Pradeep Murthy SunTec Business Solutions Listen to Your Meters! Pradeep Murthy SunTec Business Solutions

Are You Listening To Your Meters? Current system Bill Billing Bill payment Persistent challenges in the current system Ability to avoid load shedding by encouraging demand side management Ability to detect meter tampering Ability to manage outages effectively Ability to plan ahead for future energy requirements All rights reserved © 2008, SunTec SunTec Confidential

All rights reserved © 2008, SunTec Need of the hour Deliver the right data to the right system in the right format at the right time? Collect meter data records automatically in both real-time and batch modes from different sources Keep in a single data repository with proper edit log Conduct proper validation, estimation and editing Provide more accurate, timely data to all third party systems Prepare the billing determinants for complex billing Do Load Profiling of industrial & high value customers Generate MIS reports based on meters, revenue protection alerts etc. All rights reserved © 2008, SunTec SunTec Confidential

Prevent Powercuts through Load Management Consumption reports AMR Network Interval meter data Meter data processing Aggregated metered data Pricing & Billing system Prompt for usage in off-peak timings Time of use pricing Daily load profile data All rights reserved © 2008, SunTec SunTec Confidential

Managing Outages Effectively Outage analysis AMR Network Meter data processing Real time event data Rectification confirmation Outage alert Outage management system Corrective action All rights reserved © 2008, SunTec SunTec Confidential

Preventing Power Theft Usage pattern/event analysis AMR Network Meter data processing Interval Meter data Tampering Tamper event alerts Tampering alert Outage management system Manual corrective action All rights reserved © 2008, SunTec SunTec Confidential

Better Planning to Meet Future Energy Requirements AMR Network Meter data processing Usage analysis & reporting Load forecasting Energy auditing and accounting Load management Pricing plan (Season based/time based) All rights reserved © 2008, SunTec SunTec Confidential

Processing the Meter Data Scalability, Flexibility, Data Integrity and Timeliness taken for granted MDM Rate Analysis AMI/AMR Meter Networks Processing Load Forecasting Smart metering Data Import Data Estimation & Editing Energy Auditing Data Validation Data Aggregation & Collation Manually Read Meter Networks Fraud management Data Transformation Handheld Outage management Manually read meters Pricing& Billing MDM Data Repository All rights reserved © 2008, SunTec SunTec Confidential

All rights reserved © 2008, SunTec Features of MDM Smart Meter Data Collection Collect Meter Data from various meter types and technologies Manage Meter History Automatic Schedule for Meter data collection Validation, Estimation & Editing Industry Standard Validation, estimation & editing logic GUI for changing the validation & estimation rule Provide manual editing of meter data Security of meter data Option to view audit trails of the validation-estimation-editing Change tracking Version control Interface Standard File Format for other Back office systems Data Aggregation & Collation Prepare the billing determinants as per pricing mechanism Prepares different formats of data for other applications Consumer Load Profiling Daily Load Profiling of Consumer in both tabular & graphical visualization Reports Standard Reports such as high/low usage, meter tempered reports for revenue protection, Outage alerts reports etc All rights reserved © 2008, SunTec SunTec Confidential

All rights reserved © 2008, SunTec Key Benefits Provide appropriate data to multiple applications/ business functions in suitable formats, quickly, efficiently and in a repeatable fashion Streamline meter data flows within the back-end system landscape Introduce AMR/AMI without necessitating changes to legacy backend systems such as billing Make significant cost savings Error-free billing Timely outage management Consumption analysis and accurate forecasting Conduct real-time load profiling by utilizing the high throughput transaction processing core All rights reserved © 2008, SunTec SunTec Confidential

Thank You for Listening to Me(ter)! All rights reserved © 2008, SunTec SunTec Confidential