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Time of Day (Tod Meter)

Time of day (ToD) metering involves dividing the day into tariff slots with higher rates during peak load periods and lower rates during off-peak periods. This allows utilities to plan infrastructure and gives customers incentives to shift usage. A typical ToD structure has peak rates from 5-11pm. Implementing a new ToD structure presents challenges including designing the new structure, obtaining compatible meters, updating meter firmware, and modifying backend systems configured for the old structure.

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Time of Day (Tod Meter)

Time of day (ToD) metering involves dividing the day into tariff slots with higher rates during peak load periods and lower rates during off-peak periods. This allows utilities to plan infrastructure and gives customers incentives to shift usage. A typical ToD structure has peak rates from 5-11pm. Implementing a new ToD structure presents challenges including designing the new structure, obtaining compatible meters, updating meter firmware, and modifying backend systems configured for the old structure.

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TIME of Day (ToD Meter)

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What is Time of Day (ToD) and Why It’s Required?

Time of Day metering (ToD), also known as Time of Usage (ToU), metering
involves dividing the day into tariff slots with higher rates at peak load
periods and low tariff rates at off-peak load periods. While this can be used
to automatically control usage on the part of the customer
(resulting in automatic load control), it is often simply the customer's
responsibility to control his own usage, or pay accordingly
(voluntary load control). This also allows the utilities to plan their
transmission infrastructure appropriately.

TOD metering normally splits rates into an arrangement of multiple


segments including on-peak, off-peak, mid-peak and critical peak.
A typical arrangement is a peak occurring during the day, such as
from 5 pm to 11 pm.

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Time of Day (ToD) Data Flow

GPRS Link Meter Data Acquisition


System (MDAS)

ToD Meter
ToD Read
Reading Request

CC&B
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ToD Structure (Old Vs New)

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Challenges

Designing of New ToD structure in a manner which can effectively control the
Load during Peak Hours.

Availability of New ToD Meters as per new ToD Structure

Designing of firmware by respective Meter Manufacture to upgrade the Meter


firmware as per New ToD Structure.

Firmware upgradation of existing ToD Meters at Consumer Premises

Changes in Architecture of MDAS & CC&B Applications as per New ToD


Structure as these applications were designed as per old ToD Structure.

Changes in Middleware to accommodate the changes as per New ToD


Structure.

Designing of New Meter Type, Meter Configurations, Rate Schedules and


Business Processes as per New ToD Structure.

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Thank You

Challenges & Risks

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