Smart Grid Solution Based on Cloud Computing
PowerOneData International has announced the roll-out of GENII, its next-generation Meter Data Management software. When combined with P1DI's Smart Meter technology, GENII a cloud computing-based, meter to mouse application, it gives electric utilities a comprehensive package of functionality. GENII is agnostic in nature, interfacing with any meter in use today.
Features offered by GENII include:
- Prepaid and Postpaid Billing (software driven).
- Instantaneous Data Acquisition.
- Plug-&-play Top-down and Bottom-up Network Building Capabilities.
- Bi-directional Communication.
- Remote Connect/ Disconnect.
- Improved revenue generation through Dynamic Pricing programs such as Critical Peak Pricing, Time-of-Use, Peak Time Rebate and other tariff rate programs.
- Done-Low IT, implementation and maintenance costs, delivering a high degree of interoperability between legacy and new applications, with the back bone of the system being Service-orientated Architecture (SOA). They all share a common enterprise bus for communication with the back-end database.