How can utilities save investments in own infrastructure and instead have experienced experts managing and operating their advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and applications? Landis+Gyr offers a modular, cost-efficient and flexible service solution selection enabling utilities to choose the right modules to operate their smart infrastructure as reliably and efficiently as possible.
Software as a Service (SaaS) frees utilities from having to worry about IT platform
investments and software management, including security updates – while Metering as a Service (MaaS) includes partial or full outsourcing of AMI operations and can include also field operations. With more than 15 million metering points under service contracts worldwide, Managed Services is a core competence of Landis+Gyr as an experienced service provider.
Regulatory compliance, increasing demands for data security and privacy and the opportunities provided by new technologies, like IoT, require a utility’s focus on optimizing the way to manage its business operations. A key decision is whether to operate an AMI solution fully on its own, or to involve an experienced partner. Depending on an energy utility’s preferences, Landis+Gyr’s service scope ranges from support for daily operations to a fully managed Smart Grid and IoT operating service.
As of April 1, 2019, the meter reading service operations for 750,000 metering points in Finland will return to Landis+Gyr’s operations. Currently provided by a partner, these operations cover hourly consumption and power quality readings from residential and industrial electricity, gas and heat meters of around 30 Finnish utility customers. Landis+Gyr’s service platform allows a variety of functionalities, including management of on-demand-readings, power connection and disconnection, and meter status queries from customers internal systems.
“At Landis+Gyr, we respond to the globally increasing demand of Managed Services by continuously strengthening our service business.”
Ralph Griewing, SVP, Head of Energy Solutions, Landis+Gyr EMEA