No surprise that the Meter Data Management (MDM) market is growing as smart meter rollouts increase and utilities are bombarded with unprecedented volumes of data that can be used to improve customer relationships, utility operations and business intelligence. The resources in this section will help you sort out the challenges and opportunities MDM provides.
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Over breakfast with Thierry Godart, president of Siemens' smart grid division in the U.S., SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst learned that for Siemens, 2012 is going to be all about integration - and that Siemens wants to be the leading smart grid integrator. Click for a peek at the three areas that Siemens is targeting - and how Jesse thinks this old school company's prospects shape up against new school competitors.
You'll be hearing a lot more about Big Data - and chances are some of it will come from state regulators. IBM's Sunil Soares expects PUCs will become increasingly assertive about protecting consumers' privacy rights in the context of Big Data. That's one reason, he says, utilities need to heed governance best practices for smart meter data. He suggests four you ought to start with.
Big Data and Data Analytics are this year's buzzwords, as utilities strive to create sense - and value - from all that information streaming in from meters and other devices. Fresh off its purchase by Siemens, eMeter formally announces its analytics platform. Click to see which hassle the company says its new release will save utilities from.
Current eMeter CEO Gary Bloom was brought in specifically to get the company ready for sale or IPO. And he delivered, notes SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst, who has some thoughts on how Siemens' acquisition of the San Mateo, CA-based MDM specialist might affect others.
In today's Discovery Showcase installment, we're featuring a photo showcase of five new smart grid technologies, from PJM's new state of the art Advanced Control Center to Texas Instruments' next generation of power management integrated circuits for energy harvesting – and we've got the hBOX too. It's all inside.
What if you could get all the benefits of advanced metering without buying a single meter or hiring a single person? That's the proposition put forth by SAIC's "Smart Grid as a Service." Click inside for details on managed services and what SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst says they could mean for municipals and cooperatives.
Just when you were trying to wrap your head around managing all that meter data, along comes eMeter CEO Gary Bloom with the pronouncement that it's not about MDM anymore. Click inside to read about SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst's insider conversation with Bloom, who believes meter data analytics (MDA) is where the real action will be.
Smart meters are ushering in a whole new level of data analytics at utilities around the world. TMCnet contributor Cheryl Kaften takes a look at some of the emerging trends.
Fort Collins Utilities has picked the team of Siemens Energy, Inc. and eMeter to implement a meter data management system for its stimulus grant-funded advanced metering project. Read more on what the project entails inside.
Are you wrestling with tough control system and substation automation problems? Need a smarter way to track field assets? Want a fast solution for analyzing day-two smart grid implementation benefits? Our latest product roundup may help; click inside for seven new smart grid solutions on the market now (or on the way soon).
Which smart grid stimulus projects have been dubbed leaders of the pack? Who are today's winning vendors in the crowded meter data management space? And which utility is celebrating its stellar achievement in time-of-use implementation? The answers are inside.
The Electric Power Board of Chattanooga, which is building one of the world's most advanced smart grid networks, has teamed with Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs to develop new techniques to analyze devices and voltage at an unprecedented level of detail. Don't miss this sneak peek at the project, provided by Alcatel-Lucent.
The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday adopted the nation's most comprehensive rules to ensure consumers have access to detailed energy data collected by their smart meters. Jesse Berst says this is one PUC that takes micro-managing to the extreme. Find out why.
Video replays and presentation materials from our recent webinar with IBM experts on meter data management pitfalls and how to avoid them are now posted. Click inside for details.
This is the first segment from our June 8, 2011 webinar on meter data management presented with IBM as part of our Lessons from the Real World series. In it moderator Jesse Berst provides introductions and Dr. David Shipman of IBM's Energy & Utilities practice describes the components that make up a successful smart grid.
In this second segment from our June 8, 2011 webinar on meter data management presented with IBM, Richard Wozniak, an information management program director for the IBM Software Group, introduces issues utilities experience when trying to use traditional databases with the exponential data generated by smart meters. He also discusses time series data.
In this third segment from our June 8, 2011 webinar on meter data management presented with IBM, Richard Wozniak discusses the pros and cons of using time series versus traditional databases and describes a client’s experience using time series.
In the fourth and final segment from our June 8, 2011 webinar on meter data management presented with IBM, Richard Wozniak discusses experiences clients have had using IBM meter data management solutions and answers questions from the audience.
This document includes the presentation materials used in the Smart Grid News webinar on meter data management pitfalls (and how to avoid them) presented June 8, 2011 with IBM. Featured panelists were Dr. David Shipman of IBM's Energy & Utilities practice and Richard Wozniak, an information management program director for the IBM Software Group. Jesse Berst moderated.
Meter data management systems are essential tools for utilities that want to take advantage of the massive amounts of information made available through advanced metering. But danger lurks for utilities that fail to thoroughly consider system design from the top down. Click to read what SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst has to say about the danger and what utilities can do to avoid it – and if you're looking for more, sign up for our June 8 MDM webinar. Details inside.
Today’s energy monitoring technologies capture highly detailed information regarding household energy consumption, which is why smart grid stakeholders are trying to find a way to balance consumer privacy expectations with the need for utilities and third parties to access the information. Attorney Michael Pryor thinks we may find the answer in telephone record privacy rules. Find out why.
Smart grid technologies promise a wealth of benefits but also raise important personal privacy issues. As a result, stakeholders are assessing how to balance protecting consumers’ privacy expectations and control over the dissemination of personally identifiable information with the need of utilities and authorized third parties to have access to this data. This article, from Dow Lohnes PLLC attorney Michael Pryor, discusses the proposal to model smart grid privacy and data dissemination on the protections afforded to customer proprietary network information ("CPNI") generated by users of telecommunications services as set forth in the Communications Act and the FCC.
Salt River Project officials were impressed enough with the performance of Elster's Energy/Axis® smart meters that they're bringing the company's MDM solution into the mix to manage a network of more than 900,000 meters. Salt River says the MDM system offers a wealth of benefits for both the utility and its customers.
Customer service representatives are on the front lines with utility customers day in and day out, fielding calls about everything from power outages to billing complaints. How will their jobs change once smart grid technologies are deployed? Louis Szablya of SAIC provides a scenario in this third installment of our Day in the Life series.
Meter data management software provider eMeter and Verizon have hooked up to develop and deliver what they say will be one of the first cloud-based meter data management solutions for the utility industry. The new service will deliver eMeter's meter data management software in a scalable cloud-based environment through Verizon's IP network.
We're getting mixed signals about the vitality of the smart grid market. On the one hand, the recent DistribuTECH conference was one of the most successful ever. On the other, a well-known Wall Street analyst recently told his clients that the smart metering sector is "facing several headwinds," including weak regulatory support in the U.S. and delays in European adoption. Taking the pulse of the smart grid industry is this week's Tuesday Topic.
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