UNLOCKING THE DIGITAL FUTURE OF A SWISS ENERGY LEADER

Multi-tenant data platform based on Smart Meter integration

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“This successful project with Siemens and Omnetric has been instrumental to unlock the potential of the digital age for BKW Grid.”

Markus Aeppli, ICT Project Lead, BKW Energie AG

Industry
Power & Utilities
Service
Platform Assessment
500.000

Smart meters ramped up

70+

Tenants’ served

CLIENT CHALLENGE

1

Smart Meter roll-out increases data volume to be processed by multiple orders of magnitude.

2

Integrate data management and operations support platform with maximum flexibility.

3

Set up a platform where partners can become tenants and offer new and innovative business models based on newly available data.

Our Approach

1
Solution design

for key meter data management (MDM) features

2
Configuration and implementation

of the best-in-class MDM system EnergyIP™ in the cloud

3
Custom development

for client specific requirements

4
Integration into existing IT landscape

with various existing billing, energy data management, master data, and headend systems

5
Enablement of IoT device integration

to allow direct interaction with IoT assets, unlocking the ability to offer additional and new services

THE IMPACT

Full-scale smart metering, cloud-enabled operations reached in 2020 with the following results:

Scalability and functionality of data handling capabilities is set to handle future growth – currently, BKW is ramping up towards 500.000 active smart meters.
Customer’s operational efficiency improved through increased data transparency and integrity.
Flexible datahub allows customer to offer MDM as a service to tenants, providing them with their revenue relevant data – currently, BKW is serving 40+ partner organizations with this system.