Proven AMI deployments
Our AMI deployments are proven.
Learn why Elster and EnergyAxis are the right choices for your utility
We’ve proven that the solutions and services provided by both Elster and EnergyAxis are the best in the industry. With over 60 successful AMI, demand response and grid modernization deployments, we strive to exceed the expectations of all of our utility partners.
We understand that our competitors are trying to claim the same level of satisfaction and experience. We, at Elster and EnergyAxis, believe that actual customers with real (not planned) deployments can help you gain a better understanding of the value we can provide to your utility. In fact, we can arrange for you to speak with any one of our customers to prove our point. We are the right choice for your utility, now and in the future.
Here’s an example of one of our valued customers, and how we helped them meet their goals:
Toronto Hydro-Electric System Expands Elster’s EnergyAxis¨ System to Meet its Smart Metering Needs
In 2006, Toronto Hydro-Electric announced that they would deploy 400,000 EnergyAxis electricity meters for the first phase of the Ontario Smart Meter Initiative, one of the largest AMI projects in the world using interval data for residential metering.
"After testing the system for a year we concluded that the EnergyAxis System is suited for our interval data metering needs," says Blair Peberdy, Vice President of Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs at Toronto Hydro Corporation. "Elster Metering (Canada) has to date demonstrated its ability to meet Toronto Hydro’s requirements for reliable delivery of large quantities of Measurement Canada sealed meters and provide local technical support."
Now, in 2009, Toronto Hydro has almost 600,000 EnergyAxis smart meters deployed and has launched a successful web portal where consumers can go for daily information on their consumption and costs. The web portal is fed from information directly from the EnergyAxis system. Over 350,000 consumers are connected via the web portal, enabling, Toronto Hydro to build momentum toward a successful conservation program.
Articles
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"Elster
Teams with Utility Champions: Meeting Ontario’s Smart Metering Energy
Conservation Goals"
by Jack Robertson, Vice President & General Manager, Elster Metering,
Canada
Metering International, Issue 1 - March 2008
This article talks about Elster Metering, located in Burlington, Ontario,
helped Ontario meet its rising demand for electricity through the province’s
Smart Metering Initiative. After piloting various technologies under
a government-appointed fairness commissioner, five utilities chose
Elster’s EnergyAxis for their own advanced metering infrastructure
systems.
Courtesy of Spintelligent, publisher of Metering International.
"Metering
to the Extremes: How the West is Won"
by Michael Lowe, Executive of Customer Service, Salt River Project
Metering International, Issue 1 - March 2007
This article talks about how Salt River Project (SRP) consistently wins J. D. Powers awards for customer satisfaction. It provides background on its excellent customer service, history, environmental initiatives, and using smart metering technology to improve business operations.
Courtesy of Spintelligent, publisher of Metering International.
"Metering
to the Extremes: South to the Caribbean"
by Ronald B. Via, Vice President of Elster Electricity
Metering International, Issue 1 - March 2006
The article covers how forward thinking utilities like EDESUR in the Dominican Republic are turning to state-of-the-art smart metering technology to detect, eliminate, and recover revenue from non-technical issues.
Courtesy of Spintelligent, publisher of Metering International.
"Alaska
Co-op Beats Brutal Weather and Tough Terrain with AMR"
by Betsy Loeff, AMRA News Writer
AMRA Newsletter, March 2006
If you think you have a rough territory to service, consider this: In the 52 remote communities it supports with electric power, Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) must install equipment hardy enough to handle temperature fluctuations between 40 below and the sweltering 90s. Snow buries houses several feet deep. And roads…what roads? Travel to all but one town from AVEC’s Anchorage-based headquarters takes place by air. And, in the villages, people ride all-terrain vehicles or snowmobiles.
Courtesy of AMRA, Advancing Utility Technology Internationally.
"Smart
Metering Technology Helps Reduce Energy Theft"
by Fabio Dominguez, International Sales and Marketing Manager, Elster
Electricity
Metering International, Issue 4 - December 2005
Since electrical energy became a commodity available to the public, energy theft has been a problem that many utilities have experienced. Over the last 130 years, utilities have become more focused on the magnitude of their revenue losses from energy theft and have developed programmes to protect revenue.
Courtesy of Spintelligent, publisher of Metering International.
"Smart
Metering Systems"
by Raymond Kelley, Systems Software Manager, Elster Electricity
Utility Products, October 2005
With the recent enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, soon all utilities in the US will be required to offer time-based schedules to any customer who requests it.
Courtsey of Utility Products.
"Utility
Companies with Vision for the Future"
by Andy Onesti, General Manager, Shawano Municipal Utilities (SMU)
Transmission and Distribution World, October 2005
Many of today's utilities continue to build their business cases for advanced metering systems based solely on automated meter reading (AMR). For large utilities with millions of customers, the cost savings from automating the meter reading process for monthly billing purposes can be significant. However, at smaller utilities like SMU in Shawano, Wisconsin, which serve less than 10,000 customers, we need to look beyond just automating monthly meter reading to improve business operations and the bottom line.
Published by Transmission & Distribution World.
"North
to Alaska: Metering to the Extremes"
by Ronald B. Via, Vice President of Elster Electricity
Metering International, Issue 3 - September 2005
Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) deploys Elster's smart metering system in remote Alaskan villages.
Courtsey of Spintelligent, publisher of Metering International.
"A
Primer on Mesh Technology"
by Sharon S. Allan, Chief Knowledge Officer, Elster Electricity
Metering International, Issue 2 - June 2005
There is a growing consensus in the utility industry today that wireless mesh network technology is the next generation technology that will enable utilities to stay profitable in a changing global energy market. In fact, since the technology came on the market several years ago, a number of utilities have already deployed mesh network metering systems, and many other utilities are now taking a closer loo.
Courtsey of Spintelligent, publisher of Metering International.
"Connecting
with the Value of Smart Metering Technology"
by Jim Christensen, Metering Services Manager, Nevada Power Company
and Sierra Pacific Power Company
Metering International - Issue 1, March 2005
Nevada Power Company tests advanced metering with remote meter disconnect to improve customer service and business operations.
Courtsey of Spintelligent, publisher of Metering International.
"What
is an Advanced Meter? The Technology Behind Demand-Side Response"
by Sharon Allan, Chief Knowledge Officer, Elster Electricity
Public Utilities Fortnightly, September 2004
Sharon Allan discusses the terminology used to describe advanced metering, taking demand-side response into consideration.
Published in Public Utilities Fortnightly.
"Redefining
AMR: from Meter Reading to Customer Communication Network"
by Ronald B. Via, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Elster
Electricity
Metering International - Issue 1, March 2004
To deliver the products and services expected by a constantly changing customer base, utilities need to change how they view automated meter reading (AMR). The first step is to shed the old mentality that AMR is just meter reading and begin developing creative ideas based on services that consumers demand, as well as developing processes that cut costs and increase system efficiencies. With the technology available today, metering automation can be easily transformed into a virtual energy information network used by both the energy consumer and the utility.
Courtsey of Spintelligent, publisher of Metering International.
"La
medición de electricidad en México"
por Juan Antonio Zapata García, Gerente de Medición,
Comisión Federal de Electricidad, México
Metering International América Latina, 2004
Mexico tiene mas de 102 millones de habitantes, distribuidos en 200.000 poblaciones a lo largo y a lo ancho de lo casi 2 milliones de kilometros cuadrados que abarca el territoria nacional.
Courtesy of Spintelligent, publisher of Metering International.
