Interoperability with MultiSpeak®: One Utility’s Story Case study on implementation of MultiSpeak® specification Targeted systems included metering, outage management, customer information, and geographic information Lessons for other utilities Implementing MultiSpeak® to promote interoperability San Bernard Electric Cooperative (SBEC), a rural cooperative distribution utility in southeast Texas, recognized the time, expense, and difficulty inherent in connecting a host of disparate, internal, customized systems that had been independently developed and were not interoperable. The utility decided to implement the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association-sponsored and trademarked MultiSpeak® specification, which is the de facto standard for data exchanges among enterprise application software commonly applied in utilities. The standard intends to assist vendors and utilities in developing interfaces that enable software products from a variety of vendors to interoperate without the need for extensive custom interface development. This paper reviews the process and results of SBEC’s implementation of the MultiSpeak® specification, as well as interoperability-related lessons learned. What’s in the report Overview of SBEC, its business challenge, and its chosen solutions Experiences with interoperability challenges Interoperability-related lessons learned from SBEC’s implementation of MultiSpeak® General recommendations to industry Descriptions of MultiSpeak®, including differences between versions Fill out this form to get the report. Name* First Last Email* Company* Title* Phone (Optional)Job Function*AdministrationBusiness DevelopmentCustomer RelationsDistributionEngineering & TechnicalGeneration & TransmissionPlanningProjects & ProgramsRegulatory, Policy & LegalOtherJob Level*C-levelVice PresidentDirectorManagerProfessional Sign me up to receive updates on Grid Integration?
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