Physical Data
SOR?
SOR?
SOR?
SOR?
SOR?
Location & Connectivity
SOR?
SOR?
SOR?
Configuration & Settings
SOR?
Operation Status
Test, Maintenance…
SOR?
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SOR?
SOR?
SOR?
SOR?
SOR?
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Integration for Planning & Engineering
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Integration for Outage Management
• Better customer
perception
• Reduced outage
duration
• Reduced outage
duration
• Improved AMI
data availability
• Increased
crew and
dispatch
productivity
• Reduced outage duration
• Increased crew productivity
• Better customer satisfaction
Customer
Customer
Notification
Notification
Trouble
Trouble
Call
Call Entry
Entry
Trouble
Trouble
Calls
Calls
Outage
Notification
(Last Gasp)
Predict
Predict
Outage
Outage
Dispatch
Dispatch
Work
Work
Confirm
Confirm
Outage
Outage
Repair
Repair &
&
Restore
Restore
Outage
Mgmt
System
Outages
Outages
SCADA/DA
SCADA/DA
Outage
Verification
Communication
Network
Outages
Confirm
Confirm
Restoration
Restoration
Load Data
for
Emergency
Switching
Restoration
Verification
AMI/MDM
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Are You Ready
Utilities are rushing to deployment of Smart Grid
Advanced T&D Automation
Advanced Metering Infrastructures
Demand Response and in-home programmable & communicating
devices
Are info systems & biz processes in place?
Collect and manage asset data at deployment
Leverage device and system data & functions to realize benefits
during and after deployment
Sustain benefits through effective O&M
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Questions?
htram@quanta-technology.com
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