技术
- 网络与连接 - NFC
- 传感器 - 电表
适用行业
- 电网
- 电信
适用功能
- 销售与市场营销
用例
- 高级计量架构 (AMI)
- 水务管理
服务
- 硬件设计与工程服务
客户
地平线电源
关于客户
Horizon Power是一家专注于商业的州政府所有的电力公司,为西澳大利亚州提供电力供应。它负责为住宅、工业和商业客户发电、采购、分配和零售电力,并在其服务区域内开发资源。
Horizon Power 于 2006 年在西澳大利亚电力部门改革期间成立。他们在皮尔巴拉、金伯利、加斯科因/中西部和西澳大利亚南部金矿-埃斯佩兰斯地区开展业务。 Horizon Power 的总部位于 Karratha,在 Broome、Kununurra、Carnarvon、Esperance 和 Port Hedland 设有区域办事处,行政支持由珀斯提供。
挑战
Horizon Power 一直在使用传统的基于卡的预付费电表来帮助偏远社区的客户管理电费并避免累积债务。该解决方案一直运行良好,直到已安装的预付费电表停止生产。 Horizon Power 还必须响应修订后的住宅客户供电监管行为准则,该准则对预付款的规定做出了重大改变。
主要变化包括对断开连接时间的限制,以及要求能够向客户提供其总能源消耗的数据,以及他们过去两年的平均每日消耗和费用。
解决方案
- Horizon Power 还选择了总部位于美国的智能预付费计费解决方案公司 SmartGridCIS 与 Horizon 现有的 CIS 一起部署,以提供管理预付费客户帐户所需的所有功能。
- Horizon Power 还与电表供应商 Landis+Gyr 密切合作,开发新的电表固件,以提供所需的预付费功能。
- 该固件使 Horizon Power 能够通过 Itron 电表网络将电表从预付费转换为后付费计费。这意味着如果客户要求在预付款和后付款计费之间切换,Horizon Power 不再需要亲自到现场重新编程电表,这是他们有权做的。
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