A data language that

understands your grid.

Data Engineering to make
answers simple

Data Engineering to Accelerate: Features of Data Engineering

Low cost data scalability

Simple “Adapterless” data

integration

Dynamic Operational Data Models

Hybrid infrastructure; sensitive data

on-premise, cloud and edge

ANALYTICS ASSET PERFORMANCE MACHINE LEARNING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Time Series Data
MANAGEMENT

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New Energy Award Best Start-Up
 SUMMARY

Future Grid introduces the next generation data language Future Grid is a data language to automate data engineering
which understands the grid – built with utilities for utilities so that you gain insights that are simple and quick at scale

Grid Operators …. however assembling This is because Consequently, 80% Future Grid is a data Future Grid Compass™ Using Future Grid A Future Grid
will increasingly be the data to support questions like this can of data analysis is language to automate and PowerDrill™ your existing analytics Implementation
required to answer more complex grid only be answered by spend preparing data engineering so are widely used for is accelerated
can be as quick as
new, more complex analytical questions is translating multiple that you gain insights challenging use cases by establishing
data rather than 3 weeks
analytical questions actually very difficult data languages from that are simple and in grid analytics but automated data
performing data
as Distributed Energy and requires multiple multiple IT systems. quick at scale are equality applicable engineering for
Resources increase … query languages and
analysis and
across the utility ML and AI applications
data technologies gaining insights. value chain.
 SITUATION

As a Grid Operator you will be increasingly required …. however assembling the data to support more complex
to answer new, more complex analytical questions as grid analytical questions is actually very difficult and
Distributed Energy Resources increases … requires multiple query languages and data technologies

GRID QUESTION CURRENT ANSWER

[I need all the meter data] for this Really? When do you need it?
[Substation ] for [last week]. We need IT support.
Please include [where it is] and how
[meters relate to each other] over IT HELP DESK

the [same time].

GRID MANAGER
1. Build a complex join query on ITRON (Oracle DB) to extract list of
meters, and then extract the list to a new temp database table;
2. Write some code to connect to ESRI and merge location data
3. Write some more code to connect to OSI PI and extract time- OMG!
series meter data to another temporary table
ASSUMED ANSWER 4. Query HANA to retrieve asset relationships into a third
temporary table
5. Try and figure out a VERY complicated SQL join between
No worries. It will only take a moment. my three temporary tables
6. Look at the results and realize they look wrong, then figure
out the meter list from Itron doesn’t match OSI PI
7. Go back to Step 3 and rewrite the code so that the OSI PI
data can be extracted and merged properly
8. Re-do step 5, QA the results and cross your fingers …
IT HELP DESK IT SUPPORT
PROBLEM THE IMPLICATION

Questions like this can only be answered Consequently, 80% of data analysis is spent
by translating multiple data languages from preparing data rather than performing data
multiple IT systems analysis and gaining insights

The current Where you

INSIGHTS
DATA SOURCE DATA LANGUAGE DATA ENGINEERING DATA SCIENCE reality want to be

TIME SPENT PREPARING DATA ANALYTICS

Relational

ANALYTICS
(row-oriented)
FTEs FTEs

Temporal
(time-series)

DATA PREP
EFFORT
Geospatial
FTEs FTEs

Relational
(column-oriented)

We need a “new language” that gives

IoT & Meters FTEs FTEs
us more time to engage with data
(time-series)
rather than just translating

Future Grid is a data language to
automate data engineering so that
you gain insights that are simple,
quickly and at scale
Future Grid Compass™ and SOLUTION
Power Drill™ allows you to:
• Seamlessly traverse your grid in Time,
Location, and Hierarchy
• Replace massive data prep OPEX with Using Future Grid, customers are able to
modest CAPEX through the dramatic
reduction in data preparation time, translate existing analytics into hardened,
effort, and expertise
• Connect to and better leverage your operational, and live grid decisions
existing investment in your existing
data science tools (e.g. R, Python)

DATA SOURCE DATA LANGUAGE DATA ENGINEERING DATA SCIENCE DATA ENGINEERING OPERATIONALIZE DATA

DATA PREP ANALYTICS

Relational
(row-oriented) Analytics & Visualizations
DISCOVER AND ITERATE

Temporal
(time-series) Compass ™
Power Power
VISUALIZER
Drill ™ Drill ™
Real-Time Data Science
Geospatial TEST AND VALIDATE
DATA CACHE DATA CACHE
AND AND
Relational CONNECTORS CONNECTORS
(column-oriented)

Operational / Live Decisions

IoT & Meters Fast visualizations of high-volume,
real-time (time-series) data EXECUTE REAL-TIME SCADA Control,
(time-series)
Work Orders, APM
 SUMMARY

Compass™. Visualize and Manage Compass™ understands your

the Low Voltage Grid low voltage grid “LIVE”

COMPASS delivers Low Compass ™

Voltage Visibility and
grid-balancing decisions
because distribution
GENERATION &
networks …
TRANSMISSION
• Are shifting from Top
Down generation to
Bottom up generation THE LOW
with DER VOLTAGE
NETWORK
• Distribution Systems
Operator (DSO) will be
required to balance the
low voltage grid with a
mix of energy sources
DISTRIBUTION
• A need to manage NETWORKS

millions of small assets

(from a few hundred
large ones today)
real-time.

CONSUMER
ENERGY (DER)
SOLUTION

Using Compass you can be in production Build and Deploy Multiple

in two to three weeks at scale Use Cases

Discovery Build Deploy LIVE Asset

Utilization
Virtual Power
Plants
Active
Voltage Control
Active and Neutral
Monitoring
Phase and Asset
Identification

DURATION 1 WEEK 2 WEEKS ONGOING

MULTIPLE AND AUTOMATED DATA DRIVEN USE CASES

SCOPE Identifying available Configure data hub Continuously identify
data sets instance new use cases

Understanding Configure/deploy Refine report Compass ™

current technical use case model structure and
footprint queries
Configure report LIVE AND FAST DATA
Selecting data structure and Further automate
analysis functions queries data ingestion/
export through
Prioritizing applicable Initiate data direct integrations
use cases ingestion and Substation Data Asset & GIS Smart Meter Data Inverter Data
conversion (SCADA) Data (Itron/SSN) (Solar/Battery/EV)
 SOLUTION

Compass™ and PowerDrill™ are widely used for challenging use cases in Future Grid has done all the hard work so you don’t have to.
grid analytics but are equality applicable across the utility value chain Our platform already manages 2x more transactions than Google per day.

FULL-SPECTRUM OF UTILITIES VALUE CHAIN ANALYTICS USE CASES

GENERATION
TRANSMISSION DISTRIBUTION CUSTOMER CORPORATE
& SUPPLY

Data-driven supply/ Fault and status Predictive asset Field-force Improving customer People analytics:
demand matching, detection using maintenance based enablement and interactions through data-driven decision
enabling distributed sensors and high- on asset condition optimization insight, segmentation, making on hiring,
energy resources frequency data and criticality (including contractor and choice training, performance
(DER) management) management, and
retention

Optimizing heat Optimizing grid Vegetation Optimizing Data-driven tools to Health and safety
rate and plant planning (eg. management emergency response decrease grid load by analytics (eg.
availability incorporating DER (eg. optimizing to outages and DR/DSM1 (eg. peak investigation of root VISA Google Searches Future Grid
and evaluating non- trim cycle, route storms shaving), including causes of common
150 MILLION 4 BILLION 8 BILLION
wires alternatives) analytics, contractor smart operation of accidents)
management) electric vehicles (AND GROWING)

McKinsey, Digital Utility Whitepaper, p.17

Future Grid translates complex grid
questions into simple answers
Immediate, At Scale and at Reduced Cost

AUTOMATE DATA DIRECTLY ACCELERATE

ENGINEERING REDUCE OPEX ANALYTICS

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