making cents of energy’s big data big data: a success story brian crow, pe ceo verdeeco 1

MAKING CENTSOF ENERGY’S BIG DATA

Big Data: A Success Story Brian Crow, PE

CEOVerdeeco

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1990 2010

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Challenges in the New Utility WorldDATA EXPLOSION•Usage Readings•Demand Readings•Alarms / Alerts •Voltage Data •Transformer Loading•Outage Management•Weather Stations•Fault Current Indicators•Distribution Automation•New Technology, New Technology, New Technology…………….

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DATA (Quantity)

ALARMSENCRYPTION

HOURLY DATA

STREET LIGHT CONTROL

IPV6

CONFIGURATION

POWER QUALITYSERVICESWITCH / VALVE

VOLTAGETEMPERATURE

PRESSURE

ON-DEMANDREADS

OUTAGE

DEMANDRESPONSE

DISTRIBUTIONAUTOMATION

CVR

FIRMWAREDOWNLOAD

DATAANALYTICS

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35 Trillion New Data Points• Data Storage Issues• Increase in Data Silos• Unchecked Load• Back Office System Stress• New Technology• New Communications• Analysis

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Data is WORTHLESS, unless you turn it into information

• Storage• Credibility

• Accessibility• Query• Report• Alert

• Alarm• ………………

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How do you start tackling the issue?

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Review your technology options• Cloud or in house?• Hybrid• Distributed or non-distributed• Real time or non real-time

•Don’t let perfection stand in the way of progress!

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Cloud•Cloud is changing the technology world

•Innovation is rapidly being delivered•Scalable Pilot projects can rapidly be deployed

•Fast Prototyping and testing•Benchmark Hardware needs

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Cloud Enables Diverse & Rapid Deployment Options

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CLOUD COMPUTING

Hardware Capacity

and Costs

Capacity Needs

Time

Money left on the table with a fixed size data center

Inadequate capacity leads to slower processing with a fixed size data center

Fixed Size Data Center

Cloud

Cloud enables us to define server profiles that mirror the performance of physical counterparts

− RAM− CPU− Disk space

Virtually unlimited bandwidth, pay for what you use

No need to “build a church for Easter Sunday”

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“As we've said, the CIA's decision to choose Amazon over IBM is a significant moment in the evolution of the cloud services industry, and whether Amazon wins or not, the initial decision is indicative of a fundamental change in attitudes by government towards IT procurement.”

Is the Cloud Safe?

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AGGREGATEANALYZE

APPLY

AGGREGATEANALYZE

APPLY

Data Mash Up…Tear Down the Silo

DATA CREATES DATA, ANALYTICS CREATES…

What do you do with the data?

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Predict

Analyze

Forecast

Trend

Benchmark

Data Access

DATA ACCESS

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Trend

Find some quick wins

Make the data come alive

•Simple Reports•Alerts and Alarms•Operational Analysis

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Customer Success Story

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AMI Raw Data size: 8 GB / Week400 GB / Year

-Does not include weather data

Interval Length: Hourly

Meters: Aprox 45k

Transformers: Aprox 19K

Reports

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Data Credibility Report:Jun 1- Aug 1 Estimations Worst Offender Report

Reports

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Momentary OutagesJune 1- Aug 1

By meter

Data Benchmark & Trends

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Momentary Outages

Trends

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Analyze25

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• 436 Pages long

• 30 events / page

• 6540 transformers

• Never crossed 40% of rating for 7 days

Analyze: Under Loaded Transformers

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Transformer Load Forecasting

What Else?

• True Loss Analysis•Theft & Revenue Protection•Device Failure•Capital Expenditures to Benefits•Outage Analysis•Unbilled Revenue Reporting

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IT Involvement

•Get the data into the hands of the power users

•Find ways to monitor, but not have to continually update

•Spend time doing the things you are really good at and are highly valuable for your time and less time building out reports for someone else

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Benefits and Value

BENEFITS

• Quickly spot potential problem devices or areas through dashboards, geo-maps and drill down functionality

• Increase ROI on deployed hardware

• Cost-Effective Data Storage • Cross functional system

analysis (AMI vs SCADA)

VALUE• Don’t lose alarms, alerts and

critical system data• Improve Customer Relations• Reduce Losses• Identify issues and

proactively manage assets• Start-up quickly and

improve performance faster • Realize ROI in a short

period of time

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Grid Data and Cloud Computing Provides:

•The opportunity for Advanced metering data to be used not just stored•The ability for the business to actively define how data can be used and processed. •A turnkey hosted solution with a greatly accelerated ramp time for maximum use and return on your investment•The ability for small to mid-sized Utilities to participate in the efficiencies of advanced metering data usage with minimal capital investment•Integration to other data sources such as GIS, SCADA, CRM, Billing, etc. for cross validation and more efficient operations

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Brian Crow, PE

Brian.crow@verdeeco.com

404-831-3606

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Thank You!