Trilliant and CGI enable more customers to retain Smart Meter benefits
VIENNA, Nov. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- European Utility Week - Trilliant and CGI have extended CGI's Foundation Phase smart Change of Supplier service to include Landis and Gyr SMETS1 meters installed by British Gas. Customers with these Smart Meters can change supplier and retain smart meter functionality and benefits.
Energy retailers who use the CGI Smart Data Service will be able to benefit from this service from Q4 2015 as control of the meters moves from British Gas to CGI.
The Change of Supplier service allows energy suppliers to continue to remotely read the existing smart meters, obtaining readings without returning it to a 'dumb' meter state that requires manual reading. CGI's solution ensures smart meter data is only shared with a consumer's current energy supplier.
Edward Hurford, Director for Smart Infrastructure at British Gas says, "Smart Meters provide our customers with extensive benefits and deliver high customer satisfaction. Together with our partners Trilliant and CGI, we can now make it easier for customers to retain smart benefits even after a change of supplier. That's great for competition and for customers."
Tara McGeehan, Vice President, UK Energy and Utilities, CGI says, "I am delighted that we are able to extend CGI's Smart Data Service change of supplier process to include Landis + Gyr meters installed by British Gas. This makes a large population of meters available to all our Smart Data Service clients."
Jess Thompson-Hughes, EMEA Managing Director, Trilliant says, "This service reduces costs for energy suppliers, as they do not have to install new smart meters when perfectly serviceable meters are already installed - in fact they can now actively entice existing smart meter customers into their customer base."
CGI has offered a smart change of supplier service since 2012 but this has been limited to meters installed directly in CGI's Smart Data Service. By integrating Trilliant's Smart Energy Access Layer (SEAL) with the CGI Smart Data Service and building a process to transfer control of meters from one system to another, this change of supplier service has been extended to cover all British Gas installed smart meters. The Trilliant's Smart Energy Access Layer can enable not only an interface to CGI's Foundation Data Service, but also to the DCC to support the enrolment process. Five of the 'Big Six' energy retailers in the UK use the Trilliant or CGI solutions for their smart meter rollouts.
About Trilliant
Trilliant helps leading utilities and cities around the world achieve their smart visions through the Trilliant Smart Communications Platform, the only communications platform purpose-built for the industry that helps utilities and cities securely and reliably deploy any Smart Grid – AMI, DA and DSM, and Smart City applications, on one powerful network. Trilliant has worked with leading utilities and cities worldwide who collectively serve more than 100 million customers. The Trilliant Platform helps utilities and energy retailers enhance energy efficiency, improve grid reliability, lower operating costs, integrate renewable energy resources and electric vehicles, and empower consumers to better manage their energy consumption. For more information, visit www.trilliantinc.com.
About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is the fifth largest independent information technology and business process services firm in the world. Approximately 68,000 professionals serve thousands of global clients from offices and delivery centers across the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific, leveraging a comprehensive portfolio of services, including high-end business and IT consulting, systems integration, application development and maintenance, and infrastructure management, as well as a wide range of proprietary solutions. With annual revenue in excess of C$10 billion and an order backlog of approximately C$20 billion, CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB).Website: www.cgi.com.
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