Smart Metering Program
The Smart Metering Program is part of BC Hydro’s multi-year plan for improving and modernizing the electricity grid. BC Hydro is replacing 1.8 million electromechanical customer meters with new digital smart electricity meters.
Smart Metering Program
Project Details
Project Description: The Smart Metering Program is part of BC Hydro’s multi-year plan for improving and modernizing the electricity grid. BC Hydro is replacing 1.8 million electromechanical customer meters with new digital smart electricity meters. These meters enable two-way communication between the customer and the utility, giving customers more information about their consumption than ever before. In addition, the new metering system will reduce operating costs and help to keep BC Hydro’s rates among the lowest in North America.
Infrastructure BC is providing procurement management and/or advisory services to BC Hydro for the following program components:
- Smart Metering System: a single contractor to provide the full end-to-end metering system which includes smart meters for residential and commercial customers, collectors to start consolidating meter reading data in the field, telecommunications cards in the meter to enable meter reading data to be transmitted to a customer’s home as well as back to BC Hydro, and the automated data collection system software application.
- Meter Deployment Services: a single contractor to complete in-field deployment of meters. This contractor will also help support BC Hydro’s customer engagement plan during deployment.
- Meter Data Management System: a packaged software application that stores the large volumes of meter reading data and ensures that data is accurate, complete, and useable before sending the data into BC Hydro’s corporate systems.
- Professional Services: a solutions integrator services company to provide experienced resources to support the project management, IT and integration and custom software development tasks.
- Distribution System Metering Devices: Feeder and Transformer meters – new meters will be installed at key points on the grid to measure electricity supplied to localized areas.
| Client: BC Hydro |
| Project Status: Operational |
| Project Website: Click to access website |
Milestones
| Smart Metering System Request for Proposals issued | July 19, 2010 |
| Smart Metering System Request for Proposals closed (final phase) | December 7, 2010 |
| Smart Metering System Agreement Announced | April 11, 2011 |
| Meter Deployment Services Request for Proposals issued | July 30, 2010 |
| Meter Deployment Services Request for Proposals closed | September 20, 2010 |
| Meter Deployment Services Agreement Announced | January 25, 2011 |
| Meter Data Management System Request for Qualifications issued | May 12, 2010 |
| Meter Data Management System Request for Qualifications closed | June 1, 2010 |
| Meter Data Management System Request for Proposals issued | September 23, 2010 |
| Meter Data Management System Request for Proposals closed | November 9, 2010 |
| Meter Data Management System Agreement Announced | April 11, 2011 |
| Professional Services Request for Proposals issued | June 1, 2010 |
| Professional Services Request for Proposals closed | July 9, 2010 |
| Professional Services Agreement Announced | January 25, 2011 |
| Distribution System Metering Devices – Feeder Meters Request for Qualifications Issued | June 20, 2011 |
| Distribution System Metering Devices – Feeder Meters Request for Qualifications Closed | July 11, 2011 |
| Distribution System Metering Devices – Feeder Meters Request for Proposals Issued | September 29, 2011 |
| Distribution System Metering Devices – Feeder Meters Request for Proposals Closed | May 15, 2012 |
| Distribution System Metering Devices – Transformer Meters Request for Qualifications Issued | June 27, 2011 |
| Distribution System Metering Devices – Transformer Meters Request for Qualifications Closed | July 18, 2011 |
| Distribution System Metering Devices – Transformer Meters Request for Proposals Issued | October 27, 2011 |
| Distribution System Metering Devices – Transformer Meters Request for Proposals Closed | April 23, 2012 |
Project Updates
- Report of the Fairness Advisor: Distribution System Metering Devices – Feeder Meters Procurement (June 5, 2012)
- Report of the Fairness Advisor: Distribution System Metering Devices – Transformer Meters Procurement (May 22, 2012)
- News Release: BC Hydro Selects Itron as Supplier of Smart Metering System and Meter Data Management System (April 11, 2011)
- News Release: BC Hydro Selects Corix, Capgemini for Smart Meters Launch (January 25, 2011)
- Smart Meters, Modernized Grid (January 18, 2011)
- Report of the Fairness Advisor: Recommendation of Preferred ProponentSmart Metering(January 6, 2011)
- Report of the Fairness Advisor: Meter Data Management System RFP Process (December 10, 2010)
- Report of the Fairness Advisor: Meter Deployment RFP Process (October 2010)
- Report of the Fairness Advisor: Solution Integrator RFP Process (August 2010)
- Fact Sheet: Smart Meters (April 28, 2010)
Procurement Documents
- Request for Qualifications for Meter Data Management System (updated with final amendments May 2010)
- Request for Proposals for Meter Deployment Services (updated with final amendments October 2010)
- Request for Proposals for Smart Metering System (updated with final amendments December 2010)
- Request for Proposals for Meter Data Management System (updated with final amendments November 2010)
Project Map
Project Contacts
Project Contact:
Cindy Verschoor
BC Hydro
Email: cindy.verschoor@bchydro.com
Media Contact:
Media Relations
BC Hydro
Phone: (604) 928-6468