Anaheim Chooses eMeter to Provide and Implement Meter Data Management System

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- eMeter Corporation, a leading provider of advanced metering information system software for electric, gas, and water utilities, announced that the Anaheim City Council in southern California has unanimously approved the Anaheim Public Utilities (APU) Department's decision to implement eMeter's EnergyIP Meter Data Management System. EnergyIP will process, analyze, and store data for Anaheim's 160,000 electric and water meters as it implements an advanced metering information system that will enable Anaheim to better balance energy supply and demand through innovative rates and encourage conservation during critical peak periods.

Anaheim Public Utilities is a municipally owned electric and water utility that prides itself as being a leader in innovative and comprehensive solutions for energy use and customer needs. Anaheim's award-winning "Spare the Power Days" pilot program -- supported by eMeter technology -- provided energy customers with the information and incentives to enable consumption reductions during critical peak periods. This program was named the Best Demand Response Initiative by the Energy Planning Network, a utility membership-based peer group.

EnergyIP will be deployed to fully integrate five data collection sources including two AMI systems, two C&I systems, and the manual meter reading system with four utility back office systems consisting of CIS/Billing, Work Management, Outage Management, and GIS. With emphasis on AMI business process automation, EnergyIP will provide daily interval data Validation, Estimation, and Editing (VEE), flat rate, Time of Use (TOU) and critical peak billing determinants, automated exception processing, real-time outage and restoration event management, load data for distribution planning, and AMI asset tracking and life-cycle management. Additionally, the EnergyIP suite of analytic tools will empower Anaheim to optimize its operations.

The Anaheim Public Utilities department reported to the city council that the decision to select EnergyIP would result in the lowest total cost of ownership over the life of the investment through lower integration and operations efforts and cost. The report concluded that "eMeter's proposal provides a balanced combination of technology that is flexible and adaptable, meets current and projected future requirements, and can be most readily integrated with current and projected applications." The report also found that "the overall assessment was clearly corroborated by customer references. eMeter's reference accounts were consistently positive, particularly in the area of schedules and functionality being delivered, as promised, in a timely manner. Finally, eMeter offered a product -- EnergyIP -- that was able to integrate with a wider range of other systems including the Department's Outage Management System."

"EnergyIP will serve as the foundation of advanced metering at Anaheim Public Utilities," said Stephen Nees, Technology Development Manager at Anaheim Public Utilities. "Our experience with eMeter's staff, as they supported our Residential Advanced Metering Systems (RAMS) and Spare the Power Days pilots, showed their customer commitment as well as the ability to deliver quality software and services."

"We look forward to continuing our work with Anaheim Public Utilities on its AMI automation and demand response initiatives," said Cree Edwards, eMeter Founder and CEO. "Our entire company is dedicated to delivering the industry's leading MDMS and advanced metering information systems. APU has chosen eMeter because our solution will provide them with the best MDM system at the lowest overall operating cost."

About eMeter

Since 1999, eMeter Corporation of Redwood City, California, has provided software that enables electric, gas, and water utilities to realize the full benefits of their Advanced Metering and Smart Grid initiatives. EnergyIP, eMeter's software platform, is an Advanced Metering Information System with three major elements: 1) a Meter Data Management System (MDMS), 2) an Integration Platform for linking a variety of meter data collection systems to a variety of utility information systems, and 3) Business Process Management applications specializing in advanced metering implementation, operations, and maintenance. eMeter's experienced professional services team is available to plan, install, and configure the EnergyIP software, as well as provide strategic consulting services related to meter data management, advanced metering, and demand response.

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Anaheim Public Utilities has served Anaheim water and electric customers with low rates and reliable service for more than 100 years. Celebrating its 150th Anniversary in 2007, the City of Anaheim is one of the nation's premier municipalities and California's 10th most populous city. Anaheim covers 50 square miles with more than 342,000 residents and 2,117 employees. The municipal corporation's annual budget is $1.297 billion. For more information, please visit: http://www.anaheim.net

The Public Utilities Department's report to the Anaheim City Council is publicly available at: http://www.anaheim.net/docs_agend/questys_pub/MG16888/AS16927/AS16930/AI18654/ DO18656/DO_18656.pdf

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