Pulse 24 AMR Features
Desktop Analysis
Pulse 24 will collate and analyse metering portfolios to:
- Ascertain the mix of pulse enabled and non enabled meters
- Provide quotation for supply and installation of AMR units and service provision
- Provide guideline costing of any Pulse connection fees from incumbent meter managers (MPU)
- Suggest best approach to maximise benefits to each customer’s requirements
Meter Asset Surveys
Prior to AMR installation or as a separate stand alone service Pulse 24 can provide onsite surveys of a client’s gas metering installation to provide a report to:
- Confirm meter portfolio characteristics
- Confirm suitability of site for AMR installation.
- Report on the condition of the gas metering and installation in regard to Health & Safety issues and compliance with current legislation.
- Ensure abortive installation visits are avoided
Implementation Planning
Once initial analysis and any surveys are complete Pulse 24 will plan the implementation of your AMR service including:
- Programming AMR installation works and identification of meters requiring replacement
- Communication and co-ordination with nominated client stakeholders taking notice of individual site constraints
- Coordination with industry participants including approvals for work where necessary
- MPU works and process management
- Planning and costing any meter replacement and metering installation works necessary for the satisfactory installation of AMR units
Installation works
Having planned and agreed the project Pulse 24 will commence the installation of AMR units on agreed portfolio of both primary and secondary meters. This work is undertaken in close association with Pulse 24’s owner Energy Assets and includes the following:
- Installation of AMR units on all suitable meters
- Undertake any meter replacements necessary for satisfactory AMR installation, carried out in accordance with OFGEM regulations.
- Management of industry registration and data management processes
- Liaison with gas supplier to ensure correct registration of meters and AMR units
- Regular progress and management reporting
- Production of a photographic record of all installed assets/meters where available
- Where meters are exchanged, photographs are taken before and after exchange to ensure evidence of the closing index read
- Validation and comparison of gas industry (xserve) meter database
- Pulse 24 manages the complex process associated with gas industry installations.
Data Services
Once the AMR unit has been installed we will start collecting data. This is made available through our secure website, which is available 24 hours a day/7 days a week. Alternative methods of obtaining the data are available, to meet special requirements.
Multiple account options allowing different parties within client organisations to view the data are available. This enables the viewing of data for the meters that are relevant to specified individuals.
Note that a key feature of the Pulse 24 product is the conversion of all data to energy (kWh) using daily calorific values.
Data Collection
There are two options for the provision of data:
The service provides the most comprehensive amount of data for use in both billing and a wide range of energy efficiency uses and has the following features:
- Half hourly data is collected over a 24 hour period finishing at 6am each day and is made available to customers later the same day.
- The consumption data is converted to energy for ease of understanding.
- The website provides easy to use tools and powerful reporting options allowing clients to analysis consumption on a meter by meter basis or by portfolio selecting time periods, sites and/or meters as may be required.
- Data collected under the service is archived, enabling AMR data to be readily available at the click of a mouse.
- Users can download any data set they require locally to enable any specific analysis they may wish to undertake.
The website is being constantly updated to provide additional functionality, which may be of use to customers, for example the Carbon Calculator – an application that allows customers to calculate the carbon value of their energy use.
Data Management
Pulse 24 also actively manages and can provide the collected data to clients and any third parties duly authorised to receive such data. This can be supplied via email, file transfer or FTP protocols. Such data can include:
- Provision of meter reading data to the customer’s gas supplier to ensure accurate gas invoicing.
- Data provision to third parties appointed by customers such as consultants and engineers
- File flows to client’s energy management software packages with most popular file formats supported.
Support Services and Accreditations
Pulse 24 is the leading AMR service provider in the gas industry and once the AMR service is in place we monitor and maintain it to ensure that our clients continue to receive the data they require. Data flows are monitored and subjected to validation checks on a daily basis. We consistently visit customers and arrange site visits to investigate any issues that may occur, including replacement of any AMR devices that fail.
Most importantly for customers, Pulse 24 is owned by Energy Assets Ltd, an Ofgem registered Meter Asset Manager (MAM) operating under the strict industry MAM Code of Practice provisions (MAMCoP). The amalgamation of Pulse 24 and Energy Assets enable a wide range of associated and complimentary services to be provided including meter replacements and full Meter Asset Management of replaced metering in accordance with MAMCoP. Further details of these additional services are given in following sections.
Pulse 24 is ISO9001 accredited and is a member of the Energy Services and Technology Association (ESTA). It is also a member of the Society of British Gas Industries (SBGI) and is a signatory to the gas industry’s AMR Service Providers’ Code of Practice (ASCoP)
