Use of EDB Postgres as DB of choice for electricity spot market platform in the Philippines | Power And Electricity Show 2019 with Ashnik and Exist Software Labs

1. Postgres powers
Digital Transformation
in Southeast Asia –
Success stories
By:
REKHA RAMASWAMY
Enterprise Sales Manager | Ashnik
JENISH VYAS
Solutions Engineer, SEA and HK | EnterpriseDB

2. Key Trends in
Power Sector

3. Trends in Power Sector
3
NEWER & DEMANDING
CUSTOMERS
• Tech savvy generation
• Influence of e-commerce
• Combine cost &
utilization control for
commercial & industrial
EMERGENCE OF NEWER
BUSINESS MODELS
• Entry of non- traditional
players
• Emergence of new
market structures
FLEXIBLE REGULATORY
INITIATIVES
• Advanced metering
• Innovative pricing
• Utility remuneration
INTERNET OF
ENERGY (IOE)
• Digital Twins
• Edge computing
OPEN DATA
• Asset intensive: data intensive
business
• Information sharing & forging
alliances in the ecosystem
APPLICATION OF AI
• Analytics for predictive
maintenance

4. Key underlying message
Disruption

5. Energy sector most susceptible to future disruption

6. Key Disruptors in Energy Sector
DECARBONISATION:
• Global investment in
renewable energy
• Non-hydro renewables
accounted for 61% of all
the new installed power
capacity in 2017
DIGITALIZATION:
• Smart metering
DECENTRALIZATION:
• Rise of Prosumers
(Producers + Consumers)
• Distributed energy
resources (DERs)
• Shift in balance of power
from seller to buyer:
Electricity markets
ELECTRIC MOBILITY:
• Government support
• Global EV sales to surge from
1.1 mn in 2017 to 11 mn by
2025
• By 2040, more than half of
new car sales & fully one-
third of the global fleet will
be electric

7. Use Case 1
Pivotal agency responsible
for trading of electricity
throughout the Philippines

8. NATURE OF APPLICATION: Central Registration and Settlement System (CRSS)
CHALLENGES: Power re-distribution and change in electricity market dynamics
SOLUTION:
• Enterprise system that facilitates timely and updated registration and trading
information for electricity spot market
• Interfacing with ‘new markets management system’, these two systems combined
completely governs all market-related processes such as registration, offer
submission/nomination, pricing and scheduling, metering and settlements
• Resulted in significant process improvement of CRSS, a complementary application to
existing system

9. Advanced
Server
PostgreSQL
EDB Postgres Advanced Server

10. Use Case 2
One of the major
government departments
of the Philippines

11. NATURE OF APPLICATION: Phil Renewable Energy Market System (PREMS)
CHALLENGES:
• Focus on renewable energy
• Commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 70% by 2030
• Commitment by govt. to raise contribution of renewables to 50% by 2030 from 30% of
the present
SOLUTION:
• Enterprise platform that manages all market processes - participant registration,
transactions, tracking, compliance and issue, keep, verify and track certificates for
newly organized Philippine renewable energy market

12. EDB Postgres for polyglot data integration
Big Data
Open Source ODBMS
Legacy systemsEvent capture
Data Warehouse

13. Use Case 3
A Local Power Generator
in the Philippines

14. BACKGROUND: First coal plant (500MW) in the Philippines to utilize state-of-the-art
supercritical technology which significantly increased operational efficiencies and reduced
emissions
NATURE OF APPLICATION: Billing and Settlement
CHALLENGES: Decentralization: Distributors now decoupled from suppliers
SOLUTION:
• Billing and settlement system for power generators that simplify management of energy
contracts and reduce labour-intensive manual collection method to process billing and
documentation of energy information.
• Billing-Settlement automates a manual operation; allows power generators to manage
and update billing for distributors from metering data within 5-minute intervals;
equips/prepares them to handle multiple power distributor accounts

15. EDB Postgres Platform

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pleased to discuss these
solutions with you.