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Advanced Distribution
Management Systems
IT and OT Converge
Utility Operational Experience and why IT matters
Tuesday April 15, 10am noon
Bradley R. Williams, PE, VP Industry Strategy
Oracle Utilities

Agenda

Session objectives
Issues driving IT & OT convergence
Solutions uniting IT and OT
Conclusion

Exponential Growth of Utility Data

Expected Growth of a Tier 1 Electric Utilitys Data Volume

800 TB

600 TB

400 TB

200 TB

Source: EPRI - IntelliGrid

Advanced Distribution Management requires a

real-time information-rich distribution network
Smart Sensors, Controls, Distributed Computing on
Transmission and Distribution System alert operators, fix
problems, integrate large-scale renewables generation
Smart Meters and Home Networks help
customers use energy wisely, mitigate
peak demand, integrate local renewables

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Big Data Why IT Matters

Big data comes in one size: large.
Enterprises are awash with data,
easily amassing terabytes and
even petabytes of information
used to constantly improve agility,
competitiveness and forecasting
abilities.

The transformation of raw data

into successful strategies, the
recognition of patterns, the
ability to forecast future trends as
well as driving innovations to
achieve better business outcomes
contributes to the value
proposition to the corporation

Volume

Variety

Value

Velocity

Big data extends beyond

structured data, including
unstructured data of all varieties:
text, audio, video, click streams,
log files, events, measurements,
and more.

Often time-sensitive, big

data must be used, monitored,
processed and analyzed close to
real-time as it is streaming in to
the enterprise in order to
maximize its value to the
business and ensure reliable
network operation.

Convergence of IT, OT, & Consumer Energy

Technologies - Governance must be resolved
Smart Grid is bringing IT and OT
closer together
Smart Grid systems increasingly
use modern IT platforms,
security, and protocols (IP)
Traditional Utility Operations
Technology (OT) systems have
been outside of the scope of IT
and the CIO
The lack of a successful IT/OT
governance impedes
performance
Impact on security and
compliance

IT

Operational Technology (OT)

CIO

who owns this?

Enterprise

Enterprise
resource
planning
(ERP)

Human
resources

Enterprise
Asset Mgt

Vertical

Geographic
info system
(GIS)

Outage
management
(OMS)

Enterprise
asset
management
(EAM)
Customer
information
(CIS)
Energy
trading & risk
management
(ETRM)

Corporate IT network
Source: Gartner

Centralized

Supervisory
control and
data
acquisition
(SCADA)

Energy mgmt.
system
(EMS)

Automatic
generation
control
(AGC)
Distribution
Asset
Analysis
(DAA)

Distributed

Programmable
Logic
Controllers
(PLC)

Advanced
Protection
Relays

Substation
Integration

Sensors: e.g.
PQ Monitors
and
Fault Indicators

Telecoms

Meters

Customer Tech

Control network(s)

OT Field Device Management

Configuration management can go dreadfully wrong

Operational Technology Data Gap

Produce
Data

12%
Executives who feel they
understand the impact data
will have on their organizations

Use
Data

Operational Analytics helps manage risk

Identifies issues to be addressed in terms of investment and risk
Effectively allocate resources to provide higher levels of customer service and
reliability while balancing financial objectives
Communicate return on asset investment in terms of customer value and risk
avoidance
Balance conflicting objectives:

Effectiveness

Efficiency

Customer Service
Reliability
Rate Value
Asset Criticality
Network Security
Consequence of Failure

Optimized CAPEX
Optimized OPEX
Improved ROI
Increased Value
Optimized Capabilities
Optimized Staffing Levels

Operational
Analytics

Operational Analytics drive utility performance

BENEFITS

Utilities biggest issues have a spatial

component: e.g. customers, assets,
employees
Enterprise information management approach
- more people using the same data
Best-of-breed tools for analysis and reporting
Common BI toolset across apps
CAPBILITIES

Spatial mashups of multiple sources of data

Provides schemas for all core utility
applications
Reporting for datamarts & regular normalized
databases
Dashboards, reports, and graphs

Advanced Distribution Management

IT/OT system-of-systems
Smart
Meter
Smart Meter
FieldDevices
Devices
Field

SCADA
SCADA

Asset
& Device
Asset & Device Management
Management

Advanced
Distribution
Network
Management
System
Management
System

Web Portal
Web Portal
(Social
media/
(Social media/Smart phones)
Smart phones)
Analytics
Analytics

Customer
Customer

GIS (Facilities &

GIS
Attribute
(Electric Facilities & Attribute Information)
Information)

Successful IT/OT Convergence Strategies

Use Analytics for Operational Efficiencies: With data coming in from
every corner of the business, utilities must not only make data collection a priority,
but invest in the systems and people needed to analyze a growing number of new
data sources collected from smart meters and other smart grid components to
drive operational improvements

Tackle Ownership Issues: Data ownership resides in various organization

departments. Smart meter/interval data should be considered enterprise-level data,
so utilities must ensure they have an enterprise data strategy in place

EIM: Utilities with enterprise information management strategies are better

prepared to handle the data deluge. Consider EIM as a means to get the most out
of your investments.

Remember the Customer: In addition to streamlining business operations,

successful data management should greatly improve the customer experience
both through improved outage management/service reliability and stronger
customer communication around smart grid changes and benefits

bradley.williams@oracle.com