New Zealand North Island is about to install smart meter system

Reading: On October 7, New Zealand Unicom Power Company signed a contract with AMS, a subsidiary of Vector Corporation. It is expected that more than 150,000 smart meters will be installed for power users in the North Island area in the next three years.

Unicom Electric Co. believes that the adoption of these meters has ended the previous rough billing model, allowing users to obtain more detailed information on the use of electricity.

The company did not disclose how much the contract value with AMS was.

The new power management regulations require that by April 2015, the meter used must meet more stringent standards.

RuthBound, head of retailing at Unicom Power, believes that smart meters can bring obvious benefits to users because they can send power usage data directly to the company.

Users of the new smart meters that use the company's online data management services can also see detailed records of their daily use of electricity. This detailed information will enable interested users to better understand their use of electricity, so that they can make changes in how and when they use electricity.

There are more than 600,000 Unicom users in the country that use smart meters. AMS owns and is responsible for operating and operating these new meters.

The company’s chief executive, Simon Mackenzie, said Unicom’s company will be responsible for a total of 700,000 smart meters. About 80% of meters will be installed in the North Island, and the remaining 20% ​​will be installed in the Christchurch area.