Synthesizing the collection of utility usage data
Wellington Energy, Inc., a subsidiary of Wellington Power Corporation, is helping its utility clients spark a revolution in productivity through the implementation of Automated Meter Reading (AMR) systems for collecting, organizing, and managing electric, gas, and water usage data. Beyond the labor cost savings associated with the automated collection and processing of usage meter information as digital data, AMR systems support corporate inventory control and resource planning systems for controlling supplies and managing distribution.
Located in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, Wellington Energy provides AMR design and implementation services and is a leader in this emerging field. The management team at Wellington Energy has more experience with AMR installations and retrofit operations than any other service contractor in North America. With experience in high- and low-power RF solutions, power-line carrier technologies, basic and advanced POTS communication devices, and cellular and packet data systems, Wellington Energy can design, implement, and manage any utility AMR project anywhere on the Continent.
Wellington's next generation SERVAnywhereSM work asset management system is the only fully integrated system created specifically for AMR project planning and scheduling. This comprehensive approach provides supply chain management, endpoint and network field work order dispatching and completion, global positioning system (GPS) image capture and cataloging, call center management, and inventory control.
Wellington Energy, Inc. has been selected by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) in California to lead the supply chain, work asset management, meter module integration, and deployment portions of its $1.75 billion SmartMeter rollout. The PG&E project is the largest of its kind and involves automated, real-time reading of 9.5 million individual meters over a 70,000-square-mile area. The time-of-use electric and gas meters (SmartMeters) provide PG&E with real-time information on how much energy its customers consume. By providing PG&E with accurate, up-to-the-minute data on customer consumption, Wellington is helping the utility manage the purchase of electricity and natural gas from suppliers so it can better control energy and capital costs.