World Electricity Meter Report Ed 6 2007

Publication Date	December 2007
Publisher	ABS Energy Research
Product Type	Report
Pages	186
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	ABS00085

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Summary

This new report provides:

Meter market size

Demand for electricity meters for every country
Demand forecasts from 2006 to 2012

Market analysis and meter types

Analysis of the installed base of electromechanical and electronic meters by country
Future trends of electromechanical/solid state deployment in major markets, with country analysis
Development of new electronic meter production, identifying important new producing countries

Market shares

Company mergers and consolidations
Global shares of top 23 meter companies
Major new players identified, "the dark horses"
Company shares in EU
Company shares in each of the major EU countries
Market leaders identified in major non-EU markets ;USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, China, Japan, India, Russia
Report on prepayment meters in the UK

AMR (Automatic Meter Reading) and AIM (Advanced Infrastructure Management)

The report outlines the transition from one-way to two-way communications and the convergence of AMR towards AMI technology and capability
Survey of global AMR and deployment, analysis by utility sector (electricity, gas, water)
Future trends and deployment projections for AMI and AMR
Major AMR/AMI suppliers identified with market share for leader

Detailed surveys of the 29 largest electricity meter markets, 82% of the market
(expanded from 15 market profiles in the previous report), countries covered:
Europe - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom
Americas - Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, United States
Asia Pacific - Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
Middle East - Iran

Installed base meters by country
Annual meter demand
Analysis of meter type - electromechanical/solid state, with forecasts of solid state penetration by 2012
Market trend
AMR and AMI development and deployment
Type approval and certification, together with significant changes which are driving market development
Market participants
Utility background and market characteristics

Tables and spreadsheets containing:

Market size, analysis and forecasts for every market, for each of 184 countries
Annual meter demand
Market analysis by production, imports, exports and demand, for every country
Market size and forecast for each year from 2006 to 2012 for every country, units and $ value
Historical export data from 1997 to 2006
Analysis of exports from all countries to all destinations, for 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006

Meter Manufacturing Companies

Major meter companies outlined, with consolidations and mergers
Significant new meter companies identified from Central & Eastern Europe and developing world
Directory of 1,000 meter manufacturers, including 570 electricity meter companies

Metrology

Outline of global metrology institutions and standards, procedures for type approval and meter verification
Regional details and cooperation arrangements
Methodology changes which are driving meter market developments

Content

1. Executive Summary
- Evolution in the meter market
- The installed base of meters and demand in 2007
- Electromechanical and solid state meters
- AMR - AMI
- Manufacturers and company consolidations
- Metrology regulations and type approval
2. Meter population and demand
3. Demand Drivers
- New household connections
- New commercial and industrial connections
- Replacement of aging meters
- Up-grading to advanced meters
- Prepayment meters
- The metrics of the meter market
4. Terminology of meters
- Electromechanical induction meters, also called mechanical or Ferraris meters
- Solid state, also called static, or electronic
- Digital meters
- Time of use meters (TOU)
- Demand meters
- Demand Response
- AMR, Automatic Meter Reading
- Advanced meters
- AMI, Advanced Metering Infrastructure
- Smart meters
- MDM, Meter Data Management
- Communication modules
5. Market Shares by Company for Selected Countries
- The origins of the metering industry - electricity, gas and water
- Landis & Gyr
- Actaris
- Elster Group
- The metering industry in mid-2007
- Elster Group - No 1 with revenue of $1,784 million
- Itron - Actaris - No 2 with revenue of $1,659 million
- Bayard Group No 3 with revenue of $1.2 billion
- Market shares in Europe
- Iskraemeco (Iskra)
- Other meter companies
- Chinese meter manufacturers
- Market shares in the USA and Canada
- Market shares in China
- Market shares in Japan
- Market shares in Brazil
- Market shares in Indonesia
- Market shares in Mexico
- Market shares in Iran
6. Meter Trends, Electromechanical and Solid state
- Installed base of electromechanical and solid state meters
- Future shipments of solid state meters
- Accounting treatment of in-service meters
- The global installed base of electromechanical meters
7. Country Profiles
- Europe
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic
- France
- Germany
- Hungary
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- Americas
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Canada
- Mexico
- United States
- Asia Pacific
- Australia
- China
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Malaysia
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Vietnam
- Middle East
- Iran
8. Bulgaria
- Electricity Meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state, and market trend
- AMR- AMI
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Major participants
- Utility Background
9. Czech Republic
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state, and market trend
- AMR - AMI
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Major participants
- Utility background
10. France
- Electricity Meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state, and market trend
- Tariff system
- AMR - AMI
- Standards
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Market participants
- Utility background
11. Germany
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state
- Market trend
- Prices
- AMR - AMI
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Market participants and manufacturers
- Utility background and market characteristics
12. Hungary
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state, and market trend
- AMR - AMI
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Major participants
- Utility background
13. Italy
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state, and market trend - AMR - AMI
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Market participants and manufacturers
- Utility background
14. Netherlands
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state, and market trend
- AMR - AMI
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Major participants
- Utility background
15. Poland
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state, and market trend
- AMR - AMI
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Major participants
- Utility background
16. Romania
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state, and market trend
- AMR - AMI
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Major participants
- Utility background
17. Russia
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state
- AMR - AMI
- Type approval and verification
- Market participants
- Utility background
- Generation companies
- Transmission and distribution
- Retail companies
18. Spain
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state
- Market Trend
- AMR - AMI
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Market participants
- Utility background
19. Sweden
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state, and market trend
- AMR - AMI
- AMR market shares
- Camera meter reader
- Scandinavian developments
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Meter market participants
- Utility background
20. Turkey
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state, and market trend
- Prepayment
- AMR - AMI
- Type approval
- Inspection and verification
- Major participants
- Utility background
21. United Kingdom
- Electricity Meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state
- Credit and prepayment meters
- AMR - AMI
- Historical barriers
- Standards
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Prices
- Market participants
- Market shares, prepayment meters
- Utility background
22. Argentina
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state
- AMR - AMI
- Type approval and verification
- Market participants
- Utility background
23. Brazil
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual demand
- Market trend
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state
- Tariff system
- AMR - AMI
- Energy theft
- Type approval
- Market access
- Market participants
- Utility background
24. Canada
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state
- Meter life
- Market trend
- AMR - AMI
- Electricity standards
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Market participants
- Utility background
25. Mexico
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state, market trends
- Electromechanical meters
- Solid state meters
- AMR - AMI
- Electricity standards
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Market participants
- Utility background
26. United States
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state
- Market trend
- AMR - AMI
- Leading AMR suppliers, market shares
- Electricity standards
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- The American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
- Developing metrological standards
- Regulating the devices used for meter testing
- Market participants
- Utility background
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state, and market trend
- Meter regulations
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Major participants
- Utility background
27. China
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types
- Installed base domestic
- Market trend
- Prices
- Tariffs
- Prepayment meters
- AMR - AMI
- Standards
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Market participants
- Utility background
- Generation
- Transmission networks
28. India
- Electricity meters
- Households, electricity customer, and metered customers in India
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state
- Market trend
- Demographic trend
- Metering trend
- Prices
- AMR - AMI
- Metering regulations
- Type approval
- Standards
- Calibration and periodic testing
- Inter-face meters
- Consumer meters
- Energy accounting and audit meters
- New technologies
- Accredited laboratories and testing facilities
- Market participants
- Solid state meters
- Electromechanical meters
- Utility background
29. Indonesia
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state, and market trend
- Prepayment meters
- AMR
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Major participants
- Utility background
30. Japan
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state
- AMR - AMI
- Tokyo Electric Power Company
- Shikoku Electric Power Company in Japan
- Kyushu Electric Power Co
- Standards
- Type approval
- Initial verification and re-verification
- Market participants
- Utility background
31. Malayasia
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state, and market trend
- AMR - AMI - MDM (Meter data management)
- Prepayment meters
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Major participants
- Utility background
32. Taiwan
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state, and market trend
- AMR - AMI
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Major participants
- Utility background
33. Thailand
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- AMR - AMI
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Major participants
- Utility background
34. Vietnam
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state, and market trend
- AMR
- Type approval
- Initial verification
- Inspection and re-verification
- Defective meters
- Major participants
- Utility background
35. Iran
- Electricity meters
- Customers
- Annual meter demand
- Meter types - electromechanical, solid state, and market trend
- AMR - AMI
- Standards and type approval
- Type approval
- Initial verification, inspection and re-verification
- Major participants
- Utility background
36. Advanced Metering
- AMR, Automatic Meter Reading
- AMI, Advanced Metering Infrastructure
- The origins and history of advanced metering
- AMR, Automatic Meter Reading
- MDMS, Meter Data Management System
- Evolution of metering technology
- Reasons for deploying advanced metering
- Regulatory direction
- Customer benefits
- Economic value
- Electric supply operations
- Costs for AMI
- Meter Reading Technologies
- Handheld meter reading, with or without AMR
- Mobile AMR
- Fixed network AMR
- Means of fixed network communication
- RF, Radio Frequency
- Cellular
- PLC, Power Line Carrier
- Telephone/Internet
- Other means of AMR communication
- Cost benefit analysis of AMR methods of communication
- Demand response
- Deployment of AMR
- Electricity, Water or Gas
- Effect of Size
- Leading US AMR Suppliers
- Itron
- Cellnet Data Systems, Inc
- Hunt Technologies Inc
- DCSI, Distribution Control Systems Inc
- Leach Industries
- Echelon Corporation
- Other major AMR vendors
- Major US AMR manufacturers' market shares
- Some Non-US AMR Companies
37. Metrology, standards, type approval and verification
- Legislation for measuring instruments
- Enforcement of measuring instrument legislation - legal control
- Type approval
- Verification and testing
- National metrology institutes
- Designated national laboratories
- Accredited laboratories
- Global metrology infrastructure
- ILAC
- OIML
- Regional metrology infrastructures
- Europe
- Accreditation - EA
- Legal metrology - WELMEC
- EU legislation for measuring instruments
- EU controlled measuring instruments
- EU - MID - Measuring Instruments Directive
- The producer's responsibility
- The government's responsibility
- Market surveillance
- Americas Infrastructure
- SIM, Inter American Metrology System
- Legal Metrology
- Accreditation - IAAC
- Asia Pacific Infrastructure
- APMP, Asia Pacific Metrology Programme
- Accreditation - APLAC
- CIS, Central Asia Infrastructure
- COOMET, Cooperation Metrologique for Euro Asia
38. Standards
- International Standards
- Terminology
- IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
- ANSI - American National Standards Institute
- National Standards
- ANSI, American National Standards Institute
- BSI, British Standards Institution
- DIN - Deutsches Institut fr Normung e. V.
39. Methodology and Technical Notes
- 1. Creation and maintenance of the ABS Metering Database of statistics and market commentary
- 2. Compilation and analysis of official statistics for creation of the installed base and to define the metrics of annual demand and projections
- 3. Market estimation and projections using official statistics and the metrics of annual demand and projections in four stages
- 4. Validation with known demand data and industry interviews
- 1. ABS Metering Database of statistics and market commentary
- Literature search
  - Regulators
  - National energy projections and demand forecasts
  - Government enquiries
  - Competition authorities
  - Parliamentary questions and enquiries
  - SEC Filings
  - Metrological Bureaux
  - Trade Associations
  - Socio/economic studies
  - Submetering
  - Company reports and presentations
  - Press
  - Electricity
  - Gas
  - Water
- 2. Compilation an analysis of official statistics for creation of the installed base and to define the metrics of annual demand and projections
  - Households' population of each country.
  - Economic data
  - Electricity customers
  - Meter production statistics
  - Import/export statistics
- 3. Market estimation and projections using official statistics and the metrics of annual demand and projections in four stages
  - 3.1 The installed base of electricity meters in 2006
    - 3.1.1 Utility reports of numbers of customers
    - 3.1.2 National government or industry associations reporting numbers of customers
    - 3.1.2 Regional associations
    - 3.1.3 Miscellaneous reports
    - 3.1.4 Household statistics multiplied by electrification
  - 3. 2 Theoretical calculation of annual demand for new meters in 2006
    - 3.2.1 New residential installations
    - 3.2.2 New C&I installations
    - 3.2.3 Residential replacements
    - 3.2.4 C&I replacements
    - 3.2.5 Up-grading from electromechanical to electronic or to advanced meters
    - 3.2.6 Imports and exports
  - 3.3 Specific reports of annual meter demand
  - 3.4 Forecasting for 2007 to 2011
    - 3.4.1 Growth in residential meter demand
    - 3.4.2 Growth in C&I meter demand
    - 3.4.3 Value estimates
- 4. Validation with known demand data and industry interviews
40. Tables
- Figures
  - Figure 2.1: Population of electricity meters and annual demand, 2007 by Region
  - Figure 3.1: Population and household size, developed and developing world, 1985-2030
  - Figure 3.2: Numbers of households by region, 1985 to 2030
  - Figure 5.1: Global market shares of meter manufacturers, 2006
  - Figure 6.1: Installed base of electromechanical and solid state meters by region, 2007
  - Figure 6.2: Installed meter bases in 2006 and 2012, electromechanical and solid state
  - Figure 27.1: Installed base of meters by type 1997 to 2020
  - Figure 36.1: Cost benefit analysis of AMR methods of communication
  - Figure 36.2: World AMR Cumulative Installations by Region, 2000 to 2010
  - Figure 36.3: Annual US demand for AMR installations in units, by utility sector, 1990 to 2006
  - Figure 36.4: Installed base of AMR in the USA in units, by utility sector, 1990 to 2006
  - Figure 36.5: Market shares of AMR suppliers in North America, 2007
  - Figure 37.1: Regional metrology organisations
- Tables
  - Table 5.1: Manufacturers shares
  - Table 6.1: Electromechanical and solid state electricity meters cumulative installed base in major countries, millions
  - Table 8.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 8.2: Bulgaria ESI Summary
  - Table 9.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 9.2: Czech Republic ESI Summary
  - Table 10.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 10.2: France ESI Summary
  - Table 11.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 11.2: Germany ESI Summary
  - Table 12.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 12.2: Hungary ESI Summary
  - Table 13.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 13.2: Italy ESI Summary
  - Table 14.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 14.2: Netherlands ESI Summary
  - Table 15.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 15.2: Poland ESI Summary
  - Table 16.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 16.2: Romania ESI Summary
  - Table 17.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 17.2: Russia ESI Summary
  - Table 18.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 18.2: Spain ESI Summary
  - Table 19.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 19.2: Sweden ESI Summary
  - Table 20.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 20.2: Turkey ESI Summary
  - Table 21.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 21.2: UK Market shares, prepayment meters
  - Table 21.3: UK ESI Summary
  - Table 22.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 22.2: Argentina ESI Summary
  - Table 23.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 23.2: Brazil ESI Summary
  - Table 24.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 24.2: Canada ESI Summary
  - Table 25.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 25.2: Mexico installed base of meters, 2006
  - Table 25.3: Mexico ESI Summary
  - Table 26.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 26.2: Electricity meter units shipped 2002-2005 (excluding imports and exports)
  - Table 26.3: Market Share of Principal Suppliers of AMR to Electrical Utilities in the USA, 2004
  - Table 26.4: USA ESI Summary
  - Table 26.5: Meter demand per year
  - Table 26.6: Australia ESI Summary
  - Table 27.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 27.2: China ESI Summary
  - Table 28.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 28.2: India annual meter demand analysis (2003-2006)
  - Table 28.3: India ESI Summary
  - Table 29.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 29.2: Indonesia Republic ESI Summary
  - Table 30.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 30.2: Japan ESI Summary
  - Table 31.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 31.2: Malaysia ESI Summary
  - Table 32.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 32.2: Taiwan ESI Summary
  - Table 33.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 33.2Thailand ESI Summary'
  - Table 34.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 34.2: Vietnam ESI Summary
  - Table 35.1: Meter demand per year
  - Table 35.2: Iran ESI Summary
  - Table 36.1: Approximate installed cost for AMR systems US 2006
  - Table 36.2: Comparison of Manual Meter Reading, AMR and AMI
  - Table 36.3: Meter System Applications
  - Table 37.1: Member countries of EURAMET e.V., 2007
  - Table 38.1: Four main bodies which determine standards
  - Table 38.2: IEC Standards for Watt-hour Meters
  - Table 38.3: ANSI Standards for Watt-hour Meters
  - Table 39.1: Sources for installed base of electricity meters
  - Table 39.2: New and replacement installations of meters in the United Kingdom
  - Table 39.3: New and replacement installations of meters in the Brazil
  - Table 39.4:New and replacement installations of meters in the Bangladesh
  - Table 40.1: Electricity Meter Market - Production, Imports, Exports, Demand 2000, US$ Value
  - Table 40.2: Electricity Meter Demand by Category of Meter 2005, Units
  - Table 40.3: Electricity Meter Demand Forecasts 2005-2010, Units
  - Table 40.4: Electricity Meter Demand Forecasts 2005-2010, 2005 US$ Value
  - Table 40.5: Exports of Major Countries 1997-2002, Units
  - Table 40.6: Exports of Major Countries 1997-2002, US$ Value
  - Table 40.7: Average Export Price per Unit
  - Table 40.8: Unit Trade, Exports from Major Countries, 2004 Units (in separate Excel database)