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Highlighting that Inteli is working with Oracle to deliver the installation of 1,300 slow charging stations and 50 fast charging stations in Portugal, to support the government's MOBI-E vehicle electrification project. The article notes that the MOBI-E platform will include the implementation of Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing. This will deliver base rating and billing functionalities, enabling monthly flat rate and time-of-day rating of electricity consumption, network usage and/or additional service charging such as parking, roaming between Electric Vehicle (EV) operators and Energy Retailers, as well as the settlement and clearing of all transactions among the service providers.

Highlighting that Oracle announced that Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management 2.0.1, running with Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2 and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2, processed 1 billion meter reads per hour. The release also notes that Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management running on Oracle Exadata helps utilities process data at unprecedented rates -- turning data into real intelligence that improves operational efficiency across every department while enabling utilities to provide their customers with information that helps them monitor and manage their energy and water use. The release includes comments from Linda Jackman, group vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that Oracle hardware and software 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 the performance of Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management 2.0.1, running with Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2 and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2. The article notes that running Oracle's utilities meter data management software through its database machine and cloud platform processed the equivalent of four consumption measurements per hour coming from 250 million advanced energy meters. The article also includes comments from Linda Jackman, group vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that new utilities technologies are bringing with them huge increases in data volumes and residential smart meters alone will increase the consumption data processed for billing purposes from 12 meter reads per year to 35,000 or more.

Highlighting that Oracle has introduced Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11, which offers new modeling and analysis features that improve distribution-grid management for electric utilities. The article notes that the new modeling helps analyze the effects of customer loads in different locations and identify where off-peak recharging is needed due to grid capacity constraints, incorporate renewable resources like solar roofs and backyard windmills into the grid and use stored electricity as another source of energy. The article also includes comments from Brad Williams, vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that Oracle Utilities Network Management System offers the real-time modeling and power system simulations utilities need to optimize grid operations as networks change.

Highlighting that Oracle announced that Eesti Energia has implemented Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing, as well as Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management. The article notes that integrated with Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing, the Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management application provides a meter-to-cash process that supports both current meter and smart meter deployments.

Highlighting that Oracle and Grid Net partnered to develop software platforms for smart grid and smart home applications. The article also notes that Oracle and Grid Net will create distributed solutions that help utility companies collect energy usage d

Highlighting that Oracle and Grid Net will work together to deliver advanced distribution management systems and meter data management technology to support utilities' smart grid deployments aimed to improve grid reliability and enable smarter energy choi

Highlighting that Oracle and Grid Net will work together to develop advanced distribution management systems and meter data management technology to support utilities smart grid deployments aimed to improve grid reliability and enable smarter energy choic

Highlights several of Oracle's recent smart grid-related announcements and studies.

Bylined article by Oracle's Bastian Fischer highlighting ways in which smart metering can help water utilities become more energy efficient and noting that European utilities are slow to implement the technology.

Highlighting that Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management 2.0. The release notes that Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management 2.0 helps utilities manage the vast quantity of customer energy and water consumption data ga

The article is an interview with Bastian Fischer, VP and General Manager, Oracle Utilities, EMEA, where he discusses why a smart grid infrastructure will benefit customers of all sizes. In addition, Bastian also speaks about the role that Oracle Utilities

Highlighting Bastian Fischer, vice president and general manager, EMEA, Oracle Utilities' opinions of business opportunities and hurdles facing the smart grid industry. The article notes that electric cars will emerge as a "killer application," capable o

Raghav Sahgal, vice president of Oracle Communications in Asia Pacific and Japan, shares green solutions the ICT sector can use to reduce energy usage and costs

Highlighting that Oracle and Echelon have collaborated and are offering a new integrated solution that will help them manage outages and new applications more efficiently, as well as introduce renewable energy sources. The article notes that Oracle integrated their Utilities Smart Grid Gateway with Echelon's smart metering solution to enable utilities to deploy multiple applications quickly and safely and help reduce the cost and complexity of enhancing smart grids with new devices, data streams and business processes. The article also includes comments from Bastian Fischer, vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that utilities need to act now even though regulations, standards and available technology will change, so they are looking for an open, multi-application solution that will grow with them over time.