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Discover the Power of Digital Across the Electricity Value Network (EVN) Customer Stories

GE Digital (GE) (General Electric)

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization
Applicable Industries	Utilities
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Energy Management System Advanced Metering Infrastructure
Services	System Integration
Challenge	BC Hydro was faced with integrating data from two million smart meters and 30 network systems. As they began a smart meter roll-out, the leadership quickly recognized that without the right technology, it would face significant challenges integrating and analyzing such a large volume of data from so many different sources. Read More
About Customer	BC Hydro is a major electricity utility company in Canada. The company was embarking on a smart meter roll-out and was faced with the challenge of integrating data from two million smart meters and 30 network systems. The leadership quickly recognized that without the right technology, it would face significant challenges integrating and analyzing such a large volume of data from so many different sources. The company needed a solution that could handle the large volume of data and provide a contextual view of the entire operations. Read More
Solution	BC Hydro partnered with GE to help design a data architecture that would quickly and easily integrate data from nearly two million smart meters, more than 5,000 relays, 2,000 routers and 30 different operational and IT systems including homegrown and legacy systems. GE’s core technology enabled operators at BC Hydro to effectively and efficiently triage hundreds of millions of data elements daily. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Visualization

Applicable Industries

Utilities

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Energy Management System

Advanced Metering Infrastructure

Services

System Integration

Challenge

BC Hydro was faced with integrating data from two million smart meters and 30 network systems. As they began a smart meter roll-out, the leadership quickly recognized that without the right technology, it would face significant challenges integrating and analyzing such a large volume of data from so many different sources.

About Customer

BC Hydro is a major electricity utility company in Canada. The company was embarking on a smart meter roll-out and was faced with the challenge of integrating data from two million smart meters and 30 network systems. The leadership quickly recognized that without the right technology, it would face significant challenges integrating and analyzing such a large volume of data from so many different sources. The company needed a solution that could handle the large volume of data and provide a contextual view of the entire operations.

Solution

BC Hydro partnered with GE to help design a data architecture that would quickly and easily integrate data from nearly two million smart meters, more than 5,000 relays, 2,000 routers and 30 different operational and IT systems including homegrown and legacy systems. GE’s core technology enabled operators at BC Hydro to effectively and efficiently triage hundreds of millions of data elements daily.

Impact #1	Operators at BC Hydro can now effectively and efficiently triage hundreds of millions of data elements daily.
Impact #2	Using advanced visualization technology, BC Hydro’s operators now have a contextual view of the entire operations.

Impact #1

Operators at BC Hydro can now effectively and efficiently triage hundreds of millions of data elements daily.

Impact #2

Using advanced visualization technology, BC Hydro’s operators now have a contextual view of the entire operations.

Benefit #1	Integrated data from nearly two million smart meters, more than 5,000 relays, 2,000 routers and 30 different operational and IT systems to a single platform.

Benefit #1

Integrated data from nearly two million smart meters, more than 5,000 relays, 2,000 routers and 30 different operational and IT systems to a single platform.

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Discover the Power of Digital Across the Electricity Value Network (EVN) Customer Stories

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