Edwin Sibiya, chairperson of the South African Metering Industry Association, stated during Enlit Africa 2022 that consumers should become more of a priority when utilities develop and install smart metering systems as part of efforts to future-proof the grid in Africa.
“If you can’t measure it, you can’t know”, answered Sibiya to the question about crucial steps to make sure Africa’s grids are ready for the future, pointing to the power ofdigitalisation and data in managing the grid infrastructure.
The question is, however, what exactly has the industry been doing with the data collected so far?
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