White Papers

By Raymond Kelley and Ron D. Pate

The two way communications infrastructure deployed as a part of AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) systems, coupled with smartmeter endpoint capabilities, is providing an exciting opportunity for enhancement of existing outage management system capabilities.  RF mesh AMI networks, one of the more popular AMI system configurations, offer unique benefits in the support of outage management strategies. When integrated with outage management systems, the data available from the AMI system can be used to significantly improve utility responsiveness, and work force utilization during outage conditions.