AMR AND SMART METERING IN TENAGA NATIONAL BERHAD LESSONS LEARNED AND THE WAY FORWARD

摘要

Electronic meters, the main component of smart metering have been installed in TNB since 1985 and by 2002 TNB had totally stopped the purchase of electromechanical meters. The capability of the electronic meters providing information on events and consumption pattern paved the way for Large Power Customers(LPC) AMR project in 2005. Currently with AMR, 45,000 LPC installed with electronic meters and GSM modems are monitored centrally daily and have their bills posted monthly relieving the burden of manual meter reading. Trials are underway to explore customers' acceptance on paperless billing by posting their bills in TNB's web page as well as auto email to ensure faster delivery of bills. Proposals are also in place to extend the half hourly metering information to the customer via AMR's web page as an initial start to smart metering of LPCs.