Greentech Lead America: Oracle has announced the availability of several advanced
metering infrastructure (AMI) vendor adapters for Oracle Utilities Smart Grid
Gateway.
The company said that these adapters provide utilities
with a simplified link between smart grid devices and the applications that use
their data.
“Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway and its AMI
vendor adapters provide a single point of connection linking devices to the applications that need their data. This
enables utilities to dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of enhancing
smart grids with new devices, data streams and business processes,”
said Rodger Smith, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Utilities.
Using Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway and a
vendor adapter can create a central interface point between AMI head-end
systems and a variety of other applications such as meter data management,
customer care and billing, and network management systems.
The adapters handle the most common AMI processes
including remote connect/disconnect, meter ping, and on-demand reads. They can
also be extended, in concert with Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway, to
support additional devices or commands.
The available adapters are Oracle Utilities Smart Grid
Gateway Adapter for Echelon, Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway MV-90 Adapter
for Itron, Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Landis+Gyr and
Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway Adapter for Sensus RNI
The company will soon release Oracle Utilities Smart Grid
Gateway Adapter for Silver Spring Networks.
LCEC selects Oracle to support its
customer experience initiatives
Recently, LCEC, an electric distribution cooperative
serving a five-county area in Southwest Florida selected Oracle.
LCEC plans to upgrade its existing Oracle Utilities
Customer Care and Billing application, to support its customer experience
initiatives. The utility is working with Oracle Consulting on the
implementation and upgrade.
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