BPC Starts Installing Smart Meters :: Mmegi Online

The Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) has begun installing smart meters in Gaborone in the latest initiative to steady the country's energy supply-demand imbalance. The gadgets are capable of remotely switching off customers' geysers and electricity supply.

When fully rolled-out, the corporation experts believe the smart meters could save the national grid 40 Megawatts (MW). This is a considerable saving given that presently the country's sole power producer pumps out about 130 MW of energy.

Recently, BPC began installing smart meters in Gaborone Block 7, under the newly launched Hot Water Load Control (HWLC) Project. The main objective of the project is to manage customers' hot water loads (geysers) as a way of controlling demand especially during the two daily peak periods. The HLWC consists of a central system at BPC offices, data concentrators installed at transformers and smart meters and geyser contractors which will be installed in customers' houses.

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