Case Study: SmartSynch's Smart Grid Solution Powered By Motorola's G24 Wireless Module Enables Intellegent Meter Reading

The Challenge: Provide a quick & efficient smart grid installation over Trico Electric's vast territory
Because of the broadness of Trico's service territory, they required a meter technician to devote a minimum of 2 days and 200 miles of driving to visit each meter to download usage information each month. To generate a month's worth of billing reads required 60 hours of labor. Trico had an existing power-line carrier AMR system, but because the load profile data requirements exceeded the available bandwidth, an alternate solution was needed.

The Solution: SmartSynch's A3 SmartMeter, powered by Motorola's G24 Wireless Modules
In September 2005, Trico Electric Cooperative deployed SmartSynch's A3 SmartMeters™ for their commercial and industrial customers at select hard-to-reach locations across their service territory.