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	Driving the Future of Smart Energy

Driving the Future of Smart Energy

Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Networks & Connectivity - Routers & Bridges
Applicable Industries	Utilities
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
Challenge	In 2011, BC Hydro began an ambitious smart grid project that included replacing old electromechanical meters with nearly two million state-of-the-art smart meters. The company undertook its industry-leading smart grid rollout with the goals of improving energy efficiency and reliability in the region while reducing losses and more quickly identifying power outages. As BC Hydro began its smart meter roll-out, the leadership quickly recognized that without the right technology, it would face significant challenges integrating data from so many different sources throughout its operations. Read More
About Customer	The BC Hydro and Power Authority is a Canadian electric utility in the province of British Columbia, generally known simply as BC Hydro. It is the main electric distributor, serving 1.8 million customers in most areas, with the exception of the City of Ne Read More
Customer Name	The BC Hydro and Power Authority Read More
Solution	BC Hydro partnered with Bit Stew Systems to help design a data architecture that would quickly and easily integrate data from nearly 2 million smart meters, more than 5,000 relays, 2,000 routers and 30 different operational and IT systems including homegrown and legacy systems. By implementing Bit Stew’s MIx product portfolio, including MIx Core and MIx Director Suite, BC Hydro has been able to integrate AMI data from the smart grid along with data from grid-asset health tracking systems, distribution grid management systems, field dispatch systems, work management systems such as SAP, customer information systems, Itron’s AMI system, meter data management systems, geospatial information systems (GIS) and more. BC Hydro also implemented Bit Stew’s MIx Director Suite, which can apply real-time analytics to the data, generating rich visualizations and providing a “single pane of glass” view that enables operators to see important activity happening across the smart grid. It provides a dashboard interface that enables operators to more easily assess situations, triage alerts and alarms, and gain the actionable intelligence they need in order to make informed decisions more quickly. Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Asset Utilization, Voltage, Wind Speed, Grid Load, Communication Performance Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Big Data Analytics

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Networks & Connectivity - Routers & Bridges

Applicable Industries

Utilities

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)

Challenge

In 2011, BC Hydro began an ambitious smart grid project that included replacing old electromechanical meters with nearly two million state-of-the-art smart meters. The company undertook its industry-leading smart grid rollout with the goals of improving energy efficiency and reliability in the region while reducing losses and more quickly identifying power outages. As BC Hydro began its smart meter roll-out, the leadership quickly recognized that without the right technology, it would face significant challenges integrating data from so many different sources throughout its operations.

About Customer

The BC Hydro and Power Authority is a Canadian electric utility in the province of British Columbia, generally known simply as BC Hydro. It is the main electric distributor, serving 1.8 million customers in most areas, with the exception of the City of Ne

Customer Name

The BC Hydro and Power Authority

Solution

BC Hydro partnered with Bit Stew Systems to help design a data architecture that would quickly and easily integrate data from nearly 2 million smart meters, more than 5,000 relays, 2,000 routers and 30 different operational and IT systems including homegrown and legacy systems. By implementing Bit Stew’s MIx product portfolio, including MIx Core and MIx Director Suite, BC Hydro has been able to integrate AMI data from the smart grid along with data from grid-asset health tracking systems, distribution grid management systems, field dispatch systems, work management systems such as SAP, customer information systems, Itron’s AMI system, meter data management systems, geospatial information systems (GIS) and more. BC Hydro also implemented Bit Stew’s MIx Director Suite, which can apply real-time analytics to the data, generating rich visualizations and providing a “single pane of glass” view that enables operators to see important activity happening across the smart grid. It provides a dashboard interface that enables operators to more easily assess situations, triage alerts and alarms, and gain the actionable intelligence they need in order to make informed decisions more quickly.

Data Collected

Asset Utilization, Voltage, Wind Speed, Grid Load, Communication Performance

Impact #1	[Data Management - Data Collection] BC Hydro has been able to quickly and easily integrate AMI and other data from the smart grid along with data from grid-asset health tracking systems, distribution grid management systems, field dispatch systems, work management systems including SAP, cus
Impact #2	[Efficiency Improvement - Energy] The improved intelligence about energy consumption and grid performance provided by Bit Stew’s MIx solutions have enabled BC Hydro to create a self-forming and self-healing grid, and improve energy performance throughout British Columbia.

Impact #1

[Data Management - Data Collection]
BC Hydro has been able to quickly and easily integrate AMI and other data from the smart grid along with data from grid-asset health tracking systems, distribution grid management systems, field dispatch systems, work management systems including SAP, cus

Impact #2

[Efficiency Improvement - Energy]
The improved intelligence about energy consumption and grid performance provided by Bit Stew’s MIx solutions have enabled BC Hydro to create a self-forming and self-healing grid, and improve energy performance throughout British Columbia.

Benefit #1	BC Hydro is reading approximately 237 million data values per day, including registers, intervals and events

Benefit #1

BC Hydro is reading approximately 237 million data values per day, including registers, intervals and events

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Driving the Future of Smart Energy

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