The Future of Retail Sales and Marketing: The Development of Residential AMR

Table of Contents

• CATALYST
• SUMMARY
• ANALYSIS
  • AMR is based upon proven technological systems
  • New communications infrastructure is driving new AMR opportunities
  • Capital costs are becoming less prohibitive for AMR technology
  • Benefits of AMR can accrue across the whole value chain
  • AMR has the potential to dramatically affect a company' s cost-to-serve
  • Metering technology is designed to facilitate power exporting
  • Different metering solutions exist
  • Italy has invested in a country-wide AMR rollout driven by the national government
  • AMR investments in the Nordic region are gathering pace
  • The Dutch government has mandated 2-way electronic meters be rolled out by 2012
  • There have only been small scale trials in the UK residential sector
  • Widespread adoption of AMR to date has involved regulatory intervention
  • Initiatives to reduce CO2 emissions and the energy efficiency end-use directive may drive AMR investment
  • Whilst wholesale energy prices remain high the interest in AMR will continue
• APPENDIX
  • Further reading
  • Ask the analyst
  • List of Tables
    • Table 1: New communications infrastructure is driving new AMR opportunities
    • Table 2: Capital costs are becoming less prohibitive for AMR technology
  • List of Figures
    • Figure 1: AMR is based upon proven technological systems
    • Figure 2: Benefits of AMR can accrue across the whole value chain
    • Figure 3: AMR Impact on UK Cost-to-Serve 2005
    • Figure 4: Decentralized power generation
    • Figure 5: Italy has invested in a country-wide AMR rollout driven by the national government
    • Figure 6: AMR investments in the Nordic region are gathering pace
    • Figure 7: Mandatory 2-way metering by 2012 in the Netherlands