Programme

• Prioritising the modernisation of the low-voltage network to facilitate renewable energy integration, microgeneration, flexible EV charging and battery storage
• Implementing mechanisms to capture near-real time energy data to inform flexibility markets and reduce expenditure in upgrading grid infrastructure
• Capitalising on near-real time consumption profiles to provide dynamic tariffs to encourage customers to be more energy efficient
• Capturing and analysing customer behaviour to improve operational efficiency, shave peak demand and plan for the electrification of heating and transport
• Identifying key use-cases that will effectively leverage smart meter data and achieve decarbonisation, digitalisation and decentralisation
• Capitalising on advanced insights into customer demand and consumption patterns to support the digitisation of smart grid and meet carbon reduction targets

• Overcoming the significant costs of the smart meter roll out through targeted installation, lifecycle analysis and the upgrading of key AMI assets
• Creating a methodology for ensuring that the huge number of smart meter assets require minimal maintenance
• Ensuring a cost-effective means of training fieldworkers within regulatory timeframes whilst speeding up installation with experienced contractors
• Establishing the business-case for outsourcing IT and communications systems to support the AMI system and ensure data sharing complies with GDPR
• Reducing complexity and costs in your smart meter rollout by targeting investment on key use cases
• Upgrading and installing smart meters in targeted areas to provide insights into LV operations grid and create value at minimal expenditure

• Delineating core commonalities across different AMI systems to improve interoperability between the component parts and ensure smooth integration into the grid
• Selecting key use cases for smart meter data analytics to work with suppliers and tailor functionalities and features suitable to the needs of DSOs
• Establishing communication standards and best practice guidelines to ensure AMI systems are installed in an optimal way for supporting the smart grid and the sharing of information is secure
• Developing communication channels and forums to consult all of the stakeholders and cultivate standards, without hindering innovation
• Forming a unified data model to streamline data storage, inform data analytics and encourage data sharing
• Creating a working group that fosters standardisation across AMI installation and data analytics to ensure interoperable system and optimal system design and derive customer insights across the smart grid

During this session, the audience breaks out into several smaller working groups, each focused on a specific theme arising from the day’s presentations. Each working group will comprise of representatives from the AMI community to ensure a well-rounded and holistic discussion. Key issues raised and solutions proposed will be collated for presentation to the wider group at the end of the session.

• Overcoming the limitations of first-generation of smart meters to ensure two-way communication and reliable data collection
• Creating a robust methodology based on existing standards to ensure interoperability across the advanced metering system and existing infrastructure
• Implementing next generation meter functionalities to ensure the best customer experience and meet regulatory minimum requirements
• Clarifying performance requirements when designing your system and ensuring interoperability by following industry best practice to fit with your specific grid environment
• Installing data processing capability and storage infrastructure that has the capacity to cope with the huge amount of data created from smart meters
• Effectively building a modular, future-proof AMI system that can be efficiently upgraded at minimal expense

• Creating bespoke communication strategies that reduce expenditure and ensure network connectivity that fit the specification of your grid environment
• Analysing the lifecycles of different hardware components to guarantee that your AMI system is future proofed in conjunction with your communication system
• Weighing up the cost, reliability and speed benefits of cellular, PLC or hybrid communication systems within your specific grid environment
• Understanding the improved operational efficiency of 5G connection to establish when upgrading point-to-point technology makes the most sense for your AMI integration
• Establishing a roadmap for integrating next generation communication systems with legacy infrastructure to improve reliability in the flow of meter data in a cost-effective manner

• Integrating MDMS into your AMI system to translate raw meter data so that it can inform advanced analytics and provide actionable insights based on customer consumption patterns
• Creating a comprehensive IT software architecture to support next generation meter functionalities and establish communication channels that ensure the quick and reliable flow of information
• Partnering with external organisations to streamline data collection so time and resource can be allocated to scaling up advanced analytics
• Establishing the business-case for migrating to the Cloud to overcome the vast storage capacity needed for smart meter data and facilitating company-wide data sharing
• Using your MDMS as a foundation for integrating smart meter data into other systems, such as GIS, CRM and outage management systems to support the modernisation of the grid

• Establishing granular consumer production and consumption patterns to maintain grid frequency whilst supporting the integration of more renewable sources
• Modelling smart meter data to better monitor microgeneration and support the creation of a flexibility market
• Understanding the ability of real-time home consumption data to monitor home EV charging and reduce customer billing in conjunction with dynamic tariffs
• Overcoming the privacy concerns of sharing home consumption data to facilitate the establishment of local flexibility markets
• Navigating the regulatory framework, effectively analysing real time data and collaborating with governing bodies to more effectively manage the LV network

During this session, the audience breaks out into several smaller working groups, each focused on a specific theme arising from the day’s presentations. Each working group will comprise of representatives from the AMI community to ensure a well-rounded and holistic discussion. Key issues raised and solutions proposed will be collated for presentation to the wider group at the end of the session.