Australian metering provider PLUS ES has appointed Landis+Gyr to provide grid edge intelligence technology. This is the largest such contract Landis+Gyr has secured in Australia to date.

The multi-year agreement will see the deployment of Landis+Gyr’s Grid edge sensing meters with wireless technology, including apps and software services. These will provide real-time data collection that will be used by both retailers and consumers.

The contract will utilise the same grid edge intelligence technology that the company is deploying across North America.

To date, Landis+Gyr has deployed more than 6.8 million edge sensing meters, with more than 16.5 million under contract.

“This partnership represents an exciting step forward in our efforts to enable Australia’s clean energy future,” said Rob Amphlett Lewis, Group Executive at PLUS ES. “By combining edge intelligence with high-resolution grid data, we’re empowering consumers with more control to make informed choices about their energy use. For retailers, improved access to real-time data enhances customer engagement, enabling innovative pricing and product offerings while placing consumers at the heart of the clean energy transition. Ultimately, better information enables better choices, and that will help ensure we keep the costs of decarbonising our system down for Australian families and businesses.”

David Maclean, Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific, Landis+Gyr said, “We are honoured to partner with PLUS ES to shape the future of Australia’s energy system. As Australia’s energy mix becomes more decentralised and dynamic for a cleaner future, we need intelligent, scalable solutions that give us real-time insight and control. This Grid Edge Intelligence deployment will be instrumental in modernising our current grid with unparalleled real-time data allowing adoption of AI at the edge, making the grid more reliable, inclusive and responsive to the needs of tomorrow.”