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Cooperatives

 

Energy cooperatives traditionally serve an expanded customer base spread across large geographical areas. Finding more efficient ways to do business can often be a challenge. Low cost, low risk technology is one area that makes sense, however, especially if that technology adds real value to their membership.

 

SmartGridCIS can help cooperatives by justifying related expenses for smart metering and AMI deployment. The SmartGridCIS solution will:

  • Increase cooperative members' capital credits
  • Lower customer servicing expenses
  • Increase the number of member cash payment locations through automated, real-time payment processing sites
  • Reduce, even eliminate bad debt expenses
  • Serve as a collection tool, and
  • Lower member servicing expenses

 

SmartGridCIS recognizes that cooperatives are at various stages of advanced metering deployment. While some cooperatives prefer a stand-alone, turnkey solution, others prefer an integrated solution. SmartgridCIS is flexible and can accomodate the individual utilities' desired configuration.

 

Most importantly, smaller cooperatives can take advantage of a pre-paid solution. SmartGridCIS offers multiple pricing plans with low up-front costs that make the solution affordable for all utilities, regardless of size.

 

Click here to learn how your electric cooperative can reduce bad debt with SmartGridCIS.