no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2012 arc innovations type state owned enterprise industry electricity generation electricity retailing founded 2003 2003 headquarters christchurch new zealand website www.arcinnovations.com arc innovations is a standalone subsidiary of the new zealand state owned electricity retailer meridian energy . launched in 2003 arc innovations was established to develop and deploy electricity meters using advanced meter infrastructure . arc innovations was the first company to introduce smart meters in new zealand rolling out the country s pilot smart meter program in central hawkes bay in 2005 . arc innovation s smart meter network relies on a mix of gprs rf mesh network and satellite for the meter s two way communication . 1 history edit following arc innovation s launch in 2003 the company spent two years researching and developing smart meters . 2 the introduction of this first generation of smart meters saw 6 000 meters installed in central hawkes bay over 2005 and 2006 . 3 following this 125 000 smart meters were deployed to the wider christchurch area . 4 in 2009 approximately 70 % of christchurch homes were installed with smart meters making it the largest smart metering network in australasia at that time . 5 christchurch earthquake edit following the two major earthquakes in september 2010 and february 2011 smart meters in christchurch were able to be used to provide information to the city s distribution network about power outages to individual homes . christchurch s smart meter infrastructure was also used to switch on hot water cylinders in several hundred homes following the february earthquake . 6 references edit advanced metering infrastructure pdf . arc innovations . 8 july 2011 . annual report 2003 pdf report . meridian energy . 2003 . annual report 2005 pdf report . meridian energy . 2005 . annual report 2011 pdf report . meridian energy . 2011 . rebuilding christchurch business disaster recovery plan passes the test . new zealand herald . 7 march 2011 . arc finalist in the new zealand energy sector excellence awards . arc innovations . 8 july 2011 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title arc innovations & oldid 710731217 categories power companies of new zealandhidden categories orphaned articles from february 2012all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 march 2016 at 18 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view