THE KENYA POWER & LIGHTING CO. LTD.
Stima Plaza, Kolobot Rd, Parklands
P O Box 30099 – 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: 3201622
P R E S S R E L E A S E
18th December, 2008
KPLC launches a Shs.67 million Automatic Meter Reading System
The Kenya Power and Lighting Company Limited recently launched an Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) system that will cater for its over 4,000 large power customers who account for 63% of its business.
The AMR system which is part of a utility billing system that manages meters remotely will cost the company Shs.67 million.
The system will enable reading of meters remotely at specific defined intervals, disconnect and reconnect supply and can even detect interference of the metering installations. Speaking during the launch, the KPLC Managing Director & CEO said that the AMR system will increase the frequency of meter reading and therefore improve billing accuracy.
“There will a reduction of billing errors leading to customer satisfaction, and an improvement of power quality and system reliability as frequent reads of power quality will be shared with our customers by our Operation Maintenance teams”, the CEO added.
KPLC will be in a better position to negotiate with Large Power Customers when attempting to control loads reaching the thresholds of the systems capacity. They will also be able conduct system planning more easily due to availability of actual data on Large Industrial Customer load patterns; improve data reliability and accuracy; eliminate estimated meter readings; reduce labour costs; improve employee safety; and accelerate cash flow based on monthly billing.
An AMR system consists ofmeters with data communication functionality; data acquisition; concentration and communication devices (modems) softwarefor meter reading, billing and interfaces with the billing system for reports generation.
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For more information, contact;
KPLC Corporate Communications Dept.
Tel: 020-3201628/46