SmartGridCIS has launched SmartGridCIS Express, which is one among three deployment options offered by the company.
According to company officials, Express is a turnkey, stand-alone solution that provides prepaid utility services and time-of-use capability in a quick and efficient implementation. This serves as a suitable alternative to expensive and lengthy traditional implementation options.
Also SmartGridCIS Express is capable of offering many consumer benefits for utility customers. SmartGridCIS is a provider of prepaid utility, time-of-use billing and CIS solutions for utilities leveraging a smart grid infrastructure.
In a release, Fernando de Aguero, executive chairman and CEO for SmartGridCIS, said, “SmartGridCIS Express is explicitly designed to enable integration and customer access to the expanding smart grid infrastructure through a rapidly deployable, low operational and implementation risk project, at a very attractive price point.”
“Specifically SGIG awardees, other pilot programs, smaller cooperative and municipalities can now test pre-paid utility service, time-of-use, multiple rate structures, smart meters and smart grid technologies quickly and inexpensively,” Aguero added.
The SmartGridCIS Express program serves as a simple solution that can be deployed easily within four to six weeks resulting in a robust, out-of-the-box solution. This solution is capable of managing pre-pay billing, accounting and CIS, including time-of-use and dynamic pricing.
This out-of-the-box solution also serves as an enablement tool for utilities and includes the following TOU Billing features like on-peak, off-peak, critical peak and dynamic pricing; customer care and billing; customer communications including marketing campaign management and meter inventory or tracking.
Company sources added that the solution offers 24/7 real-time integrated voice response or IVR besides enabling payment processing, with prebuilt payment gateways to J. P. Morgan Chase Paymentech and Moneygram. It also offers a consumer-facing Web portal for direct access to smart meter information and account balances.
SmartGridCIS provides call center services for prepaid utility service to further enhance the Express solution.
Atlanta-based SmartGridCIS provides advanced metered prepaid utility billing solutions designed for regulated utilities, cooperatives, municipalities and deregulated retail energy companies that use smart metering infrastructure.
It serves as a powerful, integrated enterprise platform featuring innovative secure Web-based software, providing true integration to the smart grid including MDM and AMI platforms for electric, natural gas and water utilities.
Shamila Janakiraman is a contributing editor for IoTevolutionworld. To read more of Shamila’s articles, please visit her columnist page.Edited by
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