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Summary:Electricity meters today face unprecedented challenges, from distorted waveforms on the grid, bidirectional metering for renewables, and using meters as distribution grid sensors for monitoring and control. This project is focused on the measurement accuracy performance and role of smart meters as distributed end-node sensors in the Distribution grid, providing leadership for an ANSI standard for meter upgradeability and on creating a testbed for testing the best commercially-available smart meters, expected to have 0.05% measurement accuracy. Additionally testing will be extended to cover smart meters with auxiliary devices enabled (communication card transmitting Zigbee, etc.) and additional contributions will be made to a new ANSI standard. A key linkage with the Smart Grid Systems Performance thrust is that accurate characterization of the electromagnetic environments in which these meters must operate is an important input to this project. Description:Objective: To advance measurement science for the performance of smart meters and associated metering standards and test procedures that will enable accurate and fair electricity metering needed for the Smart Grid by 2014. Major Accomplishments:Recent Results:Output:
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![]() Start Date:September 1, 2012Lead Organizational Unit:elStaff:
Principal Investigator: Tom Nelson, PML
Related Programs and Projects:Smart Grid Program Contact
General Information: Tom Nelson, PML 100 Bureau Drive, M/S 8172
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