An advanced metering infrastructure system will be powered by the Elster EnergyAxis smart grid solution to deliver Fort Collins Utilities’ electric and water customers with system and operational improvements.
As part of the advanced meter Fort Collins project, Fort Collins Utilities will install about 100,000 advanced electric and water meter endpoints by the end of the second quarter of 2013.
The Fort Collins smart grid deployment will also improve customer service by enabling two-way digital communication between the advanced meters and system managers, and reduce operational costs and related truck rolls.
The Elster EnergyAxis solution, runs on the Tropos Network communications system, that will provide the wireless backhaul system required to transmit electricity and water usage data from the Elster Smart Meter to Fort Collins Utilities.
The US Department of Energy, through a smart grid investment grant, will provide partial funding for the advanced meter Fort Collins project.
