Data Management Q&A Series: Data Class Value

Which data classes might have most value for utilities?

Smart Grid implementations involve deployment devices as such as smart meters, grid sensors, IEDs, substation devices and mobile data terminals. This infrastructure generates large amounts of data on a daily basis, which can be categorized as:

·         Operational – data that relates to electric behavior and control of grid assets

·         Non-operational – condition and management of assets, not directly associated with grid power delivery

·         Meter usage – interval and register reads and their associated events

·         Event messages – standalone synchronous and asynchronous events from Smart Grid assets

·         Metadata – standards-based enterprise semantic models that define all assets and their associated data