Ecologic Analytics Enables New Intelligence for the Smart Grid Outage Management.BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- Ecologic Analytics, a leading provider of meter data management systems (MDMS MDMS Meter Data Management System MDMS Marconi Digital Multipoint System (Marconi) MDMS Maintenance Data Management System MDMS Model Driven Monitoring System (IBM) ) for electric, natural gas and water utilities, announced its Enhanced Outage Management (EOM (End Of Message) A character that signals the end of the current message. ) module today, the first application of its kind that intelligently leverages AMR/AMI assets for quickly detecting power losses, smartly scoping their size and location and verifying the effectiveness of restoration activities. The business logic and rules within this major advance in outage management software provide more than simple filtering of redundant and momentary outage data. EOM interprets last gasp and power-up notifications and identifies the distinct characteristics displayed by sustained outage events. Using its smart scoping capability, EOM determines which meters to proactively ping in order to precisely confirm the full extent of the outage. Once the impacted service points are confirmed, EOM delivers transformer-level information about "real" outages to the utility's Outage Management System An Outage Management System (OMS) is a computer system used by operators of electric distribution systems to assist in restoration of power. Major Functions of an OMS Major functions usually found in an OMS include: "Using AMI data to support the OMS is not a new concept," said David Hubbard David Hubbard (1792 - January 20, 1874) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, cousin of Samuel Houston. Born near the town of Old Liberty (now Bedford), Bedford County, Virginia, Hubbard attended the county schools and an academy. , co-founder and chief technology officer for Ecologic Analytics. "But providing a solution that differentiates between momentary and real events and calculates transformer status based on meter data is unprecedented in the market today." Utilizing the Ecologic MDMS with EOM ensures the utility's OMS is not flooded with unnecessary data throughout the entire outage and restoration event. EOM continuously checks the OMS to determine which affected transformers have already been recognized as "out" or "restored." The module simultaneously analyzes the volumes of data available through the AMR/AMI system. EOM quickly correlates these data streams and delivers updated outage or restoration status information only for impacted service points undiscovered by the OMS. This additional high-definition view greatly enhances the efficiency and confidence with which outage events can be managed and provides a near-real-time status--meter by meter, transformer by transformer and region by region--of the restoration process. Further enhancing strong customer service for the utility, EOM coordinates with the Ecologic MDMS VEE modules - WAVE[TM] and iWAVE[TM], to generate precise zero consumption reporting during outage periods. This enables highly accurate proration Proration A situation during a corporate action in which the available cash or shares are not sufficient to satisfy the offers tendered by shareholders. Therefore, a proportion of both cash and shares is granted for each offer tendered. , and when appropriate, estimates of the usage for each service point during the event, significantly improving the integrity of customer usage presentment and billing data for the utility. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Gartner Research, "OMS systems are evolving from an emergency response decision support system into a component of an integrated intelligent grid platform.1" To this end, Ecologic Analytics is opening a critical path for the smart grid  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . . Enhanced Outage Management enables utilities to maximize existing OMS capabilities through efficient use of huge volumes of additional data available through existing or planned AMI/AMR deployments and similar asset investments. EOM enables improved responsiveness to customer inquiries during outages and more efficient assignment of field resources based on more precise actionable data, thereby supporting faster time to resolution of these disruptive events. EOM is available today with the current version of the Ecologic MDMS. For more information, visit http://www.ecologicanalytics.com/EOM.pdf. About Ecologic Analytics: Ecologic Analytics, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control is a leading provider of meter data management systems (MDMS) for electric, natural gas and water utilities. Ecologic Analytics offers a flexible, configurable and highly scalable enterprise software solution that receives data from any AMR/AMI system and/or manual source, supporting the dynamic operational and business processes needed for smart grid initiatives. Founded in 2000, the company is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota Bloomington is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, and a southern suburb of Minneapolis. As of 2005, it had a population of 84,347, making it the largest Twin Cities suburb, and the fifth largest city in the state[1]. . For more information, visit ecologicanalytics.com. Footnote1: Gartner Research,"Magic Quadrant The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner Inc., a US based research and advisory firm. It is designed to provide an unbiased qualitative analysis of a “markets’ direction, maturity, and participants. for Outage Management Systems," June 2009 |
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