european utility week 2015: omnetric group overview

European Utility Week 2015

Smart grid solutions for a digital era

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Why OMNETRIC Group Some of our customer experience

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Why OMNETRIC Group?Dedicated to developing and deliveringintegrated smart grid solutions for the digital era


Trends transforming the grid are intensifying

Increasingly challenging regulationAdded pressure to reduce cost and improve productivity through innovation

Rise of alternatives and distributed sourcesAdded network complexity andlong-term risk of obsolescence

Ageing network infrastructureNeed to drive greater reliability and improve capital efficiency

Evolving consumer expectationsGreater expectations from consumers for reliability, service, new services and help with energy efficiency

Source: Accenture’s Digitally Enabled Grid program, 2013


Utilities executives are asking themselves

What value-add insights could be gained looking across customer, SCADA and smart-meter data?

What if the ‘as-built’ and ‘as-operated’ electrical models were one and the same?

What if an integrated MDM, DMS and SCADA could engage customers directly?

... And provide metrics related to the outcomes?

What would be the benefits of integrating unstructured data from outside of the firewall into my energy management system?

How could cap-ex spend be reduced but the company benefit from the latest, and most innovative solutions?

How much more efficient could operations be using open standards and when grid control strategies are deployed to the grid edge?

How could end-to-end system automation be deployed using proven integration methods and limiting customization?


Emerging trends give rise to new opportunities and threats

Increasingly challenging regulationAdded pressure to reduce cost and improve productivity through innovation

Rise of alternatives and distributed sourcesAdded network complexity andlong-term risk of obsolescence

Ageing network infrastructureNeed to drive greater reliability and improve capital efficiency

Digitalization of the gridConvergence of operations and information technology for an intelligent supply networkEvolving consumer

expectationsGreater expectations from consumers for reliability, service, new services and help with energy efficiency

New business models and servicesEmergence of entirely new business opportunities and threats/competitors


Why OMNETRIC Group?

In 2014 Siemens and Accenture launched a joint venture based on the market’s need for a new solution provider

Engineering and energy technology

Smart grid applications Grid control experience

Systems integration and services capabilities

Proven delivery methodologies

Industry-specific technologies, assets and processes

Dedicated to utilities OT-IT integration

specialist Integrated smart grid

solutions for a digital grid

...dedicated to helping utilities bridge the gap between operations and information technology

...existing as a separate entity to which both Siemens and Accenture could bring their IP and integrate IT and OT more effectively

...with expert practitioners from both companies, working as one team


Working with utilities to help them transform

OMNETRIC Group helps capture the opportunities of digitalization in the grid

Based on the Siemens’ smart grid product suite

Leveraging Accenture’s consulting, system integration, managed service capabilities

Offering unique access to a product portfolio and partner ecosystem

Providing global expert services for IT-OT integration

Going beyond conventional solution approaches leveraging digital technologies

Redefining solution delivery and solution results

Building a system integration framework for end-to-end solutions


• +150 people across 10 countries

• +50 projects in 15 countries

• 9 locations opened, including Brazil launched in September, 2015

• Off-shoring / near-shoring approach with India and Czech Republic

More than 150 practitioners dedicated to developing and delivering smart grid solutions

Rest of world

+15

+70

Americas

+30

+80

3dedicated delivery locations

2locations 5 locations

Employees

Locations

Projects

Dedicated delivery


Deep industry experience to share

Access to and experience with industry leading analytics technologies from Accenture and Siemens and their ecosystem partners

Responsible for the implementation of the largest number of Siemens EnergyIP implementations worldwide

Practitioners with on average +15 years of experience in the utility control center domain

Front-runner in standards creation and CIM modeling

Industry expertise


Expert, agile, customer-orientated, collaborative. We bring innovation to energy

Using digital technologies: OMNETRIC Next Generation Outage Management SolutionOffering improvements to utility response to outages by integrating real-time, mined data from publically-shared sources including social media posts, news and weather information with an ADMS, and providing additional capabilities (e.g., social networking, enhanced ETR, damage/work prioritization, forecasting)

Promoting interoperability and collaboration: Distributed intelligenceWorking with Duke Energy, CPS Energy and University of Texas San Antonio, under NREL to further develop / implement a specification allowing intelligent grid components to interoperate / distribute control strategies to the edge of the grid

Generating energy insights: OMNETRIC Data Discovery for Smart GridsMaking use of almost any available data to find correlations, and provide quick answers allowing utilities to secure insights faster, and determine where to make more significant data analytics investments

Defending the grid and its users: OMNETRIC DCC Gateway (UK)Comprehensive means of complying with the DCC connection process, ensuring the right parties are connected to the meter and performing activities for which they are authorized. Also, helping meet obligations for message content, delivery methodologies and message translation

Examples


Digitalization is changing the way OMNETRIC Group delivers solutions

Leveraging and integrating smart grid technologies in a secure and flexible cloud environment, allowing utilities to focus on delivering exceptional service and offerings to their customers

Examples of OMNETRIC Group cloud-based solutions

Demand response management

Advanced distribution management

Workforce management

Meter data management

Data discovery and

data analytics


Our clients


City of Public Service San Antonio (CPS) Energy

Project won in June 2015 - Announced publicly

CPS Energy is the largest municipally owned energy utility in the United States, serving more than 765,000 electric and 335,000 natural gas customers in and around San Antonio, Texas, USA.

Challenge• With the influx of sensors in the

field, and volumes of data continuing to build, CPSE was looking for a partner to help build its analytics strategy and road map allowing CPSE to create new rates for its customers and enhance the performance of its systems.

Solution• OMNETRIC Group will help CPSE

define a business case (focused on IT analytics), and an open standards-based solution architecture for CPSE’s entire analytics strategy.

• OMNETRIC Group will work with CPSE on their logical data model definition, and will perform a data discovery project.

Managing distrubuted energy

sourcesStabilizing

the gridImproving asset

managementManaging data and analytics Defending

the grid

Balancing demand and

supplyEnabling smart consumption


DNO’s in the United Kingdom

1 projects won in July 2015 - 3 projects under negotiation

There are 7 electricity DNOs, 6 of which have mandated area, with a total customer base of 28.5 million consumers.

Challenge• UK Government's vision is to have

smart energy meters in every home. • The DCC is a newly created

company established with the mandate to provide communication services between smart meters and the business systems of energy suppliers, network operators and other authorized service users.

• Go-live operations of the DCC are planned for April-October, 2016. DNOs are now focused on being ready for August 1, 2016, with mandatory industry tests starting in March.

Solution• The Siemens-OMNETRIC Group

solution will make use of the core workflow, reporting and integration components of the EnergyIP platform. It also comprises the OMNETRIC DCC Gateway which will ensure compliance with DCC data access requirements, as well as helping meet obligations for message content, delivery methodologies and message translation.


sourcesStabilizing


managementManaging data and analytics

Defending the grid




Mark-E

Project from April 2014 - Announced publicly

Mark-E is a German mid-size energy service provider. Mark-E operates several own power production facilities and had already installed a virtual power plant system (VPP).

Challenge• With limited room to grow in

traditional market segments, Mark-E took the strategic decision to preempt market dynamics and expand virtual power plant capacities,

• They needed to find a provider with an end-to-end understanding of the complete energy ecosystem and access to key partners (e.g. pre-qualification with TSOs).

• They wanted to establish a partnership with a risk- and reward-sharing model.

Solution• Working together with Mark-E and

Siemens, OMNETRIC Group is delivering and operating the VPP as part of a hosted service, based on the Siemens energy management system, DEMS.

• The compensation model encompasses a service fee and a success-based reward model. OMNETRIC Group receives a portion of the VPP’s revenues.


sourcesStabilizing



Defending the grid




National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Project won in June 2015 - Announced publicly

NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy's primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development.

Challenge• Power production from renewable

resources is often variable, making it difficult to integrate into the grid.

• NREL needed integration services and industry expertise to develop a secure, interoperable platform for incorporating renewable energy sources, setting the stage for industry alignment with related standards.

Solution• OMNETRIC Group is working jointly with

CPS San Antonio, Duke Energy, Siemens, and the University of Texas San Antonio, to demonstrate an architecture and integration framework which vastly enhances the ability of the grid to host renewable resources.

• The project will demonstrate work at a CPS Energy facility, Duke Energy facility, and on-site at an NREL demonstration laboratory.

• Results will be shared with industry and standards organizations such as the SGIP and North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB), to enhance standards and guideline development to further facilitate interoperability.


sourcesStabilizing



Defending the grid



http://news.usa.siemens.biz/press-release/energy-management/omnetric-group-partners-nrel-help-address-challenge-integrating-incr




Statnett

Project won in February 2015 - Announced publicly

Statnett operates 11,000 km of high-voltage power lines and 150 power stations in Norway and is responsible for the country’s power connections to Sweden, Finland, Russia, Denmark, and the Netherlands.

Challenge• By 2019, most users in Norway are

expected to have a smart meter. This will result in more than 70 million data inputs being received by Statnett’s Elhub from all Norwegian electric utilities and the smart meters they have installed. Elhub will provide Statnett with a centralized data hub for collection and processing of market information and meter data.

Solution• At Elhub’s core is the Siemens

EnergyIP 8.2 smart grid application platform. On top of EnergyIP, a new application, Market Transaction Management (MTM), will be responsible for daily settlement processes. OMNETRIC Group will support Accenture in the implementation of the solution, and Siemens in the development of the new MTM application.

“The project will provide Statnett with a foundation for smart services. It will help us obtain greater value from smart meters, improve operations and monitoring, and stabilize the supply of electricity.”Tor Heiberg, Elhub project director for Statnett


sourcesStabilizing



Defending the grid




Engineering and energy technology

Smart grid applications Grid control

Systems integration and services capabilities

Proven delivery methodologies

Industry-specific technologies, assets and processes

Thank you

OMNETRIC Group is dedicated to the global delivery of integrated information technology and operational technology solutions and services, helping utility companies to achieve greater grid reliability and efficiency. OMNETRIC Group can support clients with innovative solutions wherever they may be on their path to a smarter grid. For more information, visit www.omnetricgroup.com

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