Uncontrolled distribution and use of electricity, water and gas will result in excessive and wasteful consumption; neither is acceptable from Commercial and Environmental perspectives. Increasing environmental legislation is placing ever greater responsibilities on Primary and Secondary suppliers of utilities, and on industry.

Smart technology - "Self-Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology" - is being strongly promoted to deliver efficiencies and savings, to benefit people, businesses, economies and the environment. Many regions offer grants and subsidies to businesses making environmental investments.

Smart Metering - this next generation of meters will display and transmit their data, automatically or on demand, eliminating the need for estimated bills and laborious manual meter reads. The direction is that most utility metering will be controlled by smart metering by the year 2020.

Smart AMR Systems - utilising smart meters an AMR system will readily deliver back to the office the actual reading displayed on the meter register.

Smart Utility Solutions is an advanced, cost-effective solution enabling suppliers to:

 

·         Manage and control utility supplies remotely
·         accurately reconcile all usage to users
·         let consumers see how much energy they are using
·         options for pre-paid and account billing
·         efficiently accommodate tariff changes and variable tariffs, e.g. off-peak tariffs
·         options to control usage to authorised users
·         protect against excessive and wasteful consumption
·         improve operational efficiency
·         system diagnostics monitors and reports system health
·         provide extensive management information, reports and analysis