World Bank2013-03-262013-03-262011https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12948In the second half of the 1980s, several electricity companies in developed countries incorporated the automation of the reads of the consumption meters installed in their customers' premises. Adoption of that approach was driven in all the cases by the need to lower the significant costs of in-site reading, reflecting high labor costs in rich countries. There are several AMI options potentially viable for each of the automated meter reading (AMI) applications, covering a wide range in terms of technical and functional specifications of hardware and software. However, the technical and economic feasibility of a specific option crucially depends on the current operational and financial performance of the involved utilities, as well as on other key characteristics (institutional, regulatory, development of communications infrastructure) of the environment in which they operate. It is very clear that, in AMI, one size does not fit all. The applicability and options for applying AMI or smart meters technology to a variety of customer management issues commonly found in public service utilities, in particular in electricity distribution companies, are described and analyzed in this report.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGO3GACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACTION PLANSAGRICULTUREANTENNASAPPLIANCESAPPROACHAUTOMATIONBASICBROADBANDBROADCASTBUSINESS MODELBUSINESS PROCESSESCAPABILITIESCELLULAR NETWORKCELLULAR NETWORKSCELLULAR TECHNOLOGIESCLIMATE CHANGECOLLECTION SYSTEMCOLLUSIONCOMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURECOMMUNICATION NETWORKCOMMUNICATION NETWORKSCOMMUNICATION SERVICESCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYCOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKCOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYCOMPONENTSCONVERSION EQUIPMENTCOST EFFECTIVENESSDATA COLLECTIONDATA COMMUNICATIONDATA MANAGEMENTDATA NETWORKDATA PACKETDATA RATESDATA TRANSFERDATA TRANSMISSIONDEMAND MANAGEMENTDEVICESDIGITALDISTRIBUTION FACILITIESDISTRIBUTION NETWORKDISTRIBUTION NETWORKSDISTRIBUTION SYSTEMECONOMIC FEASIBILITYECONOMIC LIFEECONOMIC LOSSELECTRIC POWERELECTRIC UTILITIESELECTRIC UTILITYELECTRICITYELECTRICITY CONSUMPTIONELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTIONELECTRICITY PRICEELECTRICITY SUPPLYELECTRICITY SYSTEMELECTRICITY TARIFFSELECTRICITY UTILITIESELECTRICITY UTILITYENERGY CONSUMPTIONENERGY COSTSENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY OUTLOOKENGINEERINGENGINEERSEQUIPMENTEQUIPMENTSFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL PERFORMANCEFOSSILFOSSIL FUELSFRAUDFREQUENCY BANDSFUELFUEL TYPEFUELSFUNCTIONALITYGENERATIONGLOBAL MARKETGLOBAL MARKETSGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROUP OF USERSHARDWAREHYDROPOWERICTINCOMEINFORMATION SYSTEMINFORMATION SYSTEMSINFORMATION TRANSMISSIONINSPECTIONSINSTALLATIONINTERFACEINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSKILOWATT-HOURLANLCDLOCAL AREA NETWORKMAINTENANCE COSTSMANAGEMENT SYSTEMMANUFACTURINGMARKET PRICESMOBILE COMMUNICATIONMOBILE COMMUNICATIONSMOBILE PHONEMOBILE PHONESMODEMSMONOPOLIESNETWORK SYSTEMSNETWORKSOILOPTIMIZATIONORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTUREPACKET RADIOPACKET RADIO SERVICESPOLLUTANTSPOWERPOWER DEMANDPOWER GENERATIONPOWER GENERATORSPOWER GRIDSPOWER INDUSTRYPOWER LINESPOWER PLANTPOWER PLANT CONSTRUCTIONPOWER SECTORPOWER SECTOR PLANNINGPOWER SECTORSPOWER SYSTEMPOWER SYSTEMSPRICES OF ENERGYPRIMARY ENERGYPRIMARY ENERGY RESOURCESPROGRAMSQUALITY OF SERVICEQUALITY OF SERVICESRADIORADIO FREQUENCIESRADIO FREQUENCYRADIO SIGNALSREAL TIMEREAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONREGULATORY FRAMEWORKRELIABILITYRESIDENTIAL CONSUMERSRESULTRESULTSSATELLITESERVERSERVERSSERVICE PROVIDERSSOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURESOFTWARE PACKAGESOFTWARE PACKAGESSOFTWARE SYSTEMTARIFF LEVELSTECHNICAL ASPECTSTECHNICAL SKILLSTECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURETECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONTECHNOLOGY SUPPORTSTELECOMTELECOMMUNICATIONTELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENTTELEVISIONTERMINALSTIME PERIODSTOTAL COSTSTRANSFORMERSTRANSMISSIONTRANSMISSION CAPACITYUSERUSERSUTILITIESVALUE CHAINVOLTAGEWANWIDE AREA NETWORKWIFIWIRELESSWIRELESS TECHNOLOGIESWIRELESS TECHNOLOGYWorld Bank10.1596/12948