West Monroe SMART™

West Monroe System Monitoring And Reporting Tool (SMART)

West Monroe SMART™ is a comprehensive reporting, tracking, and events monitoring tool used to support smart grid implementations though all utilities implementing smart grid functionality can benefit by using SMART as the “eyes and ears” of their distribution system.   West Monroe SMART™ facilitates compliance with the US Department of Energy American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant reporting and monitoring requirements by collecting and tracking:

  • Financial expenditures
  • Project milestones
  • Operational metrics 

Is your utility equipped to meet Department of Energy reporting requirements for ARRA grant recipients?

The DOE requires smart grid grant recipients to quantify improvements in the operational metrics associated with their transmission and distribution systems, as well as changes in customer usage within their service areas. SMART produces an ongoing performance baseline for these key metrics—enabling it to isolate the impact of smart grid solutions on distribution system performance and customer usage patterns.
 
In addition to demonstrating measurable change, it helps grant recipients comply with very specific requirements for reporting:

  • ARRA grant spending
  • Consolidated reports for ARRA sub-recipients
  • Jobs created
  • Project management metrics

West Monroe SMART™ delivers. 
 
SMART is a full-featured reporting suite that produces the information your utility needs to manage and refine its smart grid investments. For example, it can help you design new customer and marketing programs that conserve energy and reduce demand. 
 
West Monroe SMART™ facilitates:

  • Data acquisition by integrating electric, financial, and operational systems.
  • Operational analysis by defining baseline measures of system performance and customer usage and comparing these to current metrics.
  • Performance visibility by using a dashboard to display DOE financial, milestone, and operational performance information.
  • Operations management by providing instant status updates and monitoring managers and project staff with respect to key performance indicators, such as customer usage, distribution network performance, and project management milestones.
  • Identification and tracking of trends by monitoring changes in demand reduction, network efficiency improvements, and customer energy efficiency.
  • Auditable results by providing the tools that DOE ARRA grant recipients need to prepare for a federal audit of their project.  The SMART database maintains all necessary reporting information—making it easy to conduct analyses and prepare audit reports. In addition, it eliminates the need for auditors to search grant recipients’ internal systems for relevant information; in turn, decreasing business disruption.
  • Reporting by automating production of documents that comply with the DOE’s quarterly and annual requirements
  • Security by allowing you to assign appropriate rights based on specific roles.