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Presentation Secure Meters
and Management
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Our presence
• 6 Global locations with customers in 45
countries
– Over 5 million meters and growing at over 1.5
million a year
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We are
• First company to introduce electronic
meters in India
• India’s largest and No. 1 energy metering
company
• Largest exporter of metering products from
India
• Having 4 manufacturing plants in India and
4 R&D centers of excellence across the
globe
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Prestigious Queen’s award for Export from UK
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Infrastructure
– Five modern manufacturing facilities in
India
– ISO 9001 Certified
– Complete type test facilities
– Design quality assurance
– In-house reliability group
– Total IT support for operations
– OFGEM, UK approved manufacturing
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Infrastructure
Cont…..
• Strong focus on Research and
Development
• National award for R&D in electrical sector
• Over 350 strong R&D team
• Work force of more than 600 persons in
field
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Systems Approach
Whole current meter APEX
Demand Controller ABT monitoring & billing
Dual register meter Error compensation services
Housing society payment solutions
Building automation Grid Metering
SITU calibration equipment
Industrial Metering
HT/LT PREMIER
Remote reading
Commercial Metering
MFM Meters
Domestic Metering
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Yadav Measurements Pvt. Ltd.
• Accredited by National Accreditation Board for
Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) since
1996
• Accredited by United Kingdom Accreditation
Service (UKAS) since 1999
• Only UKAS accredited lab in India
• Accredited as per IEC 17025: 1999
• BIS certified laboratory for static energy meters type
approval testing.
• Participation in various inter laboratory comparison and
proficiency testing ….maintain and improve technical
capability
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Metering School –
Objectives
Enhance understanding of metering, its application and
limitations.
Exposure to recent trends in electricity metering.
Provide a forum for sharing experiences.
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Next Generation Metering
Next
Generation
Metering
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“I-Credit 300” (Single Phase Meter
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“I-Credit 300” (Features…)
• V range - 240V, -40% to +30% i.e. 144V-312VAC.
• Current Range - 5-30A, 10-60A, 20-100A
• Class 1.0, 50 Hz. AC.
• Shorted link design.
• Two current sensors: Shunt in Phase, CT in
Neutral.
• Self billing feature (ABC i.e. Authenticated Billing
Code support for billing parameter)
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“I-Credit 300” (Features…)
• 6 digit LCD display
• Cage clamp terminal design
• Phase to neutral protection
• Ultrasonic Welding between meter base &
cover
• Energy recording in single wire operation
• Capability to Display and Communicate in
absence of power (through internal
battery)
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“I-Credit 300” (Software)
• Single / Bi-vector measurement possible.
• Forwarded Energy registration during current
reversal
• Seasonal TOD registers, 4 No’s Max. supported.
• High Resolution energy register.
• Load Survey : 50+ parameter days for 30 minute IP
• Upto 3 histories on display + 12 histories in reading
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“I-Credit 300” (Tampers/Events)
• Load Unbalance (ALARM1)
• Magnet interference.
• Neutral Disturbance.
• CT reversal.
• Power “ON” / “OFF” events
• Over Current.
• Cover opening detection.
• Spark Discharge.
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Prepayment metering
or energy bank account:
for today and tomorrow
Very few commodities we use first and then
pay…. Why then Electricity?
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From old coin operated
meters…..
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To State of art intelligent keypad
meters....
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Why Prepayment – Energy
Supplier?
Improved Revenue Cycle
Pay before use
Keep customers on supply
Recover money owed (debt)
Lower Overheads
Reduce or do away with Meter Readings
No bill production
No bill distribution
No need to chase payments
No further actions such as disconnections
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Why Prepayment – Energy
Supplier?
Social Acceptability
Keep customers on supply
Customer responsible for
disconnection
Load and Demand Side Management
Limit load
Load based
Time based
Discourage Tamper
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Why Prepayment – The Customer?
>80% Mobile phones used in India are
prepaid
Flexible Payment Solution
Pay to suit your income status
Daily, Weekly , Monthly
Budgeting
Show true cost of consumption and money
left
Reduce consumption when income is tight
– make money last
Reduce waste – conserve energy
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Why Prepayment – The Customer?
No Bills
No hidden surprises
No having to find the money
No billing errors
No socially unacceptable
disconnections
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“Liberty” is Simple and Easy to use
Credit is added to
the meters
Account Go to Vending
Outlet
Repeat
When Buy as much
Number is
entered into the
Required electricity as
you want to
meter
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The Liberty Meter
Tokenless - therefore no token
provision or replacement costs
Uses secure (Triple DES) encoded
Vend Codes
Codes are meter specific and can
be used only once
Codes can be vended from a
variety of sources (Retail, Call
Centre, Telephone, Internet….)
Codes easily repeated at little cost
if lost, from any source
irrespective of the original vend
source
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The Liberty Meter
Functionality software based.
Can easily be configured to
meet the needs of the Utility
Customer Friendly
Functionality
Plain Text messages and
warnings
Overload protection
Load Limiting instead of / as
well as disconnection
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The Liberty Meter
Functions
Account (default display)
Calculates number of days before
disconnection based on average daily
usage over previous week
Displays rate (up to 4) data and unit cost
Displays on demand previous days, weeks
and months costs (stores previous 12
months data)
Current load (cost/hour)
Previous codes entered
Total cash entered
Standing Charge/Debt
kW MD
Time, Date, Display Check
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The Liberty Meter
Functions
Friendly Credit
No disconnection at night
No disconnection at weekends
No disconnection on Public Holidays
Meter functionality can be changed by
Engineering Codes appended to a
cash vend
Change tariff prices
Change tariff
Change limits (Current Rating, Account
Ceiling, Load Limit Level and
Emergency Credit
Change of Tenancy
Retained Credit
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Cost Information
Cost of current load being used based on tariff price
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Load Management
Overload Protection and Demand Side
Management
Prevent meter from being overloaded or customers
exceeding their load factor.
Warning given when load is within a set percentage
of disconnection limit
Similar regime can be employed for Load Limiting.
Values set/changed by 20-digit ‘Change Limit’
transaction.
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Flexible Tariff Capability
Meter can store 8 predefined ‘Step’ tariffs
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Plain Text Alphanumeric Displays
Can deal with most currency symbols (£, $ Ұ etc.)
Allows easy to understand warnings to be given
Allows text headers for displayed data
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Fraud and Tamper
Tokenless
Therefore no apertures
Hence nowhere to insert Authenticated
foreign bodies. communications
No token acceptance issues.
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Fraud and Tamper
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The Liberty Meter
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The Liberty Meter
New Functions
Prepay to Credit mode and vice versa
Authenticated Billing Codes (ABC)
Scrolling Text Messages
Paged Displays
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Vending to Liberty is Simple and Easy
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Vending options
Shop
Post Office
24 hr Call Centre Bank
A N Other
The Internet
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Vending Options
• Web based vending
• Utility office outlet – PC based vending
• GPRS/CDMA Point of Sale terminal
• Integration with retailers
• ATM Machines
• Web portal
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Vending Options Contd…
• IVR
• SMS based vending
• Prepaid cards
• Proprietary kiosk
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ATM Machines and Bank portals
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Feature Set
• We shall use already established relation
between consumer & ATM machines.
• There will be two options for consumers on ATM
machines: Money transaction or electricity
transaction.
• For electricity transaction bank will first verify
account of user for credit availability.
• After verification vend code will be generated ,
printed & at the same time money will be
deducted from consumer’s account.
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SMS based vending
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Self Billing System
Putting the customer in control of their energy payments
Data
Code
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Indian Regulators
• WBERC
– has provided a rebate of 4.75% on tariff as
incentive
– Reduced meter rents from 25/- to 15/- in 1P
and from 50/- to 30/- in 3P.
– Mandatory for temporary connection.
• HPERC
– Subsidized rate for prepaid consumers to
encourage consumers.
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Indian Regulators Support..
• Haryana regulator had ordered
implementation of prepayment scheme
• Karnataka regulators have taken similar
steps
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Government
• Delhi
– Govt Notice issued for Prepayment meters to
be installed at all government offices and
residential connections
• National electricity policy
– Emphasis on prepayment metering
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Regulatory support needed
– Consumer interests are properly being taken
care of in the new system.
– Consumers are being provided incentives
(discount/rebates) to opt for prepayment
voluntarily.
– Tariff rationalization for retrospective
computations
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NDPL has launched Value Power
• Customer interface is the
key to the project
• The meters are now in
operation and have
generated good response
• Tariff changes have been
carried out as per
Regulatory orders
• Good customer response
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Himachal Pradesh
• Tariff rebate
proclaimed by the
regulator
• Pilot project underway
• First indications of
good response from
the customer
• Festivals (Urja Mela)
are used for
consumer awareness
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West Bengal
• New town residential area
• Wide spread educational
campaign by the utility
• Active support from
Regulators
• Placed order on Secure,
after due tender process
• Active participation by
consumers and WBSEB
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Gujarat Utilities
• Madhya, uttar and Dakshin Gujarat have
placed orders
• Each order of 250 meters each
• Meters will be installed on middle class
consumer in Surat and Vadadora
• Consumer education campaign planned
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Builders in Delhi and NCR
• Around 10000 meters
installed
• 15 accounts developed
• New applications
• Multi Element product
Payment solution is a
defacto metering scheme
• Dual registers for mains
and DG supply supported
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New CT/PT Operated Meters
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Metering in the LT CT Segment
• Consumer Metering
involve:
• external CTs, Static Energy Meter, Meter Box,
connecting cables etc.
ratios, e.g.50/5,100/5,150/5,200/5
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LT CT Metering: Problem versus
Solution
– Collection of external accessories for metering (external CTs,
Static Energy Meter, Meter Box, connecting cables etc)
• Integrated Metering Unit specially designed for LT metering –
no need for external accessories.
– Poor system accuracy – determined by the errors in the energy
meter and errors in the external CTs
• Integrated Metering Unit has better inherent accuracy
– Terminal joints and connections make theft easy, and can also
introduce other losses due to poor contact
• Innovative design eliminates the need for a terminal block,
thereby preventing fraud and reducing other losses
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LT CT Segment Metering
• Problem versus Solution…
– Metering units have to be segregated according to their CT ratios,
e.g.50/5,100/5,150/5,200/5
• Single wide-range meter suitable for most applications
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LT CT Segment Metering
Secure has pioneered the introduction of innovative
metering
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LT CT Segment Metering
Thread
Through
Concept
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LT CT Segment Metering
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Oblique View of Prodigy Meter
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Floating
clamp for
securing/
tightening
the cable.
Stainless steel
cable-piercing
screw (volt tap)
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Distribution Transformer
Metering - Scheme
Meter with Low
Power Radio
Service line
HHU
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Prodigy- Principal Features
• Thread-through meter (cable passes directly through meter)
• Single wide-range metering unit (40-200 A)
• Class 1.0 system accuracy
• Low Power Radio (LPR) communication capability
(range up to 100m)
• In built GSM Modem for remote communication. (Optional)
• Special anomaly recording features for DTM application viz.
high & low voltage, over-load and under-load condition etc.
• Environmental protection to IP 54
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Prodigy- Principal Features (cont.)
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Application Segments
• Metering of LT Three-Phase Distribution
Transformer The meter is installed outdoors on
the secondary side of the distribution transformer.
Meter is mounted 5-6m above ground level, near the
transformer, and is read using LPR / GSM .
• LT CT Consumer Tariff Application
The meter is mounted outside the consumer’s
premises. There is no need for external CTs or a
Meter Box.
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STREET LIGHT ENERGY
MEASUREMENT & CONTROL
Modern Solutions
Weatherproof enclosure
Astronomical Timing as
per sunset & sunrise
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