Advanced Electricity Metering Project

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The Advanced Electricity Metering Project development objective is to reduce commercial losses of Uzbekenergo's three regional power distribution companies in Tashkent City, and the Oblasts of Tashkent, and Syrdarya by improving their metering and billing infrastructure, and the commercial management systems. There are three components to the project. The first component of the project is Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). This component include supply and installation of: (a) around 1.2 million advanced electricity meters (AEMs); (b) data concentrators and related communication systems; and (c) hardware and software of the meter data management systems, one for each regional distribution company. The second component of the project is Energy Data Management (EDM)/billing/archive system. This component includes: (a) supply and installation of software and hardware of a centralized EMD/billing/archive system in Tashkent and its applications for the three regional distribution companies; and (b) migration of all the existing billing data to the databases of the new EDM/billing system. The third component of the project is management efficiency improvements and project implementation support. This component includes: (a) assessment of electricity consumption patterns and connection conditions to identify losses reduction opportunities, and develop and implement a losses reduction strategy; (b) business process re-engineering and institutional capacity strengthening for the operation of the new AMIs; (c) project communication program to educate consumers on the benefits of the new system, how it works and the responsibility of the consumers to pay the electricity bills on time; (d) project implementation supervision and administration; and (e) technical assistance for further customizations of the EDM system, and financial audits.