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Great Britain Smart Meter Infrastructure: Analysis of Potential Architectures
Ovum, Dec 2010, Pages: 32
Introduction
The previous Labour administration in the UK mandated that 100% of all gas and electricity meters should be smart by 2020, but the new coalition government is now pressing for accelerated deployment. With 47 million meters to install in less than a decade, there are huge revenues to be earned.
Features and benefits
- There are several potential architectures for GB AMI
- A lack of clarity surrounding the future role of the DCC requires analysis of different architectures under different DCC scenarios
- Ovum firmly believes that distributing intelligence and data-processing functions closer to the home will alleviate issues of scale in the deployment
Highlights
- Ovum believes that GB AMI will benefit from a strong yet flexible DCC that assumes a number of responsibilities not in the initial scope laid out by Ofgem. Ovum encourages Ofgem to include within the scope of the DCC essential yet commoditized functions.
- The analysis of the data flows underpinning GB AMI directs us to recommend some form of pervasive distributed intelligence into GB AMI.
Your key questions answered
- Identify the key data flows underpinning GB AMI
- Understand how different architectures affect these data flows
- Read our recommendations for the services the DataCommsCo should adopt
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