Under the terms of the agreement, CESI will assist EHC in developing smart meters by defining the customer segments and functional requirements of automated meter reading (AMR), planning the rollout approach, outlining security measures and standards, designing the market messaging system, detailing the solution architecture, and identifying meter specifications.
CESI chief executive officer Matteo Codazzi told Times of Oman?: "The growing demand for energy in the Middle East calls for a focus on technologies that promote efficiency and ensure the conservation and long-term sustainability of natural resources.
"This agreement is a fine example of how private and public sectors can collaborate to identify the best technologies to improve productivity and unlock the maximum potential in any given asset, ultimately benefitting citizens, smaller enterprises and government functions."
In addition to supporting the energy privatization policies of the government, the agreement allows more sophisticated services for industrial, commercial, and government customers.
SmartMeters ?cited Nama Group CEO Omar Al Wahaibi as saying: "This implementation of AMR enables both customers and electricity companies to better understand consumption.
"Our customer will be able to gauge their consumption and effectively conserve energy according to their needs, whilst the electricity companies will be able to manage and anticipate the market’s electricity demands."
Muscat Electricity Distribution Company CEO Abdullah Al Badri said: "AMR is a platform that distribution companies can use to build more sophisticated services for their customer, and allow their customer to have more control over their consumption."
