Utilities are facing a unique change: moving from traditional metering to smart metering. The complete replacement of all meters is a huge project that quite likely won't be repeated again. Facing that project with internal resources would imply a learning curve and costs that would not be leveraged later on. Therefore, it'd be an investment with very little return and a high risk, since it'd be the first (and last) time the utility would go through this process.

In order to reduce risks and limit the investment, utilities in areas like Scandinavia are opting for outsourcing the smart metering rollout and operation to a service provider with recorded experience in these projects. The service provider knows how to carry out an AMI rollout on time and budget and can take the risk and commitment, making using of refined processes and systems.

As a communications service provider, you know that competition is the distinguishing factor in your market. Solutions like Telvent’s Enterprise GIS can give you an edge by helping you easily track and analyze the spatial location of your assets in relation to prospective customers.

This webinar focuses on the solution’s competitive benefits, such as its ability to house information in a single data store and share it across your entire enterprise to support planning, provisioning, fulfillment and service assurance. Its desktop, Web and mobile delivery capabilities allow you to push data into the field for better decisions through improved operational awareness. In addition, its open architecture supports future expansion to meet growing demand.

"The Smart Grid Changes Everything"

The Smart Grid is having a dramatic impact on how electrical utilities do business, impacting numerous processes and procedures. In this presentation, Scott Henneberry from Schneider Electric will examine these changes, and the direction he sees most utilities taking.

"The Role of Weather in the SmartGrid"

No other influence has a greater impact on the power grid than the weather, affecting demand, capacity and generation. In this presentation, join Don Leick from Telvent DTN, and Scott Koehler from Telvent Utility Group, for a discussion on how leading utilities are incorporating weather intelligence into their solutions in order to better meet the demands of the Smart Grid.

As more utilities are rolling out AMI systems, two of the most defining aspects of Smart Grid are becoming increasingly imperative: sharing near-real time data throughout the enterprise and doing so with a focus on interoperability. While the deployment of AMI has been supported by many business cases, integration with Outage Management is increasing the return on investment by improving network operations.

This webinar will focus on the tangible benefits provided by extending AMI to the control room such as reduced outage times, efficient crew management, nested outage detection, and more accurate reliability reporting. It will also provide a detailed assessment of the important elements of an integrated approach including system performance, standards-based messaging, event validation, network analysis, and visual awareness.

It's all about the network: An effective Smart Grid strategy relies on an up-to-date and accurate network model. The distribution network model is the heart of any Smart Grid strategy. It feeds and drives mission-critical Smart Grid applications like OMS, DMS, DSDR and VVR. But the electric distribution network is a dynamic one where changes are constantly being planned and executed via the graphic work design (GWD) process. The complexity of a design can vary greatly – it may be the addition of an entirely new subdivision or a simple service drop for a new customer. The GWD process also has the added complexity of variable workflows, security, adherence to complex standards, and the requirement for many users to simultaneously edit the network. All this complexity results in long backlogs to network model updates as well as introduces opportunities for data errors. This can cripple any Smart Grid strategy. An out-of-date or inaccurate network model compromises the enhanced efficiencies and operational improvements that any Smart Grid strategy promises.