BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261028T000801Z UID:E925D362-4985-4E7E-8333-66194DFE2E7B DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261125T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261125T180000 DESCRIPTION:IEEE PES Vancouver Chapter is pleased to announce the following technical talk at the BC Hydro Edmonds campus.\n\nThe theme of the talk i s: " Advanced Metering Infrastructure".\n\nElectrical metering has always been more than a billing mechanism\, it has defined the boundaries of what utilities could see\, know\, and act upon. This presentation traces the e volution of metering technology from its electromechanical origins through to the advanced metering infrastructure of today\, using BC Hydro’s met ering history as a living case study that mirrors and illuminates the broa der industry arc. From early induction disk meters through BC Hydro’s AM I 1.0 deployment and smart metering program\, the utility’s journey refl ects the engineering decisions\, standards challenges\, and operational tr ansformations that have shaped metering practice across North America.\n\n BC Hydro currently operates a large and mature smart metering fleet based on a private wireless mesh network and cellular technology. While the curr ent platform has provided strong foundational capabilities for billing and operations\, several emerging challenges and opportunities exist includin g\, aging hardware platform approaching lifecycle transition timelines (~2 0-year asset life)\, increasing complexity in enabling new capabilities\, new meter failure patterns\, limited ability to access and utilize advance d meter data and evolving grid requirements such as DER integration and el ectrification.\n\nAs BC Hydro’s metering asset ages\, we are at the cros sroads of making significant asset investment to refresh our ageing fleet of metering system assets. This generational investment in AMI2.0 promises to bring more flexibility\, optionality and opportunities for addressing some existing and new grid edge use-cases.\n\nLooking forward\, the presen tation postulates the defining characteristics of the next generation of m etering\, one in which the meter is no longer a passive endpoint but an ac tive node of grid-edge intelligence. BC Hydro’s AMI 1.0 foundation and A MI 2.0 asset refresh journey ahead provides a concrete launching point for examining what comes next: sub-second data granularity\, operational flex ibility and the convergence of measurement\, communication\, and computati on at the grid edge.\n\nSpeaker(s): Kunle Adeleye\, \n\nAgenda: \n- 4:00 P M: Networking and refreshments\n- 4:30-6:00 PM: Technical talk on Advanced Metering Infrastructure\, including Q&A\n\nRoom: EDM Auditorium\, 6911 So uthpoint Drive \, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, Canada\, V3N 4X8 LOCATION:Room: EDM Auditorium\, 6911 Southpoint Drive \, Burnaby\, British Columbia\, Canada\, V3N 4X8 ORGANIZER:kartik.gandhi@ieee.org SEQUENCE:264 SUMMARY:Expert Talk on Advanced Metering Infrastructure URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/577910 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="mso -ansi-language: EN-CA\;">IEEE PES Vancouver Chapter is pleased to announce the following technical talk at the BC Hydro Edmonds campus.</span></stro ng></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-C A\;">The theme of the talk is: " Advanced Metering Infrastructure".</span> </strong></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\ ;">Electrical metering has always been more than a billing mechanism\, it has defined the boundaries of what utilities could see\, know\, and act up on. This presentation traces the evolution of metering technology from its electromechanical origins through to the advanced metering infrastructure of today\, using BC Hydro&rsquo\;s metering history as a living case stud y that mirrors and illuminates the broader industry arc. From early induct ion disk meters through BC Hydro&rsquo\;s AMI <u>1.0 </u>deployment and sm art metering program\, the utility&rsquo\;s journey reflects the engineeri ng decisions\, standards challenges\, and operational transformations that have shaped metering practice across North America.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</span>< /p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\;">BC Hydr o currently operates a large and mature smart metering fleet based on&nbsp \;a private wireless mesh network and cellular technology. While the curre nt platform has provided strong foundational capabilities for billing and operations\, several emerging challenges and opportunities exist including \, aging hardware platform approaching lifecycle transition timelines (~20 -year asset life)\, increasing complexity in enabling new capabilities\, n ew meter failure patterns\, limited ability to access and utilize advanced meter data and evolving grid requirements such as DER integration and ele ctrification.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-langu age: EN-CA\;">As BC Hydro&rsquo\;s metering asset ages\, we are at the cro ssroads of making significant asset investment to refresh our ageing fleet of metering system assets. This generational investment in AMI2.0 promise s to bring more flexibility\, optionality and opportunities for addressing some existing and new grid edge use-cases.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNorma l"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA\;">Looking forward\, the presenta tion postulates the defining characteristics of the next generation of met ering\, one in which the meter is no longer a passive endpoint but an acti ve node of grid-edge intelligence.&nbsp\; BC Hydro&rsquo\;s AMI 1.0 founda tion and AMI 2.0 asset refresh journey ahead provides a concrete launching point for examining what comes next: sub-second data granularity\, operat ional flexibility and the convergence of measurement\, communication\, and computation at the grid edge.&nbsp\;</span></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /> <ul>\n<li>4:00 PM: Networking and refreshments</li>\n<li>4:30-6:00 PM: Tec hnical talk on Advanced Metering Infrastructure\, including Q&amp\;A</li>\ n</ul> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR