CGI Central Market Solutions (CMS)

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CGI Central Market Solutions Factsheet

The energy transition, electrification and rapid growth of renewable distributed energy sources have created a pressing need for new services, flexibility and real-time information to support efficient market operations.

Central Market Debate

CGI’s annual Central Market Debate event gathers C-level executives to discuss future developments in the market and the role of central market facilitation in a sector characterized by decentralized energy resources and an increasing number of market players.

Central Market Debate

Facilitating the energy transition

CGI’s Central Market Solutions (CMS) provides a secure and high-performing process and data management framework which enables data sharing and communication among all market parties. The CMS application suite is a modular solution that helps all market players to meet the needs of the rapidly evolving energy market and embrace the digital transition to new business models.

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Improving data management and market facilitation

CMS is a modular solution that enables data sharing and communication among all the market parties. It stores information related to smart metering points, consumer contracts and energy measurement data, and offers centralized functionality for grid fee billing and settlement. Its highly configurable data model facilitates different markets and maintains attributes and relationships. CMS also embraces open-standard third-party technologies to allow effective integration.

Key benefits of CGI’s Central Market Solutions

World-leading metering data processing performance:

The Meter Data Management module supports extremely high-volume metering data, and is capable of ingesting and processing near-real- time data.

Highly adaptable data model to support your market processes now and in the future:

CMS is highly configurable and allows easy adaptation to market changes in daily operations.

Proven implementation processes:

CMS uses automated testing on a system and market process-level that is reused and applied to implementation projects.

Market-driven roadmap ensures continued alignment:

CGI continuously aligns the CMS roadmap with market developments and our clients’ needs through our yearly Central Market Debate event, regular flexibility roundtables and innovation discussions.

Reduced implementation costs and overall TCO:

Designed specifically for central markets, CMS reduces the costs of adaptation and integration. It also is capable of leveraging the advantages of the cloud, further reducing the cost of infrastructure.