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Elster Electricity Receives Accreditation from Measurement Canada to Inspect and Seal Electricity Meters at Raleigh, North Carolina Manufacturing Facility.


RALEIGH, N.C. -- Canadian Electric Utilities This is a list of Canadian public and private electric utilities, by province.

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 Benefit from Shorter Lead Times and Increased Delivery Capacities

Elster Electricity, LLC, a leading provider of advanced metering infrastructure Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) or Advanced Metering Management (AMM) refers to systems that measure, collect and analyse energy usage, from advanced devices such as electricity meters, gas meters, and/or water meters, through various communication media on request or  (AMI) solutions worldwide, announced today that it has received accreditation from Measurement Canada as an Authorized Service Provider An Authorized Service Provider (ASP) is a third party person that has been cleared to work on a product that is still under warranty by another company without voiding the warranty.  to inspect and seal electricity meters at its Raleigh, North Carolina For other uses of this name, see Raleigh.
Raleigh (IPA: /ˈrɑli/, ral-ee) is the capital of the State of North Carolina and the county seat of Wake County.
 manufacturing facility. The accreditation allows Elster to better serve its Canadian customers by offering the option of factory-sealed meters.

The scope of the accreditation enables Elster to perform factory verification to the Measurement Canada standards for most single phase and polyphase Pol´y`phase

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 electronic meters including time-of-use, reactive, and demand meters--specifically Elster's REX REX - The original name for Restructured EXtended eXecutor. (R) meters and ALPHA(R) meters sold in the Canadian market. REX and A3 ALPHA meters are key components of the EnergyAxis(R) System--Elster's advanced metering automation system for residential, commercial, and industrial electric and water metering applications.

"With changes on the horizon in Ontario resulting from the Government of Ontario's Smart Metering Initiatives, receiving accreditation from Measurement Canada was critical to serving our customers more completely," said Mark Munday, president and CEO of Elster Electricity. "We can now provide large shipments of sealed meters with shorter lead times, allowing our Canadian customers to better manage large meter installations."

As an Authorized Service Provider, Elster will be audited by Measurement Canada to ensure that the terms, conditions, and requirements of the program are being met. Annual audits will be performed in conjunction with Elster's existing ISO- iso- or is-
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9000-based quality assurance system.

About Measurement Canada

Measurement Canada's mission is to ensure equity and accuracy where goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax.  are bought and sold on the basis of measurement, in order to contribute to a fair and competitive marketplace for Canadians. Every measuring instrument (e.g. scale, gasoline dispenser, electricity, and natural gas meters) used as the basis for a financial transaction must be evaluated by Measurement Canada and approved for use in Canada. The purpose of the evaluation is to ensure the measuring instrument is capable of measuring accurately throughout its service lifetime. For more information, visit www.strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inmc-mc.nsf/en/Home.

About Elster Electricity, LLC

Elster Electricity is a provider of AMI solutions to help utilities improve revenue cycle services, customer service, delivery reliability, and workforce utilization. Elster is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and is part of the world's largest multi-utility metering company for electricity, water, and gas metering. For more information, visit www.elsterelectricity.com.
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