2008 CIM Usage Survey Results

CIM Users Group Meeting, RedmondDecember 18, 2008

(Results Finalized January 26, 2009)

Brad Williams, Gartner

Utility Responses 2008 Responses (22)• AES Eletropaulo• Alabama Power Company• CenterPoint Energy• COES• EDF • EMS ‐ Elektromreza Srbije• ERCOT• Essent• Exelon Corporation• Hydro‐Quebec• Idaho Power• Manitoba Hydro• Oncor Electric Delivery• PacifiCorp• PJM Interconnection• Powerlink Queensland• Progress Energy• Seattle City Light• Southern California Edison• Statnett SF • TVA• Western Area Power Administration

2006 Responses (21)• AEP• AESO• Alabama Power• CenterPoint• Cleco*• ConEd*• EDF• ERCOT• ETRANS• Exelon• FinGrid• Hydro Quebec • ONS• PacifiCorp• PJM• RTE*• SCE• SDG&E• SRP*• TVA• TXU• Western Area Power Administration* Note: Had Known CIM Projects in 2006 Survey but did 

not respond to 2008 Survey

Type of Utility Organizations

8

4

5

1

1

3

Investor OwnedUtility

Municipal/PublicUtilityPublic

TransmissionInvestor OwnedTransmission

IndependentSystem

GenerationPlant

Responses by Company Type / Customer Base

T&D

Util

ity E

nd-U

se C

usto

mer

s

10

3

9

Over 800k Customers

Between 200k to 800k

ISO/Transmission/GenerationOperator

How do you currently use or plan to use CIM? (multiple responses allowed)

13

13

7

8

1

Exchanging power systemmodels

Defining message payloads forsystem integration project

Enterprise data warehouse oroperational data store

Enterprise semantic model formanagement of objects/terms

Model Driven Visualization

CIM Use by Business Function

5

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

2

1

5

1

3

1

2

2

2

3

1

4

5

3

6

5

7

3

5

3

8

3

1

7

1

2

1

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Network Operation

Records & Asset Management

Operational Planning & Optimization

Maintenance & Construction

Network Planning & Analysis

Customer Support

Meter Reading & Demand Response

Generation Plant

Enterprise Data Warehouse or Operational Data Store

Other Business Functions (Financial, Logistical, Administrative)

Operational

In Development

Planned/Funded Project

Considering/Under Evaluation

Compared to 2006 CIM Survey CIM Use by Business Function

7

3

2

2

1

1

7

2

2

2

2

1

2

3

6

3

7

3

5

3

3

2

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Network Operation

Records & Asset Mgt

Ops Plnng & Opt

Maint & Const

Network Exten Plnng

Customer Support

Meter Reading & Cntl

Other Business Functions

Operational

Under development/funded project

Planned to start within 12 months

Number of Applications Affected by CIM

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

3

1

3

3

1

1

1

1

5

4

3

3

2

4

1

1

8

2

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Transmission Network Operations

Distribution Network Operations

Records & Asset Management

Operational Planning & Optimization

Maintenance & Construction

T&D Network Planning & Analysis

Customer Support

Meter Reading & Demand Response

Generation Plant

Enterprise Data Warehouse orOperational Data Store

Other Business Functions

5 or more

4

3

2

1

Total Number of Applications Affected by CIM = 127

2 3

21

1 4

17

9

1 0

4

6

2

13

8

0 5 1 0 1 5 2 0 2 5

Transmission Network Operations

Distribution Network Operations

Records & Asset Management

Operational Planning & Optimization

Maintenance & Construction

T&D Network Planning & Analysis

Customer Support

Meter Reading & Demand Response

Generation Plant

Enterprise Data Warehouse

Other Business Functions

Enterprise Service Bus

1

1

311

1

11

1

11

11

1

1

322

1

23

1

1

2

IBM WebSphereMicrosoft BizTalk

Oracle BEA Systems AquaLogicOracle Fusion (including WebLogic)

Progress Software SonicRed Hat JBoss

TibcoVitria

webMethods (Software AG)SAP PI (Net Weaver)

in-house .NET-basednot sure

Operational In Development Planned/Funded Considering/Under Evaluation

In House CIM Expertise

2

7

5

7

12

5

13

8

11

1

2

5

5

1

Line-of-Business Manager

Engineer/Operations/Technician

IT Manager

IT Analyst/Developer

C-Level Executives

Expert Novice Awareness

Utility Survey Comment Responses…

• We are just now discovering CIM and its benefits.  AMI and EDW are driving our interest. 

• Plan to utilize CIM for AMI and the asset data integration between SAP and legacy applications.

• Need a good methodology to create awareness that CIM is first a class model.

Vendor Responses

• ABB • ALSTOM Power • INTERPRO Consultants Inc. • Labein‐Tecnalia (Spain) • Landis+Gyr• OATI • Shandong University at Weihai• Siemens • SISCO, Inc. • SNC‐Lavalin • Tractebel Engineering GDF‐SUEZ • Xtensible Solutions

CIM Vendor Company Types (Multiple Responses Allowed)

8

3

5

Vendor

Integrator

Consultant

Vendor Areas of CIM Support (multiple responses allowed)

9

6

12

9

6

Exchanging power systemmodels

Defining message payloads forsystem integration project

Data exchange model forintegration

Enterprise data warehouse oroperational data store

Enterprise semantic model formanagement of objects/terms

CIM Vendor Support by Business Function

7

2

3

1

2

1

1

2

1

2

1

1

1

2

1

2

3

1

1

2

1

1

2

2

4

3

5

5

3

2

1

1

2

1

2

4

1

2

3

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Transmission Network Operation

Distribution Network Operation

Records & Asset Management

Operational Planning & Optimization

Maintenance & Construction

T&D Network Planning & Analysis

Customer Support

Meter Reading & Demand Response

Generation Plant

Enterprise Data Warehouse or Operational Data Store

Other Business Functions (Financial, Logistical, Administrative)

Operational In Development Planned/Funded Project Considering/Under Evaluation

Number of Utility/ISO Clients Supported by Vendor in Each Functional Area

1

2

1

1

1

2

1 3

0

5

2

1

1

3

1

0

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

0

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Network Operations

Network Operation

Records & Asset Management

Operational Planning & Optimization

Maintenance & Construction

Network Planning & Analysis

Customer Support

Meter Reading & Demand Response

Generation Plant

Enterprise Data Warehouse

Other Business Functions

5 or more 4 3 2 1

Vendor Supported Enterprise Service Bus

2

1

21

2

1

1111

21

21

21

2

1

21

34

1

2

23

11

1

1

IBM WebSphereMicrosoft BizTalk

Oracle BEA Systems AquaLogic Service BusOracle Fusion (including WebLogic)

Progress Software Iona Technologies FuseProgress Software Sonic

Red Hat JBossSun Java CAPS (SeeBeyond)

Sun GlassFishTibcoVitria

webMethods (Software AG)not sure

other

Operational In Development Planned/Funded Considering/Under Evaluation

CIM Experts Within Each Vendor CompanyHistogram 

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3

2

1

0

1

2

3

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Contacts:

• Brad Williams

bradley.williams@gartner.com