Oracle Empowers Utilities with New Advanced Distribution Management System Enhancements

1. Oracle announced enhancements to its Utilities Network Management System. 2. New features improve management of distributed energy resources and grid performance. 3. Oracle supports 61 million customers and six of the top 10 U.S. utilities. 4. Enhanced forecasting capabilities enable better planning for extreme weather events. 5. Modular system allows utilities to phase in needed components cost-effectively.

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The advancements in Oracle's Utilities management solutions position the company strongly in a growing market, attracting utility customers and boosting revenue potential. Historical trends suggest that similar technology enhancements led to price increases in prior quarters.

How important is it?

This news highlights Oracle's proactive approach in the utilities sector, which is crucial for future expansion. Such innovations will likely attract new clients and retain existing ones as utilities seek modern solutions for energy management.

Why Long Term?

As the demand for renewable energy and enhanced grid management grows, Oracle's continued innovation will help solidify its market position and drive sustained revenue growth over time.

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Modern, scalable grid operations expand distributed energy resource orchestration, improve forecasting, and optimize reliability

DALLAS, March 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- DISTRIBUTECH -- Oracle today announced new Oracle Utilities Network Management System (NMS) features to help control room operators and program managers manage distributed energy resources (DERs) throughout their lifecycle. These ADMS enhancements help utilities alleviate grid stress through better demand response and DER management while optimizing performance using both front-of-the-meter and behind-the-meter data and tools. New innovations also help users address increasing extreme weather events with rapid response, restoration, and decentralization.

Used by six of the top 10 U.S. utilities and supporting over 61 million customers, Oracle Utilities NMS offers a single, unified model to help optimize grid performance and integrate renewable energy resources. The modular and composable architecture—combining outage, distribution, DER, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system management with analytics and advanced applications—enables utilities to deploy required components in a cost-effective, phased approach.

Extended DER capabilities

New features in the Oracle Utilities Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) module of Oracle Utilities NMS enhance grid event management and optimization. This includes new forecast and trend monitoring settings that provide users with deeper insights into expected load and the impact of DER reductions for planned events. Additionally, a new 7-day forecast algorithm allows for event planning up to a week in advance with hourly forecasts, enabling faster and more efficient forecast generation with fewer resources.

"Oracle has made notable advancements with its DERMS platform since its initial release by developing grid- and edge-DERMS solutions aimed at utility-scale DER and aggregated DER portfolios, respectively," said Michael Kelly, associate director for market intelligence and advisory firm Guidehouse Insights. "In targeting DERMS from a grid management (grid DERMS) and customer and programs perspective (edge DERMS)—end-to-end DERMS solutions facilitate greater coverage and visibility from the customer to the network."

Oracle Utilities DERMS also now supports grid-connected energy resources, providing new data to aid in network optimization. An expanded model for battery energy storage systems (BESS)—used by utilities to store energy from renewable sources and release it when needed—adds real-time and forward-looking data for more cost-effective resource optimization. Similarly, an enhanced model for electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) includes technical data and smart charging modes to optimize EVs and charging stations. These enhancements help grid operators effectively utilize DER resources while helping better manage voltage and loading conditions.

New integrated capabilities in the Oracle Utilities Flex SCADA module enhance the Oracle NMS platform by enabling the deployment, commissioning, monitoring, and control of field devices. An enhanced interface helps users quickly access, and act on, high-level data, including historical and real-time trends, while dynamically setting or adjusting limits for devices such as feeder breakers and reclosers based on measured values. Additionally, a fully modernized calculation engine enables users to more easily create and update calculations to reflect real-time data changes. Users can customize power measurements or complex aggregations and apply them to individual devices or entire device classes.

"Control room operators and program managers need a modern, integrated ADMS platform to simplify DER management, deliver more value on both sides of the meter, and make their critical operations easier," said Brad Harkavy, vice president, Oracle Utilities. "Oracle Utilities NMS provides a comprehensive, data-driven approach to managing both traditional grid infrastructure and emerging DERs. The system's modularity enables our customers to scale with ease and implement just the functionality they need at just the right time."

Additional new features and updates in Oracle Utilities NMS include:

To see these technologies in action, visit Oracle at DISTRIBUTECH (Booth #3712). You can also learn more at Oracle.com/utilities or LinkedIn.

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