Full Title: Electric Company Smart Meter Deployments: Foundation for a Smart Grid
Author(s): Adam Cooper and Mike Shuster
Publisher(s): The Edison Foundation, Institute for Electric Innovation
Publication Date: December 1, 2019
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Description (excerpt):
The transition of the electric power system is underway, and smart meters continue to be a key technology that enables customer services and communications and enhanced energy grid operations. Investing in the distribution grid, particularly in smart meters, is the foundation for a customer-facing, modern energy grid. While deployment of smart meters began more than a decade ago, electric companies continue to find ways to create value from the data and capabilities
smart meters enable.
In this report, we discuss some of the innovations, benefits, and capabilities enabled by smart meters; summarize the current status and projected number of smart meters installed nationwide; and, provide our perspective on the growing importance of investing in the distribution grid.