2. “ eMeter’s EnergyIP software will provide the
foundation that enables us to meet our aggressive
near-term AMI objectives, while positioning us to
offer beneficial and cost-effective advanced services
and rate offerings to our customers in the future.
Barb Siehr,
Vice President, Customer Service and Operations Support, Alliant Energy
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EMEtER OffERIngs eMeter Applications
• eMeter EnergyIP
eMeter applications provide the fastest path to turning your meter data into
• Register Billing
usable information for your business units and customers. You can add additional
• Interval Billing
applications as you need them with minimal disruption to your enterprise
• Outage Event
Management operations and therefore your customers. eMeter applications include:
• Remote Connect/
Disconnect • Register Billing and Interval Billing applications transform the traditional
• Energy Engage™
meter-to-cash process from a batch-oriented, multiple day process to a
Customer Portal
• Prepayment Support
real-time, automated and on-demand process which accelerates cash flow.
• Customer Service
Representative Portal • Outage Event Management combines disparate power-on/off events into
• Settlements single outage events and automates outage detection to provide robust outage
• Network Loss and restoration management solutions. Outage Event Management also helps
Management
your Outage Management System to complete repairs quickly and efficiently
• Analytics Foundation
and to easily see outage duration and associated impact.
• Smart Grid Appliance
• Integration Adapters
• Remote Connect / Disconnect application automates the process of
• SAP MDUS Integration
Adapter connecting and disconnecting customers without sending personnel on-site,
• eMeter Professional therefore driving operational efficiency.
Services and Support
• Energy Engage™ Customer Portal provides individual customers access to
relevant, up-to-date usage and cost information and fosters utility-customer
collaboration with custom-tailored programs that reduce support calls,
encourage conservation, and reduce peak demand. Energy Engage integrates
variable-rate pricing plans and community generated tips, both of which
reduce the peak load while providing value to customers.
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3. DATA SHEET: eMeter
“From a business
operation standpoint • Prepayment support enables “Pay As You Go” to manage customers’
we have had financial balances and decrease write-offs with low credit notifications,
consumer financial empowerment through consumption transparency,
significant operational
and disconnect/reconnect management. Helps your utility meet regulatory
improvements. guidelines and meet political pressures to help low-income household
We have saved over manage bills.
800,000 truck rolls
• Customer service Representative Portal automates the customer
since we deployed
service process, giving agents detailed, real-time, accurate information
in August 2009. for first call resolution of incoming inquiries.
The eMeter EnergyIP
tool has provided us • settlements uses actual interval data to aggregate and report net
balances of energy purchased and consumed from each market entity
with the functionality
to enable financial settlement.
to do just this.”
• network Loss Management uses AMI data to detect “technical and
Mary Rich,
Smart Grid System Manager, non-technical loss” and create reports with substation meter data and
CenterPoint Energy
GIS integration. Network Loss Management also allows you to identify,
drill down, and minimize loss.
eMeter’s open architecture means that if you have a business need for
any application now or in the future, you will be able to extend your eMeter
system to include any future eMeter applications, or have an application
custom-built for your needs.
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