World Gas Meter Report Ed 7 2009

Table of Contents

Contents

Contents

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2. METER POPULATION AND DEMAND

3. METER COMPANIES

• The origins of the metering industry - electricity, gas and water
• Elster Group
• Itron- Actaris
• Landis + Gyr
• Sensus
• The gas metering industry in 2009
• Elster Group
• Itron - Actaris
• Sensus
• JSC Gazdevice
• Other gas meter companies
• Dresser
• GE
• Japanese meter companies
• Chinese meter companies
• Market shares of the leading meter companies (global market), 2007
• Market shares of the leading meter companies (excluding Japan), 2007

4. DEMAND DRIVERS

• New household connections
• Examples of national variations
• Replacement of aging meters
• Up-grading to advanced meters
• Other market trends

5. WORLD DEMAND

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Contents

6. COUNTRY PROFILES EUROPE

• Contents

Europe Demand

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009

Austria

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Meter Market Participants
• Type Approval
• Utility Background

Germany

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Meter Market Participants
• Type Approval
• Utility Background

Greece

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Type Approval and Verification
• Utility Background

Hungary

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Meter Market Participants
• Type Approval and Verification

Utility Background

• Ireland
• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Market participants
• Type Approval and Verification
• Utility Background

Italy

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (units) 2009
• Meter Market Participants
• Type Approval
• Utility Background

Latvia

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Type Approval and Verification
• Utility Background

Lithuania

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Type Approval and Verification
• Utility Background

Netherlands

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Market participants
• Type Approval
• Utility Background

Norway

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Type Approval and Verification
• Utility Background

Poland

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Meter Market Participants
• Type Approval
• Utility Background

Portugal

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Type Approval and Verification
• Utility Background

Romania

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Meter market participants
• Type Approval
• Utility Background

Slovakia

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Type Approval and Verification
• Utility Background

Slovenia

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Type Approval and Verification
• Utility Background

Spain

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Meter Market Participants
• Type Approval
• Utility Background

Sweden

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Type Approval and Verification
• Utility Background

Switzerland

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Type Approval and Verification
• Utility Background

Turkey

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Meter Market Participants
• Type Approval and Verification
• Inspection and verification
• Utility Background

United Kingdom

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Meter Market Participants
• Type Approval and Verification
• Utility Background

7. COUNTRY PROFILES CIS

• Contents

CIS Demand

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009

Russia

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Meter Market Participants
• Meter types
• AMR
• Market development
• Type approval and verification
• Utility background

Ukraine

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Type Approval
• Utility Background

8. COUNTRY PROFILES AMERICAS

• Contents

North America Demand

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009

Canada

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Meter market participants
• Type Approval and Verification
• Utility background
• Principal natural gas companies of Canada

Mexico

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Meter market participants
• Type approval and verification
• Utility background

United States

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Meter types
• Meter market participants
• Type approval and certification
• Type approval
• Utility background

9. CENTRAL AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN DEMAND

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2 009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009

10. SOUTH AMERICA DEMAND

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009

Argentina

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Market participants
• Type Approval and Verification
• Utility background
• Principal natural gas companies of Argentina

Brazil

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Market participants
• Type Approval and Verification
• Utility background
• Principal natural gas companies of Brazil

Chile

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Type Approval and Verification
• Utility background

11. COUNTRY PROFILES ASIA PACIFIC

• Contents

Asia Pacific Demand

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Australia
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Meter market participants
• Type approval
• Initial verification
• Re-verification
• Utility background
• Principal natural gas companies of Australia

China

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Meter types
• AMI - AMR
• Meter market participants
• Type approval and verification
• Internal market development and distribution
• Market factors for natural gas
• Relations with customers
• Metering, pricing and billing
• Connection fee
• Utility background

India

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Meter types
• AMR
• Meter market participants
• Type approval and verification
• Utility background
• Gas distribution companies

Indonesia

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Type approval and verification
• Initial verification
• Utility Background

Japan

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual meter demand for both city gas and LPG
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• The Gas Market in Japan
• Piped city gas
• LPG
• Safety problems
• Meter types
• New ultrasonic meter for residential use
• New ultrasonic gas meter compared with diaphragm meter
• Commercial and industrial
• Market trend
• AMI - AMR
• Type approval and verification
• Market participants

Korea, South

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Market participants
• Utility background

Malaysia

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Type Approvals and Verification
• Initial verification
• Inspection and re-verification
• Utility Background

New Zealand

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Meter market participants
• Type Approval and Verification
• Utility background

Philippines

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value and Units 2009
• Type Approval and Verification
• Utility Background

Taiwan

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value 2009 (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Meter market participants
• Type Approval and Verification
• Initial verification
• Utility Background

Thailand

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value 2009 (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Type approval and verification
• Utility Background

Vietnam

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Type Approval and Verification
• Initial verification
• Utility Background

12. MIDDLE EAST

• Contents
• Middle East
• Iran

Middle East Demand

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009

Iran

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Meter market participants
• Type approval and verification
• Utility Background

13. AFRICA

• Contents

Africa Demand

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009

Egypt

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Type approval and verification
• Utility background

South Africa

• Population, Household and Meter Base
• Annual Demand for Gas Meters
• Gas Meter Segments by Value (€ ) 2009
• Gas Meter Segments (Units) 2009
• Meter market participants
• Type approval and verification
• Verification
• Utility background

14. ADVANCED METERING

• AMR, Automatic Meter Reading - AMI, Advanced Metering Infrastructure
• The origins and history of advanced metering
• AMR, Automatic Meter Reading
• MDMS, Meter Data Management System
• Evolution of metering technology
• Reasons for deploying advanced metering
• Regulatory direction
• Customer benefits
• Customer service
• Economic value
• Costs for AMI
• Meter Reading Technologies
• Handheld meter reading, with or without AMR
• Mobile AMR
• Fixed network AMR
• Means of fixed network communication
• RF, Radio Frequency
• Cellular
• PLC, Power Line Carrier
• Telephone / Internet
• Other means of AMR communication
• Cost benefit analysis of AMR methods of communication
• Demand response
• Deployment of AMI/AMR
• Electricity, Water or Gas
• Leading US AMR Suppliers
• Itron
• Cellnet+Hunt
• DCSI, Distribution Control Systems Inc
• Elster
• Sensus
• Neptune Technology Group
• IBM
• Echelon Corporation
• Chinese companies

15. GAS METER TYPES

• Diaphragm / bellows meters
• Rotary meters
• Turbine meters
• Orifice meters
• Ultrasonic flow meters
• Coriolis meters
• Turndown ratio and rangeability
• Typical turndown ratio of various meter types
• ' Smart' / advanced meters
• Heating value

16. TYPE APPROVAL

• Legislation for measuring instruments
• Enforcement of measuring instrument legislation - legal control
• Type approval
• Verification and testing
• National metrology institutes
• Designated national laboratories
• Accredited laboratories
• Global metrology infrastructure
• ILAC
• OIML
• Regional metrology infrastructures
• Regional metrology organisations
• Europe
• Accreditation - EA
• Legal metrology - WELMEC
• EU legislation for measuring instruments
• EU controlled measuring instruments
• EU - MID - Measuring Instruments Directive
• The producer' s responsibility
• The government' s responsibility
• Market surveillance
• Americas Infrastructure
• SIM, Inter American Metrology System
• Legal Metrology
• Accreditation - IAAC
• Asia Pacific Infrastructure
• APMP, Asia Pacific Metrology Programme
• Accreditation - APLAC
• CIS, Central Asia Infrastructure
• COOMET, Cooperation Metrologique for Euro Asia
• African Infrastructure
• SADC
• SADCMET, SADC Cooperation in Measurement Traceability
• Accreditation - SADCA
• Legal Metrology - SADCMEL
• Standards
• International Standards
• ISO Standards
• Gas meter standards

17. METHODOLOGY AND TECHNICAL NOTES

• ABS Metering Database of statistics and market commentary
• Literature search
• Regulators
• Government enquiries and competition authorities
• Metrological Bureaux
• Trade Associations
• Socio / economic studies
• Company reports and presentations
• Statistics
• Sub-metering
• Production statistics
• Import / export statistics
• Industry interviews and discussions
• The stages in modelling the market
• Press
• Demand components
• Growth
• Import and export data

18. TABLES