Meter Services Resource Forecasting Project: Large Electric Utility

125

Years in Electric Utility Service

10K

Employees

14 MM

Customers

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Business Need

Define MSO operational requirements for Grid Analytics/SCMAS Replacement
Define MSO’s functional and technical requirements for SmartConnect Monitoring & Analysis System’s replacement
Determine MSO’s Options, implications, and plan related to the organization’s planned replacement of the NetComm Field Area Network (FAN)
Evaluate the use of SmartConnect and RTEM meters to support Grid Modernization

Challenge

Building collaboration with T&D team and developing a joint approach to evaluate the use of the current SmartConnect meters to drive new operational benefits across owners, contractors, engineers and other utilities
Assessing whether the next generation of SmartConnect meters will support the use of “grid sensors” in various T&D Use Cases in support of grid modernization planning

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Solution and
Results

Developed MSO’s 2018 GRC testimony and supporting work papers
Developed MSO requirements and strategy related to the organization’s planned replacement of the NetComm Field Area Network (FAN)
Integrating the SCMAS requirements of MSO into the T&D Strategy and Procurement Plan