LCRA Fills a Metering Void: Texas G&T provides metering services to wholesale and retail customers

摘要

Deregulation of the retail electric market in Texas forced the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), a public generation and transmission utility, to innovate advanced meter and meter data management services for key account customers. Proscribed from providing those services directly, LCRA (Austin, Texas, U.S.) combined with two outside businesses for key account support. Further, LCRA adapted that approach to collecting data for use in other utility service areas. When Texas opened meter ownership and meter services to a free market in January 2004, LCRA was in the position to provide meter services models for working in this new environment.