SCE AMI Use Cases

Southern California Edison's (SCE) AMI use cases completed in 2006.

Billing & Customer Service	Customer Interface	Delivery	Energy Procurement	Field Services & System Recovery	Installation & Maintenance
B1 Multiple clients read demand and energy data	C1 Customer reduces demand in response to pricing and/or grid event	D1 Distribution operator curtails/limits customer load for grid management	E1 Real-time operations curtails/limits load for economic dispatch	S1 AMI system recovers after power outage, communications or equipment failure	I1 Utility installs, provisions and configures AMI system
B2 Utility remotely limits or connects / disconnects customer	C2 Customer has access to and reads recent energy usage and cost at his or her site	D2 Distribution operators optimize network based on data collected by the AMI system	E2 Utility procures energy and settles wholesale transactions using AMI system data		I2 Utility manages end-to-end life-cycle of the meter system
B3 Utility detects tampering or theft at customer site	C3 Customer uses prepayment services	D3 Customer provides distributed generation			I3 Utility upgrades AMI system to address future requirements
B4 Contract meter reading for other utilities	C4 External clients use the AMI system to interact with customer devices	D4 Distribution operator locates outage using AMI data and restores service

External Links

SCE AMI Use Cases SCE's repository for these use cases including their license agreement