Speakers Bio & Abstract

BiographySwami is a Senior Consultant at Red Planet Consulting Pvt. Ltd., and has over 5 years of experience in dealing with various utility clients across the world. He has been actively involved in various stages of the GIS Project Life cycle such as Data model Implementation, Validation of Data Import, Re-Designing existing Business processes to enable GIS integration, Integration with SCADA DMS/OMS, Field Force Automation, etc.Abstract Zero-Touch Energy Audit: Building a Energy Audit is considered fundamental to ensure a systematic approach for decision-making in the area of Energy Management. In the absence of GIS, is found to be limiting in its capability to create a balanced energy sheet and help identify/plug revenue leakages. By integrating GIS to their existing Energy Audit process, utilities can not only bridge these gaps but also leverage the various analytical capabilities that GIS extends such as load planning, efficiency calculations, etc. NPCL an electric utility, has embarked on implementing an enterprise wide GIS system using SW Electric Office technology with the goal of making it the central repository for capturing, storing & analyzing spatial data. As part of this project, NPCL aims to integrate GIS into its existing Energy Audit process to help augment its efficacy.
This paper aims at providing an overview of the gaps prevalent in a non-GIS Energy Audit process and the associated disadvantages. It goes on to explain the key processes involved in integration of GIS, including the various challenges, with an existing Energy Audit and helps explain the inherent advantages that the utilities can expect to enjoy as a direct result of the integration.