The Aclara kV2c meter family is one of the most widely accepted ANSI® commercial and industrial meters with over 2 million units deployed in the field since its introduction. The robust revenue-grade meter design is based on Aclara's cutting edge technology that provides high accuracy and reliability. This fifth generation possesses eight times the processing power and three times the memory of previous models. This allows for future upgrades and new applications without having to replace the meter.
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LOUIS, January 28, 2019 – Aclara, a leading supplier of smart infrastructure solutions (SIS) to electric, gas and water utilities worldwide, announces significant enhancements to its fifth-generation kV2cTM commercial and industrial (C&I) meter, making it easier for utilities to optimize existing. Phone: 800.297.2728. The Aclara kV2c meter family is one of the most widely accepted meters designed for ANSI compliance in the market today, with more than two million units deployed. Aclara kV2c metering solution for demanding applications offers revenue-grade metering and advanced power quality monitoring for polyphase metering. The Aclara kV2c meter family is one of the most widely accepted ANSI ® commercial and industrial meters with over 2 million units deployed in the field since its introduction. The robust revenue-grade meter design is based on Aclara's cutting edge technology that provides high accuracy and reliability.
- Reliable and accurate cash register for utilities AMR/AMI Plug and Play to accommodate: RF, power line carrier, cellular
- Revenue assurance using diagnostic and event tools
- Low maintenance and high accuracy over the life of the meter
- Strong overvoltage capabilities – Twice the operating voltage to absorb the system events of the grid
- Adaptive and versatile meter with bidirectional and four quadrant measurements
- Smart metering functions such as Time of Use, demand metering, and reactive measurement
- Advanced power quality monitoring
- Robust meter security and standards compliance
- Polyphase Remote Disconnect is available for unique utility applications
Highly Accurate Measurement
Measured at +/- 0.2 percent, the Aclara kV2 family of meters provides outstanding accuracy. Combined with the low starting watts, utilities can have confidence in the metered value and measured electricity usage. With Aclara's highly accelerated life testing we are replicating the normal wear and tear that would normally be experienced over the usable lifetime of the product in a shorter amount of time.
Aclara KV2C DEMAND FM 9S 200A 120-480V 3P4W. Reads kWh and 30 Min. Service Voltages 120/208Y or 277/480 or 120/240. Socket required. 13 Terminal 200 Amp.
Billing and Smart Applications
Traditional billing continues to be a vital role for today's solid-state meters, but they are also now a critical part of your grid operation. Leveraged strengths and knowledge in distribution automation, volt-var control demand optimization, and distributed generation the Aclara kV2c line of meters provide the integration and critical information to optimize grid operation solutions.
Versatility
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The kV2c meter family is a versatile metering platform for commercial and industrial applications. The kV2c meter offers easy and powerful functional upgrades with a unique combination of soft switches and option boards for rapidly evolving smart metering space. The kV2c starts as a bi-directional, coincident demand meter with five demand measures, real-time pricing, and real-time data monitoring.
Soft switches are available to add such functions as TOU, transformer and line loss compensation, power factor, four quadrant measurements, instrument transformer correction, and increased recording channels.
Power Quality
Aclara kV2c meters offer advanced power quality tools to measure compliance to power quality agreements or gather data to set power quality requirements. These tools include:
- Programmable sag and swell monitor that logs voltage sag and swell duration down to one cycle, minimum or maximum voltage, coincident current, and date and time of occurrence.
- Voltage and current THD per phase, Total Demand Distortion (TDD), distortion power factor, and displacement power factor, and distortion kVA (all recordable).
- Harmonic analysis plots odd and even harmonic magnitudes and phase angles.
- Programmable diagnostics for voltage imbalance, distortion, current imbalance, reversed polarity, high neutral current. These events may be logged, set an alert.
Inventory Management
Drm protected file. The kV2c wide range voltage power supply (120V to 480V) combined with the Aclara Fitzall®feature enables a significant meter inventory reduction while covering all applications. Fitzall is an Aclara exclusive tool for commercial and industrial electronic meter inventory reduction, which allows two-meter forms, 9S for transformer rated and 16S for self-contained to meter any service type.
Installation Verification and Tamper Detection
The Aclara Site GenieTM Monitor provides a simple, automatic way to catch errors, tampering and wiring changes before billing problems occur. Site Genie also provides the phasor information and diagnostics needed to fix the problems it finds.
Cost of Service Measurements
Knowing what it costs to serve a site is key competitive information for both generation and distribution utilities. The kV2c family of meters simultaneously measures all of the components of service cost (real and reactive – with and without harmonics, distortion, and vector apparent power).
Communications
The kV2c offers a wide range of AMI communication technologies including RF Mesh, RF Point-to-multipoint, Cellular, and Power Line Carrier to support your Smart Grid applications. Additionally, the kV2c provides 'KYZ' and other I/O options to support local energy management solutions typically found in commercial and industrial facilities. The kV2c has a standard AMI interface that allows the capability to transmit all metering data available at the meter through the AMI communications network.
With 4G LTE capacity and speed, Aclara's Metrum Cellular LTE is an IP-enabled solution that leverages existing infrastructure investments. It offers utilities a private, high-speed and secure communications networks while enabling them to do more on their networks like reconfiguring meters over the air. Metrum Cellular creates new efficiencies for Smart Grid applications such as AMI, outage management and restoration, Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR), and Volt/Var Optimization (VVO).
- Flexible, easy deployment without installing an expensive and extensive network infrastructure.
- Security – enables utilities to create flexible secure private networks.
- Standards-based technology – Metrum enables TCP/IP connectivity to every end-point device
- Multiple electric meter and modem options
- Solutions for:
- Commercial and Industrial Metering
- Residential Metering
- Distribution Automation
- Solar Metering
- Creates flexible customer relations management systems
Standards-based technology – Metrum enables TCP/IP connectivity to every end-point device
- Standards-based technology
- TCP/IP connectivity to every endpoint device
- Supports full two-way near-real-time communications with the end-point with near real-time latency
- Protocol and meter agnostic
Flexible, easy deployment without installing expensive and extensive network infrastructure
- Easy-to-deploy
- Plug-and-play deployment (no field configuration)
- Over-the-air firmware upgrades for Metrum LTE modules and all connected devices
Secure – enables utilities to create flexible, secure private networks
- Each device is provisioned with a private, static IP address not visible or routable from the public internet
Multiple Electric Meter and Gateway Options
Aclara Kv2c Meter
- Aclara Meters kV2cEPS
- Elster A3
- LTE Gateway
Commercial and Industrial Metering Solutions
- Replaces higher cost, hard-wired landlines and older remote terminal units / POTS
- Allows utilities reduce high energy costs and manage demand constraints
- Reduces overhead and improves reliability for private network on public infrastructure
- Delivers all meter data stored within meter
- Delivers Full load profile from meter can be returned to utility
- Delivers data as quickly as two seconds
- Delivers data in time intervals as low as 5 seconds
- Allows for seamless integration with existing MV90 program
Distribution Automation Solutions
- Leverages existing Smart Grid investments provides utilities a private, high-speed network built on public infrastructure.
- Make existing devices more effective with reliable and secure data transmissions to perform advanced applications that monitor and control distribution networks.
- Metrum LTE modules plug into meters and devices out-of-the-box without any –additional configuration.
- Use your existing SCADA system to capture instantaneous voltage or voltage logs in corresponding metrology devices for Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR).
- Detect outages and pinpoint problems faster to efficiently deploy maintenance teams.
- Pinpoint sources of theft and non-technical losses to prioritize areas of your network in need of optimizations and upgrade.
- Remotely monitor transformers in real-time to predict and plan maintenance.
Solar Metering Solutions
- Roof-top solar installations can be easily monitored and provide time of use data from data from the Aclara I-210+c. Regional or neighborhood solar installation monitoring solutions.
Flexible User Experience
- Aclara's unique iiDEAS platform offers utility operations and customer service representatives a customizable interface to access the information they need.
- The software reads meters and interfaces with smart-infrastructure devices that monitor and control utility distribution networks.
- Includes validation, estimation and editing capability.
- Extend software capabilities with task modules such as viewing data, meter exchange, demand response, fault detection, billing, consumer engagement, and line-loss, voltage, and transformer-load analysis.
Do I need to negotiate my own cellular service?
No, we have done that work for you. Aclara has built private networks with Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T and can offer our customers a private network utilizing cellular technology.
Can I use my existing billing software?
Yes, your existing MV-90 system is fully compatible with the Synergize Metrum Cellular.
Can I use my own cellular service?
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Yes, and Aclara can provide SIMs for your network needs.
What is the bandwidth?
LTE specifications are set at 300 Mbps download speeds. In practice, most real life locations realize 20 Mbps.
Is the data brought back from the meter configurable?
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The Metrum LTE modules can be configured to read any ANSI C12.19 Table element in time intervals as small as 5 seconds.
Does that mean I can bring back high-resolution voltage data for CVR and VVO programs?
Yes, absolutely.
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Can I reprogram my meter over-the-air?
Yes, you can use the meter manufacturer's software to change meter configurations or update the meter software.
Can I update the software?
Yes. All software in the meter, including the Metrum LTE module, and the meter are updatable over-the-air.
Do the electric meters have a 'last gasp'?
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The Metrum LTE modules support an advanced 'recurring last gasp' message. Driven by an ultra-super capacitor, next generation RF electric communication modules will repeatedly send an 'I am without power' message for up to one half hour or until restored.
Highly Accurate Measurement
Measured at +/- 0.2 percent, the Aclara kV2 family of meters provides outstanding accuracy. Combined with the low starting watts, utilities can have confidence in the metered value and measured electricity usage. With Aclara's highly accelerated life testing we are replicating the normal wear and tear that would normally be experienced over the usable lifetime of the product in a shorter amount of time.
Aclara KV2C DEMAND FM 9S 200A 120-480V 3P4W. Reads kWh and 30 Min. Service Voltages 120/208Y or 277/480 or 120/240. Socket required. 13 Terminal 200 Amp.
Billing and Smart Applications
Traditional billing continues to be a vital role for today's solid-state meters, but they are also now a critical part of your grid operation. Leveraged strengths and knowledge in distribution automation, volt-var control demand optimization, and distributed generation the Aclara kV2c line of meters provide the integration and critical information to optimize grid operation solutions.
Versatility
Aclara Kv2c Meter How To Read
The kV2c meter family is a versatile metering platform for commercial and industrial applications. The kV2c meter offers easy and powerful functional upgrades with a unique combination of soft switches and option boards for rapidly evolving smart metering space. The kV2c starts as a bi-directional, coincident demand meter with five demand measures, real-time pricing, and real-time data monitoring.
Soft switches are available to add such functions as TOU, transformer and line loss compensation, power factor, four quadrant measurements, instrument transformer correction, and increased recording channels.
Power Quality
Aclara kV2c meters offer advanced power quality tools to measure compliance to power quality agreements or gather data to set power quality requirements. These tools include:
- Programmable sag and swell monitor that logs voltage sag and swell duration down to one cycle, minimum or maximum voltage, coincident current, and date and time of occurrence.
- Voltage and current THD per phase, Total Demand Distortion (TDD), distortion power factor, and displacement power factor, and distortion kVA (all recordable).
- Harmonic analysis plots odd and even harmonic magnitudes and phase angles.
- Programmable diagnostics for voltage imbalance, distortion, current imbalance, reversed polarity, high neutral current. These events may be logged, set an alert.
Inventory Management
Drm protected file. The kV2c wide range voltage power supply (120V to 480V) combined with the Aclara Fitzall®feature enables a significant meter inventory reduction while covering all applications. Fitzall is an Aclara exclusive tool for commercial and industrial electronic meter inventory reduction, which allows two-meter forms, 9S for transformer rated and 16S for self-contained to meter any service type.
Installation Verification and Tamper Detection
The Aclara Site GenieTM Monitor provides a simple, automatic way to catch errors, tampering and wiring changes before billing problems occur. Site Genie also provides the phasor information and diagnostics needed to fix the problems it finds.
Cost of Service Measurements
Knowing what it costs to serve a site is key competitive information for both generation and distribution utilities. The kV2c family of meters simultaneously measures all of the components of service cost (real and reactive – with and without harmonics, distortion, and vector apparent power).
Communications
The kV2c offers a wide range of AMI communication technologies including RF Mesh, RF Point-to-multipoint, Cellular, and Power Line Carrier to support your Smart Grid applications. Additionally, the kV2c provides 'KYZ' and other I/O options to support local energy management solutions typically found in commercial and industrial facilities. The kV2c has a standard AMI interface that allows the capability to transmit all metering data available at the meter through the AMI communications network.
With 4G LTE capacity and speed, Aclara's Metrum Cellular LTE is an IP-enabled solution that leverages existing infrastructure investments. It offers utilities a private, high-speed and secure communications networks while enabling them to do more on their networks like reconfiguring meters over the air. Metrum Cellular creates new efficiencies for Smart Grid applications such as AMI, outage management and restoration, Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR), and Volt/Var Optimization (VVO).
- Flexible, easy deployment without installing an expensive and extensive network infrastructure.
- Security – enables utilities to create flexible secure private networks.
- Standards-based technology – Metrum enables TCP/IP connectivity to every end-point device
- Multiple electric meter and modem options
- Solutions for:
- Commercial and Industrial Metering
- Residential Metering
- Distribution Automation
- Solar Metering
- Creates flexible customer relations management systems
Standards-based technology – Metrum enables TCP/IP connectivity to every end-point device
- Standards-based technology
- TCP/IP connectivity to every endpoint device
- Supports full two-way near-real-time communications with the end-point with near real-time latency
- Protocol and meter agnostic
Flexible, easy deployment without installing expensive and extensive network infrastructure
- Easy-to-deploy
- Plug-and-play deployment (no field configuration)
- Over-the-air firmware upgrades for Metrum LTE modules and all connected devices
Secure – enables utilities to create flexible, secure private networks
- Each device is provisioned with a private, static IP address not visible or routable from the public internet
Multiple Electric Meter and Gateway Options
Aclara Kv2c Meter
- Aclara Meters kV2cEPS
- Elster A3
- LTE Gateway
Commercial and Industrial Metering Solutions
- Replaces higher cost, hard-wired landlines and older remote terminal units / POTS
- Allows utilities reduce high energy costs and manage demand constraints
- Reduces overhead and improves reliability for private network on public infrastructure
- Delivers all meter data stored within meter
- Delivers Full load profile from meter can be returned to utility
- Delivers data as quickly as two seconds
- Delivers data in time intervals as low as 5 seconds
- Allows for seamless integration with existing MV90 program
Distribution Automation Solutions
- Leverages existing Smart Grid investments provides utilities a private, high-speed network built on public infrastructure.
- Make existing devices more effective with reliable and secure data transmissions to perform advanced applications that monitor and control distribution networks.
- Metrum LTE modules plug into meters and devices out-of-the-box without any –additional configuration.
- Use your existing SCADA system to capture instantaneous voltage or voltage logs in corresponding metrology devices for Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR).
- Detect outages and pinpoint problems faster to efficiently deploy maintenance teams.
- Pinpoint sources of theft and non-technical losses to prioritize areas of your network in need of optimizations and upgrade.
- Remotely monitor transformers in real-time to predict and plan maintenance.
Solar Metering Solutions
- Roof-top solar installations can be easily monitored and provide time of use data from data from the Aclara I-210+c. Regional or neighborhood solar installation monitoring solutions.
Flexible User Experience
- Aclara's unique iiDEAS platform offers utility operations and customer service representatives a customizable interface to access the information they need.
- The software reads meters and interfaces with smart-infrastructure devices that monitor and control utility distribution networks.
- Includes validation, estimation and editing capability.
- Extend software capabilities with task modules such as viewing data, meter exchange, demand response, fault detection, billing, consumer engagement, and line-loss, voltage, and transformer-load analysis.
Do I need to negotiate my own cellular service?
No, we have done that work for you. Aclara has built private networks with Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T and can offer our customers a private network utilizing cellular technology.
Can I use my existing billing software?
Yes, your existing MV-90 system is fully compatible with the Synergize Metrum Cellular.
Can I use my own cellular service?
Aclara Kv2c Manual
Yes, and Aclara can provide SIMs for your network needs.
What is the bandwidth?
LTE specifications are set at 300 Mbps download speeds. In practice, most real life locations realize 20 Mbps.
Is the data brought back from the meter configurable?
Aclara Kv2c Fitzall Meter
The Metrum LTE modules can be configured to read any ANSI C12.19 Table element in time intervals as small as 5 seconds.
Does that mean I can bring back high-resolution voltage data for CVR and VVO programs?
Yes, absolutely.
Aclara Kv2c Meter Codes
Can I reprogram my meter over-the-air?
Yes, you can use the meter manufacturer's software to change meter configurations or update the meter software.
Can I update the software?
Yes. All software in the meter, including the Metrum LTE module, and the meter are updatable over-the-air.
Do the electric meters have a 'last gasp'?
Aclara Electric Meter Manual
The Metrum LTE modules support an advanced 'recurring last gasp' message. Driven by an ultra-super capacitor, next generation RF electric communication modules will repeatedly send an 'I am without power' message for up to one half hour or until restored.
What electric meters are supported?
The meters supported with under-glass solutions are Aclara kV2cEPS, and Elster A3 meters.
What field tools are needed for installation?
No field tools are required for installation. The Metrum LTE modules are self-discovering in the field.
How fast are on-demand reads?
Aclara recognizes that time is money in a call center and has architected the next generation RF network to return on-demand reads to the meter and back in less than 10 seconds.
