Working on behalf of the Committee, MOSL has commissioned Artesia Consulting to carry out research with trading parties. Artesia is due to report its findings in December 2022.
The Metering Committee’s primary strategic goal is to increase the amount of timely, accurate meter reads and granular consumption data in the non-household market.
Having collected the raw data, the challenge is turning it into insights that can be used to support water efficiency initiatives, help identify leaks or develop innovative tariffs.
In order to do so, the data needs to be shared between the wholesaler, retailer and customer, which is complicated by the number of different technologies, systems and data formats being used across the market.
Programme Lead, Martin Hall, said: “The market already produces a lot of data, which is growing rapidly as enhanced or smart meters are installed.
“At the same time as considering how to grow the amount of data in the market, we also need to consider how it can be used by trading parties to deliver improved services.
“To maximise the benefit of the data, it needs to be in a format and location that can be shared easily so others can make use of it. The challenge is that there are lots of different data formats in the market, which can change as data is transferred from system-to-system.
“We’ve asked Artesia Consulting to work with market stakeholders to look at how data is currently captured and shared and consider where in the process data could be converted into an agreed interoperability standard and what that standard might look like. We look forward to hearing Artesia’s findings in due course.”
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