Case Study
Smart Meter Analytics: Optimizing power delivery and service through Big Data analytics on more than one million Smart Meters
The Challenge
- Massive amounts of data were difficult to capture, consume and analyze using
conventional methods - Disparate data sources made it problematic to provide a unified view/single view of
power usage patterns by various customer attributes - The Smart Meter data collection system was not designed for analytics, and would
require significant reconfiguration and expense - New hardware, software and training would negatively affect deployment timeline
and ROI
The Solution
- Neudesic’s Big Data solution aggregates massive amounts of Smart Meter data for
sophisticated analytics - Enables analysis of customer usage patterns without impacting the primary data
collection system - Seamlessly integrates Smart Meter data with existing Microsoft Enterprise Data
Warehouse, and avoids “siloed” data repositories - Utilizes Microsoft Business Intelligence to reduce talent gap for complex Oracle or
SAP solutions
The Benefit
- Unified view of Smart Meter data within the analytics platform provides powerful
insights for various business units - Massive amounts of data are analyzed effectively for long-term competitive
advantage - An overall smarter power grid reduces costs of energy production, distribution and
maintenance - Power theft is readily tracked and billed, reducing loss and ensuring profitability
- More successful energy efficiency programs are based on real customer
intelligence - Enterprise is poised for future infrastructure savings based on predictive analytics
“Neudesic enabled us to effectively consume and analyze the nearly half billion records generated daily by Smart Meters across our utility customer base. Connecting this data with operational metrics gives us real business intelligence – driving continued improvements in how power is delivered, used and maintained.“— Smart Meter Analytics |