Further development of metering point operation 2013
Project duration: 1 year
Brief description
Further development of the system integration of a meter data management (MDM) system from the company Görlitz (IDSpecto) to map the business processes required for metering point operation for the relevant department of an energy trader (in 2013).
Supplement
IDSpecto is a standard software for the integrated recording and evaluation of meter data with a high level of process automation. The underlying business processes (remote meter reading, plausibility checking, automated transfer to commonly available data exchange formats) are mapped and device management is enabled. IDSpecto has a modular structure. The core module IDSpecto.engine is used for the DB management of master and transaction data. IDSpecto is based on an MS .NET server platform with an Oracle or MS SQL Server DB (in the MS SQL Server DB project). To optimize the integration of the MDM system in the customer's system landscape, the implemented interfaces and the master data maintenance application, among other things, are subject to continuous further development. In 2013, the focus will be on changing the product name from EDW3000 to IDSpecto as part of the upgrade to IDSpecto Version 5.1, and conversion of the EDIFACT format MSCONS to Version 2.2a.
Subject description
With a view to opening up metrology, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has created reliable framework conditions that are compatible with high-volume business for those involved in carrying out metrology. The standardization of business processes and contracts should enable rapid and efficient cooperation, especially between network operators, measurement service providers (MDL), and metering point operators (MSB) for the operation of metering points and for the gathering, processing, and distribution of the relevant measurement information. The enactment has been effective for the market participants since Oct. 1, 2011. Initially the customer adopted metering point operation for those of its consumers already supplied with energy (power/Germany) and now performs the measurement service without supplying energy. The customer himself is officially assuming both roles, MPO and MSP, in the market and the associated market communications.