As part of Ontario’s Smart Meter Initiative, the Ontario government has established an objective of collecting hourly interval data from every home in the province by 2010.
“We are pleased that we have been able to quickly reach agreement with Elster on our AMI solution. Elster’s proven track record, flexible, complete and economic EnergyAxis solution, vision for the Smart Grid and knowledge of the applications made this an easy choice for us,” said Robert Mace, CEO of Thunder Bay Hydro.
Thunder Bay Hydro is the first of a second wave of Ontario utilities who are implementing AMI technology. Elster’s EnergyAxis System is already employed by other Ontario utilities and currently gathers more than 1 million meter points of hourly billing data from a wide variety of Ontario energy consumers.
“Thunder Bay Hydro has a clear plan and has demonstrated strong leadership in moving this project forward rapidly,” said Jack Robertson, president and general manager, Elster Metering, Canada. “This will be a quick implementation and we are looking forward to working with Thunder Bay as they continue to pursue their energy conservation initiatives.”
