Automated Meter Reading (AMR) is a special case of Field Service that warrants its own category.
The fleets of vehicles and personnel now engaged in reading utility meters at homes, offices and factories can be replaced entirely by telemetry-equipped meters that phone in the readings automatically. This is particularly appropriate in a deregulated market.
Enermet has already implemented this. It is the leading energy utility in the Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway), with strong footholds in Central and Eastern Europe as well.
The company supplies:
Grid meters in the Nordic region
A variety of industrial meters with a wide range of communication options, including wireless
Household electricity meters
Heat meters and flow sensors for applications from single family housing to large-scale industry
Deregulation and privatisation of the energy market has created a competitive, free-market environment.
Since distances in the Nordic region are often great, it is more efficient to read electric meters remotely rather than on a house-to-house basis.
Enermet needed metering technology that provides accurate real-time information remotely.
Considered over the lifetime of the solution, they found that the costs of leasing, or installing and maintaining, a fixed line were twice those of a wireless solution.
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