EDMI continued Osaki’s proud, 30-year tradition of Indonesian trust and confidence with a successful display of its world-leading smart energy meters at Indonesia-Japan Expo 2013.

Indonesia and Japan’s 55-year friendship is the envy of many, and this year’s exposition continued that partnership, with Indonesia inviting Japanese companies to exhibit their latest advances. The event carried the theme of “Smart Community: Be Smart, Be Inspired”, and more than 100 Japanese companies participated.

EDMI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Osaki and their contribution of their Atlas and Genius series of advanced, three-phase smart meters certainly fit the expo theme. Their smart flexibility and reliability inspired booth attendees and, along with Osaki’s long established relationship with Indonesia and PLN, has further improved EDMI’s reputation in the region.

Long-serving Osaki Chairman, Mr Yoshihide Watanabe, was pleased to be able to meet prominent guests at the EDMI showcase, from both Japan and Indonesia. Among the many honoured guests, Mr Watanabe shared EDMI’s products and vision with his Excellency, former Prime Minister of Japan, Yasuo Fukuda, along with Mr. Yoshinori Katori, Japanese Ambassador in Indonesia, and Professor Ginanjar Kartasasmita, Speaker of Indonesia’s Regional Representative Council from 2004 to 2009.

In addition, Mr. Rachmat Gobels, Chairman of Indonesia Japan Friendship Association, visited the booth as well and has given his deepest gratitude to OSAKI and EDMI for participating in their grand event.  

It was a great honour for EDMI to be part of a symbiotic relationship history that embarked the future of Indonesia’s next generation.

   

LONDON, UK, 13th January 2014 – EDMI, leading global smart meter solution provider, today announced that it has been awarded the supply of 45,000 smart electricity meters equipped with GSM/GPRS modems, to global telecommunication systems vendor, Intracom Telecom, for the rollout of smart electricity meters for commercial, industrial and residential Low Voltage customers in Greece. 

This project is the first mass deployment of LV smart electricity meters in Greece covering more than 10 per cent of the country’s electrical energy consumption, as well as renewable energy sources metering. The integration of smart meters with Telemetry software will provide an Advanced Metering Infrastructure solution, eliminating the need for onsite meter reading visits, increasing power network quality, monitoring load conditions and will offer customers daily information on their consumption at 15 minute intervals. Setup by HEDNO, a subsidiary of Public Power Cooperation that owns and operates the distribution network of electrical energy in Greece, the deployment has been awarded to the Intracom group of companies after an international tender. Beyond implementation, smart metering will enable HEDNO to offer advanced charging scenarios to its customers and will allow for the ability to rationalise and optimise energy generation. 

HEDNO’s implementation is the first step in a country-wide roll out that will include more than seven million electricity meters.

Chris Kontellis, general manager of Intracom Telecom commented, “Working with our client, HEDNO, we selected the EDMI Mk10A meter as it’s the only meter in the marketplace that has the capability to fulfil all of our requirements.”

David Stroud, general manager at EDMI Europe stated, “We are thrilled to be a partner in this first volume smart meter rollout in Greece and this contract win further emphasises EDMI’s strength in providing technologically advanced smart meters. Such a forward-thinking project in a new market will only continue to elevate the importance of smart meters for other countries around the world.”

EDMI NZ Limited (EDMI) has secured an agreement to deliver over 40,000 meters to powerlines company, PowerNet, a key member of the joint venture, SmartCo.  This takes EDMI’s total meter deliverables to SmartCo members to more than 75,000 meters.

The growing partnership with EDMI will help SmartCo and its members to deliver high quality smart meter services to energy retailers.

The partnership comes after a comprehensive three-year tender process in which SmartCo identified EDMI as one of its strategic suppliers.  Gavin Lennox, SmartCo’s General Manager, said the result is positive news for New Zealand retailers and consumers.

PowerNet manages the smart meter programme for Electricity Invercargill Limited (EIL) and The Power Company Limited (TPCL).

Jason Franklin, PowerNet’s Chief Executive, said EDMI’s meters and solutions form part of a $24 million project to improve PowerNet’s capability to manage network security and reliability. “Consumers will see the benefits as their electricity retailers start to use the smart metering technology,” he said.

PowerNet acknowledged the importance of EDMI smart metering and smart-grid solutions in helping them manage their smart networks in real time.

“We will be able to see exactly where faults are occurring, measure energy loss between substations and consumers and manage peak loads,” said Mr Franklin.

“The data we provide to retailers will enable them to work with their customers to change the way they use electricity in the future,” he said.

This announcement comes after EDMI New Zealand confirmed arrangements with On Metering (a joint venture between Network Tasman and Alpine Energy, and member of SmartCo) to deliver similar services on the MainPower network in the North Canterbury region. Together the agreements make up a significant portion of the SmartCo roll-out.

Smart Communications; Smart Networks

EDMI will work with Silver Spring Networks (SSN) chosen by SmartCo to supply RF Mesh communications and the SSN Utility IQ™ back office system, to deliver enhanced smart metering technology to SmartCo members and their customers.

 “This partnership with SmartCo is an exciting opportunity for EDMI, and our second major project with Silver Spring Networks globally,” said EDMI New Zealand General Manager, Anak Lumb.

“It clearly establishes EDMI as a strong player across the smart metering spectrum in the Australasian region and internationally,” he said, “and will deliver progressive smart metering solutions to SmartCo customers.”

About EDMI

To learn more about EDMI, visit our homepage or contact Anak Lumb, General Manager EDMI NZ at Anak.lumb@edmi.co.nz

About SmartCo

SmartCo, a joint venture company owned by electricity lines companies including Alpine Energy, Electricity Invercargill, Counties Power, Network Tasman, Network Waitaki, The Power Company, On Metering and WEL Networks, will serve more than 250,000 urban and rural consumers across New Zealand.  For more information please visit: www.smartco.co.nz.

About PowerNet

PowerNet Limited is an electricity network management company formed in 1994.  It is owned by The Power Company and Electricity Invercargill.  PowerNet manages five separate networks, being The Power Company, Electricity Invercargill, Electricity Southland, OtagoNet Joint Venture and Stewart Island Electricity Authority. For more information please contact: Paul McCullagh, Smart Meters Project Manager  ph: 03 211 8824 or 021 872 613

Brisbane, Australia, 15th December 2014 – EDMI’s dominant presence at the 2014 Australian Utility Week shows the energy solutions innovator is leading the market in the provision of Power of Choice services for the new regulatory period.

EDMI Australasian Executive Director, Andrew Thomas, said the event was the perfect end to a strong 2014.

“The market has responded well to EDMI’s vision of the new world of energy,” said Mr Thomas, “Our customers have identified the challenges they face in this new world and have recognised EDMI’s capability to assist them in understanding and solving these issues.”

EDMI has excelled in competitive market rollouts and the newly-released Energy Cloud solution is an evolution of EDMI’s market leading platforms.

The EDMI Energy Cloud reduces implementation and on-going costs. It delivers savings and stability as a result of its optimised operational process design and by leveraging the latest innovative technology such as Microsoft’s Azure cloud services platform.

“There are significant changes coming to the electricity sector in the next five years; disruptive changes, but ones that are driving innovation,” said Mr Thomas.

EDMI has positioned itself to be a leader in the resurgence of community energy. Leveraging the “Internet of Things” (IoT), EDMI’s Energy Cloud platform unifies traditional utility metering with broader technology solutions like solar panels and battery storage technology.

Australian Utility Week, the premier Australian electricity, gas and water distribution, retail and services event was held at the Pullman Hotel in Melbourne from 18 to 20 November.

       

On November 6 and 7, EDMI New Zealand’s General Manager, Anak Lumb and Sales Manager, Mark Drew introduced the Helios series of ultrasonic smart gas meters to the New Zealand Gas Industry Forum. The 2014 joint industry forum was sponsored by the LPG Association, Gas Association and New Zealand Institute of Gas Engineers as an opportunity for all players within the NZ gas industry to gather together to discuss the industry’s place within the wider NZ economy. The two-day conference was a great success, particularly for EDMI who were able to showcase the benefits of their new range for domestic and C&I implementations.

EDMI reached a significant milestone in May 2014 when our Main Manufacturing Center, EESB, produced their 1 millionth unit of meters on the 24th May 2014.

In the same month, EESB meters shipment revenue reached a record 62,387 units. This represents almost double the production from the same time last year, when EESB produced 33,000 units in May 2013.

From the time EESB started production in Jan 2012 (3,200 units each month), demand for Smart meters has been increasing. EESB has been positioned in the EDMI group to respond to this growth with the capacity and the capability to consistently manage even greater levels.

Looking ahead, EESB will continue to expand. Future projections will have the team meet the second million milestone in half the time of the first; a new line with a cell concept will be ready for mass production by Q4 2014; we are qualifying the Genius series for production at the facility in just a few months; and, this year, we are looking into mass production of the Helios smart gas meter.

Supported by the twin pillars of Capacity and Capability improvement, EDMI-EESB is set to be a key component of delivering the success of EDMI’s Vision to be the global market leader for energy meters and solution.

EDMI Philippines Inc. joined 56 other exhibitors at this year’s IIEE National Midyear Convention, held in Cebu City, Philippines on May 23 and 24 to showcase products, solutions and ideas to more than 500 electrical trades and consulting professionals.

Amongst the exhibits were the smart metering solutions for eye-level cluster metering, connected to an EDMI “MultiDrive” cloud-based head-end system. Delegates were able to see how EDMI could deliver data reports for analysis and billing over the internet through EDMI’s web-based reporting software, “Clariti”.

In addition, EDMI showcased the new NC30 ANSI meters. These new meters allow for remote disconnection of electrical loads and meter reading through and RF communications link, operating in the 915-918 Mhz spectrum, approved by the Philippines’ National Telecommunication Commission.