Data Hub for IT Systems: Siemens Supports Salzburg AG's Smart Grid Pilot Project by Providing a Meter Data Management System


Siemens Energy is supplying the Austrian power provider Salzburg AG with its Energy IP meter data management system for their "Smart Grid Model Region" pilot project. This project has been launched to test intelligent electricity meters under real-life conditions. The meter data management system will serve as a data hub for other IT systems to enable the meter data to be efficiently used for the utility's business processes.

As a "data hub," the meter data management system links the Siemens automated metering and information system AMIS to Salzburg AG's accounting and billing system SAP IS-U. The company is already operating AMIS as a pilot installation. Introducing the meter data management system now endows the utility with a comprehensive smart metering solution, laying the basis for integration into further IT systems going forward. Smart metering features end-to-end functionality - it can be used in a range of applications, from metering to billing, from operations management to grid scheduling.

"We are one of the few companies worldwide that can offer such all-round solutions from a single source. Our meter data management solution is helping Salzburg AG to progress another step further on the way to an intelligent power supply network," says Ralf Christian, CEO of the Power Distribution Division in the Siemens Energy Sector.

Robert Pumsenberger, Division Manager for customer services and information technology at Salzburg AG: "Salzburg AG sees Siemens' wide-ranging smart metering solution as a sustainable basis for future smart grid applications. The special features of the comprehensive solution include implementation of a meter data management system as a central data hub, tie-in to the AMIS distribution network automation system, and integration into our SAP and CRM systems." Siemens also delivers an operations management system that makes it possible to monitor all the components involved in the process, such as telecontrol devices, transmission systems and servers, and so facilitates intelligent troubleshooting.

Energy-efficient, eco-friendly solutions for setting up smart grids are part of Siemens' Environmental Portfolio. In fiscal 2009, revenue from the Portfolio totaled about EUR23 billion, making Siemens the world's largest supplier of eco-friendly technologies. In the same period, the company's products and solutions enabled customers to reduce their CO2 emissions by 210 million tons. This amount equals the combined annual CO2 emissions of New York, Tokyo, London and Berlin.

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The Siemens Energy Sector is the world's leading supplier of a complete spectrum of products, services and solutions for the generation, transmission and distribution of power and for the extraction, conversion and transport of oil and gas. In fiscal 2010 (ended September 30), the Energy Sector had revenues of approximately EUR25.5 billion and received new orders totaling more than EUR30.1 billion and posted a profit of more than EUR3.6 billion. On September 30, 2010, the Energy Sector had a work force of more than 88,000. Further information is available at: http://www.siemens.com/energy.

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