More than 40 LDCs are now registered with the SME, and are at various stages of the MDM/R registration and enrolment process, as a result of increased Smart Metering Initiative participation during the past year. Among them, 20 have confirmed their MDM/R enrolment dates, while others are nearing their transition to the MDM/R production system.
Ontario's Smart Meter Network On Track
More than one million meters are communicating with the province's Meter Data Management Repository (MDM/R), representing a significant step forward in the province's Smart Meter Initiative. As more and more LDCs complete their smart meter infrastructure build outs, they begin the process of connecting their smart meters to the MDM/R, so that it can receive consumption data from these meters, bundle it and then send it back to the LDC for billing.
Jumping in Head First
Ron Brajovic, Milton Hydro's Manager of System Planning and Reliability, says the LDC has benefitted from the Smart Metering Initiative
SME website redesign provides LDCs with easy access to information
The IESO has redesigned its Smart Metering Entity (SME) website to support the electricity industry as it rolls time-of-use rates (TOU) across the province. The website is among several communications, customer service and operations programs the SME introduced to assist Local Distribution Companies with MDM/R integration and the achievement of Smart Metering Initiative targets.
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June 30, 2010 | Smart Meter & TOU
June 30, 2010 | Smart Meter & TOU
Hydro Ottawa has become the ninth local distribution company to enrol its smart meters in the MDM/R and now has approximately 5,000 meters transmitting data to the MDM/R production system.
The company successfully cutover to the production system this month after participating in enrolment testing from December 2009 through May 2010. It now submits meter read files daily to the MDM/R.
