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Smart Metering - World 2011

Berg Insight
October 1, 2011
SKU: BRG6623237

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Smart Metering in North America and Asia-Pacific is the second consecutive market report from Berg Insight analysing the latest developments for smart metering in two dynamic regions.

This strategic research report from Berg Insight provides you with over 160 pages of unique business intelligence, including 5-year industry forecasts, expert commentary and real-life case studies on which to base your business decisions.

Highlights from the report:

Case studies of smart metering projects by the leading energy industry players in North America and Asia-Pacific.
In-depth market profiles of the US, Canada, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
Status updates on the development of smart grid and communication technology.
Profiles of the key players in the smart metering industry in North America and Asia-Pacific.
Forecasts for smart meter shipments and penetration rates until 2016.
Analysis of the latest market and industry developments in each region.

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Executive summary

SMART METERING IN NORTH AMERICA AND ASIA-PACIFIC

Smart grid is one of the latest buzzwords in the energy sector and has become a catchphrase for politicians, academics and industry leaders alike. The vision is to exploit the latest technology to address the immense challenge of securing the energy supply in the 21st century. The concept of smart grids is at times put forward as a revolutionary solution to a wide array of problems, ranging from the West’s dependency on Middle Eastern oil to global warming. A more realistic expectation is however that smart grid technology will contribute to improved efficiency and reliability in energy distribution and better optimisation in allocation of resources and utilisation of assets.

Smart metering is widely regarded as the cornerstone for future smart grids. In the history of metering technology, smart metering represents the third stage in a chain of developments spanning more than 100 years. Manually read meters have been around since the advent of the utility industry in the late 19th century. Over the last three decades, automated meter reading (AMR) based on one-way or two-way communication has evolved. Smart metering broadens the scope of AMR beyond just meter readings with additional features enabled by two-way data communication. A smart metering solution generally delivers a range of applications using an infrastructure comprising networked meters, communication networks and data collection and management systems.

Smart electricity meters are being introduced all over the developed world. North America and Asia-Pacific are two of the most dynamic market regions that will see massive projects realised over the next five to ten years. Berg Insight forecasts that the installed base of smart electricity meters in North America will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 22.5 percent between 2010 and 2016 to reach 87.4 million units at the end of the period. Asia- Pacific is projected to see the installed base of smart meters soar from a low level to 378.1 million units by 2016.

North America has the world’s highest penetration of automatic meter reading, exceeding 50 percent. Over the past years, many of the largest utilities in the US have embarked on ambitious smart grid schemes where one of the main objectives is to deploy second generation advanced metering infrastructure. AEP, PG&E, Southern California Edison, Southern Company, Florida Power & Light and Oncor are some of the largest utility groups having committed to full-scale rollouts to all customers. Furthermore there are numerous projects among medium sized and small utilities throughout the country. National and state policies play a major role in shaping developments. The US market received a major boost through the Obama Administration’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that includes US$ 43 billion ear-marked for the energy sector plus tax incentives. A number of states, including California, Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania have approved utility plans for massive smart meter deployments, while others such as Virginia have turned down major project proposals. In Canada, the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia have introduced mandatory requirements for smart electricity meters for all customers. Hydro-Québec announced Canada’s largest project to date in 2011, involving 4.0 million metering points.

East Asia is in the earliest phase of the adoption of smart metering technology. Large-scale rollouts to residential customers have only recently begun in Japan and South Korea, while China remains in the piloting stage. National and industry leaders do however have clear visions for the adoption of the technology over the course of this decade. South Korea has adopted a national plan for the construction of a smart grid by 2020. Japan already has the world’s most advanced power grid monitoring systems in place and several of the leading utilities have announced plans for smart meter deployments over the next ten years. China is investing massively in the expansion of the nation’s energy infrastructure to keep up with the rapidly increasing power demand. The country has begun deploying a new generation of more advanced electricity meters, which are prepared for two-way communication. China has however not yet decided on any final standards for smart grid networking. Although the country is on track to reach near 100 percent penetration for smart meters that support communication by 2015, there is not yet any infrastructure in place to network them into a nationwide smart grid. Australia and New Zealand began massive installations of smart meters at the end of the last decade. Adoption is driven by regulations in the case of Australia and by the main industry players in New Zealand.

SMART METERING IN EUROPE

Summary

Executive summary

Smart grid is one of the latest buzzwords in the energy sector and has become a catchphrase for politicians, academics and industry leaders alike. The vision is to exploit the latest technology to address the immense challenge of securing the energy supply in the 21st century. The concept of smart grids is at times put forward as a revolutionary solution to a wide array of problems, ranging from the West’s dependency on Middle Eastern oil to global warming. A more realistic expectation is however that smart grid technology will contribute to improved efficiency and reliability in energy distribution and better optimisation in allocation of resources and utilisation of assets.

Smart metering is widely regarded as the cornerstone for future smart grids. In the history of metering technology, smart metering represents the third stage in a chain of developments spanning more than 100 years. Manually read meters have been around since the advent of the utility industry in the late 19th century. Over the last three decades, automated meter reading (AMR) based on one-way or two-way communication has evolved. Smart metering broadens the scope of AMR beyond just meter readings with additional features enabled by two-way data communication. A smart metering solution generally delivers a range of applications using an infrastructure comprising networked meters, communication networks and data collection and management systems.

Smart electricity meters are being introduced all over the developed world. Europe had an early start in the 2000s when Enel completed the first nationwide rollout of smart meters to more than 30 million customers in Italy. Later deployments followed in the Nordic countries and at the beginning of the 2010s, Spain, France and the UK are assuming the positions as the most active markets. Berg Insight forecasts that the installed base of smart electricity meters in EU23+2 will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 19.4 percent between 2010 and 2016 to reach 130.5 million units at the end of the period. Annual shipments of smart electricity meters are anticipated to exceed 20 million units in the mid-2010s.

A majority of the countries in Western Europe have adopted a policy of regulation-driven introduction of smart meters. Italy and Sweden were first to complete their rollouts that began in 2001 and 2003 respectively. Finland and Norway will require smart meters for all electricity customers by 2013 and 2016 respectively, while France, Spain, the UK and Ireland have set targets to achieve full penetration in the final years of this decade. That will also be the case in the Netherlands, where the plans to introduce smart meters met strong opposition on the grounds of being invasive to privacy and were delayed for several years before they were finally approved by the parliament in late 2010. Germany on the other hand has only implemented some weaker regulatory drivers and the federal government has declared that it has no intention to push for a quick nationwide rollout.

Iberia is the new focal point for smart metering in Europe. Following a build-up phase in 2010, massive installations will take off in Spain during 2011, as Endesa goes ahead with a fullscale rollout. Iberdrola is performing major pilots involving hundreds of thousands of customers and activity is also picking up at Gas Natural Fenosa. Furthermore EDP considers a nationwide rollout in Portugal that can be coordinated with the mandatory deployment by its distribution network subsidiary in Spain. Berg Insight forecasts that annual shipments of smart electricity meters in Iberia will peak at around 5 million units per year during 2016-2017 before the market gradually slows down in the final years before the installation deadline in 2018.

France and the UK became active markets in 2010 as ERDF and British Gas entered the initial phases of their smart meter installation programmes. ERDF plans to start with a massive nationwide rollout from 2012 and will need to deploy around 6 million units per year between 2014 and 2017 in order to fulfil the regulatory obligations that will take effect in 2018. The UK is currently in a build-up phase, preparing for a mass rollout to nearly 30 million customers during 2014-2019. British Gas and E.ON have committed to the installation of at least one million smart electricity meters each before the mass rollout begins. Berg Insight expects that all major energy suppliers in the UK will switch to smart meters for new connections and planned replacements prior to the mass rollout. Ireland plans a nationwide rollout of smart meters starting in 2014.

SMART METERING IN NORTH AMERICA AND ASIA-PACIFIC
Executive summary
1 Smart grids and intelligent meters: 1.1 Introduction to smart grids; 1.2 Smart metering; 1.3 Project strategies; 1.4 Regulatory issues
2 PLC and wireless communication technologies: 2.1 PLC versus wireless communication; 2.2 PLC technology and vendors; 2.3 Wireless technology and vendors
3 Smart metering industry players: 3.1 Meter vendors; 3.2 Smart grid solution providers; 3.3 MDMS and middleware vendors; 3.4 System integrators and managed service providers
4 Market analysis: 4.1 North America; 4.2 East Asia; 4.3 Australia and New Zealand
5 North America: 5.1 Regional summary; 5.2 United States; 5.3 Canada
6 Asia-Pacific: 6.1 Regional summary; 6.2 China; 6.3 Japan; 6.4 South Korea; 6.5 Australia; 6.6 New Zealand
7 Case studies: 7.1 North America; 7.2 East Asia; 7.3 Australia and New Zealand; Glossary
List of Figures: Figure 1.1: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle; Figure 1.2: Smart metering infrastructure; Figure 1.3: Examples of smart electricity meters; Figure 2.1: PLC point-to-multipoint communication infrastructure; Figure 2.2: Wireless Mesh point-to-multipoint communication infrastructure; Figure 2.3: Cellular point-to-point communication infrastructure; Figure 2.4: Selected members of HomePlug Powerline Alliance by industry; Figure 2.5: Selected members of ZigBee Alliance by industry; Figure 3.1: Energy meter vendor company data (World/Asia/North America, FY2010); Figure 3.2: Landis+Gyr smart metering product portfolio (North America/Australia 2011); Figure 3.3: Itron smart metering product portfolio (North America 2011); Figure 3.4: Elster smart metering product portfolio (North America/Australia 2011); Figure 4.1: Smart meter shipments and penetration rate (North America 2010-2016); Figure 4.2: Smart metering capital expenditure by category (North America 2009-2015); Figure 4.3: Smart electricity meter supplier market shares (NA Q3-2011); Figure 4.4: Smart electricity meter communication provider market shares (NA Q3-2011); Figure 4.5: Smart meter shipments and penetration rate (East Asia 2010-2016); Figure 4.6: Smart metering related IPOs and acquisitions in East Asia (2010/2011); Figure 4.7: Smart meter shipments and penetration rate (Australia & NZ 2010-2016); Figure 5.1: Top 10 confirmed smart metering projects in North America (Q2-2011); Figure 5.2: Top 50 electricity utilities (US 2011); Figure 5.3: Top 25 gas utilities (US 2011); Figure 5.4: List of major smart meter projects receiving federal grants; Figure 5.5: Major smart metering contracts from investor-owned utilities (US 2011); Figure 5.6: Selected smart metering contracts from public utilities (US 2011); Figure 5.7: Selected smart metering contracts from cooperative utilities (US 2011); Figure 5.8: Top 25 electricity utilities (Canada 2011); Figure 5.9: Smart meter vendor market shares (Ontario); Figure 5.10: Top 25 electricity smart metering projects in Canada; Figure 6.1: Major smart metering projects in the Asia-Pacific region (2011); Figure 6.2: List of electricity utilities in Japan (2010); Figure 6.3: Top five electricity and gas utilities in South Korea (2010); Figure 6.4: Electricity and gas utilities in Australia (2010); Figure 6.5: Summary of cost benefit analysis for smart meters in Australia; Figure 6.6: Smart metering contracts in Victoria, Australia; Figure 6.7: Electricity retailer market shares (New Zealand, Q2-2011); Figure 6.8: Metering service providers in New Zealand and smart meter contracts; Figure 7.1: Results of SGCC’s centralised meter tenders during 2010
SMART METERING IN EUROPE
Executive summary
1 Electricity, gas and district heating distribution in Europe: 1.1 Energy industry players; 1.2 Electricity market; 1.3 Gas market; 1.4 District heating market
2 Smart metering: 2.1 Introduction to smart grids; 2.2 Smart metering; 2.3 Project strategies; 2.4 Regulatory issues
3 PLC and wireless communication technologies: 3.1 PLC versus wireless communication; 3.2 PLC technology and vendors; 3.3 Wireless technology and vendors
4 Smart metering industry players: 4.1 Meter vendors; 4.2 Smart grid solution providers; 4.3 MDMS and middleware vendors; 4.4 System integrators and managed service providers
5 Market analysis: 5.1 Market drivers and restraints; 5.2 Smart metering market forecast; 5.3 Technology trends; 5.4 Industry analysis
6 Market profiles: Northern Europe: 6.1 Sweden; 6.2 Denmark; 6.3 Finland; 6.4 Norway
7 Market profiles: Western Europe: 7.1 Austria; 7.2 Belgium; 7.3 France; 7.5 Ireland; 7.6 The Netherlands; 7.7 United Kingdom
8 Market profiles: Southern Europe: 8.1 Italy; 8.2 Spain; 8.3 Portugal; 8.4 Malta
9 Market profiles: Central Eastern Europe: 9.1 Bulgaria; 9.2 Czech Republic; 9.3 Poland; 9.4 Slovenia
10 Case studies: Smart metering projects in Europe: 10.1 Enel; 10.2 ERDF; 10.3 Iberdrola; 10.4 RWE; 10.5 Fortum; 10.6 Energa; 10.7 ESB; 10.8 Smart metering projects in the UK; Glossary
List of Figures: Figure 1.1: Top 25 energy companies, by turnover (EU23+2 2010); Figure 1.2: Electricity generation and consumption data (EU27 2010); Figure 1.3: Electricity market statistics (EU23+2 2010); Figure 1.4: Top 25 electricity DSOs (EU27+2 2011); Figure 1.5: Gas market statistics (EU23+2 2010); Figure 1.6: Top 25 gas DSOs (EU27+2 2010); Figure 1.7: District heating market statistics (EU23+2 2007); Figure 2.1: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle; Figure 2.2: Smart metering infrastructure; Figure 2.3: Examples of smart electricity meters; Figure 2.4: OPEN Meter project partners; Figure 3.1: PLC point-to-multipoint communication infrastructure; Figure 3.2: Wireless Mesh point-to-multipoint communication infrastructure; Figure 3.3: Cellular point-to-point communication infrastructure; Figure 3.4: Selected members of ZigBee Alliance by industry; Figure 4.1: Energy meter vendor company data (World/Europe, FY2010); Figure 4.2: Landis+Gyr smart metering product portfolio (Europe 2011); Figure 4.3: Itron smart metering product portfolio (Europe 2011); Figure 5.1: Household power consumption and retail prices (EU23+2 2010); Figure 5.2: Mass rollout period for smart electricity meters by country; Figure 5.3: Smart meter shipments and penetration rate (EU23+2 2010-2016); Figure 5.4: Smart meter shipments by region (EU23+2 2010-2016); Figure 5.5: Smart metering capital expenditure forecast (EU23+2 2010-2016); Figure 5.6: Estimated capital cost for some smart metering projects in Europe; Figure 5.7: Breakdown of costs for smart metering projects in Western Europe; Figure 6.1: Smart meter contracts by country (Northern Europe 2010); Figure 6.2: SM-contracts in the Nordic region by meter supplier and contractor (2011); Figure 6.3: Top 10 electricity DSOs (Sweden, 2011); Figure 6.4: SM contracts awarded by top 10 DSOs in Sweden; Figure 6.5: SM vendor selection of medium sized DSOs in Sweden (2009); Figure 6.6: Features of smart meters in Sweden; Figure 6.7: Communication technologies of smart meters in Sweden; Figure 6.8: Top 10 electricity DSOs (Denmark, 2011); Figure 6.9: Major SM projects in Denmark (June 2011); Figure 6.10: Top 10 electricity DSOs (Finland, 2011); Figure 6.11: Top 50 SM contracts in Finland (June 2011); Figure 6.12: Top 10 electricity DSOs (Norway, 2011); Figure 6.13: Major SM projects in Norway (June 2011); Figure 7.1: Major smart electricity metering projects in Western Europe (June 2011); Figure 7.2: Top 10 electricity and gas DSOs (Austria, 2011); Figure 7.3: Electricity and gas network operators (Belgium, 2011); Figure 7.4: Top 50 electricity DSOs (Germany, 2011); Figure 7.5: Major smart metering projects in Germany (2011); Figure 7.6: Electricity and gas DSOs (Netherlands, 2011); Figure 7.7: Electricity DSOs (UK, 2011); Figure 7.8: Gas DSOs (UK, 2010); Figure 7.9: Domestic electricity and gas retailer market shares (UK, 2010); Figure 7.10: Key milestones for the UK smart metering programme; Figure 8.1: Major smart electricity metering projects in Southern Europe (June 2011); Figure 8.2: Top 20 electricity and gas DSOs (Italy, 2011); Figure 8.3: Major electricity and gas DSOs (Spain, 2011); Figure 8.4: Top 5 DSOs (Portugal, 2011); Figure 9.1: Smart electricity metering projects in Central Eastern Europe (June 2011); Figure 9.2: Electricity DSOs and smart meters under contract (Bulgaria, 2011); Figure 9.3: Top 5 DSOs (Czech Republic, 2011); Figure 9.4: Electricity DSOs (Poland, 2011); Figure 9.5: Electricity DSOs (Slovenia, 2011); Figure 10.1: Telegestore annual operational data (Italy, 2010); Figure 10.2: Conceptual system architechture for ERDF’s smart metering system; Figure 10.3: Estimated cost of Energa’s smart metering project; Figure 10.4: Comparision of data collection performance for PLC/RF/GPRS; Figure 10.5: Calculated NPV for smart metering rollout options in Ireland; Figure 10.6: Estimated cost for smart electricity meters and network equipment; Figure 10.7: Estimated overhead costs for smart metering in Ireland; Figure 10.8: Estimated capital cost for a smart metering rollout in Ireland

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