{"id":5950,"date":"2024-08-08T13:33:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T17:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sense.com\/?post_type=resource-center&#038;p=5950"},"modified":"2024-10-03T15:12:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T19:12:30","slug":"unlocking-real-time-visibility-and-situational-awareness","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/sense.com\/resources\/unlocking-real-time-visibility-and-situational-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlocking Real-time Visibility and Situational Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Introduction<\/h4>\n<p>An electric meter was originally designed to provide utilities with a simple number\u2014the amount of electric current that flowed through the meter each month. The first significant technological evolution came with the rise of first-generation smart meters and the transition from analog devices to basic digital technologies. With the development of more sophisticated hardware and the miniaturization of computing power, \u201csecond-generation\u201d smart meters have leapfrogged traditional definitions and now encompass connected networks of intelligent edge-computing devices, fully equipped with onboard sensors, computers, and communications capabilities. Furthermore, these devices can now measure the full waveforms of current and voltage, and capture these measurements at sub-second intervals.<\/p>\n<p>However, there is still a fair degree of technological differentiation throughout the space, as highlighted in Figure 1-1. For the purposes of this white paper, second-generation AMI constitutes these baseline enhancements, while the term AMI 2.0 is reserved for the continuous sampling of ultrahigh resolution data (at a minimum of 15 kHz) across all smart meters, significant local processing, and real-time networking functionalities1\u2014requirements that some devices labeled as AMI 2.0 meet to varying degrees.2 These innovations aim to align the energy industry with other verticals in enabling real-time experiences to meet modern-day expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"961\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sense.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/08\/Guidehouse-Email-1280x961.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5966 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1280\/961;width:935px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sense.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/08\/Guidehouse-Email-1280x961.png.webp 1280w, https:\/\/sense.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/08\/Guidehouse-Email-768x577.png.webp 768w, https:\/\/sense.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/08\/Guidehouse-Email-1536x1153.png.webp 1536w, https:\/\/sense.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2024\/08\/Guidehouse-Email-2048x1537.png.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Guidehouse Insisghts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sense.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Unlocking-Real-Time-Visibility-Situational-Awareness.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download the report<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report from Guidehouse Insights on the role of AMI 2.0 in facilitating real-time awareness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5953,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"1","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"content-type":[9],"featured":[16],"resource-center-category":[17,21,18],"class_list":["post-5950","resources","type-resources","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","content-type-white-paper","featured-featured","resource-center-category-energy-transition","resource-center-category-grid-edge","resource-center-category-technology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Unlocking Real-time Visibility and Situational Awareness - Sense<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An electric meter was originally designed to provide utilities with a simple number\u2014the amount of electric current that flowed through the meter each month. 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