Smart Observability of the Street Lighting Network Using AMI System: A Case Study of Mashhad

The smart evolution of street lighting systems is one of the important parts of smart grids. In this paper, the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system is utilized to implement a smart street lighting system. The AMI system includes hardware and software parts: the smart meter as the hardware and Meter Data Management (MDM) as the software. On the other hand, the existence of an improved roadmap is essential for management decisions. The Mashhad Electric Energy Distribution Company (MEEDC) implements its smart policies based on the Smart Grid Maturity Model (SGMM). The smart street lighting system provides real-time monitoring of the entire network. The quality of the transformer's power can be improved using the smart meter's data. The other advantages of the proposed solution of this paper include: power loss reduction, increasing the reliability of the network, and decreasing the needs of human potential and equipment costs. Moreover, online maintenance of the entire network is provided and energy efficiency will be obtained using optimization analysis.