Results of monitoring of amr systems in Norway: Analysis of metered data and definition of the performance parameters

The paper is based on results of big-scale implementation of AMR systems in Norway and a consequent monitoring of performance of those for six DSOs in Norway. The data were collected from approximately 17.000 customers for a period of six years. The data has been statistically analysed by using the software tool Useload, developed at SINTEF Energy Research. Based on this, the study proposes definitions of two key parameters: metering quality and metering availability, which describe performance of AMR systems throughout the whole value chain. The study further makes a comparative analysis of metering quality and metering reliability for the six participating DSOs and defines a mathematic relationship between them.