In October 2009, Aneel, Brazil’s energy regulator, has announced tentative plans for a nationwide rollout of smart metering, expecting to replace about 63 million electricity meters in the country with smart meters by 2021. ELO provides equipment and solutions to obtain data for the billing and marketing of electric power, and to analyze the distribution grid to help reduce energy theft and to aid in power management and load control.
According to Marcos Rizzo, vice president of business development, ELO, “We are excited to bring Echelon’s NES System to the Latin American market where we see a real need for the many advanced services and features of NES. Much more than a simple AMI system focused on billing related services, the NES System provides utilities with a wealth of information about the status, operation and health of the grid that enables them to reduce operating costs while increasing service quality.”
“We are proud to partner with ELO, a respected system supplier in the Brazilian energy market,” said Jim Andrus, vice president, NES Sales Americas. “ELO’s innovation and knowledge will ensure a vibrant market for NES-based solutions and services in Latin America, a new and exciting market for our smart grid solutions.”
Echelon’s NES advanced metering infrastructure consists of a family of highly integrated, advanced electronic electricity meters accessed via a Web services based network operating system over an IP networking infrastructure. NES technology is used by utilities in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, US, and other countries.
Echelon is a US-based developer of network infrastructure products.
ELO is a Brazil-based metering provider for the South America market.
