Common information model: Case study at the AES Eletropaulo

This paper presents the methodology applied in a research project that studied the global standards of information exchange within the area of power transmission and distribution, allowing for the definition of the state of the art of the theme as well as its application considering technologies already applied by the company AES-Eletropaulo. The specifications needed for the generation of a data integration model, adaptable to radial overhead network at company concession area were researched and defined. The project developed an intermediary connectivity layer, based on the CIM, which enables corporative systems to communicate in a standard way, through the use of integrating technologies. It, therefore, enabled modeling all main subjects of an electrical network in an open way, extensible and non-proprietary in a model that contains classes and attributes of such subjects as well as their relationships. Calculation and planning products adopted by the company were integrated to the technological layer implemented.