Grid Operations
Bring distribution-grid visibility — meters, topology, and grid elements — into Texture
Grid Operations extends Texture's device model down to the utility meter and out across the distribution grid. It brings advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) telemetry, SCADA, and the utility's GIS topology together into one model, so you can monitor consumption and voltage, navigate the grid on a map, and roll readings up to transformers, feeders, and substations.
This section is an overview. Each capability below has its own concept page; start here to understand how the pieces fit, then follow the links into the details.
Why grid operations?#
Distribution utilities need to see and reason about their grid, not just individual devices. Grid Operations lets you:
- See the whole grid — meters, lines, poles, transformers, feeders, and substations on one interactive map.
- Monitor and troubleshoot — consumption and voltage at every level, with alerts surfaced in context.
- Aggregate up the hierarchy — turn per-meter readings into transformer, feeder, and substation load.
- Work from one source of truth — AMI, SCADA, and GIS data joined to the same Platform.
The building blocks#
Grid Operations is made up of the following concepts:
| Concept | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Meters | The utility meter as a Texture Device, its lifecycle, and how AMI telemetry is ingested and stored. |
| Explore | The interactive map and list workspace for navigating sites, devices, and grid elements. |
| SCADA | Near-real-time substation measurements from the utility SCADA system. |
| Grid Topology & GIS | The connectivity model (GIS + Milsoft/WindMil/Esri) that places meters and builds the grid hierarchy. |
| Grid Elements & Aggregations | Substations, feeders, and transformers as first-class entities, with detail pages and list views. (See Grid Topology & GIS.) |
| Transformer Loading | Estimating distribution-transformer load by aggregating downstream meter telemetry against nameplate rating. |
How the pieces fit#
Data flows through Grid Operations in four stages:
- Ingest — meter telemetry arrives from AMI sources; substation measurements arrive from SCADA; the grid's shape arrives from GIS/topology imports.
- Model & place — each meter becomes a Device, and the GIS topology places it on a Site and in the grid hierarchy.
- Navigate — Explore renders everything on a map and in list views, with filters, saved views, and search.
- Aggregate — meter readings roll up the hierarchy into grid-element detail pages, list views, and transformer loading.
Telemetry and placement are decoupled. A meter's telemetry flows as soon as the AMI source delivers it, but a meter is only placed on the map and attached to a Site once it appears in the GIS topology. Keeping topology on a recurring sync is what keeps placement current — see Grid Topology & GIS.