Open Metering Strategy · 30 Sep–2 Oct 2026 · Nairobi · A2EI and EnAccess · results
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Three days in Nairobi, the week after the ISV OpenAMI EMS Workshop. Hosts: A2EI and EnAccess, with NRECA International, AMDA, and OpenAMI. The organizer summary names about 249,000 mini-grid meter connections at risk if those meters stop. Public note: open server — cloud head end inside Open Core, a local mirror of that head end, gateways outside the core. MVP version 1 aimed at a pilot in January/February 2027. Contact list and photos stay off this site.
The October summary records an expert pool mapped onto parts of the design. Names, the contact list, and the participant spreadsheet stay off this site.
The agenda, the 22 Sep online votes, and the resource list below are the prep pack. Room results are on the open server note.
Times from the 25 Sep pre-read. The October summary says Day 3 turned the MVP list into a draft solution design. The clock below is that pre-read.
| Time | Duration | Session |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 · Wednesday 30 September · Plenary — looking back, diagnosing, sketching forward | ||
| 09:30–10:30 | 1 h | Opening & warm-up. Welcome and framing (Chatham House · no-blame). Icebreaker and introductions. |
| 10:30–12:30 | 2 h | Looking back: history of (smart) metering issues and efforts (OpenAMI, Prospect, ISV Open Street-EMS, MPM, others). Data in practice: what funders, developers, and metering software actually collected vs what they used. Surface the cost of unused high-resolution data. |
| 12:30–13:30 | 1 h | Lunch |
| 13:30–14:00 | 30 min | Break |
| 14:00–15:00 | 1 h | What went wrong in 2025 — facilitated root-cause discussion of the SparkMeter / SteamaCo crisis (operators, platforms, funders, technical partners). |
| 15:00–16:30 | 1.5 h | Sketching the OMS strategy. Map existing building blocks. Needs going forward: hardware layer, DLMS meters, incumbent/legacy meters. Feeds Day 2 working-group topics. |
| 16:30–17:00 | 0.5 h | Online Day 1 recap summary |
| Day 2 · Thursday 1 October · Working groups | ||
| 09:00–09:30 | 0.5 h | Warm-up and Day 1 recap |
| 09:30–11:30 | 2 h | Working Groups I — frame · silent write · affinity cluster · 3–5 propositions · canvas |
| 11:30–11:50 | 20 min | Break |
| 11:50–12:30 | 40 min | Plenary: first findings |
| 12:30–13:30 | 1 h | Lunch |
| 13:30–16:00 | 2.5 h | Working Groups II — same method |
| 16:00–16:30 | 30 min | Plenary: afternoon findings |
| 16:30–17:00 | 0.5 h | Online Day 2 recap summary |
| Day 3 · Friday 2 October · Alignment & sign-off | ||
| 09:00–09:30 | 0.5 h | Day 2 recap |
| 09:30–10:45 | ~1.25 h | Align working-group results into an OMS development strategy |
| 10:45–11:00 | 15 min | Break |
| 11:00–12:30 | 1.5 h | Draft strategy: capture & comment. Flag open issues. |
| 12:30–13:30 | 1 h | Lunch |
| 13:30–14:30 | 1 h | Strategy sign-off. Group confirms direction. |
Minutes from the 25 Sep pre-read table. Lunch/break vs session. Not attendance. Scale = 8 h (longest day).
Tuesday 22 September 2026, 11:00–12:30 CEST. Hosted by AMDA, A2EI, and EnAccess so more voices than the Nairobi room could be heard. Pre-read says 50+ attendees on that call. Themes recorded in the outcomes pack (no chat names copied here):
Six Pollol screenshots sit under Polls in the outcomes pack. Bars use the printed answer counts. “% of Attended” is Pollol’s own line — not a published headcount, and not the 50+ call note. No country split in those screenshots.
28 answers · 50% of Attended
23 answers · 41% of Attended
23 answers · 41% of Attended
18 answers · 32% of Attended
18 answers · 32% of Attended
13 answers · 23% of Attended
Developer note in the pack, after ThunderCloud 2.0 / SparkNet-HTTP open-source: three paths — (1) EarthSpark keeps holding keys, (2) copy into A2EI escrow, (3) request keys (or a chosen custodian) from EarthSpark. Options 2 and 3 can run together. Process URLs stay on EarthSpark’s own channels — not duplicated here.
Pre-read 1.2: 119 votes across 27 features. Each person had 12 votes, max 3 on one feature. Connectability was the strongest theme. Hosted OMS / operator takeover of the old head-end almost empty. Voter headcount not published — do not back-solve from 119 ÷ 12.
119 total. Share as printed in the results sheet.
| Block | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Data, monitoring and reporting | 32 | 27% |
| Meter communication and control | 27 | 23% |
| Vending and tokens | 23 | 19% |
| Integration and ecosystem interface | 19 | 16% |
| Hosting, takeover and independence | 18 | 15% |
Bar scale = 9 votes (top row). Amber = 6+ · red = 0–1 — same cut as the results sheet.
Pack text: hourly / 15-min outscored event, daily, and 1-minute. Not a separate poll — four rows from the 27.
| Feature | Votes | Block |
|---|---|---|
| Documented integration with an open-source CRM | 9 | Integration |
| Provision and commission meters yourself, without vendor tickets | 7 | Meter comms |
| Bulk export of historical consumption, payments, configuration | 7 | Data |
| Open API covering all data and commands | 7 | Data |
| Multi-site / multi-operator role-based access | 7 | Hosting |
| Management tokens — clear tamper, clear credit, set power limit | 6 | Vending |
| Remote disconnect / reconnect; read meter status | 6 | Meter comms |
| Open data schema (no bespoke integration) | 6 | Integration |
| Self-hosting: containerised, documented, one-command deploy | 6 | Hosting |
Mid-table that still registered: SparkMeter legacy fleet (SparkNet & TC 2.0) 5 · hourly/15-min interval data 5 · funder reporting export 5 · vendor-independent STS 4 · DLMS direct 4 · time-of-use + load limits (added live) 4. Bottom: hosted OMS service 1 · legacy SteamaCo via Nimbus-equivalent HES 1 · operator takeover of ThunderCloud 2.0 / Nimbus 0. High-resolution 1-minute data 2 — operators asked for load profiles, not per-minute telemetry.
Stacks named in the resource list — wiki links where this site already tracks them. No unpublished pricing.
Not listed. Prep file 3.OMS Workshop_participants.xlsx exists in the organizer pack. This public wiki does not publish names, visas, or roles from it. The public result is the open server note. Working roster is ISV-internal — access on request.
Named operator interest from this pre-session (CRM, commission meters, data/API/export, multi-site, management tokens, remote ops, self-hosting, monitoring/reporting, and others) is catalogued as work that needs training — not taught here. Lifecycle timeline + skillsets: OMS / village training skills · #events/oms-training-skills. Modules TBD. No hours, certificates, or sign-up.