Indra implements the metering data management system for the turkish power company SEDAŞ

Indra has completed the implementation of the new remote energy metering data management system for large accounts at Sakarya Elektrik Dağıtım A.Ş. (SEDAŞ), one of Turkey's main power companies. The project has included the development of the entire application  infrastructure as well as the integration of the new tool with the commercial system belonging to the Turkish company, the energy market operator system and the public lighting-metering system.

The MDM (Metering Data Management) system will provide support for acquisition and the long-term storage and maintenance of the large amounts of data obtained from the more than 21,000 power meters located in the facilities of SEDAŞ' large accounts. This system defines tariff agreements for different types of customers and obtains, segments and validates metering data. Indra has also installed a web portal that will provide graphical tools and reports for improving data analysis as well as remote access for SEDAŞ customers.

Adaptation to regulatory changes

The new tool will enable automating and standardising all the metering processes for the energy consumed, which will improve the quality of information and also reduce management times. Turkish legislation in the area of Metering Data Management gives power companies a certain period of time to store meter data with certain characteristics, provide reports to the market operator, and perform the customer billing process.

This initiative will also allow SEDAŞ to adapt to the regulatory changes of the energy market that will enter into force in Turkey in the near future, and also to include the criteria established by transitioning to a free energy market, where end customers can choose their supplier.

The contract also consolidates Indra as an application partner of SEDAŞ, for whom it is also implementing a new ERP system, based on the SAP platform, that will enable the integrated management of all the Turkish power company's financial, logistics and human resources information. It also has in place an agreement with the company for its systems maintenance.

In addition, the new project strengthens Indra's relationship with the CEZ Power Group (which owns 50% of SEDAŞ), with whom it has collaboration and systems implementation projects in other companies of this Group in countries that include Romania, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic.

SEDAŞ is a utility company that provides energy distribution and supply services in the Turkey regions of Sakarya, Kocaeli, Bolu and Düzce, covering 45 districts and 66 cities. It employs, directly and indirectly, more than 2,000 people, and it provides service to a population of more than three million residents.

With this new project, Indra continues making progress in Turkey, where it has been awarded important projects in the Transport & Traffic, Defence and Security sectors. The company is currently rolling out a surveillance network for all of Turkey's airspace, aimed at improving the nation's air traffic management. It has also developed a portable mobile laboratory for Turkey's Ministry of Defence that is equipped to perform analytical identifications of nuclear-radiological, biological, chemical and explosive (NRBC) threats.

Indra is one of the world's largest consultancy and technology multinationals, a leader in Europe and Latin America and is expanding in other emerging economies. Innovation is the cornerstone of its business, which is highly focused on customers, as well as of sustainability. The multinational is one of the top European companies in its sector in terms of R&D&i, with more than €550 million invested in the last three years. With sales approaching €3,000M, it employs 42,000 professionals and has customers in 128 countries.