The 2nd Edition of Research Reports International's Advanced Metering Infrastructure report is an 55-page overview of the development of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). 

Increasing electricity costs, difficulty in siting fossil fuel-powered generating plants, and transmission constraints are all encouraging utilities to look at reducing operating costs and empowering customers to better control demand.  Doing so requires that utilities have more detailed usage information as well as the ability to provide this data to customers.  The way to do so is by implementing AMI.

The Advanced Metering Infrastructure report provides a concise look at what's driving interest in AMI, the components of AMI, the creation of a business case for AMI, and case studies of actual utility AMI projects.  The case studies included in the report come from interviews with utilities that are implementing AMI and take a look at project specifics, the reasons for installing AMI, the justification for the project, the costs and benefits of AMI for the utility, and lessons learned.

Specific topics covered in the report include:

• An overview of AMI including the history of metering and development of smart meters
• A description of the key technologies involved in AMI
• A description of key government initiatives to support AMI
• An evaluation of the current market position of AMI
• An analysis of business case development for AMI
• Case studies of 7 utilities currently implementing AMI projects

The Advanced Metering Infrastructure report comes in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and is available via electronic download, CD Rom or Hardcopy for $299.