Metering Gets Smart - Managing Smart Metering Data to Serve the Customer

Publication Date	September 2005
Publisher	IDC
Product Type	Report
Pages	12
ISBN Number
Product Code	IDC01596

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Summary

This Energy Insights document defines smart metering, describes the context for initiatives, and reviews applications along with the application development and deployment infrastructure required to derive the full benefits of smart metering installations. Legislators and regulators are taking a prominent role in laying the groundwork for smart metering installations, based on interest in making more dynamic pricing options available for customers. Although early efforts concentrated on hardware, installation, and ongoing support costs of smart metering, there is now a recognition of the importance of meter data management and software applications for smart metering installations.

Companies Mentioned: Lodestar; SAP; Itron; CellNet

Content

In This Insight
Energy Insights Opinion
Situation Overview
- Highlights
  - The Meter Is the Cash Register for the Electric and Natural Gas Industry
  - A Handful of Utilities Have Taken on More Intelligent Metering
  - Regulatory Attention Will Increase Smart Metering Initiatives
  - Table: Pricing Options
  - Smart Metering Supports Innovative Pricing and Energy Management
  - Table: Products and Services Supported by Smart Metering
- Technical Challenges
  - New Systems for Two-Way Communications ? It's Not Just the Meter
  - Figure: Data Flow and Hardware/Process Ownership
  - Figure: Enabling Response to Price Signals
  - It Is All About the Bill ? Making Dynamic Pricing a Reality
  - Delivering on a Dime ? Transporting and Integrating Data for Visibility and Forecasting
  - Figure: Technology for Meter Data Analysis and Access
  - Dealing with the Data Fire Hose ? Meter Data Management
Future Outlook
Essential Guidance