Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
ADMS
Advanced Distribution Management System
AMCD
Advanced Metering Communication Device
AMRC
Advanced Meter Regional Collectors
AMCC
Advanced Metering Control Computer
AMI
Advanced Metering Infrastructure
- AMCD (Advanced Metering Communication Device)
- AMRC (Advanced Metering Regional Collector)
- AMCC (Advanced Metering Control Computer)
AS2
Applicability Statement 2
AS2 Client
Applicability Statement 2 Client
ASP
Application Service Provider
AVL
Automatic Vehicle Location System
BILLING QUANTITY
Billing Quantity
CMEP
California Metering Exchange Protocol
Class Load Profile Estimation
Class Load Profile Estimation
CPP
Critical Peak Pricing
CTPT
Current Transformers/Potential Transformers
CT/PT Multiplier
Current Transformers/Potential Transformers Multiplier
CIS
Customer Information System
DCI/DCO
Datacap Input file / Datacap Output file
Demand Management
Demand Management
DMS
Distribution Management System
DR
Demand Response
DRMS
Demand Response Management System
EBT
Electronic Business Transaction
EMS
Energy Management System
Energy
Energy
ESB
Enterprise Service Bus
Field Staking System
Field Staking System
FTS
File Transfer Service
Framing Structure
Framing Structure
For each day, the MDM/R framing process determines what time periods define the intervals to be summed in each bin. The output of the framing process is a set of daily Billing Quantities.
GIS
Geographic Information System
GUI
Graphic User Interface
HAN-in-Home Display
HAN In-Home Display
Head End System
Head End System
Historic Estimation
Historic Estimation
HAN
Home Area Network
Hourly Meter Read
Hourly Meter Read
IHD
In-Home Display
I-Sync
Incremental Synchronization
IVR
Interactive Voice Response
Interval Meter
Interval Meter
kWh
Kilowatt Hour
Load Control Switch
Load Control Switch
LAN
Local Area Network
LDC
Local Distribution Company
MW
Megawatt
Mesh Network
Mesh Network
Mesh networks can be controlled or uncontrolled. A controlled mesh network will find a pathway to an AMRC, store that pathway in the meter and consistently use that pathway to transmit data. An uncontrolled mesh will transmit data via different pathways to the collection device.
MDM
Meter Data Management System
- Receives the meter read data: register reads and interval data
- Analyzes the meter data and generates estimates, where required
- Monitors the performance of the AMI network
- Helps troubleshoot problem meters
Can receive and analyze operational data from the meters, like tamper alerts, outages, voltage alarms
MultiSpeak®
MultiSpeak®
ODS
Operational Data Store
OMS
Outage Management System
Peak Demand or Peak Load
Peak Demand or Peak Load
PLC
Power Line Communication
P-Sync
Periodic Synchronization
RF
Radio Frequency
Register Read
Register Read
RPP
Regulated Price Plan
RFP
Request for Proposal
Retailer
Retailer
RMA
Return Merchandise Authorization
SCADA
Supervisory Control and Data Acquistion System
Scaled Estimate
Scaled Estimate
If the register reads provide the known consumption, the estimates can be scaled accordingly. (Differs from unscaled estimates which are based on average usage.)
SDP
Service Delivery Point
SDP ID
Service Delivery Point Identifier
SLA
Service Level Agreement
SEP 1.0
Smart Energy Profile 1.0
SEP 2.0
Smart Energy Profile 2.0
Smart Grid
Smart Grid
Smart Meter
Smart Meter
Spot Market
Spot Market
SSL
SSL
Staking
Staking
TOU
Time of Use
Transformer
Transformer
VEE
Validation, Estimation, and Editing
WAN
Wide Area Network
In the Ontario MDM/R environment, the communication network that transmits Meter Reads from the AMRC to the AMCC or, in some systems, from the AMCD directly to the AMCC. The WAN can be either public network options (such as cellular, spread spectrum) or private (including utility fiber, licensed radio frequency, etc.).
WFM
Workforce Management
ZigBee®
ZigBee®