Elster expands its smart-grid realm in Mexico
Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) has selected Elster’s EnergyAxis smart-grid solution to power the utility’s first advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) project in Mexico City, Mexico’s capital city with a population of more than 20 million.
The Mexican Secretaria de Energia (SENER) and CFE will use the EnergyAxis pilot as a benchmark for evaluating the advantages of Elster’s smart-grid technologies for potential future deployments. CFE has already successfully deployed nine other EnergyAxis systems throughout 14 of Mexico’s 16 service areas, making EnergyAxis the largest AMI system with the most endpoints in the country.
By demonstrating AMI features such as remote meter reading in hard-to-reach areas, energy usage monitoring, remote connect/disconnect, load management and AMI-DA (distribution automation) convergence in voltage monitoring, the Elster project will expand CFE’s smart-grid initiatives even further.
CFE, which is owned by the Mexican government, generates, distributes and markets electric power for almost 34.2 million customers. Elster is the first and only AMI provider to have received a certificate of compliance from CFE, which certifies the integration of EnergyAxis with CFE’s enterprise system.
As part of this project, Elster will deploy its EnergyAxis Smart Grid solution and smart meters in the zone of Polanco, a residential neighborhood near Chapultepec. CFE will use the project to showcase AMI benefits including system improvements, increased productivity, reduced outages, more accurate readings, improved operational efficiencies related to fewer truck rolls and service calls, and a reduction in non-technical losses.
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