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Smart Meter Market
Research
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Nearly every conceivable aspect of Smart Meters can be found in some form here.
By: Bruce Bahlmann - Contributing Author (your
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Outline:
- Companies to watch in Smart Metering
Meta Research:
Companies to watch who have products or services in
support of Smart Meters.
Standards Associated with Automatic Meter Reading (AMR):
Water Meter Standards:
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Electric Meter Standards:
- Communications Options:
- 900 MHz
- GSM or CDMA
- TWACS
- Zigbee
- Communications Standards:
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ANSI C12.18 and C12.19
Measurements Available from AMR Smart Meters:
Electric Meter:
- voltage, current, energy, apparent power, reactive power, distortion power,
power factor, THD, TDD and DPF.
Water Meter:
- Reading the smart
water meter electronically will provide the serial number of the meter
or meters read, the day and time when the last meter reading was made,
the date and time of the current reading, the water registered by the
meter at the last reading, the water registered by the meter at the
current reading, the time the meter registered passage of water, the
time the meter did not register passage of water, the time the meter was
registering a consumption of an abnormally reduced water flow volume,
the number of times the meter has registered passage of water, the
battery state, and the number of meters being read
Reasons for using Smart Meters:
Electric Meter:
- Identify and implement operational strategies to control
load factor and peak-load requirements and to reduce energy waste
- Resulting in fewer interruptions
- Expand the capacity to manage operations in response to
potential price volatility
- New rate options allows consumers to control their energy bills
- Understand and improve consumption patterns to secure better
pricing from the retail electricity market
- Better billing with no estimate
- Participate in demand response programs that pay end users to manage
loads as needed to improve grid reliability during peak demand periods
- Measure and verify anticipated energy savings from energy-efficiency
modifications
- Energy usage data for home accessible over the Internet
- Help monitor and address complex issues such as power quality
- Faster power restoration by pinpointing power outages
- Identify and implement
Water Meter:
- Mechanical meters
read 10-20% low after a year in service
Actual Savings for using Smart Meters:
| Action |
Observed Savings |
| Installation of Meters |
0-2% (the “Hawthorne
Effect”) |
| Bill Allocation Only |
2 ˝% to 5% (improved
awareness) |
| Building Tune-up |
5% to 15% (improved
awareness, and identification of simple O&M improvement) |
| Continuous Commissioning |
15% to 45% (improved
awareness, ID simple O&M improvements, project accomplishment,
and continuing mgmt. attention) |
source:
SUMMARY
PROCEEDINGS OF the September 25, 2003Federal Advanced
Utility Metering Workshop
Smart Meter Capability Breakdown:
Ethernet
TWACS Meters
50ESS ERT
Articles and Brochures about Smart Metering:
Smart Metering
and Smarter Metering (November 2,
2006) Customers typically save more per month from reduced consumption
(15-20%) than they pay (as a small daily supplement to actual consumption) to be
part of the program. Approximately a quarter of the customer base now
participates in the pre-payment initiative.
White Papers and other Research about Smart Metering:
Deciding on “Smart” Meters: The Technology Implications of Section 1252 of the Energy Policy Act Of 2005
(September 2006) In many cases, advanced metering systems will prove to be a
good investment purely for the benefits they provide to utility operations,
without respect to the requirement of supporting alternative rate designs or
demand response objectives. For example, automating the formerly manual process
of collecting meter data produces a significant operating benefit. Accordingly,
many utilities have proceeded with an advanced metering system without the
additional imperatives of advanced rate structures. They now have advanced
metering infrastructure (AMI) in place that can support a wide variety of demand
response programs. In addition, it also is possible that demand response alone
will produce enough benefit to amply justify AMI.
Readers who use this information for investment purposes do so
at their own risk! Opinions expressed are just that and not based on
insider information or information otherwise obtained illegally.
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