Dive Summary:
- The Piedmont Municipal Power Agency, a joint agency formed by 10 municipal utilities in South Carolina, has selected Tantalus to provide load management and an advanced metering infrastructure overlay.
- The new technology will allow the utilities to remotely read existing Itron meters; Tantalus first partnered with Itron in 2011 to offer similar solutions to utilities.
- The plan will be comprised of two phases: one that will extend the two-way AMI network and a second that will expand the program to more than 100,000 endpoints.
From the article:
In 2011, Tantalus partnered with Itron to offer an overlay solution to utilities with existing Itron ERT modules and one-way automatic meter reading (AMR) networks. According to Tantalus, the joint solution provides a migration path to two-way AMI for utilities without requiring a comprehensive infrastructure upgrade. As a result, the company says, utilities can extend the value of their existing investments in AMR infrastructure while adopting the benefits of real-time smart grid communications. ...