1. DATA SHEET: The Analytics Foundation
The Analytics Foundation
Transforms your data into actionable information and gets
it to people who need it most throughout your utility.
“Data analytics can Most companies are trying to get analytics by doing batch uploads of past data. At
potentially expose eMeter, we don’t want you to see yesterday’s data tomorrow. The eMeter Analytics
Foundation gives easy access to near real-time, actionable information so your utility
usage trends that are
can become more efficient, able to quickly respond to business and regulatory needs,
new or longstanding
and deliver higher levels of customer satisfaction.
but never before
observed, predict The Analytics Foundation for eMeter EnergyIP, you can quickly turn your AMI data into
actionable information that can be leveraged across your utility. eMeter EnergyIP with
failures before
Analytics Foundation offers several unique benefits including:
they occur, and
observe trends in Improve Business Efficiency with Information – eMeter Analytics Foundation
theft or write-offs. allows utility business units to have easy access to information and validation tools that
can help them increase operational efficiencies.
Data mining can
also validate (or Leverage Current Investments – The eMeter Analytics Foundation allows you to take
disprove) that a advantage of the investments utilities have already made with integrations and training of staff.
utility is meeting its
Get Value Quickly – The Analytics Foundation for eMeter EnergyIP is a prepackaged
conservation and
solution that will deliver value quickly to your organization without compromising the
energy reduction integrity, security, or performance of your existing operations.
objectives.”
Pike Research
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2. DATA SHEET: The Analytics Foundation
Business Use Cases:
With eMeter Analytics Foundation, you can enable advanced applications
that will provide you additional ROI and accelerate time to value, such as
“The data we
Settlements, Network Loss, and Revenue Protection. This applications allow you
have received and
to execute many Business Intelligent operations. Some examples of use cases
processed through for Analytics include:
eMeter EnergyIP
AMI Health: Problems in meter networking can be a particularly troubling
has allowed JEA to
issue for utilities. These types of errors can seem to happen randomly across
produce valuable the network, and be very hard to pin-point among the massive volume of reads.
reports on revenue With eMeter Analytics Foundation, utilities will be able to identify whether their
protection, including service level agreements are being met, drill into specific problem spots, and
create service requests for problematic meters.
identifying patterns
of theft, as well Outage Analysis: While utilities know about major outages, the true count
as recognizing of all outages across the network can be hard to define. eMeter Analytics
Foundation will help utilities make sense out of disparate power-on and power-
abnormalities with
off events – creating a single, easy-to-understand “Outage” event. With this
meters. Because of new type of event, utilities can easily see each outage with its duration and
the data provided by associated impact.
eMeter EnergyIP, JEA
Event analysis: Smart meters provide utilities with a treasure trove of
is also now able to new data. Across the network, meters are being reprogrammed, detecting
perform load research, tampers, warning low battery, etc. This has the potential to be a great source
of intelligence for utilities, but it requires making sense of the data flood to
specifically taking
identify specific actionable events. The Analytics Foundation organizes these
snapshots of the entire meter events and makes them available and easy to use. With EnergyIP, utilities
system and produce can discover the events that are most seriously impacting their business and
load profiles based take action.
on customer classes, Revenue Protection: With all the new AMI data at your disposal, it can be
which in turn helps difficult to see the events that truly effect the bottom line. Revenue Protection
JEA better service our can filter your unusual meter events, looking for meters that are not attached
to accounts, relevant tamper events, and unusual usage patterns that indicate
customer.”
theft. Your Revenue Protection team will then be provided with reports on
Brian Novak, remediation options including remote disconnect, pinging the meter, or
Project Manager, JEA submitting a field work order to investigate.
Load Monitoring: When spikes in load are detected, the Analytics Foundation
event analysis reports the spikes for supervisor review. The supervisor may send
the service request on to the work management system to resolve, record the
outcome, and close the service request. Additionally, the Analytics Foundation will
include unusual load events in a daily diversion report, which can pinpoint areas
your revenue protection analyst can review.
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3. DATA SHEET: The Analytics Foundation
Features:
• Uncompromised Data Integrity: We maintain system of record, so all your data is assured.
• Parallel Metadata Processing: A star schema Analytics Engine, separate from core transaction processing,
provides near real-time access to raw data without compromising operational performance. Most
importantly, Analytics Foundation processes raw data into metadata that drives business intelligent Smart
Grid Applications for maximum efficiency.
• Reporting Framework: Allows business and technical users to come to the same report portal to view this
data visually using charts, graphs, tables, lists, and dashboards. Clear, action-oriented analysis, provides
users with the skills-appropriate tools required to view, analyze, and interact with reporting content in
a seamless, intuitive UI. Since you have all your metadata in house, your team can also use the core
reporting tools they already know to reduce training time and encourage the use of your analytics to
provide business solutions.
• Report Repository: Report creators can publish and organize reports, as well as set access controls based
on report folders. They can also set sign-on capabilities, publish online, and limit access based
on individual user permissions.
• Report Designer: Users create and test customized reports offline before deploying them to the report
repository. Reporting Framework also includes standardized reports out-of-the-box.
Integrated Data:
eMeter Analytics Foundation will integrate data from all your Advanced Metering assets and enterprise
applications including:
• Account Data such as account type
• Asset Data about meter and communications devices
• Meter Events such as reprogramming notifications and tamper alerts
• Paired Events such as an ‘outage window’ calculated from power-off and power-on events
• Interval Data including interval flags
• Register Read Data including register flags
• Device Read Exceptions stating why certain reads may have been missed
• Missing Reads detailing each read that was expected but not reported
• AMI Performance calculating statistics regarding expected vs. received meter readings
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4. DATA SHEET: The Analytics Foundation
eMeter Offerings:
• eMeter EnergyIP: A powerful and proven platform to manage all types of AMI data
• Analytics Foundation: An analytics database that will allow you to use the Reporting Framework included
in EnergyIP, or any other 3rd party reporting tool.
• Graphical Reporting Framework: An intuitive and easy to use reporting tool with a library of pre-built and
customizable reports.
• eMeter Professional Services: Available to help your team expedite the
upgrade process.
• Advanced Applications: To capitalize on the wealth of information in eMeter EnergyIP, eMeter also offers
advanced applications such as Register and Interval Billing, Energy Engage™ Customer Portal, Outage
Event Management, Remote Connect / Disconnect, Prepayment, Settlements, Network Loss Management,
and Customer Service Representative Portal.
• eMeter Business Critical Support: An option for customers looking for robust service levels and added
confidence to ensure the health of their EnergyIP implementation.
• Hosted or Managed Services Options: Based on your requirements, eMeter or an eMeter Certified Partner can
host the eMeter applications, and/or manage the applications for you – ensuring high-quality and secure expert
management of your system.Business Use Cases.
Experience
eMeter provides essential software that enables electric, gas, and water utilities to realize the full benefits
of the Smart Grid. Leading utilities worldwide depend on eMeter Smart Grid Management Software to
reduce operational costs, improve customer service, and drive energy efficiency. With the most large-scale
deployments in the industry and strategic partnerships with Accenture, IBM, Logica, and Siemens; eMeter
has built a reputation for unparalleled expertise that ensures customer success.
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