WORLDWIDE MARKET RESEARCH REPORT - CISE

EC/IST FP6 Project No 026920
Work Package: 6
Type of document: Report
Date: 20.12.2007
File name: OP_WP6_D37_V1.0.doc Version: 1.0
Title: Worldwide Market Research Report 108 / 356
1. Automatic meter reading
2. Capacitor control
3. Demand prediction
4. Distribution transformer overload analysis
5. Line testing
6. Outage localization and fault characterization
7. Phase loss detection
8. Power quality monitoring
9. SCADA delivery
10. Substation monitoring
11. URD outage diagnosis
In fact, financial modeling for five applications in a Tier-1 market involving automated
distribution functions demonstrates the potential for financial performance through core utility
operations; it is concluded that over $30 million per year in savings can be realized through
implementation of a BPL system. In another real-life case study, substation monitoring
demonstrated payback to a utility in less than two years. Thus, BPL represents opportunities
to save money for utilities that are not interested in pursuing competitive business plans; in
fact, the capabilities offered by such BPL internal applications may over time prove to be
operating necessities due to more demanding state regulations.
5.2.5.4 The AMR Market
The AMR market in U.S.A. is growing up 24% to the year since 1997 (Metering International
- www.metering.com) and the forecasts for the next 5 years is a growth of a 15% - 20%. In
2003, a research of the magazine Metering International, informed have more than 45,5
million units of AMR in operation in the world, and the technology based on radio was, the
most used technology, followed for PLC short band. The Table 5-14 shows the research
numbers.