Smart Metering in North America and Asia-Pacific

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Smart Metering in North America and Asia-Pacific
Published on June 2010

Report Summary

Summary

Smart grid is one of the latest buzzwords in the energy sector and has become a catchphrase for politicians, academics and industry
leaders alike. The vision is to exploit the latest technology to address the immense challenge of securing the energy supply in the 21st
century. The concept of smart grids is at times put forward as a revolutionary solution to a wide array of problems, ranging from the
West's dependency on Middle Eastern oil to global warming. A more realistic expectation is however that smart grid technology will
contribute to improved efficiency and reliability in energy distribution and better optimisation in allocation of resources and utilisation of
assets. Smart metering is widely regarded as the cornerstone for future smart grids. In the history of metering technology, smart
metering represents the third stage in a chain of developments spanning more than 100 years. Manually read meters have been
around since the advent of the utility industry in the late 19th century. Over the last three decades, automated meter reading (AMR)
based on one-way or two-way communication has evolved. Smart metering broadens the scope of AMR beyond just meter readings
with additional features enabled by two-way data communication. A smart metering solution generally delivers a range of applications
using an infrastructure comprising networked meters, communication networks and data collection and management systems. Smart
electricity meters are being introduced all over the developed world. North America and Asia-Pacific are two of the most dynamic
market regions that will see massive projects realised over the next five to ten years. Berg Insight forecasts that the installed base of
smart electricity meters in North America will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 30.2 percent between 2009 and 2015 to
reach 74.6 million units at the end of the period. Asia- Pacific is projected to see the installed base of smart meters soar from a low
level to 116.5 million units by 2015.

North America has the world's highest penetration for automatic meter reading, exceeding 50 percent. Over the past years, many of
the largest utilities in the US have embarked on ambitious smart grid schemes where one of the main objectives is to deploy second
generation advanced metering infrastructure. AEP, PG&E, Southern California Edison, Southern Company and Oncor are some of
the largest utility groups having committed to full scale rollouts to all customers. Furthermore there are numerous projects among
medium sized and small utilities throughout the country. National and state policies play a major role in shaping developments. The
US market received a major boost through the Obama Administration's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that includes US$
43 billion earmarked for the energy sector plus tax incentives. A number of states, including California, Texas, Florida and
Pennsylvania have approved utility plans for massive smart meter deployments, while others such as Virginia have turned down
major project proposals. In Canada, the states of Ontario and British Columbia have introduced a mandatory requirement for smart
electricity meters for all customers by 2010 and 2012 respectively. BC Hydro will start Canada's largest project to date in 2010,
involving 1.8 million metering points. Asia-Pacific is in an early phase of the adoption of smart metering technology. Large-scale
rollouts to residential customers have only recently begun in Japan and South Korea, while China remains in the piloting stage.
National and industry leaders do however have clear visions for the adoption of the technology over the course of this decade. South
Korea has adopted a national plan for the construction of a smart grid by 2020. Japan already has the world's most advanced power
grid monitoring systems in place and several of the leading utilities have announced plans for smart meter deployments over the next
ten years. China is investing massively in the expansion of the nation's energy infrastructure to keep up with the rapidly increasing
power demand. State Grid Corporation of China is preparing for a nationwide rollout of smart meters to all electricity customers from
the mid-2010s. Australia and New Zealand began massive installations of smart meters at the end of the last decade. Adoption is
driven by regulations in the case of Australia and by the main industry players in New Zealand.

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Table of Content

Table of Contents....... i
List of Figures........... vi
Executive summary....1
1 Smart grids and intelligent meters....3
1.1 Introduction to smart grids .......3
1.2 Smart metering ..........6
1.2.1 Smart metering applications .............6
1.2.2 Smart metering infrastructure............9
1.2.3 Benefits of smart metering ..............12
1.3 Project strategies .....14
1.3.1 System design and sourcing ..........14
1.3.2 Rollout and integration .....15
1.3.3 Implementation and operation ........15
1.3.4 Communicating with customers .....16
1.4 Regulatory issues ....17
1.4.1 Models for the introduction of smart meters ..........17
1.4.2 Standardisation .18
1.4.3 Individual rights issues.....19
2 PLC and wireless communication technologies ...21
2.1 PLC versus wireless communication.....21
2.1.1 PLC point-to-multipoint ....21
2.1.2 Wireless Mesh point-to-multipoint...22
2.1.3 Cellular networks point-to-point ......24
2.1.4 Home area networking.....25
2.2 PLC technology and vendors.25
2.2.1 Industry associations and standards ......26
2.2.2 Tier one semiconductor companies .......28
2.2.3 Advanced Digital Design..30
2.2.4 Atheros Communications.30
2.2.5 CURRENT..........30
2.2.6 Leaguer Microelectronics.31
2.2.7 Yitran Communications ....31
2.3 Wireless technology and vendors .........32
2.3.1 Industry initiatives and standards....32
2.3.2 Arcadian Networks ...........35
2.3.3 Cinterion Wireless Modules ............36
2.3.4 Coronis ..............36
2.3.5 Ember.37
2.3.6 Motorola ............37
2.3.7 Sierra Wireless...38
2.3.8 Sigma Designs ..38
2.3.9 Simcom .............39
2.3.10 Telit .....39
3 Smart metering industry players.....41
3.1 Meter vendors..........41
3.1.1 Landis+Gyr .......42



3.1.2 Itron ....46
3.1.3 Elster...48
3.1.4 Aichi Tokei Denki..............51
3.1.5 EDMI...51
3.1.6 GE Energy .........52
3.1.7 Hangzhou PAX Electronic 53
3.1.8 Holley Metering .53
3.1.9 Jiangsu Linyang 54
3.1.10 LS Industrial Systems.......54
3.1.11 Osaki Electric.....55
3.1.12 Sanxing Electric.55
3.1.13 Schneider Electric ............56
3.1.14 Sensus56
3.1.15 Wasion57
3.1.16 Second tier Chinese meter vendors58
3.1.17 European meter vendors .60
3.2 Smart metering communication solution providers .....61
3.2.1 Aclara .61
3.2.2 Arc Innovations..62
3.2.3 Cooper Power Systems ...62
3.2.4 Comverge..........63
3.2.5 Echelon .............63
3.2.6 Grid Net .............64
3.2.7 KDN ....65
3.2.8 NURI Telecom...65
3.2.9 Omni System.....66
3.2.10 Silver Spring Networks.....66
3.2.11 SmartSynch.......67
3.2.12 Tantalus.............68
3.2.13 Trilliant 68
3.3 MDMS and middleware vendors ...........69
3.3.1 Ecologic Analytics ............70
3.3.2 eMeter 70
3.3.3 EnergyICT..........71
3.3.4 NorthStar Utilities Solutions ............71
3.3.5 Oracle .72
3.3.6 SAP.....72
4 Market analysis .73
4.1 North America..........73
4.1.1 Market forecast..74
4.1.2 Technology trends ...........75
4.1.3 Industry analysis76
4.2 East Asia ...80
4.3 Australia and New Zealand.....84



5 North America ...87
5.1 Regional summary...87
5.2 United States ...........89
5.2.1 Electricity and gas utilities89
5.2.2 Federal smart grid and metering initiatives............94
5.2.3 Regional overview: Northeast .........96
5.2.4 Regional overview: Midwest............99
5.2.5 Regional overview: South..............101
5.2.6 Regional overview: West 106
5.3 Canada ...109
5.3.1 Electricity and gas utilities.............109
5.3.2 Ontario's smart meter rollout.........111
5.3.3 Smart metering initiatives in other provinces .......115
6 Asia-Pacific......117
6.1 Regional summary.117
6.2 China.......119
6.2.1 Electricity industry structure..........119
6.2.2 Smart grid and metering initiatives .......120
6.3 Japan......122
6.3.1 Electricity and gas utility industry structure .........122
6.3.2 Smart grid and metering initiatives .......123
6.4 South Korea...........124
6.4.2 National smart grid plan for 2020..125
6.5 Australia ..126
6.5.2 Regulation driven deployments of smart meters .127
6.6 New Zealand..........130
6.6.1 Electricity industry structure..........130
6.6.2 Industry driven deployments of smart meters .....132
7 Case studies ...135
7.1 North America........135
7.1.1 Pacific Gas & Electric .....135
7.1.2 American Electric Power 137
7.1.3 Southern Company........138
7.1.4 CenterPoint Energy ........139
7.1.5 Tennessee Valley Authority...........140
7.1.6 Hydro One.......141
7.2 East Asia .142
7.2.1 State Grid Corporation of China....143
7.2.2 Kansai Electric Power.....145
7.2.3 KEPCO ............146
7.3 Australia and New Zealand...147
7.3.1 Jemena and UED...........148
7.3.2 SP AusNet .......148
7.3.3 Vector ..............149
Glossary .151

List of Figures



Figure 1.1: Smart metering infrastructure 9
Figure 1.2: Examples of smart electricity meters..10
Figure 2.1: PLC point-to-multipoint communication infrastructure.............22
Figure 2.2: Wireless Mesh point-to-multipoint communication infrastructure...........23
Figure 2.3: Cellular point-to-point communication infrastructure24
Figure 2.4: Selected members of HomePlug Powerline Alliance by industry ...........27
Figure 2.5: Selected members of ZigBee Alliance by industry ...33
Figure 3.1: Energy meter vendor company data (World/Asia/North America, FY2009) ..........42
Figure 3.2: Landis+Gyr smart metering product portfolio (North America/Australia 2010).....43
Figure 3.3: Itron smart metering product portfolio (North America 2010) ..47
Figure 3.4: Elster smart metering product portfolio (North America/Australia 2010) 50
Figure 4.1: Smart meter shipments and penetration rate (North America 2009'2015) ...........74
Figure 4.2: Smart metering capital expenditure by category (North America 2009'2015)......75
Figure 4.3: Smart electricity meter supplier market shares (NA Q2-2010).77
Figure 4.4: Smart electricity meter communication provider market shares (NA Q2-2010) ....78
Figure 4.5: Smart meter shipments and penetration rate (East Asia 2009'2015).....80
Figure 4.6: Smart meter shipments and penetration rate (Australia & NZ 2009'2015) ...........85
Figure 5.1: Top 10 confirmed smart metering projects in North America (Q2-2010)88
Figure 5.2: Top 50 electricity utilities (US 2010) ...90
Figure 5.3: Top 25 gas utilities (US 2010).............93
Figure 5.4: List of major smart meter projects receiving federal grants .....95
Figure 5.5: Major smart metering contracts from investor-owned utilities (US 2010) ..............98
Figure 5.6: Selected smart metering contracts from public and co-op utilities (US 2010) ....105
Figure 5.7: Top 25 electricity utilities (Canada 2010) .110
Figure 5.8: Top 25 electricity smart metering contracts in Ontario ..........113
Figure 6.1: Major smart metering projects in the Asia-Pacific region (Q2-2010) ....118
Figure 6.2: List of electricity utilities in Japan (2009)..123
Figure 6.3: Top five electricity and gas utilities in South Korea (2009) ....125
Figure 6.4: Electricity and gas utilities in Australia (2009) .........127
Figure 6.5: Summary of cost benefit analysis for smart meters in Australia ...........128
Figure 6.6: Smart metering contracts in Victoria, Australia .......129
Figure 6.7: Electricity retailer market shares (New Zealand, Q1-2010) ....131
Figure 6.8: Metering service providers in New Zealand and smart meter contracts..............132
Figure 7.1: Results of SGCC's first centralised meter tender of December 2009 ...144



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