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04.19.11 -- The Evolution Of Smart Metering

April 19, 2011

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Featured Articles

Strategic Metering: The Evolution Of Smart Metering
By Oracle Utilities
Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI or smart metering) helps utilities respond to a variety of emerging customer and community needs. But utilities may miss many of its benefits if they regard smart metering as primarily an evolutionary step in consumption measurement. Smart metering is, in fact, a data revolution, with implications for virtually every utility department and function.

Strategic Metering: The Evolution Of Smart Metering

Conservation, Customer Service, And Advanced Leak Detection Through AMR/AMI
By Neptune Technology Group Inc.
In the face of revenue pressures, increasing operational costs, and manpower shortages, utilities can't afford to ignore water loss. Nor can they afford to literally underestimate the problem. As utilities review better methods to conserve water and control costs, leak detection has become a critical component of any modern utility management system.

Conservation, Customer Service, And Advanced Leak Detection Through AMR/AMI

Bringing The Smart Grid To Small Towns
By Mueller Water Products
The Sterling Municipal Light Department wanted to take automatic meter reading (AMR) to the next level by implementing an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solution. They desired a modular system that could be initially implemented for the management of energy resources and later adapted to water. In addition, the SMLD wanted to provide resources for its customers to make informed energy choices.

Bringing The Smart Grid To Small Towns

AMR And Meters In The News

Veolia Water And Orange Launch m2o City, A Smart Metering Operator
Aclara Maintains Momentum In TWACS AMI Deployments
Itron Delivers Smart Water Meters For Nationwide Grid In Malta
Neptune Lead-Free Bronze Alloy Water Meters Meet Current And Planned Regulatory Standards
Elster First To Win European Approval For New H5000 Woltmann Turbine Water Meter With Measuring Range Of 1600:1
Wachs Water Services And Veritec Consulting To Help Utilities Tackle Challenges Associated With Operating Aging Water Distribution Systems
Houston Deploys Alvarion 4G Wireless Broadband Network For Advanced Municipal Services
Talquin Electric Cooperative Implements Sensus AMI And Smart Metering Technologies For Electric And Water Services
City Of Tacoma Selects Echologics, LLC For Leak Detection, Pipe Condition Assessment Project
Vivint Chosen To Install Advanced Municipal Water Meter System For Sandy City, Utah
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Brochure: STAR Network 3300 Water MTU
Brochure: STAR Network 3300 Water MTU
The 3300 water MTU uses the powerful STAR Network RF technology to transmit hourly, interval usage data, and two-way communication to the utility. The MTU supports up to eight-digit registers and delivers time-stamped reads on a time-synchronized network, allowing for advanced water distribution management.

Brochure: FixedLinx Meter Data Management System
Brochure: FixedLinx Meter Data Management System
Master Meter FixedLinx frees utilities from operational inefficiencies and empowers them with the time and information to do more — to better service customers, better manage revenue, and responsibly manage precious resources.

Brochure: ARB Utility Management Systems
Brochure: ARB Utility Management Systems
The game-changing benefits of automation achieved with an ARB Utility Management System — reduction of human errors resulting in accurate reading and billing, elimination of delays, lockouts, callbacks, and estimated bills — leads to enhanced customer relations and improved cash flow, resulting in the overall improvement in the efficiency of the utility's operations to more effectively serve the public.
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AMR And Meters Product Guide

Mueller Meter Setting Materials
Mueller Meter Setting Materials

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Mueller Co.

Flexible Axis Meter
Flexible Axis Meter

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Master Meter, Inc.

Integral Hot Rod
Integral Hot Rod

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Mueller Water Products

Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management
Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management

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Oracle Utilities

Two-Way Communication MTU: Aclara STAR Network AMI Solution
Two-Way Communication MTU: Aclara STAR Network AMI Solution

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Aclara

R900 Gateway
R900 Gateway

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Neptune Technology Group Inc.

Utilimetrics: The Utility Technology Association
Utilimetrics: The Utility Technology Association

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Utilimetrics

FlexNet AMI System
FlexNet AMI System

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Sensus Metering Systems, Inc.

100W Water Endpoint
100W Water Endpoint

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Itron

FiXed Xpress Network: MARS FX<sup>2</sup> And MiniGate Router
FiXed Xpress Network: MARS FX2 And MiniGate Router

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MARS Company

Badger GALAXY Fixed Network Meter Reading System
Badger GALAXY Fixed Network Meter Reading System

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Badger Meter, Inc.

Meters, Automatic Meter Reading (AMR), And AMI Solutions Hub
Meters, Automatic Meter Reading (AMR), And AMI Solutions Hub

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