Consulting Service For Establishing Technical Specifications of AMI for Vietnam (2013)

The objective of this assignment was to design of a standard integrated structure, technical specification, functional requirements to be met by an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system and its main components. The tasks including:

• Review and analysis of existing metering systems and current experience in the applications of AMR/AMI in Vietnam (including 5 PCs: Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation, Hanoi Power Corporation, North Power Corporation, Central Power Corporation and South Power Corporation);

• Review and analysis of current AMI applications in emerging countries comparable to Vietnam;

• Design of a standard integrated structure, technical specification, functional requirements to be met by an AMI system and its main components (such as meters, information communication equipment, communication technologies, MDMS, In-home displays, Web portal, …) that will be applicable for PCs;

• Identification and analysis of technological options available meeting the functional requirements identified in the previous task and compatible with the communication infrastructure existing in Vietnam; estimation of related investment and operating costs;

• Assessment of the economic and financial feasibility of AMI systems in Vietnam.

The project involved AF Mercados Consultant and Vietnam MW Co., Ltd.