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Utility weighing AMI upgrade: company highlights safety, leak detection and customer data benefits
Summary
Bridge Gas Utah presented an AMI evaluation that would replace or augment AMR drive-by reads with a two-way network, offering remote disconnects, temperature alarms, leak-detection analytics and customer-facing data; the company is collecting vendor RFPs and expects to file cost/benefit material with the commission before seeking approval.
Company staff described an evaluation of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) as part of broader system modernization planning. Presenters said AMI differs from the current AMR (drive-by reads) by enabling two-way communications, quicker emergency response, tamper and temperature alarms and analytics that can surface leaks or abnormal usage patterns.
Dan McDonald and members of the AMI team (Carrie Sals, Jake May and Sher Richardson) explained operational benefits: quicker detection of overheating or tampering, remote credit disconnects that do not require field tag-and-lock visits, and customer…
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