Press Release
Province of Ontario Selects eMeter and IBM for Meter Data Management
Independent Electricity System Operator Selects eMeter’s EnergyIP™
Software to Support 4.5 Million Smart Meters
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. January 15, 2007. eMeter’s EnergyIP solution
has been selected for a central Meter Data Management and Repository
(MDM/R) service in support of the Ontario government’s Smart
Metering Initiative. It will provide meter data management services
to the Ontario electricity industry, supporting the province’s
program to install a smart electricity meter in 800,000 homes and
small businesses by 2007 and throughout Ontario by 2010. With the
MDM/R at its center, the government’s Smart Metering Initiative
will play a major role in helping customers manage their electricity
costs and enhance reliability in the province.
“The IESO was fortunate to receive a number of very credible responses to its Request for Proposals and undertook a multiple step evaluation process,” said Paul Murphy, IESO President and CEO. “This will work for the benefit of Local Distribution Companies, Retailers and electricity customers in Ontario’s electricity market,” said Murphy.
The IESO is the Program Coordinator for the government’s Smart Metering Initiative activities including for the establishment of the MDM/R function and its successful integration into the end-to-end Smart Metering Infrastructure.
IBM will utilize eMeter’s EnergyIP software as the primary technology in the deployment of the MDM/R. IBM has also enlisted the industry leading services of Enspiria Solutions and Rodan Energy & Metering Solutions for this project.
“This is an enormous challenge,” said Cree Edwards, eMeter’s Chairman and CEO, “requiring reliable interfaces to multiple AMI data collection systems and scores of utility CIS systems. Fortunately, our EnergyIP software was designed specifically to support multiple technologies and systems, including scaling to many millions of hourly meters. We expect consumers to realize a wide range of benefits from the Smart Meter Initiative and commend Ontario for its vision.”
When smart meters are fully deployed in Ontario, the MDM/R is expected to collect hourly interval data from over 90 utilities across the province. The system is being designed to validate and process meter reads for over 4.5 million Ontario electricity consumers. When fully operational, it will retain over 85 billion records, providing the province with a unique and valuable tool for the province’s energy conservation initiatives.
The MDM/R contract was awarded following the completion of the Request
For Proposals process overseen by a Fairness Commissioner. The system
is expected to be ready in the summer of 2007.
