Landis+Gyr - Metering Glossary

Metering Glossary

Modern metering technology has changed the way energy measurement is being processed - and it is going to change an entire business model within the years to come. So will do the terms and expressions of the industry. Our metering glossary keeps you up to date.

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A	Active energy register

ABT

Availability Based Tariff. It is a performance-based tariff for the supply of electricity by state-owned generators. It is also a new system of scheduling and despatch, which requires both generators and consumers to commit to pre-defined schedules which are enforced with a system of rewards and penalties.

Active Energy

Advanced Metering

Technology which enables an automated bi-directional communication between the energy meter and the utility. The communication is not limited to meter data alone but also includes information about consumption, tariffs, alerts and complementary services.

Advanced Metering Systems

These systems enable an automated bi-directional communication between the energy meter and the utility. The communication is not limited to meter data, but can include information about consumption, tariffs, alerts and complementary services.

AIM

Active Information Management: The Landis+Gyr system software for residential advanced metering. It contains system applications for data collection, data management, load control and sharing metering information. It also provides a system integration platform as well as tools for deployment and maintenance work.

AM	(>) Advanced Metering

AMI

Advanced Metering Infrastructure. An infrastructure for metering, data collection (either direct communication with a central system or via a concentrator) and data management. Date- and time-stamped (e.g. hourly) meter reads are collected remotely and transmitted (daily) to a utility's control computer and, via in-house displays, back to the energy consumer. Based on this real-time information, end-users can change their behaviour to save energy and cost while energy utilities obtain an accurate picture of the demands on the networks at a substation level, enabling improved capital expenditure and deployment of the maintenance and service of the network.

AMM	Advanced Metering Management

AMR	(>) Automated Meter Reading

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