Next May EU member states will have to determine how to satisfy the requirements of the End Use Efficiency and Energy Services Directive 2006. Before then, the UK government should have concluded its consultation exercise to examine the options for improved meter reading and billing as well as understanding the costs and benefits of smart metering.

In Australia, following a societal benefit study and stakeholder consultation, the Victorian State Government has mandated the rollout of smart meters over a four-year period commencing January 2009 to a mandated Minimum Functional Specification. The Australian Federal Government has commissioned its own study to determine a minimum national specification for smart meters (phase 1) followed by a cost benefit analysis for national rollout (phase 2).

PRI is pleased to announce the appointment of Utility Metering Solutions Ltd as their distributor for Energy Management products and services in the Midlands. Based near Nottingham, UMS are ideally placed to provide support for existing customers and to help develop new business. Alan Ward of UMS comments "This is an excellent opportunity for both PRI and UMS to achieve combined growth in the fast moving energy management sector"

Matthew Dillane has joined the PRI Technical Support Team as a Systems Support Specialist. Matt who will work out of PRI House in Winchester, has broad experience in systems integration, communications systems, web development and on-site problem solving.
 
Matt will be supporting the PRI range of smart automatic utility meter reading systems from the office and also during customer site visits across the UK. Joining PRI from Sony Ericsson, Matt brings with him experience of working with 3G and GPRS mobile phone network communications, which will be valuable in supporting remote metering systems.

Brett Robinson has joined PRI as Sales and Marketing Manager – Energy Management. Brett joins with 10 years of experience in the sales and marketing environment, the last 5 years gained within the Energy Management sector, he has joined PRI from Dearle & Henderson Energy and also worked previously for Centrica.

Brett will be based at  PRI’s Winchester office and will be responsible for the Sales team developing the market for utility metering solutions in the Commercial, Industrial and Public Sectors for Tenant metering, Energy Management and Energy conservation projects.

HM Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire, Mrs Mary Fagan JP, presented the official Grant of Appointment scroll, for ‘The Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2006: International Trade’, together with an engraved crystal bowl, to Mr Sanjaya Singhal, Chairman of Polymeters Response International (PRI) Limited, on Tuesday 25th July 2006.

The official ceremony, held in the grounds of Winchester Cathedral, was attended by the Mayor of Winchester, Councillor Sue Nelmes, as well as by PRI International agents, and the proud management and staff of PRI Limited. Before the ceremony the Lord-Lieutenant had toured PRI House in Winchester, to meet members of the PRI team.

Peter Thompson has joined PRI's International Product Development team as Electronics Design Engineer - Gas Metering. Peter will work with the Development teams in the UK and India to produce new Gas metering products for PRI's UK and International Export markets.

Peter gained his MSc in Electronic Engineering at Portsmouth and has over 20 years of engineering experience, this includes over 14 years experience in Gas related technology. Peter joined PRI from Sensus Metering Systems where he worked on designs of  very low power Ultrasonic Gas meters, for both domestic and industrial applications. 

Jim Nield has joined PRI in the newly created position of Senior Business Development Manager for Grid Metering as part of PRI’s expansion programme. Jim has over 25 years of broad experience in the energy metering industry, gained at Landis & Gyr and Siemens Metering.

Jim’s mission will be to increase market penetration for PRI Grid metering products across International export markets plus the UK market. Jim joins the very successful PRI team, who have just been awarded The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise: International Trade 2006. Jim will be based at the newly opened PRI product development facility in Blackburn,  he will however be working closely with PRI team members based in the UK and at offices abroad.

PRI are proud to announce an exclusive UK distribution agreement with Cewe Instrument. Cewe Instrument are a premier electricity metering company supplying Code of Practice compliant high accuracy meters for use in the Grid and Distribution sector, Cewe Instrument are based in Nyköping Sweden. PRI are one of the leading UK suppliers of energy metering products and solutions, PRI are based in Winchester.

 

This prestigious award acknowledges the International sales growth of PRI's intelligent systems and services for energy and utility revenue management. PRI successfully supplies markets across Asia, the Far East, the Middle East, Africa, Australasia and Europe.

The award was presented at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London on the 7th November which was organised by Export Times and UK Trade Investment.
PRI is a leading force in the production and supply of smart electronic meters, software, energy monitoring, billing solutions and payment systems. The business has used the latest communication technologies and energy management tools to offer tailored solutions to its customers.

John Cowburn has joined the technical team at PRI as technology manager. John has over 18 years' experience in product development for the metering industry with Siemens and Landis+Gyr, having been responsible for their family of prepay products. 

For the last five years, he has been in charge of strategic technology at Landis+Gyr, concentrating on developing smart metering concepts for the next generation of communicating meters for automatic meter reading applications employing technologies such as Bluetooth, GSM, Ethernet and Powerline carrier.

The intelligent energy solutions consortium Entity has made a strategic investment in Advanced Energy Monitoring Systems Ltd UK.

PRI based in Winchester is a founder member of Entity the partnership of international metering companies, that share technology and distribution to provide a network, which covers over thirty countries. The Entity group has invested in the resources and experience required to develop and manufacture innovative products tailored to local market needs quickly and efficiently.

Identifying where and when energy is used is the first step in taking control of Energy Management costs within an organisation. The PRI Energy Management Solutions team has been established to provide products and services ranging from single meters through to complete turnkey Energy Management Systems designed to help identify energy use and eliminate waste. The team will be managed by Alan Ward, PRI's Energy Management Business Development Manager.