Under the partnership, Silver Spring and Metrix will jointly deploy metering solutions for Counties Power, a lines company serving more than 37,000 customers in New Zealand’s North Island.
Counties Power and Metrix will partner to utilise Silver Spring’s networking platform and UtilityIQ head-end software to deliver smart metering-as-a-service to their energy retailer clients.
Counties Power is also expected to utilise Silver Spring’s platform to improve the reliability and performance of its network, enable faster outage detection and restoration, and deliver improved power quality to its customers. Through the new smart grid technology, Counties Power’s customers will be able to take better control of their electricity usage.
Counties Power CEO Neil Simmonds said, "Counties Power looks forward to using the Silver Spring and Metrix solution to improve the reliability and consistency of service for our customers. Counties Power will also use the platform and its new smart meters to minimize future network capital costs and, therefore, prices over the next decade."
The project is scheduled to start in late 2013.
