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EOL Evaluation
of Advance Meter Transmission Unit

Nation’s Largest
Natural Gas Distribution
Utility

21.1 MM

Consumers Through 5.9MM
Meters in 500 Communities

8,000

Employees

24K

Square-Mile Service
Area

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Business Need

  • Evaluate lifespan and MTU common failure modes
  • Acquire data to decide whether or not to extend the MTU warranty
  • Understand ROI & Total cost of investment if the warranty is extended
  • O&M financial factors & considerations with warranty extension

Challenge

  • Insufficient data to understand MTU stability
  • MTU failure rate is unknown
  • Understanding the economic ramifications of the MTU Warranty
    Extension Option, including:
  • Total Cost of Investment
  • O&M Financial Factor
  • Replacement/upgrade cost with MTU in place
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Solution and
Results

  • Field & battery reliability metrics
  • Defined warranty extension cost parameters
  • Identified failure rates (projected by year)
  • Determined economic breakeven points (based on no warranty, full
    warranty, and various intermediate/partial warranty extensions)
  • Optimized recommendations for warranty extensions
  • Recommended strategic approach for MTU modernization
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