The technology solution will improve operational efficiencies and energy management. It will also enable the Tennessee utility to integrate future technologies.
With the deployment of Elster’s EnergyAxis System, BCES would collect and analyze the data it needs to improve customer service, and realize operational efficiencies.
BCES general manager Raymond Barnes said the utility now joins fellow TVA utilities in modernizing electricity management with the implementation of an AMI solution.
"Elster’s EnergyAxis is giving us with reliable and field-proven toolkit that will help increase productivity, reduce costs by implementing Time of Use (TOU) rates where appropriate that will result in overall improvement to our bottom line," Barnes added.
Elster Solutions Smart Grid BU-South director Bruce Russell commented, "Elster worked with BCES to provide the AMI tailored solution the utility needed to make Smart Grid benefits more tangible for its customers, while ensuring that the system had an ease of use the utility’s management desired."
