Title :
Advanced meter reading tokenless prepayment
Author :
Clay, M.R.J. ; McEntee, A.J.
Author_Institution :
Manweb plc, Ton Pentre, UK
Abstract :
The authors describe how, in 1993, Manweb (UK) decided to implement a large-scale advanced meter reading (AMR) trial to test the technology, its application within a utility environment and formulate future AMR strategy. In summary, the trial has successfully met all of its original objectives. The trial has shown that, although the original concepts were valid, the actual implementation, installation and configuration have been considerably more demanding than initially anticipated.
Keywords :
electricity supply industry; power measurement; power system measurement; project engineering; tariffs; telemetry; testing; watthour meters; Manweb; UK; advanced meter reading; electric utility environment; electricity metering; implementation; installation; technology test; tokenless prepayment; trial project; Power industry; Power measurement; Power system measurements; Project management; Telemetry; Testing; Watthour meters;
Journal_Title :
Power Engineering Journal
DOI :
10.1049/pe:19960402
