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2,000 smart meters for installation in G/town
Under the first phase of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) programme 2,000 smart meters will be installed around the city business hub.
GPL has commenced the first phase of its (AMI) programme to provide customers with more accurate meter reading every month, information about their energy usage and a system for recognizing power outages without customer input.
The Project is financed under a loan agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and facilitated by the Government of Guyana for the sustainable operation of the electricity sector and improved quality of service.
The Pilot Zone extends from Avenue of the Republic to Vlissengen Road and North Road to South Road including Regent, Robb and Charlotte Streets.
The programme incorporates technology that allows electric meters to be read remotely and provide a wide range of benefits to customers, as well as operational savings through increased efficiencies to GPL.
Additionally, the AMI will eventually be implemented countrywide and serve as a platform to eliminate manual meter reading, provide remote monitoring of the electric distribution system and enable customers to manage their bills by tracking their consumption and demand via the internet.
“AMI has been proven to provide wide-ranging operational and customer benefits including improved customer service and more options for our customers to manage their energy bills,” said John Cush, Consultant with responsibility for the implementation of the Sustainable Operation of the Electricity Sector and Improved Quality of Service Project
GPL has approximately 138,000 meters scheduled to be read every month, but some remain unread because of severe weather, dogs, locked gates or other access problems.
“With AMI we will be able to significantly improve the daily meter reading rate, which will eliminate the vast majority of estimated bills,” Cush said.
Besides more accurate meter reading, AMI will provide customers with benefits which include remote monitoring of the distribution network which will enable faster and more reliable power outage detection and restoration. In addition, the system will detect low voltage situations impacting customer’s service; An ability to track consumption and demand, and provide assistance to adjust consumption to align with budgets, as well as a choice of billing cycles to better meet customers’ cash flow requirements, and Identification of individual service problems that may not be immediately apparent behind a circuit-wide problem.
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