Sector Practice · Utilities & Energy

Utilities & Energy Market Architecture

Architecture and programme delivery for regulated energy markets: I-SEM integration, energy trading, settlements platforms, and ERP enhancement for Irish and UK utility providers.

Architecture and delivery for regulated energy markets.

2018 I-SEM Go-Live Delivered
4 UK Utility Clients Advised
Level 1 PCI DSS Certification
The Challenge

Energy market technology requires architectural rigour under fixed regulatory deadlines.

Electricity and gas market restructuring programs operate under strict regulatory deadlines where missing Go-Live date is not an option. Energy trading platforms, market settlements, customer billing, and smart metering involve complex data exchanges between participants, market operators, and legacy ERP systems.

Vaderaa Consulting provides senior architecture leadership, technical design authority, and integration governance across high-stakes energy market programmes in Ireland and the UK.

Representative Clients
  • Bord Gáis Energy
  • Electric Ireland
  • Irish Water
  • ESB Customer Supply
Capabilities

Utilities & Energy Architecture Workstreams

01 / WORKSTREAM

I-SEM Energy Trading Integration

Solution Architecture and Tech Lead for Ireland's Integrated Single Electricity Market (I-SEM) integration across trading, market settlement, energy forecasting, and financial reporting.

In practice: Solution Architect at Bord Gáis Energy for Day 1 Go-Live, coordinating 300+ integration points across EirGrid SEMO, trading desks, and SAP ERP.
02 / WORKSTREAM

Contact Centre Payment Security

Secure IVR payment architecture, DTMF suppression, and PCI DSS Level 1 compliance for utility call centres handling Millions of customer billing transactions.

In practice: Designing PCI DSS Level 1 contact centre payment IVR at Abtran serving Irish Water, Electric Ireland, and ESB.
03 / WORKSTREAM

Smart Metering & Data Integration

Architecture for high-frequency meter data processing, customer web portals, time-of-use tariff engines, and integration with central market data providers.

In practice: Advising utility providers on data platform design to ingest interval meter data for automated billing and customer insights.
04 / WORKSTREAM

ERP & Billing Systems Integration

Integration architecture connecting SAP, Oracle, and cloud SaaS CRM platforms with regulated market messaging interfaces and banking settlement gateways.

In practice: Architectural assurance for core SAP CRM and billing system upgrades across major Irish energy suppliers.
Work With Us

Discuss your energy market technology programme

Whether you need a solution architect for energy market reform, smart metering integration, or PCI compliance, we'd like to hear from you.