Directorate (NVE) has declared that all households
will have automated reading of energy meters by
2019. However, power supplier Energiselskapet
Buskerud has already been using automatic meter
reading for some time for its biggest customers
based on Telenor Norway's communications
concept.
Anyone with an annual energy consumption
above 100,000 kWh is already required to have
automatic meter reading. For these customers
Energy Buskerud (EB) has installed meters with
a SIM card that uses Telenor's gsm alarm and
bare data mobile subscriptions. The SIM cards
send information to the mobile data access
communication link, which transmits the data on to
EB's systems.
EB will build on the existing M2M solution by
implementing the automatic meter reading service
for over 55,000 customers. The company is building
on Telenor's concept. Many meters will continue
to use a SIM card. Additionally, Energiselskapet
Buskerud wants to investigate the possibility of
using other technologies to send information to
its data access point. Both fibre and copper-based
(DSL) broadband may be suitable alternatives to
meter reading by mobile technology, and regardless
of the energy supplier's choice of platform Telenor
Norway can offer the technology best suited for
energy utilities and their customers.
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