Smart Metering
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Smart Metering: The Foundation for Smart GridIntelligent Technology for Utilities
More than simply an interesting development, smart metering is part of a growing global trend towards intelligent technology in the utilities industry. These tools allow businesses to:
- Modernize grids and their management
- Improve customer relationships and retention
- Save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
While following these new trends in technology, suppliers must increase their industrial output to remain competitive. Smart metering may be the first building block in the smart grid.
Capgemini is a leading expert in smart metering. With our deep industry expertise, we have pioneered smart metering projects for utilities around the world. Recent successes include Hydro One, Southern California Electric & Gas and the Commission de Régulation de l’Énergie. Our dedicated Center of Excellence enables us to mobilize and exchange information globally.
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Make smart metering programs the foundation of Smart Grid or Intelligent Network initiatives by looking beyond the meter-to-cash process to generate value for all participants in the electrical energy market (including generators, system operators, transmission and distribution service providers, retailers, energy service companies, consumers, regulators, and legislators).
Utilities that structure their smart metering programs strictly from a revenue management perspective are selling themselves short. There’s much more to smart metering programs than interval read and time-of-use (TOU) rates. In Capgemini’s view, effective smart metering solutions share a number of key components:
- Meters: Standards-based, two-way communication, remote connect/disconnect and interoperability with in-premise networks and devices.
- In-premise data presentment and control: Near real-time display of usage and cost, receives market rate signal, supports customer demand response interaction.
- Meter data collection systems: Two-way communication, multi-vendor solution compatible.
- Backhaul communications system: Two-way, high bandwidth, utility or third-party owned.
- Event management system: Interprets, filters and transfers event data to stakeholders.
- Service-oriented integration architecture: Standards-based, reusable service accommodates changing source and target applications.
- Meter data management system: Asset management, data validation, editing and estimation (VEE); and publishing of billing determinates.
- Decision-support system: Load forecasting, revenue protection, asset analysis and rate design.
Our Partners
Capgemini is a founding member of the Smart Energy Alliance™, an association of technology leaders that is revolutionizing the creation and deployment of solutions for power distribution operations. Established in 2006, the group’s members include HP, Intel, GE Energy, Cisco and Oracle. The Smart Energy Alliance™ uses its collective experience and expertise to create solutions with unmatched functionality, performance, interoperability and ease of deployment.
As an active member of several key industry working groups, we drive standards and continue to develop cutting-edge expertise.
Learn how Capgemini can help you embrace a fresh approach to managing peak demand and system security
…delivering a positive and sustainable impact not only on utilities but also on the North American electrical system.
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