Metering Engineering Services

Utilities and utility customers can enhance the quality and value of their commercial and industrial (C&I) meter data through value-added services offered by Ecologic Analytics using Schneider Electric ION meters and systems.

Description

Ecologic Analytics offers meter engineering services to assist utilities and utility customers with the deployment and support of Schneider Electric ION meters and ION Enterprise systems, either on a consulting or fixed bid basis. In this day and age of deregulation, utilities need to provide exemplary service to their high consumption C&I customers. Services such as access to information on the Internet, data aggregation, configuration and maintenance of AMI meters, and sub-metering are needed to maximize the effectiveness of energy management efforts.

Schneider Electric's ION meters and its software provide a platform to provide such services. C&I customers would like to see their billing data and make use of it to drive intelligent decisions regarding generation versus purchase during curtailment periods, validate their participation during curtailment, and regularly monitor their energy usage.

Ecologic Analytics provides experienced, trained consultants to design and implement a customized service for each utility or utility C&I customer.

Issues Addressed

This service specifically addresses the following issues faced by utilities:

• Web access to meter data
• Real-time aggregation of meter data
• Demand response/load curtailment verification
• Power quality monitoring and analysis
• Intelligent decision making reports for automatic and/or remote AMI
• Generation control
• Platform that provides sub-metering services to C&I customers.
• Eliminating IT training and maintenance of ION software
• Eliminating data management and server maintenance activities.
• Preserving custom meter programs during software upgrades.

Features

This customized service provides distinct advantages to utilities and utility customers that implement it. This value-added service has these additional features:

• Automated data retrieval
• Optional access of data via the web
• Event notification via pager, email, or fax:
  • Power quality
  • Outages
  • Demand alerts
• Integration of other devices using MODBUS, DNP, and additional protocols

ION Support Services

Ecologic Analytics offers end-to-end support and service options for ION meters and ION Enterprise systems. These include the following:

• Hardware and software specifications
• Installation and setup
• Configuration
• Maintenance
• Troubleshooting

Ecologic Analytics works with utility clients to design customized services encompassing all ION meter and software needs using meter solutions consultants who are trained and experienced with ION meters and ION Enterprise systems. Ecologic Analytics partners with utilities to establish these special metering options, giving the utility another option to offer value-added services that satisfies and ultimately delights their largest customers.

Other Services

Ecologic Analytics offers a wide range of additional Meter Engineering Services to assist utilities in the development, support, and maintenance of their core metering infrastructure. In providing this assistance, Ecologic Analytics offers the following advantages:

• Experience with all major meter manufacturers' products:
  • Schneider Electric ION-series
  • Elster Electricity Alpha, AlphaPlus, A3 Alpha, and REX
  • Itron Sentinel, Centron, and Quantum Q1000
  • General Electric kV, kV2, kV2c, and I-210
  • Electro Industries Nexus
  • Landis & Gyr MAXsys, S4e, Focus, and Altimus
  • Sensus iCon
• Integration of meters with MV-90 systems
• Communications expertise and experience:
  • Telephony (dial-in and dial-out)
  • Wireless:
    • Digital cellular and data services
    • Radio (Point-to-Point and Point-to-MultiPoint)
    • Wi-Fi (802.11x)
  • TCP/IP
  • Security:
    • Firewalls
    • Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
• Evaluation of new devices and/or systems

These advantages enable Ecologic Analytics to help utilities customize and improve their core metering infrastructure.

 
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