Utilities are faced with the emergence of greater demands on their assets and infrastructure than ever before. Market, regulatory, environmental and operational forces are all driving utilities toward the need to provide advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). AMI provides the missing communications link between the utility and the end user by creating a complete bidirectional communications network. AMI collects, measures and analyzes energy usage using a two-way communications network between advanced meters and the utility's control systems.
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