Managing smart meters
Smart meters measure the consumption of electricity, gas,
or water to ensure reliable billing, to meet regulatory requirements,
and to enable smart grid initiatives that support an intelligent utility
network. You can manage smart meters as assets to monitor and control
customer revenue meters.
Meter assets
Meter assets are smart meters that are used to measure the consumption of electricity, gas, or water and charge standard rates according to use.
Meter alarms
Meter alarms are events that send an alert when there is an issue with a smart meter, for example if the meter has a low battery or if it was tampered with.
Creating multiple meter asset records
Meter asset records are received in large batches into inventory when a sample of the meters has passed performance testing. You can create multiple meter asset records in a single transaction by importing the Advanced Shipment Notification (ASN) information.
Creating meter sampling templates
Meter sampling is required to be completed on an annual basis. You specify the number of meters that must be sampled from a group of meters by using a meter sampling template.
Creating meter sampling groups
Meter sampling groups define which meters belong to the group. You create a sampling group for each homogeneous group of meters. You then associate a meter template with the meter group to determine how meters are to select for random testing.
Creating template data to record meter alarms
Smart meters send meter alarms as XML alarm messages through an integration object from an external system. To record meter alarms, you can create template data that includes characteristic actions values to determine the appropriate action for the alarm.
Generating automatic work orders for meter alarms
Depending on the severity of a smart meter alarm reading, a work order is automatically created for that meter asset. A cron task instance defines the task to generate the work orders on a fixed schedule. To generate these automatic work orders, you must activate the cron task instance.
Defining custom Advanced Shipment Notification (ASN) files
You can define a new enterprise service interface type and then use the Receiving (T&D) application to import meter records that have custom object structures by using the integration framework.
Performing an estimate version acceptance in the Work Order Tracking application
To streamline the completion of a work order, you can accept a version of an estimate request from within the Work Order Tracking (T&D) application.