The number one task of a utility is to provide a much-needed commodity without interruption. So when an outage occurs, the affected world practically stops, and returning to normal requires a more effective use of information; it is available through your smart metering system, but not easily leveraged. Landis+Gyr’s Meter Data Management System (MDMS) offers a SmartData for Outage Management (SD-OM) application extension, so that outages can be detected and reported significantly faster and resolved using fewer resources.
That’s because SD-OM tracks outage events in near real time and smartly scopes the affected area. From the moment an outage is recognized, the information—as in the size and location of the outage—is made available to the utility. The application extension then issues the notifications to address the outage efficiently.
