by Wayne Pales | May 22, 2017
Australia has long been one of the global leaders in its adoption of residential rooftop solar and more recently as a potential leader in the adoption of battery storage. However, Australia has been in the dark ages with its approach to demand response (DR) when...
by Wayne Pales | Apr 19, 2017
In this, the third, final (and longest) post of my three-part series, I focus on quality, security, and value-add services you may want to consider as part of your tender. As with my previous posts, even if you already have a smart metering partner, these are useful...
by Wayne Pales | Mar 23, 2017
In my last post, I covered the discussion points to have with vendors for strategic alignment and governance. In this post, the second of a three-part series, I place the lens over the smart metering solution itself. If you already have a smart metering partner,...
by Wayne Pales | Mar 13, 2017
I have great memories of working with my team back in 2012 when we released our first smart metering tender. We were a new team and did not know a great deal about smart metering. We put out a request for proposal (RFP) that we felt delivered the right balance of...
by Wayne Pales | Feb 22, 2017
I have lost count of the number of debates I have had around what makes a meter smart. Sure, a meter that can remotely capture consumption data at short intervals, can be remotely read, can be told to connect and disconnect, and can receive instructions to upgrade is...
