By Richard Grivalsky, Comcast Cable; Anusha Nukala, Comcast Cable; Alexander Falcon, Comcast Cable; Shaju Kezakykanirakat, Comcast Cable
Cable operators’ energy-consuming asset portfolios are extensive. Tracking the energy consumption of each of these asset’s lifecycle requires utility account alignment, which can present a unique challenge. Operators outside plant represents ~50% of total consumed power, according to the SCTE power pyramid, and these assets are distributed among thousands of utility grid connection points. Coupled with facility account management, maintaining alignment between asset, utility account, and meter numbers can become quite complex. To drive data accuracy and completeness for our energy consuming network devices, we are creating and deploying persistent, unique identifiers that will help us manage asset lifecycle and track data in our expanded in-house energy management tool. Using a combination of machine learning and heuristic matching, we can maintain asset alignment and issue new identifiers as well as retire identifiers when an asset is removed from the network. To meet this challenge, we are integrating several tools to manage our diverse population of energy-consuming, utility-tied assets.