Sys te m Pro p o s a l.

Advan ce d M ete r ing Inf r as tr u c ture

VERYCO ™

BiM A X ®
AM I, M D MS a n d H ES S o l u t i o n

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 INDEX

Meter reading and bill collection is one of the most important work for utilities. ge Lighting Veryco TM BiMAX® AMI system facilitates
efficient and effective operations in several ways: eliminating the operations and maintenance (O&M) expenses related to meter
reading by automating this function; reducing the number of visits to a premise associated with a meter by automating the
turn-on/turn-off function; reducing theft by indicating when someone is tampering with a meter; and automatically reporting
consumption for all meters connected to the network, thereby reducing the number of “lost” meters. Smart meters will allow the
capture of distribution information that may enable analysis to help prevent distribution failures before they occur.

Introduction 02 Solutions and Modules 24

Abbreviation 04 Application Supported 25

Theoretical Introduction 05 Asset Management 26

System Environment 06 Head End System 27

System Architecture 07 System API 30

PLC Solution Architecture 08 Key Management 32

RF Mesh Solution Architecture 09 System Function 34

GPRS Solution Architecture 10 Prepayment Module 35

AMI Business Process 11 Management Module 37

Supported Devices 12 Report Management 38

Architecture Description 15 Firmware Upgrade 39

General Logic Principle 17 Geographic Information System 42

Platform Architecture 18 Postpaid System 43

System Redanduncy Design 19 Communication Node & Technology 44

Network Architecture 20 Communication Node 45

Master Network 21 Benefits of AMI System 46

Storage & Serivice 23 Terms & Conditions 47

Figure 1.1/ Solution Environment 06 Figure 3.4/ Mobile App Interface 30

Figure 1.2/ AMI Solution Overview 07 Figure 3.5/ Mobile App Payment Interface 31

Figure 1.3/ PLC AMI Solution Overview 08 Figure 3.6/ Key Management Principle 32

Figure 1.4/ RF Mesh AMI Solution Overview 09 Figure 3.7/ Process of Key Loading 32

Figure 1.5/ GPRS AMI Solution Overview 10 Figure 3.8/ Process of Key Changing 33

Figure 1.6/ System Business Process 11 Figure 4.1/ System Interface 34

Figure 1.7/ Extended Matrix of AMI Platform 12 Figure 4.2/ STS Vending Process 33

Figure 1.8/ Protocosl Supported 13 Figure 4.3/ System Report 38

Figure 1.9/ System API 14 Figure 4.4/ Firmware Upgrade Process 39

Figure 2.1/ Platform Architeture Diagram 18 Figure 4.5/ GIS Interface 42

Figure 2.2/ System Disaster Recovery 19 Figure 4.6/ Bill Calculation Factors 43

Figure 3.1/ System Platform Diagram 24 Figure 5.1/ Star Topology-PLC Based 44

Figure 3.2/ Asset Management Process 26 Figure 5.2/ Mesh Topology 45

Figure 3.3/ Head End System Diagram 29 Figure 5.3/ Star Topology-GPRS Based 45

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 ABBREVIATIONS

AMR GUI
Automatic Meter Reading Graphical User Interface
AMM IHU
Advanced Meter Management In-home Display Unit
MDMS MM
Meter Collection System Message-Max Module
DA MV
Data Acquisition Medium Voltage

DCU LV
Data Concentrator Unit Low Voltage
PLC
DLMS
Power Line Carrier
Distribution Line Message
Specification PLAN
Power Line Area Network
DP PQ
Data Processing Power Quality
FM PSTN
Firmware Public Switched Telephone Network
TCP
GPRS Transmission Control Protocol
General Packet Radio Service
USSD
GPS Unstructured Supplementary
Global Positioning System Service Data

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 THEORETICAL INTRODUCTION

Veryco TM BiMAX® AMI system was developed considering the benefit for both the utility company and the end user which
promises better user experience, quality, and operating efficiency while reducing
TM consumption, and operating costs.

The system integrates features below.

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Automatic Billing Prepayment/Credit
Collection Mold Metering
VerycoTM BiMAX® AMI enables Veryco TM BiMAX® AMI supports
remote data collection, which further makes both prepayment and credit mode
the automatic billing with the data collected metering, for different implementation of
on the meter and load connection/ the utility/client as per local regulation of
disconnection.

3/ 4/
Manage Risk and Consistently Improves
Capitalize on Change Financial Outcome
Incorporating with leading-edge technologies, The idea is that an investment in AMI uses capital
consideration is being given on how to best to reduce O&M expenses. The capital investment
capitalize on this change and best manage the used to fund AMI is expected to be recovered
relationship with utility company’s customers through a rate case.
and regulators.

Veryco TM BiMAX® AMI system offers both prepaid (STS/CTS) and postpaid billing solution. The data management
system will provide the data exchange interface to the electricity bill system. In postpaid billing system, electricity
providing company can detect user whose bill is due, and the system will also remind the user to pay bill on time
automatically if the bill is in due. The automated system will remotely switch off the electricity through AMI system when it
finds out the bill is in due and will switch on the electricity when the bill is paid.

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 Chapter 1

SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTS

Smart metering is more than just a platform or software of a solution, but it is the cooperation and interaction between different
partners and systems. The following overview reflects a common smart metering environment and identifies the challenges faced by
all participants in executing a successful project.

BILLING ASSET SCADA GIS CRM CIS EMS

MANAGEMENT

ENTERPRISE SERVICE BUS (API)

Monitoring

BILLING VERYCO HES •

•
Events and Alert
System Events

Figure 1.1/ AMI Smart Metering Solution Environment

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 AMI ARCHITECTURE OVERVIEW

VerycoTM BiMAX® AMI system is consisted of Smart meter, communication module, DCU (Data Concentrator Unit), Head End
System (HES), Meter Data Management System (MDMS), Database, and Server.

For communication module, We offers 4 solutions

4G/GPRS/NB-IoT on PLC communication to RF Mesh to DCU LoRa to gateway

meter directly to HES DCU with GPRS to HES with GRPS to HES with GRPS to HES

This is the overall AMI solution diagram.

In GSM only option all the meters connect to

the HES directly by GSM-GPRS technology.
This solution is ideal for places where cellular
Smart Energy Meter RF/PLC/RS485
network is strong.
RF/PLC/RS485
Communication
In PLC based solution all the meters connect
to the DCU by Power Line communication
DCU
technology. DCU connects to the HES by GPRS-
Smart Energy Meter GPRS/4G
GSM and acts as via for the communication
between the meters and the HES. DCU can
GRPS Communication
connect to 1024 meters at max.
Similarly, in RF based solution all the meters
connect to the DCU by Radio communication
technology. DCU connects to the HES by GPRS-
Mobile Operator Network GSM and acts as via for the communication
between the meters and the HES. DCU can
connect to 1024 meters at max.
AMI Platform

HES MDMS In LoRa RF network, up to 1000 meter within

2 KM open space can be connected to LoRa
Application
gateway and from LoRa gateway, 1000 meter
data can be send to HES/MDMS system using
GSM or Ethernet or optical line.

ERP CRM Billing Prepayment

All these solutions offer Ad-hoc capability. With
this capability, a new meter can be installed
Figure 1.2/ AMI Solution Overview within a quick time lapse and with ease.
Figure 1.2/ AMI Solution Overview

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 PLC SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE

PLC PLC PLC PLC PLC

PLC

PLC PLC PLC PLC

PLC

Mobile Operator Network

DCU

MDC Server

Application

ERP CRM Billing Prepayment

Figure 1.3/ PLC Based AMI Solution Architecture

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 RF MESH SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE

RF Network RF Network

DCU

Mobile Operator Network

MDC Server

Application

ERP CRM Billing Prepayment

Figure 1.4/ RF Mesh Based AMI Solution Architecture

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 GPRS SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE

Mobile Operator Network

MDC Server

Application

ERP CRM ERP Prepayment

Figure 1.5/ GPRS Based AMI Solution Architecture

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 ARCHITECTURE BUSINESS PROCESS

Our Server End system is consisted of two parts HES and MDMS. The MDMS is built with micro services targeting scalability.

Smart Meter Admin User

3
John Smith

Send to: Name

Amount: 30 ETH

Payment method

Coinquista Card

CARD

0000 0 00 0 0000 0 00 0
Card number

Your Name 05 / 20

Mobile Payment
cardholder valid

DCU Web Service USSD

App Service

Cloud Service

Web Service
Mobile API USSD API

Micro Service
Log Payment API
MQTT Messaging
Service Database

Micro Service
Micro Service Micro Service
SMS Sending
Data Processing Token Generation Service
Service Service

Micro Service
Micro Service Micro Service
Email Sending
Job Schedule Alert Processing
Service
Service Service

Service Bus
Authorized Personnel

Figure 1.6/ System Business Process Diagram

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Supported Devices

VerycoTM BiMAX® platform supports different types of utilities business,device

High availability manufacturers of different protocols. Our verified client reference list shows our

& versatility platform has been used in different fields. It is not limited to a particular utility, vendor
or technology.

Feature of System
Utilities supported

Business type: VerycoTM BiMAX® platform support utility devices such as meters,
communication modules, gateways, concentrators and repeaters for utilities of electricity,
gas, water, heating, cooling and others.

Hardware: VerycoTM BiMAX® platform is able to manage smart meters and

communication modules from different suppliers in the same system. Front-end meter
reading systems (HES) from different suppliers can be integrated into our HES. The system will
uniformly send it to applications such as MDM (Meter data Management) and CIS according
to a certain data format and structure. We provide a list of supported devices and interface
protocols.

Meter
Gas Supply Supplier
Company N

Meter
Veryco AMI
Meter Platform
Supplier B

Water
Supply Company Electricy
Supply Compay

Figure 1.7/ Extended Matrix of AMI Platform

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 Feature of System
Multi-protocol

Protocol: The list of VerycoTM BiMAX® platform supported devices includes seriesof
different integration levels. The goal is to be able to receive meter readings and event/
alarm information from the device and allow the control and full configuration provided by
the device vendor. The respective communication standards apply. We have made significant
progress in using a wide range of standards such as DLMS devices.
The support of different technical standards, such as DLMS, IEC 62056-21, ANSI 12.22, etc.,
enabling us with the flexibility required for the realization of customer projects.

Veryco Platform Protocol

ANSI DLMS IEC GB/T

Figure 1.8/ Protocol Supported by AMI Platform

Feature of System
Interfaces
VerycoTM BiMAX® platform provides a variety of interfaces that adapt to differentenvironmental
requirements, including two types of interfaces, called northbound API
and southbound API.

Northbound API: For the access from different backend systems to access the VerycoTM
BiMAX® platform.

Southbound API: To communicate with meters and devices through specific plugins. It
receives meter readings and forwards commands from the core of VerycoTM BiMAX®platform
to meters and gateways;

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 Third Party System

Northbound Connection (HTTP/Socket API)

GUI API DATABASE

Data Processing Service

Southbound Connection

Device IoT Connector

Figure 1.9/ AMI Platform API

Northbound interface

Northbound interface - MDM, CIS: To integrate VerycoTM BiMAX® platform into the
existing customer’s system environment. Customers have various systems for different
business purposes. These systems will be integrated through two different technologies:

Integrate into existing or new Enterprise Service Buses (ESBs) via microservices with
the VerycoTM BiMAX® API;

Direct integration into the VerycoTM BiMAX® Streaming API.

Southbound interface

Southbound interface - device, gateway, concentrator: The southbound service implements

an HTTP or Socket stream-based interface for the device. In front of the flexible southbound
web service based API, different network connectors are placed. These connectors
implement different technologies and protocols to connect different meters, gateways,
front-end systems or AMR systems. Its main task is to process metering data and topology
information, alarms, events and device requests.
The southbound API accepts the request from the connector, updates the data to the
database after processing the data, and generates mutual operation events in the VerycoTM
BiMAX® Platform.

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 Chapter 2

ARCHITECTURE DESCRIPTION

Section 1.
AMI/
Design Standardized Design Principle

Principle AMI is a relatively mature set of advanced measurement systems. There are already many international
AMI projects in operation. Based on the practical experience in AMI in several regions, VerycoTM
BiMAX® focuses on practicality and operability in functional specifications and meets project
requirements. While the function follows the international general functional requirements, it further
standardizes the advanced application of the system, especially for the performance requirements in the
technical architecture and data storage architecture for standardized design.

Section 2.
Reliability and Stability Principle

VerycoTM BiMAX® is used to store the power consumption data of Utilities. This data belongsto the
core data assets of Utilities, and the reliability and stability of the system should be placed first.
Starting from these five aspects of system architecture, technical measures, equipment performance,
system management and technical support, we provide a full range of guarantees to ensure the reliability
and stability of the system operation, to achieve the maximum mean time between failures, and provide
Active/Standby failover measures and data backup measures to ensure the normal operation of the
system and data security.

Section 3.
Extensibility Principle

VerycoTM BiMAX®’s design meets the increasing needs of Utilities equipment such as metering
instruments and terminal devices. Using distributed technologies can ensure certain redundancy for
accessed capacity and can also rapidly meet the increasing accessed devices by increasing hardware/
software resources. By the function of supporting all kinds of statutes, it allows Utilities to access diverse
metering instruments from different manufactures.
At the same time, the function architecture of VerycoTM BiMAX® also needs high flexibility and
extensibility to meet the future demand for change and application development. In technology, we
used the distributed collection frameworks and micro-services, which made the system more elastic.

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Design Principle

Section 4.
The principle of Easy Maintainability

The system has good maintainability, for example, the system provides intuitive and easy-to-use operating
conditions monitoring, message log management, remote upgrading tools and other functions. After
the official operation, maintenance costs are low.

Section 5.
Principle of Openness

In the overall design, VerycoTM BiMAX® adheres to the principle of openness, and choose thegeneral
software/hardware products and technologies which meet the openness and international
standardization. This system provides the standard interface (such as IEC62056, IEC61968 etc.) for
external, to meet the information interaction among the systems of VerycoTM BiMAX® AMI and the
seamless integration of system data from the third party.

Section 6.
Principle of Security

The design of VerycoTM BiMAX® fully considers the principle of security to prevent the intrusionof
unauthorized users and the leakage of confidential information. For example, for the remote-control
relay on/off of VerycoTM BiMAX® HES, electricity bills recharge of VerycoTM BiMAX®PPM and those
operations which involve benefits of electricity consumers, we will conduct the securitydesign from
the aspects of the firewall, key management, and privilege authentication.

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GENERAL LOGIC PRINCIPLE

The overall architecture of Veryco TM BiMAX® AMI solution plan is divided into System Integration Layer, AMI Interface Layer, AMI
Core Layer, Communication Layer and Device Layer. provides the corresponding core system and equipment for each layer,
including HES, DCU and Smart Meters. In addition to the AMI overall solution, the data storage model and functions of
Veryco TM BiMAX® HES also can flexibly access to DCUs and meters of various manufacturers.

Logic Layer

Device Layer

It is responsible for collecting equipment

power consumption data and uploading the
Smart Energy Meter RF/PLC/RS485
data to the application system for processing.
RF/PLC/RS485 The Device Layer includes the Concentrator
Communication
(DCU) and the smart meter etc.

DCU

Smart Energy Meter GPRS/4G

Communication Layer
GRPS Communication It is responsible for the network communication
between AMI Core Layer and Device Layer, to
realize the interoperability between terminal
data and application platform. The main
communication method is GPRS.
Mobile Operator Network

AMI Platform

HES MDMS

Application

ERP CRM Billing Prepayment

AMI Core Layer

The core layer of AMI contains two business systems, Head end system and Meter data management system, which
provides the function of metering data collection and data management. HES is responsible for collecting the metering
data of instruments, sending it to AMI, and conducing the control instructions of switch-on/off and fee ratio from AMI.
AMI provides the basic functions of meter data management and data validity verification and provides the advanced
application modules including analysis report, line loss management, power failure management and distribution
transformer monitoring high end level module etc.

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Platform Architecture

High scalability Veryco TM

BiMAX® platform uses state-of-the-art Microservice Architecture
technology and design rules to implement large-scale scalable systems, finding the best
& reliability choice between an integrated approach to scalability and performance requirements.

Service
API Gateway
Service A

WEB Service B
Persistence
API Gateway Service C DATABASE
Load Balance

Load Balance
Load Balance

Service D

API Gateway Persistence

Service

Service A
API Gateway
Service B
MOBILE
Service C
Persistence
API Gateway Service D

COMMON MODULE
(Helpers&Utilities)

Figure 2.1/ Platform Architecture Diagram

On top of the hardware platform, a virtualization approach is used to separate functional components of the entire system
based on functional, performance and security requirements. Virtualization is an integrated concept of architectural design.

We recommend setting up at least two secure zones (DMZs). A zone includes all virtual machines that need to communicate
with external systems such as the Southbound API or Portal API. The database server is always in the highest security zone.
We support Oracle, MySQL database management systems. The database adopts data partitioning and data replication as an
optimized table structure to meet the needs of massive data systems.

Internally, there are real-time processes and planning processes. For example, real-time processes are concerned with storing
and examining raw data streams. Other processes, such as preprocessing, reporting, exporting, etc., can be implemented as
jobs with a given process schedule. So that the system performance is optimized.

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REDUNDANCY - HIGH AVAILABILITY AND

DISASTER RECOVERY

Availability of System
Application Redundancy

Switchover: A planned activity, e.g. due to a system update, maintenance or just a system
test.

Failover: Unplanned activities such as network failures, hardware failures, software failures,
database problems. Scheduled toggles will be triggered manually, but activities will be
handled automatically. Unexpected failovers will be automatically triggered by external alerts
or system monitoring.

Hardware Redundancy

Colletion
Terminal
GSM/GPRS
3G/4G

Disaster Recovery
Center
Main Center
Load balancing

Firewall
DMZ
DMZ AREA
AREA

HES System Server

HES System Server

Dedicated
Switch
line Switch

Database server (including

enterprise applications)
Database server
(including enterprise applications)

Figure 2.2/ System Hardware Disaster Recovery

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 AMI Structure

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

According to the system-building requirements, we provide Veryco BiMAX ® HES and Veryco BiMAX ® PPM, the
network architecture of AMI proposed contains three parts.

1st Layer/ 2nd Layer/ 3rd Layer/

Acquisition Communication System Master
Equipment Channel Network
Station System
Device

Section 1.
The AMI master station consists of three subsystems: Veryco TM BiMAX® MDMS, HES and Veryco BiMAX®
PPM, which are responsible for data acquisition and prepayment respectively. The AMI is separated into two independent
subsystems to facilitate MDMS to access multiple HESs by unified standards. The system is in line with the current development
trend of AMI solutions in the world.

Section 2.
The Main Station of System is mainly composed of a Master Network, a Database Server, a Data Collection Server, a Calculation
Server, a Web Server, an Interface Server, a Workstation, and related network devices. The network framework supports
extending hardware devices according to the increasing of accessed DCU and meter of project. For example, in the future,
the Message-oriented Middleware module can be independently deployed to a separate Message Server, and the In-memory
Database module can be independently deployed to a separate In-memory Database Server, and a separate Hardware Load
Balancer can be deployed to meet the reading requirements of the mass gauge.

Section 3.
Communication Channel refers to the communication channel between the Master Station of System and the Collection
terminal, mainly including GPRS, fiber optic private network, etc.

Section 4.
The collection equipment refers to the collection terminal and metering equipment installed at the site, mainly including
Substation collection terminal, specialized Transformer collection terminal, public Transformer collection terminal, low voltage
collectively reading terminal, meter and other equipment.

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Master Network

The Master Network mainly includes three parts: the main network, the communication subnet, and the
interconnection with the third-party system. The main network consists of the database server, the application
server, the web server, and the main network switch. To ensure stable operation of the system, a dual-network
structure is usually adopted. The communication subnet consists of the collection server, the communication
subnet switch, and the firewall. In order to ensure stable operation of the collection, a dual-network structure is
usually adopted. Interconnection with third-party systems is mainly composed of interface servers and firewalls.
The master network can be configured as a dual network to meet high availability requirements.

Network Architecture
Database Server
The Database Server is responsible for centralized processing, storage, and reading of system
data. The design of the Database Server should meet the requirements of the security, stability,
high load and data access performance of the system through the technology of multi-machine
cluster.
Independent storage devices with high-performance are used to meet the requirements of system
performance, scale, and storage age. The storage device is recommended to use a SAN-based
disk array to facilitate the expansion of the database server cluster. The main configurations are as
follows:

Dual controllers with load balancing can be configured;

Parts and power modules can be hot-swapped. While the single-point equipment has
high reliability, the structure is redundantly configured to avoid failure of single point,
and RAID technology is used to protect data security;

Be able to extend the system processing capability, storage capacity and I/O
capability online, uninterruptedly, and dynamically.

Network The Web Server mainly runs Web service modules, including Tomcat,
WebLogic, and JBoss etc., and provides Web publishing services.
Web Server According to the scale of the users who log in at the later stage, a service
cluster can be configured through Ngnix to meet high performance and
high availability requirements.

Network The Vending Server mainly runs the Veryco BiMAX® PPM and is
responsible for providing the vending services to the customers.
Vending Server Veryco BiMAX® PPM module adopts the STS standard for vending services
and supports to integrate with Veryco BiMAX® HES through
adopting the third-party interface protocols.

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Network Architecture
Data Collection Server

The Data Collection Server is the only interface of communication between the Veryco TM BiMAX®
HES and the on-site collection terminal or meter. All communications with the on-site collection terminal or
meter is handled by the Data Collection Server, so the requirements for real-time, security and stability of
the server are high. According to the estimation of the number of accessing devices, the design scheme is
as follows, with respect to the configuration number, performance requirements, and security protection
measures of the collection server.

The collection server has a grouping function to support centralized collection of large-scale systems;

According to the number of access devices, each group of collection servers operates in the mode
of dual-machine hot standby or load balancing. When one server fails, the other server automatically
takes over all communication tasks of the failed server to ensure the normal operation of the system;

For the communication channel using the public network, it is recommended to add a firewall and
an authentication server to improve the security of access. For the company’s self-built fiber-optic
private network channel, it can directly access the collection server.

Network Architecture
Function Matrix

The system supports cross-platform software environment: the operating system supports Windows,
Linux and Unix; the database supports Oracle, MySQL and other databases; the application server
not only supports commercial application server systems such as WebLogic, but also supports open
source application servers JBoss, Tomcat, etc.

This technical solution completely adopts the architecture of J2EE B/S, and the HES layer adopts
system of Veryco TM
BiMAX® HES. The data collection, calculation and interface parts meet
the requirements of large-capacity data acquisition and real-time processing through independent
distributed modules. MDMS Layer supports data integration and real-time data verification, supports
customer meters’ file management, supports centralized management and analysis of various types
of data (such as water, electricity, gas, heat, etc.), and provides browser-based WEB display service
to meet the needs of distributed applications of workstations.

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STORAGE & SERVICES

Role of System
User Classification

Utility Admin: Admin can access the whole system using a web app, and has all the
administrative privileges over the app.

Consumer: Consumer can use web portal, mobile app and USSD with basic mobile phone
set. Consumer can see his/her electricity consumption, remaining balance and consumption
history in detail with three different options. Consumer can set alert limit, warning limit and
can recharge for prepaid /postpaid metering.

Log of System
Storage

Database: Database stores all data collected from meter and devices.

Log: Smart Meter sends data to server periodically. The log of the data sent by Smart Meter,
are stored in Log. The smart meter itself, stores the historical data too. Data sending interval
is parametric and configurable.

Services of System
Micro Services

MQTT Messaging: It is a bidirectional messaging system which can receive the data from
Smart Meter and send data to Smart Meter.

Data Processing: Data processing service processes data that are sent by Smart Meter.

Token Generation: Token Generation Service generates token for different functions like
recharging, resetting, tariff system changing, etc.

Job Scheduler: Job Scheduler schedules tasks. This scheduler is responsible for performing
tasks accordingly.

Alert Processing: Processes Alert and Tamper event upon getting the data from Smart Meter.

Email & Message Sending: Sends Email and SMS of tamper and alert events both to user and utility
admin.

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 Chapter 3

PLATFORM SOLUTION & MODULES

SYSTEM PLATFORM

The core of the system is the Veryco TM BiMAX® platform. The platform is a comprehensive platform that integrates the
institutions, users, roles, permissions, and basic data required by different systems, and defines the access methods and data reversal
mechanisms for each application service. A unified data management platform is realized, and different applications are developed
or connected according to different needs, including different modules and subsystems required for smart metering. Not only smart
metering but also seamless integration of smart energy and smart grid applications is possible.

Veryco Platform
Device IoT Public Application I ndustrial Application
Rule Engine Platform Electricity
Access Layer

EQUIPMENT
DATA PARSING DATA TRANSFER INTERACTION Center Message Dispatcher Connection Metering Billing

Interface Map KMC Reports Street Light Transformer

Device Management
DEVICE MODEL STORE UPGRADE WARNING & ALERT DATA ANALYSIS

Others Power Distribution

Device Process Distribution Transformer Line Loss
Asset Payment Automation
DISTRIBUTION MULTI-PROTOCOL MULTI-NETWORK

Solar Energy
Network Layer

Portal
Solar Plant Monitor Energy Analysis

2G/3G/4G/5G
eLTE/NB/IoT Gateway
Gateway
Device Layer

Energy Water Water Fuel Water

Solar Gas
Meter Pump Tank Battery Meter

Figure 3.1/ Veryco TM BiMAX® Platform Diagram

Thus, Veryco TM BiMAX® platform is able to integrate different devices and systems to obtain an integrated solution for all meter
data from different sources.

Veryco TM BiMAX® differentiates itself from other solutions by its modern design, graphical interface, high scalability and flexibility.
The latter enables us to operate multiple meter types, communication modules, concentrators and gateway solutions. Therefore, the
system avoids being locked into specific hardware and ensures easy customization for customer-specific processes and needs.

Veryco TM BiMAX® platform can be offered as a managed service, enabling smart metering to be up and running in a fraction of
the time. Of course, it is also possible to install our application in your data center.

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Applications
Supported
With VerycoTM BiMAX® platform, the following smart metering applications are supported and enabled.

HES (Head End System)

MDM (Meter Data Management)

BILLING (Prepaid and Postpaid Billing Management)

KMC (Key Management System)

AMS (Asset Management System)

The modular architecture of the VerycoTM BiMAX® platform allows you to roll out smart metering incrementally based on
technical, commercial and process needs. With this architecture, the platform can be implemented for grid operators (i.e.
focused on HES and MDM) or independent energy providers (i.e. focused on MDM and commercial applications). Of course, we
can also customize different application services according to your requirements.

Application of System
Metering Application

Multi-tenant/multi-company functionality.

In line with market role separation.

Extensive role and permissions management.

Operational control of instrumentation and communication infrastructure with logging and

auditing capabilities.

Fast execution and simple operation.

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 SYSTEM MODULE

ASSET MANAGEMENT

The asset management system is a subsystem to manage the meters and communication modules, and other accessories. The
basic data module of the platform is responsible for the management of the life cycle of electricity meters and communication
modules, including: storage, requisition, weekly inspection, re-inspection, operation and maintenance, loan, allocation,
scrapping, elimination, storage and inventory, etc.

Function list of the Asset Management System:

Business flowchart

Basic Data
• Operating parameters
• Asset classification
• Asset catalog
• Warehouse management
•…

Asset Management
• Assets in and out of warehouse
• Asset distribution (transfer)
• Asset acquisition, borrowing, and return
• Asset maintenance
• Asset disposal
•…

Asset Inquiry and Report

• Asset inventory viewing
Figure 3.2/ Business Flowchart of AMS
• Asset inventory alerts
• Asset Lifecycle
Through the asset management system, customers can
• Asset Status Summary
clearly control the inventory of various equipment (such
• Asset Status Details
as meters and communication modules), and track the
• Assets to be disposed of
equipment status of on-site meters and communication
• Assets to be returned
modules in real time, such as not installed, installed,
•…
decommissioned, repaired, etc.

Features list of the Asset Management System:

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to roles, warehouse management, basic data
management, inbound and outbound management,
asset processing, etc.

Comprehensive view of asset movements from

acquisition to retirement.

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HEAD END SYSTEM

WORK AS HES? DONE!

When VerycoTM BiMAX® is used as a Head End Reporting System (HES) system, it communicates with gateways,meters or
vendor specific front end systems. Before sending device and configuration information to applications such as MDM, VerycoTM
BiMAX® needs to manage these devices and configurations and unify the data format and structure. Not onlycollect meter
energy data, but also monitor data such as network quality, meter reading efficiency, device battery status, RFquality, and
more.
As a HES, VerycoTM BiMAX® manages the entire smart metering infrastructure: meters and communication modules,RF
repeaters, gateways and DCUs, etc. The scalability of the system guarantees the operation of a large amount of device data
(configuration, measurement data and topology), enabling economies of scale and greater cost efficiency. VerycoTM
BiMAX® is a future AMM solution as new meters and devices can be easily integrated.

Function of HES
List of Classification
Parameter Configuration:
• Operating parameters
• Data Dictionary

Device Management:
• Device model: Mainly establish equipment model and communication model.
• Device management: It mainly includes the management of metering points, the
installation, replacement, and uninstallation of electricity meters and communication
modules at the metering points, and a map display based on the collected equipment
location information.
• Device discovery: Since the metering point data is not defined, after the device goes
online, it will appear in this module, and the operator can establish metering point
data based on the online device.
• …

Data Collection:
• Real-time capture
• Collection task formulation
• Manual supplementary collection
• …

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HEAD END SYSTEM

Function of HES
List of Classification

Operation & Maintenance:

• Data item management
• Terminal maintenance: Including the delivery of device files to the DCU, and also
displaying the RF, LoRA, and G3 network topology diagrams.
• Firmware Upgrade
• Maintenance of equipment parameters: Including the formulation of equipment
parameter assignment tasks, remote closing and opening control, etc.
• Clock synchronization
• Load Control
• Key Renewal: Update the DLMS key for the device.
• …

Data Analysis:
• Device online rate: IIncluding equipment online time details and related daily and
monthly statistical reports.
• Data query: Including device reading, data query of settings, and query of frozen data.
• Event Inquiry: Including event, alarm data query, at the same time, the statistics of daily
and monthly data are carried out, and the event data is analyzed.
• Meter reading execution: Statistics on the execution of reading and setting tasks are
included.
• Traffic Statistics: Including inquiries on communication traffic data, and statistics and
analysis of daily and monthly traffic.
• Exception management: It includes querying abnormal or missed data, and formulating
supplementary data acquisition tasks according to certain rules and definitions.
• …

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HEAD END
FEATURES

Features of Head End System

• Support multiple protocols DLMS, MBUS, WMBus.
• Support other HES front-end system access
• Fast and flexible connection to new meters and communication modules via plug-ins
• Import/Export function
• Diversified equipment customization management
• Configuration management of electricity meters and other devices
• Centralized and unified event and alarm management
• Automatic topology identification (meters, communication modules, gateways,
concentrators, repeaters...)
• Technical Validation and Data Preprocessing
• Support for obis codes and market-compliant communication formats
• Process management
• Diverse reports and statistics

OPERATOR
Monitoring reporting and process management

APPLICATIONS MDM

... Asset Management

AMI Management Meter Control Event Alarms Workforce

GIS
API

SCADA
PKI Solutions
DATABASE DATA PROCESSING
Gateway Administrator

SOUTHBOUND API ...

GPRS ETHERNET POWERLINE MESH NETWORK HEADEND SMART HOME

AMI INFRASTRUCTURE
Figure 3.3/ Head End System Diagram

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 SYSTEM API

Mobile API

Description
Both Android and iOS mobile apps. End user can download Mobile apps and can login with credentials to see their meterdata,

monthly bills and forecast for the next month bill. They can also check their meter’s remaining kWh/ USD balance for prepaid

meter system. End user can set the alarm for their target energy consumption and when the target KWH is consumed, apps will give

notice with an alarm in their mobile. It also helps the end user to buy the credit/KWH for prepaid metering system. End user can pay

the meter bill through the smart phone app using his/her credit card, online bank account etc.

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AMI System

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Figure 3.4/ Mobile APP Interface

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 AMI API

MOBILE PAYMENT

3 3
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User Name: John Smith $ 31

Amount Paid

Amount: 30 ETH

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Key Management (KMC)

When VerycoTM BiMAX® is used as a Head End Reporting System (HES) system to read or configure the high-densitydata of
the electricity meter, it is necessary to know the key of the device to maintain communication with the device, otherwisethe
device will not be accessible, so the preservation of the key becomes by It is important that the encryption module of
VerycoTM BiMAX® system will save all the keys for accessing the HES. All the data sent needs to be encrypted by thismodule.
After receiving the device data, the module needs to be parsed before it can be parsed by the HES. Parsing to ensure
that data is not tampered with and leaked.

DLMS READ
KEY SET

Figure 3.6/ Key Management

Types of Keys
Key
Loading

• Global Unicast Authentication Key(GUAK) Load Meter Key: When we receive devices from
• Global Unicast Encryption Key(GUEK) different suppliers, the supplier will provide
• Global Unicast Broadcast Encryption Key(GUBK) the key data of each device, load the keys of all
• Master Key (KEK) devices into the encrypted device through the
• Dedicated Encryption Key(DEDK) key loading tool, and encrypt and store in the
• Client Digital Signature Private Key(CDSPK) database, when HES needs When communicating
• Server Digital Signature Public Key (SDSPK) with the device, the encryption and decryption of
• lient Agreed Private Key(CAPK) data is completed through the KMC connector.
• Server Agreed Public Key(SAPK)
• Secure Code
Security Text
Decryption
Security File
Encryption

Key Loading
File Transfer

Figure 3.7/ Process of Key Loading

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 Key Changing

Change Meter Key: The utility can modify the original key of the device according to their needs to ensure the security
of the device data. We can complete the key change operation through HES.

KEY
HES (MASTER STATION)
API SECURITY
MODULE

ORIGINAL
KEY
HES (DISPATCHER)

DCU

Meter
Figure 3.8/ Process of Key Changing

Features of KMC

• Supports multiple encryption methods: AES-128/256, SHA-256, ECDSA, ECDH, TLS 1.2
• Public Key Infrastructures (PKI) can be interfaced by using the protocols SCEP or CMP
• The internal encryption solution of the module ensures the security of the key
• High concurrency, high availability architecture
• Multiple access interfaces: HTTP, SOCKET stream

ENCRYPTION EQUIPMENT

Data Warehouse Encryption Machine

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Service Interface

Encryption Project Key SOCKET PROTOCOL

BIN
Module Management
Encryption Devices Key
Service Interface

Administrator Module Initialization Encryption Algorithm

Administrator Encryption Service HES

Administrator

Figure 3.9/ Key Encryption Mechanism

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 Chapter 4

SYSTEM FUNCTION
Information Management system is to set Meter Data Management System
Information Management
(MDMS) basic parameters like; manage meter type, meter protocol items, and
configure meter data collecting scheme etc. MDMS administrator must use

System Interface Basic Information Management to complete the parameters setting.

Figure 4.1/ System Interface

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PREPAYMENT MODULE

Veryco BiMAX ® solution also includes prepaid based solutions. This solution is of STS type as per IEC 62055–41.
This solution works by the following diagram.

BiMAX
Payment
AMI System
Gateway

Prepayment Token
Meter Generation
Mechanism

KMC

Meter Manufacturer [STS ]

Figure 4.2/ STS Vending Process

In this type of solution Veryco BiMAX ® can work with utility’s key generation System or can incorporate the
generation module if utility agrees. Along with Payment system integration our AMI offers very flexible and scalable
integrated STS solution.

The customer can make the recharge through their smart phone App and the vending system sends the recharge
credit remotely to the meter automatically.

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 AMI/
Management Module

Function of System
Meter Management

Add: A new Meter Number can be entered along with the following properties like Phase,
Consumer class, Pole, Low credit warning Limit etc.

Configure: From the Meter details page, admin can set Emergency Credit Limit, Maximum
Credit Limit, Sanction Load Limit, low Credit Warning Limit, and Monthly Forecast
Consumption for a meter.

Edit: It has an option to Edit Old Meter number from meter details page.

Delete: It has an option to delete Old Meter number from the system.

Function of System
Tariff Management

Add: A new Meter Number can be entered along with the following properties like Phase,
Consumer class, Pole, Low credit warning Limit etc.

Configure: From the Meter details page, admin can set Emergency Credit Limit, Maximum
Credit Limit, Sanction Load, Load Limit, low Credit Warning Limit, and Monthly Forecast
Consumption for a meter.

Edit: It has an option to Edit Old Meter number from meter details page.

Delete: It has an option to delete Old Meter number from the system.

Function In Utility system there are different types of consumer class. For example, commercial,
residential, Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) etc. Veryco BiMAX® system
Consumer Class supports all these different consumer classes. Admin can add/remove new consumer
class, consumer class property if necessary.

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MANAGEMENT MODULE

System Alarm

In Veryco BiMAX ® system, there are SMS and email service both for end consumer and utility admin. When any
event occurs, a single SMS and an email with relevant information will be sent to consumer or admin.
There are different types of event in smart meter. Admin needs to configure the alarm service manually. Admin can
activate or deactivate a specific alarm service. Target consumption related alarm can be activated by end consumer.

Function of System
Location Setup

Add: In our AMI system meter has location attribute which follows the following hierarchy. Its
beneficial to utility considering integration of the AMI system with SCADA, GIS, or Smart Grid.

Zone City Feeder Transformer

Province District Substation

Configure: It is configurable in different hierarchy as per utility requirement.

Function In prepaid metering system, if the meter runs out of credit on holiday or weekend,
meter will not be disconnected as per different country’s rules and regulation.
Friendly Hour & Veryco BiMAX® system supports this regulation as well. Admin can edit holiday list. For
Profile postpaid meter, if the last day of bill payment is a bank holiday, relay will not turn-off on
that day although the bill is not paid. Admin can manage the access level of different
profiles and also has the authority to edit existing user information.

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 AMI System

MANAGEMENT MODULE

Report Management

AMI
System Report

Figure 4.3/ System Report

Function Live Meter List: Multiple meters might show offline for different reasons; for example, if there is
a load shedding in some areas. If we see any meter is offline for a long time, although there is
Management no load shading or no GSM network down issue, then there might be a possible meter bypass
case or some other unknown issue. Our AMI alerts utility so that they can send someone to
investigate the case.

Log-in History: Our AMI system store login history and if admin wants to see login and activity
history of any consumer, he has the right to check the history.

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Firmware Upgrade

The meter and concentrator firmware can be upgraded remotely, and Veryco BiMAX® System can also upgrade meter’s firmware remotely
via concentrator.

BiMax AMI
System DCU Meter

1. Initial Upload File ( )

Receive Message ( )

2. Upload File ( )

Receive Message ( )

3. Get Miss Frame No. ( )

Result Miss Frame No. ( )

Transfer Miss Frame ( )

Result Message ( )

4. Meter Firmware Upgrade ( )

Result Message ( )

5. Result Message ( )
5. Firmware Upgrade ( )

Figure 4.4/ Firmware Upgrade Process

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 AMI/
Upgrade Process

Initiate upload firmware file: Veryco BiMAX®System

sends parameters about firmware upgrade to
concentrators, it includes file name, size of file,
number of blocks, size of blocks, etc.

Upload firmware file: Admin can upload firmware

to the AMI, then it chunks the file into several
blocks and sends them over to the DCU. In the
communication process both CRC and checksum
checks are done. Veryco BiMAX® System separates
firmware into several blocks and sends them to
concentrator. The frame number will besaved in
concentrator and will check if all blocks are received.

Get missing frame No.: If there are blocks missing,

concentrator will return the number of missing blocks
to Veryco BiMAX® System and Veryco BiMAX®
System can send them back again.

Meter Firmware Upgrade: Firmware upgrade of meter

is also done via the concentrator, in this case the
concentrator sends the firmware to the meters.

Concentrator Firmware Upgrade: The process

of upgrading concentrator firmware is similar as
upgrading meter firmware. At the initial step, there is a
parameter to identify upgrading type, it’s concentrator
or meter.

Response result: The concentrators return the result of

upgrading meter firmware to Veryco BiMAX®System.

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MANAGEMENT MODULE

System Management Module

Smart Load Sharing

Smart meter supports a load limiting function. When the customer exceeds the threshold value,power
supply is cut. Customer reduces load and power can be reconnected.

By this method utility can force consumer to use less power at peak time thereby load is shared
among the users thus preventing load shedding.

This distributed control feature can optimize utility’s control over load by significant extent
and reduce load shedding at peak times.

User will get limit exceeding notification at their smart phone in real time.

Utility can also notify customers about the planned load shedding start and stop time few
hours back via server to mobile app .

System Management Module

Archive Management
Our AMI solution supports management data archiving in structural format.

MDMS security: Different role has access right on different security level. Additionally, remote
access will be protected by encrypted data through https.

Security on Telco billing server: MDMS to Telco Bill pay server are connected through VPN
and data is encrypted using AES-128 protocol.

Meter security: It is assured by three level security management according to DLMS-COSEM

protocol and data is encrypted using AES-128 protocol. DCU use the HTTPS protocol to
encrypt the data being sent back and forth with cloud server.

Data Security & Recovery: JAt extreme cases like burnout, data can be recovered from the
meter’s internal PCB. Connector is provided close to the memory chips for both powering
up & retrieving data from it.

Mother Child Concept: Smart meters can be registered as mother or child in server.A
group of meters can be registered as child meter under a mother meter. The server logic
always checks child meters and mother meter data. If there is a difference between child
meters and mother meter data, then it alerts utility engineers about possible theft of technical
fault. The server sums the child meters’ consumption data and checks it with the mother
meter’s consumption data. If there is a difference, then it alerts about possible bypassing.

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 AMI System

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)

The integration of GIS and AMI adds so much insight to an AMI network, it helps to understand the distribution
system and endpoints as one cohesive system. The combination of GIS and AMI also allows to create new billing
cycles and target particular issues of the system, rather than simply billing geographically co-located units.

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System Function
Postpaid System

Veryco BiMAX® AMI solution also has postpaid solution for billing. We offer customization of the postpaid
solution according to Utility’s requirement. In postpaid system, billing calculation is done on theserver
side. The billing calculation sub module of the AMI calculates the monthly bill based upon the monthly
consumption data received from the meter. Admin can set the relevant fixed Billing items & multipliers as
factors below to calculate the monthly energy billing.

Energy Rate per unit Maximum Demand charge Minimum Charge VAT percentage

Sanctioned Demand charge Service charge PFC (power factor correction) charge

Figure 4.6/ Bill Calculation Factors

In postpaid system the meter relay remains turned on unless turned off manually. This control can also be
assigned into different account types. During the total lifecycle of the postpaid meter, depending on the
client’s requirement admin can have the control to manually turn on/off the meter at any given time.

Customizable Billing Form: Our AMI solution generates the bill according to a standard bill
form. We provide customization of the format of billing form based on utility’s requirement.
Consumer can also take a print out of the detailed bill.

Payment: Consumer can use the same smart payment options which are also available to
pre-paid consumer.

Interchangeable Plan/Package: Our Smart Meters can be switched to Prepaid system from
Postpaid system and Vice-versa. This is done by simply issuing a mode change secured
encrypted token provided by the admin account.

Due Bill Notification/Alarm: Admin can set a time limit after which meters with due bills will
get disconnected. Both Admin & Consumer can set a time limit after which consumers with
due bills will get both email and SMS as warning.

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 Chapter 5

COMMUNICATION NODE &

TECHNOLOGY

01
For communication we can use GSM network in combination of RF mesh or PLC as per
utility company requirement. In PLC Based solution we use star topology in Master/
Slave communication mode where all nodes (slave meters) are individually connected
to a DCU via PLC. The DCU acts as the “gateway for all meters. The data concentrator

Communication unit (DCU) connects to the central system via GPRS technology.

Master/Slave
Solution

Figure 5.1/ Star Topology (PLC Based Solution)

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 AMI System

COMMUNICATION NODE

Communication In RF Mesh Based solution we use mesh topology in Master/Slave communication mode
where all nodes (slave meters) are interconnected to a master meter & each node relays
Master/Slave Solution & cooperates in the distribution of data in the network. The master meter acts as the
“gateway” to the central system for all meters via GPRS technology.

Gateway

Figure 5.2/ Mesh Topology (RF Mesh Solution)

In GSM only solution the meters are

connected in Start topology where each
meter is connected straight to the AMI
system.

Figure 5.3/ Star Topology (GPRS Based Solution)

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 Chapter 6

SYSTEM BENEFITS
Utility Reduce Operation & Maintenance:
▪ No Manual Meter Reading
Engineers ▪ No Manual Disconnet
▪ No Manual Reconnect
▪ Reduce Trcuk Rolls
» On/Off Service
» Natrual Disaster Response
Reduce Tampers and Loss
▪ Detect faults and tampers
▪ Control Cap Banks
▪ Conserve Voltage
▪ Monitor Transformers
▪ Reduce System Loss
▪ Extend SCADA/DMS
▪ Peak Reduction

Utility Enhancement of Revenue

▪ Return of Investment
Management ▪ Improve Consunmer Expererience
▪ Impact of Renewables on Grid
▪ Improved Plannings (CAPEX & OPEX)
▪ Lower Supply Side Costs

Customer Lower Bills

▪ Lower Costs
Benefits ▪ More Rate Choice
▪ Simplified Energy Management
Improved Reliability
▪ Faster Restorations
▪ Preventative Maintenance
Proactive Customer Services
▪ More Services
▪ More Responsive CSR
▪ No Estimated Bills
▪ On Demand Reads
▪ Online Tools
▪ In-home Tools

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