Pike Pulse Report: Meter Data Management
Meter data management (MDM) systems are nearly a decade old, yet where they will end up is still very much undecided. The current market faces an inflection point, with changes in focus from billing...
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The electrical grid consists of power generation, transmission, distribution, and customer assets that literally cover the face of the earth. Ultimately, the smart grid is all about awareness of the...
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The “smart” in smart grid comes from the ability to generate, manage, and analyze a wide range of new information about the network and its users. Information technology is the key element in linking...
View ArticleElectric Utility Billing and Customer Information Systems
Utilities have historically viewed their customers primarily as captive ratepayers who were locked into a static meter-to-cash (M2C) process. Today, renewable energy, smart meters, deregulation, social...
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Meter data management (MDM) captures all metering data from AMI headend systems and creates a clean and complete system of record for that metering data. Some MDM vendors stop there, simply making the...
View ArticleSmart Grid Data Analytics
Utilities around the world are in the early stages of a transformation that will continue into the next decade. They are evaluating, planning, and implementing smart grid technologies and associated...
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