Below is a sampling of just some of this year’s Utilimetrics News articles, arranged by topic. To gain access to all these articles and much more, join Utilimetrics today.
Eye on the Industry
20th Anniversary Celebration Highlights Successful Symposium spotlights AutovationSM, the annual Utilimetrics symposium, which continues to grow and evolve on an annual basis. As the organization enters its second decade, read about all the exciting goings-on in Reno. October 2007
AMRA is now Utilimetrics highlights the driving factors behind the organization’s name change. See why this is just the beginning, as Utilimetrics gears up for the future with a new name, brand and mission. October 2007
Metering Industry Matures and Strengthens examines the way automated metering becomes more pervasive among utilities with each passing year, and discusses what trends we can expect to permeate the industry moving forward. January 2007
20 Years Ago: AMRA’s Early Days traces how Utilimetrics, and the industry in general, got to where they are today by retracing the last 20 years in association history, and understand how far we’ve come. January 2007
Operations
Automation Evolution — From AMR to AMI profiles the ever-changing landscape of metering technology, as more and more utilities move from AMR to AMI. September 2007
Pre-pay Power: More Interest, Fewer Hurdles shares why pre-pay power is becoming a more attractive option for electric utilities around the country, why public attitudes about pre-pay are changing, and how to make this option work. February 2007
Demand Response: How Much Response Could We Get? discusses the way some utilities have put demand response measures into effect, including time-of-use pricing, critical-peak pricing and more. February 2007
AMI Beats AMR at N.C. Water Utility reveals one water utility’s decision-making process as they examined the benefits of both AMR and AMI over the last decade. January 2007
Customer Service
Water-Wise Utility Aims For Smarter Customer Base looks at a Canadian utility taking steps to better educate its customers, and offers reasons why smarter consumers help utilities, the consumers themselves and the environment. March 2007
Consumer Education Drives Water Providers to Data-Delivery Tools tells why some water utilities are making usage and billing data available to their consumers, including how they deliver their information, and what customer reaction has been to date. February 2007
Strategies & Insights
What’s On Your Mind? Utility Pros Speak Out
Every year, some of the most popular sessions at AutovationSM are those limited to utility professionals only. Get an insider’s account of the hot issues that dominated the conversations. October 2007
Smart Grid, Texas-Style: Teamwork Prevails explains how one Dallas-based utility is applying advanced metering and smart grid technology to better serve their customers and their business. March 2007
Regulatory Policy
Supreme Court Rulings Could Up Value of AMI examines recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings relating to carbon dioxide emissions and utilities affect the metering industry. Will AMI deployment be impacted? May 2007
Net-Metering Policy: States Rush to Meet EPAct Deadlines looks at how states dealt with the changes required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, mandating state public utilities to consider standards for net metering and interconnection between end users and the electric grid. May 2007
Troubled Waters: Will AMR Data Be Used to Enforce Watering Restrictions? spotlights the U.S. states recently currently contending with drought conditions, leading to watering restrictions in many areas. Find out if utilities will begin using AMR and AMI data to enforce these restrictions. May 2007
A Different Approach: Smart Metering for All in Ontario examines the background of Ontario’s Smart Metering Initiative. Why did the province elect to move to automated meters? How is their plan being implemented? April 2007
AMR/AMI Benefits
AMR Down Under: Conservation and Peak Shifting Drive Large Deployment details why Australia is becoming more and more interested in the possibilities that smart metering offers. Learn what’s behind the country’s largest AMR rollout thus far. April 2007
Data Management
Getting It Together: Fitting Moves in MDM Integration teaches about the specific challenges utilities face when adopting meter data management programs, and get essential “how-to” tips from the experts for tackling MDM integration projects. June 2007
Automate This: Gaining Value from Meter-Data Management highlight some utilities using meter data management in order to reap the most possible benefit from their AMR systems. Read first-hand examples of the impact MDM is making in the industry. June 2007
Interval Insight: Scottish Water Gives C&I Customers 15-Minute Reads presents the unique way the fourth largest water and waste-water provider in the United Kingdom handles its data in regard to its commercial and industrial accounts. June 2007
All Aboard: 93 Utilities Will Share One MDM in Ontario explores how one company is handling the challenge of integrating MDM systems for 93 utilities simultaneously. April 2007
Technology
Getting IT ready for AMI explains how to make the most of the data AMI generates. Without an efficient, well-prepared IT department, a utility won’t get full value from its AMI system. November 2007
Metering Plus: Value-Added Technologies to Know gives an introduction to up-and-coming technologies in the metering industry. Read about the basics of meter data management, service-oriented architecture and much more. September 2007
Data Analysis Ups Tamper-Flag Value takes a look at tamper flags, the value they provide to AMR systems, and the best way to handle the related data analysis. July 2007
Implementation, Integration & Infrastructure
Installation Advice: What Works For Water Utilities offers expert advice about what to expect when installing AMR for the first time. Learn insider tips and find out what questions you need to be asking. November 2007
Seven Phases of AMI Implementation takes a step-by-step journey through every detail of the AMI implementation process, with an experienced implementation manager as your guide. November 2007
Smart Grid 101: Drivers, Goals and Technologies discloses the basics about the drivers and technologies that will define and shape the smart grid in the future. March 2007
