Optimized Scheduling of Smart Meter Data Access: A Parametric Study

Abstract

Smart meter data is usually accessed periodically with low time granularity, which creates limitations for near real-time information. This paper first introduces information quality metrics that can be used to optimize real-time data access to smart meter data. Then, a systematic parametric study assesses the impact of smart meter access scheduling on information quality. Finally, the paper evaluates a previously proposed heuristic optimization of scheduling of smart meter data access. The result shows that the heuristic optimization algorithm in all investigated scenarios shows less than 15% degradation as compared to the achievable best schedule.