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The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has published two smart grid specifications that aim to help drive the development and deployment of open, interoperable smart grid technologies internationally. The Renew Grid article features a quote from Bastian Fischer, Vice President, Industry Strategy, Oracle Utilities, who notes that industry's involvement in standards development is critical, as standards contribute to innovation.

Highlighting that Cobb Electric Membership Corp. has selected Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management and Oracle Smart Grid Gateway to support its smart grid initiatives. The article also notes that Cobb Electric Membership Corp. plans to use the Oracle solutions to verify, store, process and format smart meter data, providing every department, application and business process with the metering information it needs.

Highlighting that Oracle's recent testing has demonstrated that the Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management 2.0.1 system, running in tandem with Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2 and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2, can successfully process 1 billion meter reads per hour. The article notes that the test used data from 5.5 million smart meters measuring consumption in 15-minute intervals. The article also includes comments from Linda Jackman, group vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that the test assures utilities that Oracle hardware and software - engineered to work together, and available today - can process the huge volumes of data arriving from interval reads and ensure the usability of the data to produce the accurate, timely bills customers expect.

Highlighting that Oracle announced the availability Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11, which offers new modeling and analysis features to improve distribution-grid management for electric utilities. The article notes that the new advanced distribution management features help utilities extend smart grid initiatives to support renewable resources and electric vehicle recharging.

Highlighting that Echelon Corporation is integrating its smart metering technology with the Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway to give utilities an efficient means to deploy multiple smart grid applications. The article notes that Echelon's head-end-based system software pre-processes the data collected from meters or other smart devices deployed and passes it to the Oracle Utilities gateway which then presents this data in a unified fashion to Oracle's suite of applications.