Category

AMI, Smart Grid, Procurement

Client

Belize Electricity Limited

AMI Strategy, Procurement, and Implementation for BEL

In May 2020, NTCS Energy started supporting Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) in the development of a strategy for AMI deployment in Belize. BEL requested us to review their long-term strategy and develop a smart grid strategy to make their business future-proof and modernize their grid operations.

As moving from defining an AMI strategy to a full implementation demands a lot of organizations, we supported BEL’s leadership team and operational managers from defining the strategies up to selecting a suitable solution, technologies, and vendor. We executed a thorough analysis of Belize’s current electricity infrastructure and BEL’s systems and processes. We collaboratively defined the strategy and developed a high-level solution model and business case. The business case included an overview of quantifiable and non-quantifiable benefits on one side and cost components on the other. Finally, we guided BEL throughout the entire procurement process by conducting stakeholder interviews, guiding the Request for Information (RFI/RFQ) and Request for Proposals (RFP) processes, executing high-level assessments of the RFP responses, and supporting the decision process to select a preferred vendor. Now, all arrangements are made to start the AMI deployment in Belize in the very near future.