20.1.10
From meterpedia submission by Hector Enrique Peña González of EMCALI – hepena@emcali.com.co
Electricity pilot exercise in Cali, Colombia by EMCALI.
14,000 PLC meters will be installed at a cost of $4.5m between 2009 and 2010.
The meters, provided by Aclara/Nansen, will feature remote disconnection, tamper and diagnostic alerts, support for prepayment and load limiting/load control. They are based on Aclara’s TWACs technology.
The first purpose is to reduce the non technical losses indicators. Other benefits looking for includes:
1. Reduction on non-technical losses
2. Increases collect
3. Integration with Scada
4. Prepayment schemes
5. Best service
On this project we expect to evaluate posibilities with interfaces with the SCADA system an the commercial system. Also we are intend to aloow access to the people more vilnerable, sociallity meaning, with susteinable criteria and differential schemmas.
EMCALI already have 400 meters installed under a different pilot in Cali, using RF and GPRS comms. These meters were provided by VEGA.
http://emcali.com.co
December 29th, 2009
Simon
Type/Role: Municipal Utility
Headquarters/Base: Cali, Colombia
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As a long-term partner with the utility, Aclara will assist EMCALI, which serves 550,000 electric as well as 440,000 water customers in Santiago de Cali, with initiatives to improve the operating processes of
the utility, to enhance service to users, and to facilitate efficient operation of the electricity distribution system. When completed, EMCALI will have the largest AMI implementation in South America, offering
advanced prepayment services system, providing significant operating cost savings through the reduction of non-technical losses, and employing full AMI capability.
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September 24th, 2009
Simon
From meterpedia submission by Hector Enrique Peña González of EMCALI – hepena@emcali.com.co
Electricity pilot exercise in Cali, Colombia by EMCALI.
14,000 PLC meters will be installed at a cost of $4.5m between 2009 and 2010. The meters, provided by VEGA, will feature remote disconnection, tamper and diagnostic alerts, support for prepayment and load limiting/load control.
The first purpose is to reduce the non technical losses indicadors. Othe bennefits lookikg for includes:
1. Reduction on non-technical losses
2. Increases collect
3. Integration with Scada
4. Prepayment schemes
5. Best service
On this project we expect to evaluate posibilities with interfaces with the SCADA system an the commercial system. Also we are intend to aloow access to the people more vilnerable, sociallity meaning, with susteinable criteria and differential schemmas.
EMCALI already have 4000 meters installed under a different pilot in Cali, using RF and GPRS comms.
http://emcali.com.co
From google alert
Colombian utility Empresas de Energia del Archipiélago de San Andres S.A. E.S.P. is deploying the Aclara Two-Way Automatic Communications System (TWACS) advanced metering infrastructure technology on the islands of San Andres and Providencia. The TWACS fixed-network solution transmits and receives metering and utility data over existing power lines.
16,300 meters will be installed, starting in 2009 with a target for completion by the end of 2010.
A major objective of the plan is to reduce energy losses. In the first stage, this would amount to cutting losses from 34% to 12% on two feeders. In addition, the utility wants to use the data provided by TWACS technology to eliminate estimated billing.
