Regulatory Approach to AMI Implementation Abhijit Arvind Bhure
Abstract Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is a subject widely talked about at various energy departments of state government, regulatory commissions, utility companies, energy forums and among the product vendor community. The debate whether AMI should/shouldn’t be implemented is going on since quite a few years and recently got the much required boost by way of the commencement of Energy Policy Act 2005 in USA and department of infrastructure in Victoria State in Australia. Utilities across the world are trying out pilots at various locations to see the feasibility of roll out and meter vendors are trying to push their product range through the utility’s throat. This is taking place due to the lack of clear direction and lack of consensus among the stakeholders from the regulatory perspective. Government departments have come out with Act/laws in various countries to promote the AMI implementation. But the clear mandate is missing in these directions from the authorities. This article brings out the Govt. /regulatory perspective towards AMI, challenges in the implementation processes, collection of best practices for approach to implementation
Apr 2008
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