• AMI Data Integration into the PI System using the CIM

    Hydro-Quebec is actually deploying AMI for their 4 000 000 customers. This new information is very valuable to the different research projects and there was a need to gather and integrate this new data with the network topology. The R&D ...
    Year: 2013

    Analytics Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg - How the PI System Revolutionizes Asset Management

    Today, companies struggle with gaining greater asset awareness for improved Operations & Maintenance (O&M) spend and making the right decisions in Capital Expenditures (CAPEX). The newer field of Asset Analytics offers greater insight into asset condition, but the Doble Engineering ...
    Year: 2013

    Gaining Operational Intelligence from BIG DATA Using Emerging Self-service Technologies

    For most utilities, real-time operational data tools are focused on time-related analysis. Although these tools have proven essential, many factors that affect performance occur spontaneously and are often not time synchronized, for example, asset age, operating conditions, demand patterns, and ...
    Year: 2013

    An Evolutionary Solution for High-density Solar Integration on the Distribution Grid

    The global utility industry in recent years has seen significant build-out of customer-owned distributed generation (DG) in their electric network. This unreliable and non-dispatchable generation is primarily in the form of small, rooftop PV solar arrays. The consequence is that ...
    Year: 2013

    ONS Integration Between Energy Management Systems and PI AF

    Energy Management System (EMS) contains structural asset information which can provide valuable context to PI data.  PI AF provides the services necessary within the PI System to store and manage this metadata, but how are the two connected?  ONS, theSystem ...
    Year: 2013