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Drivers:

• Increasing demand for secure meter systems due to tamper & fraud issues.
• Growing support from governments in the form of tariffs and subsidies.
• Supportive government policies, regulations, Mandates, targets.
• Demand for insights and transparency into consumers’ power consumption to help reduce energy bills.
• Increasing adoption of smart meters due to their Benefits.
• Utilities growing need to provide a top-class customer experience.
• Reduced operational expenses for utilities.

Definition and Benefits:

A smart meter is an electronic device that provides businesses and households with a digital way to measure water, gas, and electricity consumption in hourly or fewer intervals and communicates detailed insights to the utility at least once a day for monitoring and billing. Most notably, it provides utility readings in a much faster, more precise manner.

Traditional meters just measure overall consumption and provide no further breakdown of data; smart meters, on the other hand, measure site-specific information, allowing utilities to charge varying rates for consumption depending on the time of day and season.

Benefits:

• Smart meters provide near-real-time data on resources consumed.
• Smart meters will eliminate predicted billing, allowing consumers to better budget by only being charged for the resource actually used.
• Smart meters will enable switching suppliers easier and faster in the future, making it easy to find the best pricing.
• Eliminates supplying meter readings by sending automated readings directly to the energy supplier, saving business time for other tasks.
• Quick Installations (one hour for the gas meter and one hour for the electricity meter)
• Smart meters can be set up to run in either a prepayment or credit mode.

Restraints:

• Global economy slowdown due to natural calamities.
• Growing concerns of privacy for customers
• Lack of government support in some countries.
• Declining revenues of utilities impacting utility operating models and capital expenditure.

Recent Trends & Developments:

• In the United Kingdom, as part of a nationwide upgrade to the energy system, Smart meters are being installed by every energy supplier, such as ‘bulb’ for free.
• In August 2020, Badger Meter has announced the availability of a new metering-as-a-service programme that includes end-to-end advanced metering deployments.
• In August 2021, Landis+Gyr has signed a five-year deal with Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU) for the provision of smart meters and smart grid infrastructure and technology that includes 930,000 advanced electricity meters and 300,000 gas modules

Opportunities:

• Markets for growth potential where governments mandate smart meters- USA, Uk, Europe, and the Asia Pacific.
• Smart meters 2nd wave deployment - UK, Italy, Sweden, New Zealand.
• Heating and Cooling meters- USA, UK, Europe
• subscription-based Smart metering as a service (SMaaS) - Germany, South Africa, Austria, New Zealand, Norway, and small utilities.

Supportive schemes and policies for smart meter installations:

• India, July 2021- Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme.
• Greece, 2021- Antonis Tritsis Programme
• Singapore, 2019- Smart services for efficient energy consumption - including smart meter

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