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Mumbai , Feb. 14

RELIANCE Energy Ltd (REL) is introducing automated meter reading (AMR) for its customers in Mumbai, Delhi and Orissa. Commencing the roll out with high-end HT and LT customers, REL will gradually cover different categories of consumers under the AMR technology.

REL, and its group companies in Delhi and Orissa, plan to install remote meter reading system for its HT/LT consumers in a phased manner using GSM modem technology. REL has already connected over 3,000 consumers in Mumbai, Delhi and Orissa, a company release said here on Monday.

State electricity boards in Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan and Karnataka have also floated expression of interest tender for selecting technology provider for their remote meter reading system.

The REL initiative seeks to minimise human intervention in the meter reading process besides providing a host of value-added features.

"With AMR we can now read thousands of meters each day. Besides recording energy consumption on a real time basis, AMR also provides vital information pertaining to energy consumption," said a company spokesman.

"This system will not only empower customers to optimise their power consumption, but also provide useful data that will enable us to offer advanced features like automated outage notification, change energy demand, initiate a service disconnect, time of day rates. AMR also provides us tools for load management, tamper detection and surveillance," he said.

The GSM-based AMR technology that is now being introduced in the country by REL has already been deployed by several leading utilities worldwide in the US, Europe, Australia, Singapore, China and Hong Kong.

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