Utilities Business Information Model: AI-Ready Edition

Utilities Business Information Model: AI-Ready Edition describes the information electricity, gas and water utilities run on, so CIOs, architects and transformation leads know what an AI agent would read before it is built: 16 subject areas, 114 entities, 788 key attributes and 236 relationships. 95 of the entities are shared by two or more of the segments, and 19 belong to network utilities alone. Each entity and key attribute carries a sensitivity class, the AI uses it supports and the data-quality requirements an agent depends on. The model also forms part of Energy and Utilities Business Architecture Toolkit: AI Transformation Blueprint.

Files and Contents

• Business Data Model (Word): every subject area and entity, written out in full
• Workbook (Excel): subject areas, entities, attributes and relationships, in sheets to filter and extend
• Per entity: a definition, the usual system of record, its sensitivity class, AI uses and data-quality requirements, and the capabilities and agents that use it, by name and ID
• 788 key attributes marked for sensitivity and AI relevance, and 236 relationships with their cardinality
• Guide (Word): the scales the model uses, the data foundation and the license
• New versions free for 180 days, and corrections free

Your organization's name and your license ID appear in each file.

Subject Areas and Their Entities

The 114 entities sit in 16 subject areas.

Shared across the segments

• Energy Asset Investment and Capital Projects, with 8 entities
• Asset Register and Integrity, with 9 entities
• Reliability and Planned Outages, with 5 entities
• Field Work, Crews and Contractors, with 7 entities
• Permits to Work and Isolations, with 5 entities
• Control Room Operations, with 5 entities
• Process Safety, with 7 entities
• Environmental Operations, with 7 entities
• Energy Trading and Commodity Risk, with 9 entities
• Nominations, Scheduling and Settlement, with 7 entities
• Meters and Service Points, with 7 entities
• Rates, Billing and Revenue, with 9 entities
• Energy Customer Supply and Payment Difficulty, with 6 entities
• Decommissioning and Site Restoration, with 4 entities

Specific to network utilities

• Network Assets, Connections and Supply Interruptions, with 12 entities
• Water Treatment and Quality, with 7 entities

Who Works With It

Data architects, data owners and stewards, and the AI and analytics engineers who decide what an agent may read, how sensitive it is and how good it must be first; and enterprise architects who connect capabilities to data.

Related Products

The capabilities listed under each entity are defined in the Energy and Utilities Business Capability Model: AI-Ready Edition. The agents are specified in Energy and Utilities Business Architecture Toolkit: AI Transformation Blueprint, which includes this model and adds the value streams, use cases, controls, operating model and roadmap. The Utilities Company Value Stream Maps are also sold separately.