Sensus acquired Telemetric
July 2009 – England & Company served as the financial advisor to Telemetric Corp (“Telemetric”), a provider of communication solutions for smart grid applications, using commercial cellular networks, to Sensus Metering Systems, Inc. (“Sensus”), a technology and communications company providing data collection and metering solutions for water, gas, and electric utilities around the world.
With over ten years of experience in distribution automation technology, Telemetric has an established track record of providing utilities with intelligent, innovative, reliable, and secure end-to-end solutions for distribution automation systems utilizing commercial cellular networks, and PowerVista™ web-based software application.
Coupled with Sensus’ activities in demand response and home automation, this acquisition gives Sensus a significant and established presence in the distribution automation portion of the utility landscape. Through the integration of Sensus’ FlexNet smart grid communication technology, Telemetric extends Sensus’ reach and solutions to all parts of the smart grid.
Telemetric offers a complete line of intelligent communication solutions specific to electric distribution system monitoring and control, including applications like capacitor control, voltage regulation, medium and low voltage sensors, reclosers, remote substations and other distribution assets. Telemetric enabled equipment can be monitored and controlled through distribution SCADA or DMS systems using PowerVista’s optional SCADA-Xchange™ module.
“Telemetric is very happy to be joining Sensus. We believe that this combination will offer customers an unprecedented range of distribution automation and asset management solutions. By offering Telemetric’s products with the power and flexibility of Sensus’ FlexNet communications or digital cellular networks, Sensus will provide utilities powerful, proven smart grid solutions. The additional resource and worldwide reach of Sensus will help us accelerate growth,” said Tom Loutzenheiser, Chief Executive Officer of Telemetric.
Telemetric will become part of Sensus’ Conservation Solutions business unit, which provides AMI and smart grid solutions to electric, water and gas utilities.