What is a Central Management System?

Central Management Systems, also known as Remote Monitoring Systems or Telemangement, provide customers with the latest in dynamic street lighting control.

Using these systems lighting authorities can control the exact switch on/off times of individual street lights, vary the lamp power at any time, receive automatic notification of lamp failures, improve inventory management, etc.

Working Together With Central Management Systems (CMS)

There are three simple steps that need to be completed in order to start achieving the financial benefits of a CMS.

These 3 key steps are:

1. Your unmetered energy must be traded half-hourly
2. The CMS must be ELEXON approved
3. Appoint Power Data Associates as the CMS capable Meter Administrator

What Does This Mean For Customers?

Power Data Associates are the first (and currently only) approved CMS capable Meter Administrator. From the 6^th of January this year, anyone who purchases and operates either the Leafnut or Vizion CMS and also uses Power Data Associates as their Meter Administrator, can immediately get the financial benefits from using a CMS.

As soon as any CMS gains ELEXON approval and Power Data Associates are appointed as the Meter Administrator, you will benefit from the lower energy bills provided by the CMS.

Who are the CMS manufacturers?

The following companies are all currently selling a Central Management System:

Harvard Engineering (Leafnut), Mayflower, Philips (Starsense), Remco, Royce Thompson, Streetlight.Vision, Telensa (PLANet), SELC Candelon Monitoring & Control, Zodion (Vizion)                                  

New products are appearing on the market all the time, so this list is continuing to expand.

Overview of how CMS data is used to generate your bills

The diagram below explains how the CMS data is used to produce an energy bill. It shows the CMS and non-CMS inventories going from the CMS to Meter Administrator via the local Distribution Network Operator (or UMSO).

Without the Meter Administrator in the process, the CMS data would not be passed on to your energy supplier.

Industry Guidance Notes on CMS

Power Data Associates has worked with ELEXON and other industry parties to produce guidance notes for customers and manufacturers. These set out the requirements of what is required for customers to benefit from the enhanced CMS consumption information.

CMS Guidance Notes	Issue Date
Central Management Systems Guidance Note - Manufacturers (296Kb)	05/03/2009
Central Management Systems Fact Sheet - Customers/Operators (235Kb)	05/03/2009

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