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Ames awards $3.9M AMI contract to Clara Technologies to accelerate meter changeout
Summary
The City awarded a contract to Clara Technologies for an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system, including a near-term pilot and an accelerated two-year meter changeout to provide near real-time electric and water meter reads and future load-management capability.
The Ames City Council approved a contract award to Clara Technologies for the city's advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) project, which staff said will include a pilot phase followed by an accelerated meter changeout.
Utilities staff described a three-phase rollout: a pilot immediately followed by a two-year accelerated meter replacement campaign to install AMI-capable electric and (selected) water meters; a third phase (funded later) will add load-management switches to enable demand-side management…
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