Abstract
While the business case for smart metering within the electricity sector typically relies upon both operational and societal benefits to establish a positive case; the operational benefits of smart metering for Water Authorities are sufficient in their own right to establish a business case. Given that there are major Smart Electricity Metering programs underway in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, it is surprising that, to date, limited cross utility metering has been investigated or proposed. In Australia, considerable interest in Smart Water Metering has been driven by drought, rising water cost, and the potential to leverage the communications infrastructure being established for Smart Electricity Metering. Marchment Hill Consulting was appointed in early 2009 by the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment to study the potential costs and benefits of implementing smart metering in the Victorian Urban Water Sector. This paper describes key findings of that Study and outlines potential impacts on electricity utilities from sharing their smart metering communications infrastructure. (6 pages)
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