The SmartGridCIS Solution

 

Benefits

 

The leading provider of pre-paid energy billing solutions

SmartGridCIS is designed specifically for utilities and retailers participating in AMI and smart metering initiatives. Its powerful, enterprise-level platform features innovative web-based software with true smart grid integration.

 

The SmartGridCIS pre-paid energy solution can help businesses:

  • Reduce total power consumption by 12-15%*
  • Reduce bad debt and operating expenses
  • Increase net income
  • Improve overall customer satisfaction

 

Equally as important to the forward thinking utility company, it can also manage the time-based, dynamic pricing that is emerging as a critical component of a smart grid project.

 

SmartGridCIS is a flexible solution, and can be deployed as a fully loaded CIS and billing solution or as an integrated prepay adapter to your legacy CIS. As a stand-alone solution, SmartGridCIS communicates directly to the customer. It can send customers account and billing information via text messages, emails and out-bound automated calls, and process inbound payments in real-time, giving customers 100% control of their account. Click here to see the additional benefits SmartGridCIS provides to the customer.

 

For utilities looking to augment existing infrastructure, the SmartGridCIS solution can be integrated to your existing legacy systems via your enterprise service bus, or point-to-point integration via multiple predefined methods. In this mode your legacy system will act as system of record for account and rate information and SmartGridCIS will do the rest! The choice is yours…stand alone, turn-key solution, perfect for pilot projects, or a fully integrated adaptor into your existing systems.

 

Why is SmartGridCIS Unique?

SmartGridCIS’ pre-paid and time-based billing is a true end-to-end solution. It:

  • The solution gathers interval-level usage data from your AMI system
  • It manages customer pre-paid billing for all utilities under one account
  • SGCIS offers fixed-rate and time-based pricing, and real-time payment processing
  • It extracts value from current AMI investments, and provides additional business justification for future AMI expenditures

 

Click here to see how SmartGridCIS works.

 

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* 12-15% electric consumption reduction as documented at the Salt River Project and other pilot programs.