BC Hydro Selects Clevest to Assist with Deployment of Smart Meters

July 11th, 2011

BC Hydro has selected Clevest Solutions Inc. of Richmond, BC to assist with the deployment of smart meters throughout the province of British Columbia. Clevest will provide a software solution to enable a safe and efficient roll-out of meter installation. While Vancouver-based Corix Utilities will be installing the majority of the 1.8 million smart meters across the province, BC Hydro will be using Clevest’s solution to assist with the deployment of communications infrastructure for commercial meters as well as some residential meters.

“Clevest is a world leader in smart meter deployment software. This means that smart meter installation throughout BC will be supported by the best technology available to provide important and timely information to keep us on schedule, safe and confident in the security of data,” says Gary Murphy, Chief Project Officer, Smart Metering Program, BC Hydro.

“We’ve got the only complete smart grid mobile workforce management solution on the market,” said Thomas Ligocki, President and CEO of Clevest. “We’re confident that our advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) deployment toolkit will help increase the productivity of smart meter installers and we look forward to working with BC Hydro.”

Over 10 million meters worldwide have already been deployed assisted by Clevest’s software toolkit. The software solution helps to:

  • Schedule and dispatch workers for smart meter installation and post-deployment maintenance work
  • Ensure customer and worker safety with special alerts for customers on life support, priority accounts and dangerous sites
  • Locate deployment teams and see their current work status in near real-time
  • Barcode scan, photo-capture and GPS asset location capture during installation
  • Integrate with other information management systems to ensure no data is lost

In addition to Corix and Itron, Richmond-based Clevest joins its partner – internationally renowned Capgemini – as suppliers to BC Hydro’s Smart Metering Program.

Starting in July, BC Hydro will begin replacing existing BC Hydro customer meters with a modern, fully integrated, smart metering system. Smart meters will help to ensure BC Hydro can continue to deliver safe, reliable and cost effective electricity to customers across the province.

All customers will receive advance notification that smart meters are coming to their community, including a letter from BC Hydro a few weeks prior to their installation date notifying them of the exchange. Installation will be simple and will only take a matter of minutes, and in most cases customers will not need to home.

About BC Hydro

British Columbia is growing, and so is the need for electricity. BC Hydro is dedicated to fulfilling its goal of meeting at least 66 per cent of the province’s future electricity needs through conservation by 2020. But in order to meet the remaining demand and continue to ensure a clean, reliable supply of energy, BC Hydro is investing now in the projects that are needed to keep the lights on in BC province for the next 50 years.For more information about the Smart Metering Program, visit www.bchydro.com/smartmeters.

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