Digital or automated meters significantly increases the flow of information into a utility’s internal systems, delivering up to three times more data per month – a flow that could easily overwhelm existing systems. With EDS Advanced Meter Infrastructure (AMI) Solution, these massive volumes of data are managed efficiently without having to replace existing systems. This emphasis on cost-efficient reuse – an EDS hallmark – also extends to our applications portfolio modernization work.
Advantages of the EDS Advanced Meter Infrastructure Solution:
- Provides more timely and accurate billing
- Decreases daily sales outstanding (DSO) by 1-2 days
- Optimizes distribution assets such as transformers, capacitors and feeder lines
- Reduces the time for power restoration with immediate notification of outage locations
- Offers new pricing options that encourage customer usage during off-peak periods
- Deliver valuable new services, including Broadband over Power Line (BPL) Internet services and related home-automation capabilities
Like everything we do, the AMI solution is engineered for maximum results. It is built on a service oriented architecture, delivering a highly scalable platform. By design, the AMI solution supports technology from the major metering hardware or software providers – an important consideration, since the available technology will continue to change and improve. And to take it one step further, EDS can work with the utility’s preferred vendors or help identify vendors. We work with key suppliers and strategic partners like SAP and Sun Microsystems to integrate best-in-class technologies in our solution. As an example, the Solaris platform supporting this solution resides on the revolutionary Sun FireTM servers, which utilize Sun’s CoolThreadsTM technology to deliver triple the throughput while drawing one-fifth the energy.