AMI Business Case Consulting

Essential Tools to Support Your Business Case
We take a partnership approach in all that we do, and support your research efforts completely. We are pleased to work with you at any time. We can provide you with two powerful financial analysis models: the widely recognized McKinsey tool, and Elster’s proprietary Utility Analysis Tool. Both tools provide valuable business insights for building your AMI business case.

The McKinsey Tool – A Hallmark of AMI Strategic Planning
The McKinsey Company, with a well-earned reputation for corporate economic modeling, has developed the industry-specific “AMI Model.” Created for use by utilities, regulatory agencies and vendors, it assesses the value of installing an AMI system. It provides a comprehensive examination of the relationship between the cost analysis and the benefit analysis, revealing the Net Present Benefit (NPB) for AMI deployment.

Elster’s Proprietary Utility Analysis Tool – Comparison Data for Additional Perspectives
Our Utility Analysis Tool’s “Executive Overview” pinpoints economic drivers and provides a necessary “Savings per Point” perspective. This powerful tool provides a “second opinion” perspective and also helps you determine the differential in the rate of return between Elster’s EnergyAxis AMI platform and that of any other solution. 

One example: 
After researching AMI systems and providers, one utility expected an annual savings of $21 million using a competing AMI product. When that system  was compared to EnergyAxis using Elster’s Utility Analysis Tool, the business case for EnergyAxis added $28 million to the total annual savings—a 33% improvement.

Understanding the interplay of costs and benefits is essential for strategic AMI planning and deployment – it’s the reason we support your business analysis and provide the valuable tools you need to make the right decision.