SMART METERING STANDARDIZATION SMART METERING STANDARDIZATION

Presented By : Tarun Uttamchandani Presented By : Tarun Uttamchandani Principal EngineerPrincipal Engineer

Landis+Gyr Ltd, IndiaLandis+Gyr Ltd, Indiawww.landisgyr.com

SMART METERSMART METER

Smart Meter

•Metrology•Communications•Connect /Disconnect•Load Control•Demand Response

SMART METERING SYSTEMSMART METERING SYSTEM

NETWORKMETER HEADENDHAN

Proprietary protocol GPRS

BILLING

ANSI

OPEN HAN DLMS

MULTISPEAK

IEC

ZIGBEE

COMMON INFORMATION MODEL

OMS

CIS

GIS

RFPLC

ANSI C12.22

Other Utility Systems

Standards in Meter ComponentStandards in Meter Component

Few Standards• ANSI Protocols

Developed by the ANSI C12 Electricity Metering Standards

Committee• Device Language Message Specification (DLMS)

Developed and maintained by the DLMS User Association

Benefits • Interoperability of meters• Meter purchasers can explore the functionality of the meters

they buy.

Standards in Headend componentStandards in Headend component

Few Standards• MultiSpeak

Collaboration of the National Rural Electric Cooperative

Association (NRECA)• Common Information Model (CIM)

Officially adopted by the IEC

Benefits• Easy integration of sub systems• Vendor neutral non-proprietary interface

Standards in Home Area NetworkStandards in Home Area Network

Few Standards

• ZigBee

Maintained by the ZigBee Alliance

• OPEN HAN

Task force of Open AMI user community which

addresses standards for the Home Area Network

Benefits of StandardizationBenefits of Standardization

Utilities• Interoperability• Flexibility to build new partnership with competitive vendors• Plug n play components• Reduced cost and time for implementation of system

Vendors• Easy integration of products with other vendors’ products• Reduces risk of market acceptance

Consumers• Choices for competitive energy appliances • Offers ability to choose services

Barriers in Implementing StandardsBarriers in Implementing Standards

• Setting of standards• Considerable time• Backward compatibility issue

• Legacy systems• Huge investments• Fear of cost recovery with new systems

• Technology• Gets bounded by guidelines and frameworks

• Proprietary technologies• Loses market hold/monopoly if any

How to overcome barriersHow to overcome barriers

• Interfaces for proprietary technology

• Pilot projects based on standards

• Consider Legacy solutions while defining frameworks

• Scalable design of the components

• R&D to find alternate solutions for technical constraints

Smart Metering Headend SystemSmart Metering Headend System

• Interoperability of meters with support ANSI standard

• Multi-speak compliance

• Plug-n-play support for network channels (PLC/RF Mesh/GPRS)

• ZigBee support

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

• Smart metering is necessary for managing energy better

• Standardization is key for successful smart metering

• Interfaces for existing systems can provide compatibility with standards based components

Thank You

“Manage Energy Better”