The PI System is more than a data historian, but a real-time event-driven enterprise data platform for utilities. This presentation will highlight how PI can provide the powerful metadata foundation, and the capability of data/event management for EMS/DMS/SCADA, substation, metering, along with asset and model context, plus ERP/MMS, etc. enterprise system connectivity, it helps and complements the operations and real-time decision making. The speaker will demonstrate various use cases including Transmission and Distribution Operations, Planning and Engineering, Wide Area Measurement/Monitoring System, Asset Management and Condition-Based Maintenance, metering, and how utilities in India can utilize PI to achieve the Smart Grid initiatives.