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Meter Data Management System

Control your power
to measure all aspects of power: voltage, current, frequency and power as well as harmonics.

Meter data management system provides unique solution which complies with regulatory mandates, improve operational efficiencies and in return enhancecustomer service. Meter Data Management (MDM) refers to a key component in the Smart Grid infrastructure that is in the process of being evolved and adopted by utility companies. An MDM system performs long term data storage and management for the vast quantities of data that are now being delivered by smart metering systems. This data consists primarily of usage data and events that are imported from the head end servers that manage the data collection in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) or Automatic meter reading (AMR) systems. An MDM system will typically import the data, then validate, cleanse and process it before making it available for billing and analysis. The more flexible the MDM application, the better it is able to integrate to existing enterprise applications and help to streamline utility business processes. Benefits can be seen in billing, customer service, outage management and analysis of utility operations.

Solutions Solutions based on meter data include the following: - Smart meter deployment planning and management - Meter and network asset monitoring and management - Automated smart meter provisioning (i.e. Addition, Deletion and Updating of Meter information at utility and AMR side) & billing cutover - Meter-to-Cash; including complex billing determinants for legacy Customer Information Systems (CIS) and billing systems that cannot perform complex calculations of interval data and rate structures. - More accurate Customer Service and invoicing information - Automated validation, editing, and estimation (VEE) of meter data - Transmit meter data outside of their organization to counter parties - Provide Settlement Statements and auditing information - Provide information to create Executive Level Reports - Revenue Protection business processes automation and reporting - Data Aggregation for network loss and theft detection - Outage detection and event management - Remote connects and disconnect of accounts reducing truck rolls - Customer information portal, use and billing analysis applications Meter data management systems (MDMS) provide a platform for managing data from multiple metering systems and make available this data to multiple applications (in-house or hosted). An MDMS may provide data and interface with other systems such as the utility billing and customer information system, outage management system, workforce management system, asset

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management and other systems. Furthermore an MDMS may provide reporting capabilities for load and demand forecasting, management reports, customer service metrics, and other operations and support the activities. An MDMS provide application programming interfaces (APIs) between the MDMS and the multiple destinations that rely on meter data. This is the first step to ensure that consistent processes and 'understanding' get applied to the data. Besides this common functionality, an advanced MDM may provide facility for Remote Connect/Disconnect of meters, power status verification\power restoration verification and On demand read of remote meters. Meter data management solutions provide a single data repository can gather data from multiple metering systems and then supply that data to multiple applications such as billing, forecasting, customer service, system operation and maintenance. Mapping multiple metering systems to multiple business applications through a single repository organizes your meter data to help you run your business more efficiently. Good meter data management solutions adapt to your situation, accommodating your unique combination of meters, meter reading technologies, billing systems, and analytic needs. They also help you find ways to reduce costs, increase revenues, and deliver more value to your customers. The core of meter data management is a single database or repository of customer, meter, and reading data. Data exports and application programming interfaces (APIs) push or pull data between the repository and the multiple destinations that rely on meter data. This helps ensure that consistent processes are applied to a single set of data. Such processes include calculation services (aggregations and calculations on interval data performed in a controlled and consistent fashion); validation, estimation and editing (confirmation that collection systems and meters are functioning properly); best read rules; and more. Audit logs record all changes and corrections to data, including who, how, and why edits were made. Import logs track if any data was not captured successfully. All versions of, and changes to, data are retained for as long as needed for historical perspective or regulatory compliance. The data is safeguarded by both data- and rolebased security. AMR implementation featuring meter data management. When an energy provider using meter data management adds a new AMR system, that system needs to be interfaced only with the meter data management system. The meter data management system then handles interfacing the AMR system to other functions throughout the organization. This greatly simplifies the introduction or expansion of AMR systems. Multiple technology integration featuring meter data management. When a merged utility must integrate multiple technologies, meter data management can serve as the focal point. Instead of requiring that every system communicate with every other system, all systems need only communicate with the meter data management system, which then handles all the data interfaces. Regulatory compliance featuring meter data management. Because all sales data is stored in a single,

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auditable repository that logs all changes and who made them, corporate auditors and regulators can have a high degree of transparency and confidence with financial statements based upon that sales data. In the end, meter data management systems create a common view of energy data and decrease data integration complexity. As a result, data managers can focus more on meeting the strategic needs in their organization, thereby providing value-added services while making end users more self-sufficient.

Some Common Benefits: In addition to the three scenarios discussed earlier, meter data management enables a whole host of other services that are beneficial to energy providers and their customers. Heres a sample. Outage management A single repository of meter data greatly eases the management of power outage data. With AMR systems that provide outage or restore information, a meter data management system can record outage start and restore times; organize events by meter, customer, fixed network collector, and transformer; push alerts to external outage management systems; and filter and present meter events to identify problem areas Having a central system provides standard interfaces to receive events from AMR systems and standard events codes, regardless of meter or collection system type. It insulates outage management systems from having to understand the details of how meter reading systems report events. All of these abilities benefit both the energy provider and its customers by verifying power outages before sending field personnel to investigate (potentially saving money), diminishing revenue loss with early warning of problems from meters, and accurately counting outage durations for important public service scores. Distribution Planning and Reliability By combining historical customer data from meter data management with historical weather data and transformer capacity ratings, electricity providers can start to predict how transformers might perform under extreme weather conditions. Pinpointing a potentially overloaded transformer before it fails has several benefits. Crews can fix problems during scheduled work hours, saving the utility overtime. Utilities dont lose revenue because of a disruption to service. Customers enjoy continuous service; for the sick and the elderly, this can be critical during extreme weather conditions. Likewise, pinpointing potentially underutilized transformers means that utilities have to opportunity to right-size their equipment in an orderly fashion. This saves on labor and equipment costs while possibly expanding the capacity of the distribution system. Revenue Assurance By relying on a central repository of historic meter data, analytics can pinpoint usage patterns that might indicate meter defect, meter tampering, or theft of service. If a customers energy usage remains abnormally low during heat waves, cold snaps, or before and after outages, then the meter might be malfunctioning. If more energy is flowing past distribution points than is

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being billed for, then its possible that someone is stealing service. Without meter data management, this type of revenueassuring analysis is nearly impossible. Even though this means more revenue to the utility, it also means better service and better costs to the customers. Utilities recapturing revenue from those people stealing services dont need to raise their rates to cover stolen services. In some parts of the world, theft of service accounts for 20% or more of power consumption. Tamper detection can make a huge difference to energy providers and to the vast majority of honest, paying customers. Forecasting and Curtailment By applying advanced statistical modeling to the historic data stored in meter data management systems, utilities can generate highly accurate forecasts of future energy demand. Balancing supply and demand is the heart of a reliable and stable energy delivery system. Solid, accurate forecasts remove the guesswork from daily operations and long-term planning, lowering both risk and cost. Purchasing lastminute power on the spot market can be very expensive. Accurate and timely forecasts also provide energy intelligence that is directly applicable to infrastructure construction and maintenance, pricing contracts, supply schedules, load profiles, rate design, and energy efficiency. With the ability to predict times of peak demand, utilities and their customers can then form partnerships to reduce extreme loads, thus maintaining a reliable and affordable supply of power. Power-intensive C&I customers can voluntarily reduce their consumption during peak times in exchange for payments or credit from the utility. On the residential side, utilities that have addressable thermostats installed in homes can change heating or cooling thresholds a degree or two over a large number of homes, thereby lowering the system stress while continuing service.

Software features:
Very easy Installation Data comparison and output in text-graph-pict format. Sense on minor difference Advance Neural Network and fuzzy logics Easy to use and understand

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Before Performance Planner

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After Performance Planner

File sample.log Test began at 09/23/02 10:17:00 Test ended at 09/25/02 01:55:00

Measurement
Voltage, Phase 1, Ave: Voltage, Phase 1, Max: Voltage, Phase 1, Min: Voltage, Phase 2, Ave: Voltage, Phase 2, Max: Voltage, Phase 2, Min: Voltage, Phase 3, Ave: Voltage, Phase 3, Max: Voltage, Phase 3, Min: Current, Phase 1, Ave: Current, Phase 1, Max: Current, Phase 1, Min: Current, Phase 2, Ave: Current, Phase 2, Max: Current, Phase 2, Min: Current, Phase 3, Ave: Current, Phase 3, Max: Current, Phase 3, Min: Current, Neutral, Ave: Current, Neutral, Max: Current, Neutral, Min: True Power, Phase 1, Ave: True Power, Phase 1, Max: True Power, Phase 1, Min: True Power, Phase 2, Ave: True Power, Phase 2, Max: True Power, Phase 2, Min: True Power, Phase 3, Ave: True Power, Phase 3, Max: True Power, Phase 3, Min: Total True Power Ave: Total True Power Max: Total True Power Min: VA Power, Phase 1, Ave: VA Power, Phase 1, Max:

Before
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After
267.3 275.0 259.0 270.1 278.0 260.0 267.5 275.0 257.0 15.3 33.3 0.0 14.3 38.1 0.0 15.1 70.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3403.9 7396.0 0.0 3243.4 7096.0 0.0 3512.0 12216.0 0.0 10159.4 0.0 0.0 4078.6 8801.0

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VA Power, Phase 1, Min: 0.0 0.0 VA Power, Phase 2, Ave: 3854.7 3854.7 VA Power, Phase 2, Max: 10285.0 10285.0 VA Power, Phase 2, Min: 0.0 0.0 VA Power, Phase 3, Ave: 4048.3 4048.3 VA Power, Phase 3, Max: 18770.0 18770.0 VA Power, Phase 3, Min: 0.0 0.0 Total VA Power Ave: 11981.6 11981.6 Total VA Power Max: 0.0 0.0 Total VA Power Min: 0.0 0.0 Power Factor, Phase 1, Ave: 0.84 0.84 Power Factor, Phase 1, Max: 1.00 1.00 Power Factor, Phase 1, Min: 0.68 0.68 Power Factor, Phase 2, Ave: 0.84 0.84 Power Factor, Phase 2, Max: 1.00 1.00 Power Factor, Phase 2, Min: 0.59 0.59 Power Factor, Phase 3, Ave: 0.87 0.87 Power Factor, Phase 3, Max: 1.00 1.00 Power Factor, Phase 3, Min: 0.65 0.65 Total Power Factor: 0.85 0.85 Frequency, Ave: 59.9 59.9 Frequency, Max: 60.1 60.1 Frequency, Min: 59.9 59.9 THD, Voltage, Phase 1: 0.0 0.0 THD, Voltage, Phase 2: 0.0 0.0 THD, Voltage, Phase 3: 0.0 0.0 THD, Current, Phase 1: 0.0 0.0 THD, Current, Phase 2: 0.0 0.0 THD, Current, Phase 3: 0.0 0.0 THD, Current, Neutral: 0.0 0.0 Energy, Phase 1: 135.02035 135.02035 Energy, Phase 2: 128.65664 128.65664 Energy, Phase 3: 139.30987 139.30987 Energy, Total Elapsed: 402.98686 402.98686 Energy, estimated per month: 7427.6 7427.6 Cost, Total Elapsed: Rs.12.77 Rs.12.77 Cost, estimated per month: Rs.235.46 Rs.235.46 (at Rs.0.03170/KWH) Peak Demand: 15408.0 15408.0 Demand Period: 09/23/02 16:45:00 09/23/02 16:45:00 Peak Ave VA: 18021.0 18021.0 Demand Period: 09/23/02 16:45:00 09/23/02 16:45:00

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Before Performance Planner

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Measurement
Voltage, Phase 1, Ave: Voltage, Phase 1, Max: Voltage, Phase 1, Min: Voltage, Phase 2, Ave: Voltage, Phase 2, Max: Voltage, Phase 2, Min: Voltage, Phase 3, Ave: Voltage, Phase 3, Max: Voltage, Phase 3, Min: Current, Phase 1, Ave: Current, Phase 1, Max: Current, Phase 1, Min: Current, Phase 2, Ave: Current, Phase 2, Max: Current, Phase 2, Min: Current, Phase 3, Ave: Current, Phase 3, Max: Current, Phase 3, Min: Current, Neutral, Ave: Current, Neutral, Max: Current, Neutral, Min: True Power, Phase 1, Ave: True Power, Phase 1, Max: True Power, Phase 1, Min: True Power, Phase 2, Ave: True Power, Phase 2, Max: True Power, Phase 2, Min: True Power, Phase 3, Ave: True Power, Phase 3, Max: True Power, Phase 3, Min: Total True Power Ave: Total True Power Max: Total True Power Min: VA Power, Phase 1, Ave: VA Power, Phase 1, Max: VA Power, Phase 1, Min: VA Power, Phase 2, Ave: VA Power, Phase 2, Max: VA Power, Phase 2, Min: VA Power, Phase 3, Ave:

Value
267.3 275.0 259.0 270.1 278.0 260.0 267.5 275.0 257.0 15.3 33.3 0.0 14.3 38.1 0.0 15.1 70.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3403.9 7396.0 0.0 3243.4 7096.0 0.0 3512.0 12216.0 0.0 10159.4 0.0 0.0 4078.6 8801.0 0.0 3854.7 10285.0 0.0 4048.3

Units
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VA Power, Phase 3, Max: VA Power, Phase 3, Min: Total VA Power Ave: Total VA Power Max: Total VA Power Min: Power Factor, Phase 1, Ave: Power Factor, Phase 1, Max: Power Factor, Phase 1, Min: Power Factor, Phase 2, Ave: Power Factor, Phase 2, Max: Power Factor, Phase 2, Min: Power Factor, Phase 3, Ave: Power Factor, Phase 3, Max: Power Factor, Phase 3, Min: Total Power Factor: Frequency, Ave: Frequency, Max: Frequency, Min: THD, Voltage, Phase 1: THD, Voltage, Phase 2: THD, Voltage, Phase 3: THD, Current, Phase 1: THD, Current, Phase 2: THD, Current, Phase 3: THD, Current, Neutral: Energy, Phase 1: Energy, Phase 2: Energy, Phase 3: Energy, Total Elapsed: Energy, estimated per month: Cost, Total Elapsed: Cost, estimated per month: (at $0.03170/KWH) Peak Demand: Peak Ave VA:

18770.0 0.0 11981.6 0.0 0.0 0.84 1.00 0.68 0.84 1.00 0.59 0.87 1.00 0.65 0.85 59.9 60.1 59.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 135.02035 128.65664 139.30987 402.98686 7427.6 $12.77 $235.46 15408.0 18021.0

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