Margaret McCrone on Friday, 5 August 2011 
                                 
Arc Innovations, a business unit of Meridian Energy, is at the forefront of smart metering services in New Zealand and has installed 130,000 smart meters in homes and businesses throughout Canterbury and Hawkes Bay, creating one of the largest smart meter networks in Australasia.

The AMI - advanced metering infrastructure - platform is comprised of smart meters, communications networks and back office systems that measure, collect and analyse electricity usage data, either on schedule or request.

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